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Poppa Al’s offers $6 gift cards
to locals affected by virus
Emily Teel
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
Poppa Al’s Famous Hamburgers, a
burger spot in Mill City, is handing out
125 gift cards to front line health care
workers, first-responders and others
impacted by COVID-19.
Called the Poppa Cares program,
each gift card will be loaded with $6,
enough for one of the restaurant’s
cheeseburgers or Super Budget
Meals.
Poppa Al’s owner Kevin Muniz was
inspired to offer the cards as gifts to
help Santiam Canyon residents – the
Highway 22 corridor from Stayton to
Idanha and Detroit Lake – struggling
with the impact of the pandemic.
“If someone in their family or they
themselves were ill with it, or they’ve
lost work as a result of the economic
shutdown,” said Muniz, they’re wel-
come to participate.
“We don’t want to interrogate peo-
ple or judge people,” he added. “These
are the qualifications, just tell us how
you meet them.”
In addition to the original value,
Poppa Cares card recipients will re-
ceive a 20 percent discount on all pur-
chases through the end of the year.
While some area restaurants have
been closed by the economic impact
of the pandemic, Muniz said business
at Poppa Al’s has been relatively
strong in the past few months.
“We rebounded in April when the
Health Department started shutting
down other establishments, “ he said,
crediting steady sales with the fact
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you like an adult, even at that young age,
and was just a really interesting kid.”
His interests extended beyond the
outdoors.
At the age of 16, Adelman rebuilt a
Toyota truck. He worked on his grand-
parents' farm, rode horses and showed
sheep at 4-H events, his mother said.
After graduating from Cascade High
School in 2019, he’d entered Oregon
State University to study agriculture
business management.
A love for the mountains
In the mountains, Adelman found
challenge and a tight-knit community.
After taking the Chemeketans’ climb
school, he threw himself into all things
high-altitude.
“He was a quick study and learned all
the skills you need to safely travel in the
mountains,” Langford said. “He was al-
ways considered a strong part of the
team — never as the kid who needed his
hand held. A big reason was that he
studied a lot. I’ve climbed with many
adults who didn’t do half the prepara-
tion that he did. When it came to navi-
gation, he wasn’t following — he knew
where we were and was always a person
to turn to and consult about the next
step.”
As his skill grew, Adelman began at-
tempting more ambitious climbs, in-
cluding Mount Olympus, considered a
major accomplishment, and the Leuth-
old Couloir route up Mount Hood. He
climbed and skied down Mount Adams
and Mount St. Helens.
But he also loved his fellow climbers
and the community of the Chemeke-
tans.
“My favorite memories of him were
from our Hood climb,” said Drapiza. “I
was down-climbing the area right after
the Pearly Gates and he was coaching
me — letting me know how far I was
from the next step since we were mov-
ing backwards. They were big steps for
my short legs. Later I found out how old
he actually was. You just knew he had
Owner Kevin Muniz stands in front of Poppa Al’s Famous Hamburgers in Mill City. COURTESY OF KEVIN MUNIZ
that Poppa Al’s already has the type of
take-out window that minimizes con-
tact between staff and patrons.
“We’re really set up for this kind of
service.,” he said.
“I was fortunate to be one of those
businesses to get a PPP loan. I was
able to keep all employees working
even when things weren’t looking so
good, so this is my way of giving
back.”
To request a card or refer someone
for the program, interested parties
can call the restaurant, show up in
person, or send a direct message to
the Poppa Al’s Facebook page.
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an amazing future ahead of him.”
In a Facebook post after the accident,
Adelman’s brother stressed what the
climbing community meant to his
brother.
“I just wanted to say that you guys
were everything to Todd,” his brother
wrote. “Every weekend he looked for-
ward to hike, climb, ski or train with
whoever was available. You guys under-
stood him and accepted him despite be-
ing younger and still learning.”
“wanted to thank everyone who has
reached out and helped support them
during this difficult time.”
Adelman's brother expressed thanks
for the outpouring of support.
“l believe people die twice, once
when they take their last breath, and
again when their name is said for the
last time,” his bother wrote. “I can trust
it will be a long time before he is really
gone.”
If you go:
Poppa Al’s Famous Hamburgers
Where: 198 NE Santiam Blvd.
Mill City
Phone: 503-897-2223
More Information:
www.facebook.com/PoppaAls/
Zach Urness has been an outdoors re-
porter, photographer and videographer
in Oregon for 12 years. To support his
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Urness is the author of “Best Hikes
with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking South-
ern Oregon.” He can be reached at zur-
ness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503)
399-6801. Find him on Twitter at
@ZachsORoutdoors.
The accident
Three Fingered Jack is a challenging
and technical climb but was well within
Adelman’s skill, friends said.
He went with a climbing partner and
took the standard route, climbing up
steep rocks before using ropes to ascend
a horizontal traverse known as “The
Crawl.” They again used ropes for the fi-
nal pitch to the 7,844-foot summit, said
Langford, who spoke with Adelman’s
climbing partner.
After that, they came down and made
it back across The Crawl a second time.
From there, the route crossed a class 3
scramble, meaning that it’s exposed but
climbers typically hike across the rock
without ropes, using their hands to
steady themselves here and there. It’s a
bad place to fall but is not considered a
place where ropes are used.
At some point below The Crawl, the
rocks gave way, causing Adelman to fall
hundreds of feet, according to the Linn
County Sheriff ’s Office. The mountain is
known to have crumbly rock, similar to
other Cascade volcanoes such as Bro-
ken Top, which Adelman had previously
climbed.
“He was always so careful and cau-
tious through anything remotely dan-
gerous that it’s hard to believe it would
have been anything other than a fluke
situation,” Langford said. “But with
climbing, there’s only so much risk you
can control.”
Rescue teams from Eugene and Cor-
vallis mountain rescue located Adel-
man’s body at 7,300 feet.
In an email, Adelman’s family “ex-
pressed gratitude to all the search and
rescue organizations who helped bring
Todd down from the mountain” and
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