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Author: Johnny Beaver

8 Days a Week…

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Thursday, April 6 Reading and Book Signing by Poets Gary Lark and Stacie Smith. Grass Roots Books & Music, 227 SW Second St., Corvallis. 7 p.m. Gary Lark reads from River of Solace, a series[…]

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Varied Professionals Un-Prepare for Unconference

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Do you have a passion, skill, or specific knowledge you are craving to share with the public? Are you generally curious and interested in the expertise of others? On Saturday, April 8, the OSU Open[…]

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The Stash Podcast: Creative Conversations in Corvallis and Beyond

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverFeature

Podcasts have recently emerged as a new form of entertainment, drawing millennial and baby boomer listeners alike. The diversity of podcast topics has exploded, from news to hobbies to storytelling. As a medium for communicating,[…]

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Hidden Gems: The Overlooked and the Unexplainable

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverFeature

Every place has them: the beautiful objects we walk by every day without noticing; the historical markers we never bother to read; the weird stuff that makes us go “huh?” that we are too busy[…]

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Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverFeature

In January, the Associated General Contractors of America reported that Oregon added 7,600 construction jobs in 2016, as a lack of experienced workers kept contractors from hiring as many employees as they would have liked.[…]

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Ocean Blue Project Looks to Expand

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverFeature

The Ocean Blue Project has been a pillar of the community since founder Richard Arterbury and his son hosted a beach clean-up in Newport in 2012. The event drew so many enthusiastic volunteers that they[…]

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Science Pub: Food Science with Sue Queisser, April 10

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Rise up – raise a glass for science. April’s Science Pub is all about the stuff that makes baked goods bubble. Join speaker Sue Queisser, food scientist, engineer, and bakery owner, on Monday, April 10[…]

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The Transient Room Tax

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Word on the street is that certain lodging providers are cutting the city out of its dues. Some of our glorious hotel cartel are allegedly getting a little upset at private renters, like those offering[…]

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Advocate Roundtable: Know Your Rights

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Living in a time of marches, protests and increasing civil disobedience, local attorney Lorena Reynolds seeks for budding new activists to know their rights, as they just may be encountering some law enforcement out there[…]

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OSU to Build Big Fridge

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Oregon State is set to assume stewardship of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean National Collection of Rock and Sediment Cores, providing researchers with unique opportunities to study millions of years of Earth’s climate and oceanic[…]

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As the State Turns

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Portland Garden Opens New Thingy Did you know that Portland has one hell of a beautiful Japanese garden? I did, because I know everything. No seriously, ask me something. Just make sure to give me[…]

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Oregon Senate Votes to Raise Tobacco Age

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

The Oregon Senate passed SB 754 on March 23 by a bipartisan vote of 19-8. If the bill passes the House and is signed by Governor Kate Brown, the minimum age for buying tobacco products[…]

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Benton County Treasure Hunt

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Every so often, an organization comes along whose only goal is to brighten someone’s day in the simplest way possible. Benton County Rocks is one of those groups. Frontwoman Andriea Oshel explains they’re a group[…]

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Linn-Benton Backwash

April 5, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

OSU Baseball seems to have won its 18,000th consecutive game, beating up some British dude named Stanford. No word yet as to whether Stanford will be pressing charges. It’s unlikely, because he’s a gentleman. Many[…]

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8 Days a Week…

March 29, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Thursday, March 30 Pollinators in Managed Forest Landscapes. CH2MHill Alumni Center, 725 SW 26th St., Corvallis. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Free. Organized by faculty in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, this[…]

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Albany Welcomes New Brewery

March 29, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

The Albany brewing community will grow by one this month. The Salem-based Vagabond Brewing is expanding their own location and adding what they are calling an outpost. St. Patrick’s Day held their soft opening, but[…]

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Mid-Valley Pro Wrestling, April 1st

March 29, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

On Saturday, April 1, Mid-Valley Pro Wrestling (MPW) will be holding its next wrestling event, a two-hour series of matches billed as Fool’s Gold. MPW started in January of 2016, and has held bi-monthly shows[…]

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Who’s the Average Ecampus Student?

March 29, 2017 Johnny BeaverNews

Education everywhere is increasingly taking place electronically — and why not, when the collective knowledge of an intercommunicating planet can be carried in a pocket? Moving classrooms online might just be the most dynamic innovation[…]

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Corvallis Students Take a Chill Pill

March 29, 2017 Johnny BeaverFeature

It seems that much of American culture is captivated with the concept of mindfulness – various practices have permeated psychology, politics, the business world, and now education. Proponents of mindfulness in schools boast benefits ranging[…]

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Preschool Preview

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 Johnny BeaverFeature

For many parents out there, it’s time to start thinking about the first step in their child’s educational journey: preschool. Choosing the right spot for your tot can be super overwhelming, especially in Corvallis. It[…]

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