No pictures, please

When various Capital Press employees headed to the Willamette Valley Ag Expo in Albany, Ore. this week, they were asked to share their impressions of the expo or a few anecdotes of their experiences there.

Photographer Mark Rozin said when he went on Tuesday to get pictures for this week’s newspaper, he found one of the expo visitors was a bit camera-shy, to say the least.

The guy declined any photos, as he pointed out that if his wife saw a picture of him in our newspaper this week, we probably would see his obituary in the newspaper not long after.

It seems the guy didn’t tell his wife he was headed to the expo that day … and he wasn’t keen on her finding out.

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Willamette Valley Ag Expo

CP will be at Willamette Valley Ag Expo

The Willamette Valley Ag Expo starts today in Albany, Ore. and during the next few days several of our staff will be visiting the show.

We have people from our editorial, advertising and circulation departments, as well as our publisher Mike O’Brien, spending some time there. People are invited to visit our booth and chat with any of our friendly staff there or if you see us wandering through the buildings.

Anyone who wishes to learn more about the show can check out stories in our special section (go to www.capitalpress.com and click on the Willamette Valley Ag Expo link on the left side menu or click here).

The organizers of the show are optimistic that there will be a good turnout of farmers, they’ll find the machinery they want, and a lot of business will be done with dealers. Fortunately, the weather has decided to cooperate today for the opening day of the show — yesterday’s storm has blown through, leaving some people in Washington and Oregon cleaning up fallen tree branches and still waiting for power to be restored.

If any of our blog readers attend the WVAE show within the next three days, let us know what you thought of it. We welcome your feedback.

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