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  Charlene Gutt stands in her office located on the third floor of Good Samaritan Medical Regional Center in Corvallis Oregon on October 21. She is the assistant department manager (or ADM) of the intensive care unit (ICU) of four years, and an ICU nurse of 24 years.  Through a global pandemic, the endless issues, and inconsistencies that the world we now live in throws at her, Char provides leadership, comfort, and excellent deescalating skills for her coworkers, employees and patients. She describes working through the aftershocks of the Coronavirus pandemic as "Disheartening and exhausting in a way most don't know. We still, even now, have patients landing in the ICU from Covid. While things might be going back to normal outside of the hospital, internally, my employees are exhausted from chronically short staff, family members of patients have no grace when it comes to restrictions, and overall morale is low." While on the job, Char can be found both on the floor, and...

  Hannah Field glazes a piece of hand painted pottery at Surefire Ceramics on October 21. She has been working at the pottery painting studio since May of 2022 and absolutely loves her job. Hannah describes her experience working at the charming downtown Albany shop as "interesting" and "exciting". She works closely with those who come into the business and helps ensure the "paint your own pottery" studio is clean and well stocked while also maintaining a relaxing and welcoming environment. Hannah graduated from West Albany High School in 2022 and is now majoring in film.  Carol Priest stands behind the register at Coffee Culture in Corvallis on October 22. As a barista at Coffee Culture’s busiest location, located on Kings Blvd, Carol is almost never stationary when on the job. Since taking the position of barista at the coffee shop over a year ago, she has grown to love the fast paced and teamwork centered environment that the location requires. "I ...

The Gallery at South Santiam Hall located at LBCC, displaying the installation by Julianna Souther on the misidentification of those of Asian ethnicity on October 10. The gallery displays numerous photos of people and their stories relating to racism and their experiences growing up with the false statement that "all Asians look the same".  The main focal point of the gallery and the artist's reasoning for creating this beautiful installation. The description includes how these pieces tie in together, how the racism affects the people depicted personally, and what the project aims to achieve: to debunk the categorization that is inflicted onto those of specific races. The left side of the gallery depicting the stories and portraits of those interviewed by Souther. Beside each portrait is a handwritten letter describing each person's experience with the cultural racism that many of our country still believe in every single day. 

  A Barista at the newly opened RoastRunners on the LBCC campus preparing a Latte. The Café proper was in between a rush and while the comfortable seating area was mostly deserted, the charming shop still gave a warm welcome.  Rowan Eckart and Addison Nims rehearsing the Sugar Plum Fairy Variation for Legacy Ballet's annual Nutcracker. Both of these dancers have been cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy: Rowan Eckart as Cast A and Addison Nims as Cast B and on both accounts, they are ecstatic to be apart of the production.   An OSU student studying at Bodhi Bakery and Café in Corvallis, Oregon. Studying for week 2 of the fall term, she chose a window facing 2nd street in downtown Corvallis. Her name was not recorded.