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Photo Story- Humans of Philomath


Sarah Woosley

One of the most well-known faces around Philomath is Sarah Woosley. Sarah is the Associate Director at the Philomath Youth Activities Club, more commonly known as PYAC. She is responsible for personnel management, grant writing and management, community relations, and day to day Clubhouse operations. Sarah says, "it is a great balance because I get to do work in the community and with agencies around the county, but also still get to work with the kids." Sarah has been with PYAC since she moved to Corvallis in 2001. A few years later she and her family moved to Philomath after growing to love the town and community. 


Blake Ecker

Another familiar face around town is Blake Ecker. Blake not only works for Country Financial, an insurance company, he is also the Philomath High School varsity boys basketball coach. Blake says the best part of his job is building new relationships and helping people. The worst part of his job is unforeseen changes with the company that may reflect in rates which can make people very irritated. As far as coaching goes, Blake says he enjoys working with the youth of the community and giving back life lessons that he has received through athletics. Blake has been a coach since May of 2002 and has no plans of leaving any time soon. "Philomath has always been a great small town where people will go out of their way in times of need."


Rey Cordova

Rey Cordova is the business owner of Northridge Automotive on Main St. in Philomath. He has worked there 6 years as of October. He and his family moved to Philomath 7 years ago from Colorado. After deciding to leave the mountains they travelled from Lincoln City, OR, to Myrtle Beach, SC, and everywhere in between. Rey says they decided to draw names of cities out of a hat and ended up in small town Philomath, OR. The best part of his job as an auto mechanic is fixing peoples cars and making them feel good, and the worst part is when a car comes back for the same problem after he fixed it. 

 

Jessica Motter

Jessica Motter is a family and consumer science teacher at Philomath High School. She has worked at the high school for three years and says, "the best part about my job is getting to meet so many students and have an influence on their life. The worst part about my job is having great students graduate and leave my classes! I grew up in Summit which is about 20 minutes from Philomath. I attended Philomath school district schools for all of my education. We moved into town when I was 10 years old for my brothers and I to be closer to the other schools we were and would be attending. i loved growing up in Philomath and having the small, supportive community. It is a great town full of wonderful people. I am very lucky to have my job as an educator here."

 

Ryan Choi

Ryan Choi is the manager at the Philomath Dairy Queen. Some of his responsibilities there include scheduling, managing inventory, keeping the restaurant tidy and clean, and making sure everyone is on the same page. He has been working in Philomath since he was just 14 years old, so about 10 years. Ryan says he loves talking to new people everyday and making people happy. And of course with every customer service business, the worst part is dealing with rude or angry customers. Ryan moved to Philomath when he was 10 years old and has lived there ever since. He says, "I love the city of Philomath. Everything was in walking distance growing up and I got to know a lot of the families here without having to do much. It is an amazing small community. The only downside is sometimes it can be hard to find things to do around town."




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