Kidzship 2009

Max Brown
The annual Kidzshop event, organized by ALTRUSA, will take place on August 15 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Volunteers are still needed. The deadline to sign up today, August 7. If you would like to volunteer your time, fill out a form (which can be found on the Commuter site) and bring it to Lawrence LaJoie, the LBCC bookstore manager, before the deadline. Continue reading

Election ‘08: Obama wows Albany

In preparation for the upcoming Oregon primary on May 20, Sen. Barack Obama held an intimate town hall meeting in Albany to an ecstatic audience.
On Friday, May 9, Democratic presidential candidate Obama held a town hall meeting at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany. The doors opened at 1:45 p.m. and the event started at 3:30 p.m. The event was free and open to the public but the required tickets ran out quickly. The Expo Center was filled with an audience of 3,000 people.
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