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Wednesday, October 7, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
CRASH: Community
rocked by tragic loss
of young lives
SHOUP: Intern has hit
the ground running
for City of Sisters
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stated that, <Investigators
are still working to confirm
where each occupant was
seated at the time of the
crash and believe speed was
a contributing factor.=
The crash remains under
investigation.
In a letter to the Sisters
Outlaws community, Sisters
High School Principal Joe
Hosang wrote:
<We are heartbroken
and our deepest thoughts
and sympathies are with the
families right now. We know
there are tons of questions
and we are still gathering
information. Out of respect
to the families, we are not
sharing any details&.
<A loss of this magnitude
to our community is difficult,
but working together, we can
help our students through
the grief process. Please
know that we all deal with
grief differently and feel dif-
ferent emotions. It is okay
to feel whatever emotions
you might be feeling. When
we tragically lose some-
one, it leads to many ques-
tions, some of which may
never be answered. Rumors
may come out about what
happened, but please don9t
spread them. They may turn
out to be untrue and can be
deeply hurtful and unfair to
the students and their fami-
lies and friends.=
Last week9s incident is
the third single-vehicle acci-
dent that has claimed the
lives of young Sisters women
in recent months. Twenty-
four-year-old Summer Jean
Collins died in a crash on
Suttle Lake Road in August
and 18-year-old Rianna
McGonagle suffered fatal
injuries in a wreck on Hwy.
199 in Josephine County last
month.
Even before Shoup
arrived, City Manager Cory
Misley knew what her duties
would be. Her official title
is Assistant Community
Engagement and Program
Coordinator. She will be
splitting her time between
the Comprehensive Plan
update starting this fall and
coordinating projects that
were identified as objectives
in the Sisters Vision Project.
Misley and City Recorder
Kerry Prosser will coordi-
nate her activities.
One of Shoup9s under-
lying talents is her creativ-
ity, which she brings with
her to her work. Given the
restrictions due to COVID,
she said, <I look forward to
finding creative ways for
the public to safely engage
in providing input for the
Comp Plan.=
Shoup9s resume high-
lights her creative talents
as well as her work ethic.
She attended the Vancouver
School of Arts and
Academics for high school
and at the same time partici-
pated in the Running Start
program at the local commu-
nity college. She graduated
from high school and at the
same time received her asso-
ciate9s degree.
At VSAA she expanded
her talents as a visual artist
(pottery, sculpture, painting,
drawing), which she turned
into a business screen print-
ing T-shirts and creating
greeting cards, which led
to commission work. She
also focused on her skill as
a writer in the literary arts
program. In the field of mov-
ing arts (videography), she
developed an interest in ani-
mation, illustration, and sto-
ryboarding, which she hopes
to use during her time with
the City.
Shoup9s diverse interests
were apparent during her
college years as she sam-
pled a variety of disciplines
from nutrition and sustain-
able agriculture to public
health, finally settling on the
Community Development
Program at Portland State
University. She gradu-
ated last spring with her
Bachelor9s Degree in Urban
Planning and Design. Part of
all her pursuits has always
been a strong desire to be of
help to people.
Notification of her place-
ment in Sisters wasn9t
received until August 17,
necessitating a scramble to
find housing in a tight rental
market, get moved, and
report to work at City Hall in
early September.
The native of southwest
Washington spent some
summer vacations with her
two siblings and parents at
Eagle Crest Resort, but had
never been to Sisters. She
<really likes Sisters= and
reports that <the people have
been great.=
The other two possible
placements in the RARE
PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD
Emme Shoup is an AmeriCorps intern working with the City of Sisters on
community engagement.
program were in Astoria
working with food systems
and the port, or in Roseburg.
With friends in Bend, Shoup
was delighted to be assigned
to Sisters.
Being an active person,
one of the first things she
tackled after arriving was
summiting South Sister with
friends and camping over-
night on the mountain.
Last fall, Shoup stud-
ied permaculture design
in Peru, expecting limited
amenities, but was particu-
larly impressed with their
bus system, which was more
like flying on a plane. The
buses are double-deckers,
with seats that allow pas-
sengers to lie down or they
can watch TV wearing head-
phones. She had expected
maybe some chickens on
board.
When queried about her
views on the current tenor of
our times, Shoup responded.
<I try to see the light.
Both sides are impatient
and frustrated. We9re going
through some tumultuous
times,= she said. <But I have
hope because a lot of us are
fighting. That9s a sign of
hope that people still care.=
Shoup is particularly
hopeful when it comes to
those she calls <the children
of the COVID years,= those
coming along behind her
who are having to be adapt-
able and resilient while deal-
ing with bizarre norms.= She
would like to see society
<change how we regard and
trust youth.=
Shoup9s optimism can
be seen in her assessment
of being in Sisters: <It was
meant to be.= And so far, she
<feels welcomed and appre-
ciated as I am.=
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