mike mcreynolds

  40 Years and A Stroke Didn’t Stop Me From Going Back to Linn-Benton Community College!     Well, Mike How Do You Think You Did? I was nervous when I thought about going back to Linn-Benton Community College. I went to LBCC 40 years ago right out of high school. I had no idea what I wanted to be and wasn’t very focused. I struggled in most of my classes and after two years dropped out and joined the Air Force.  Fast forward to 2018. The year started out with an injury to my back getting off the city bus on my way to work on a rainy day in January. One MRI later and I had a herniated disk in my lower back. Surgery would have to wait because my family was taking care of my mother-in-law and I was needed at home and work.  Finally, in October I was able to have the surgery. I would have to take a week off to recover in bed. I was given the OK to go back to work at Shirt Circuit as a screen printer. That was Thursday, Nov. 1. I worked the rest of the w...

Ten-plus Questions with Sarah Rose Larson Sarah Rose Larson has been a big part of my return to Linn-Benton Community College. She sat in the back of my first class back from a 40-year absence from Linn-Benton. Larson was there as a resource for my fall term Photojournalism class. She encouraged me and everyone in that class.  She tutored one of the photographers that she mentions during this interview. I had some of my photos posted on The Commuter website along with others in my class. Larson serves as The Commuter’s photo editor, providing good feedback on our photos and encouraging us to post photos on our journalism blog.  Larson, an LBCC student working on her own degree, has been in all the journalism classes that I took this year. Larson is an excellent writer as well as a photographer. I was honored to get the chance to interview her and get to know her better.    How long have you been at LBCC? Well, I am a full -time student. I'm in my second year at Linn-...