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B10 Wednesday, January 29, 2020 HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore. hoodrivernews.com ROOTS: Family, and Sisu BRIMSTONE: Falling happens, pads will catch you continued from B2 continued from B1 persevere. The second letter was writ- ten in 1947 on parchment thin stationery to Armas Jakku of Hood River by the same Maria Jakku of Finland. She profusely thanked her nephews Armas and Eino for sending a care package with some staples, most deliciously some “real” coffee that she had not had for years. She described the desperate situation the family was in, barely surviving in the coun- tryside of Laihia, victims of al- most a century of wars inflicted upon the Finnish population currently by the Russian Army. Maria shared that she was now blind and had to resort to asking another woman to write the poignant thank you letter to her nephews. She was as- tounded that they still remem- bered her and cared enough to send a care package. I felt the pain of this woman who expressed her anguish at living in a country side rav- ished by war, an almost con- tinual condition throughout her life. The encouragement of grandmother Selma to Maria to persevere, under- scoring that life was worth living. She too had her Sisu tested. Sent away from her family at the age of nine to a different country, marrying a man twenty years her senior, giving birth to eight children only to be widowed and left to raise those young children by herself. While the answer to the mysteries we were puzzling over were not found, the answer to the spirit of immi- grants was illuminated. Love, family, perseverance. Sisu. Photos courtesy of Ken Annala LEGION CLIMB photos. dering, as opposed to rope climbing. Bynre explained, “Ulti- mately it comes down to ‘what is protecting you when do fall?’ Falling happens in climbing; in bouldering, you’re not climbing super high stuff so the thing that’s protecting your fall is a pad. “The goal is to have enough variety in the route setting,” Byrne said, “both in difficulty and style.” Routes include straight verticas as well as a variety of overhangs called aretes — French for ridges. Altschl and Byrne both have climbing and indoor gym experience, and started writing business a plan just under two years ago, after considering other locations in Hood River. “Shortly thereafter, we started looking at spaces and Jen found this on Craig’s List,” Byrne said. “We did a long feasibility study to see if we can make it work in this town and in this building. So far so good,” he said. Ver- tical Solutions of Salt Lake City designed the multi-col- ored climbing walls, and the general contractor was Or- ange Construction of Hood River. Notably, new burnished brown wood mixed in with the climbing surfaces mimics the church’s original distinc- tive “bead board” woodwork. Brandon Bertram of Hood River said of Brimstone, “It’s like a puzzle piece on the wall; It’s very involved.” Ber- tram, who has used several facilities in Portland, said, “When I heard this was com- ing around, I came to the open house and they had a very cool presentation, I was hoping they would do it the right way, and the answer is yes — world class routes, I could come here every day for six months and find some- thing new.” Routes are changed every five weeks, giving repeat users time to get to know and per- fect “projects” while keeping things fresh, according to Byrne. Molly Beard is head CHALK-COVERED hands, top, grip one of the “stones” on the main climbing wall; playing card is part of a route-marking system. Brimstone will upgrade the markers with permanent color-coded labels in coming weeks. Above, Ryan Fife of Hood River makes his way along one of the routes. route setter. Nathan Frankel runs the youth programs, and staff members also include Eric Holmes, Hansen Urdahl, Mark Pearce and Jenny Harris. The gym is open noon to 9 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends, though the schedule is subject to change once the owners have a better handle on user needs, and climbing options vary includ- ing day passes, punch cards, © 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 8 and annual and family pass- es. Climbers sign a waiver at a counter fashioned from the original organ keyboard, and climbing shoe rentals are required. Chalk, and chalk bag worn on the hip are also available. Altshul said, “Coming up the with name one was one of the hardest parts for us. We wanted something that did not ignore the fact that we are in an Add up the value of these coins. Then circle all the items you could purchase with this amount. To be money smart, you need to understand goods and services. Everything humans buy are either GOODS or SERVICES. Bees make honey. Jars of honey are goods that humans buy. Collecting nectar for honey, we also spread pollen. . That helps flowers and the crops that humans need to grow! Pollination is a service we bees provide! old church, that gave a nod to that, but people wouldn’t mis- take for religiously affiliated. We wanted to have some nod to climbing.” Hence the word “stone.” “We wanted it to be a little irreverent without offending people,” Altschul said. Some stores sell all or mostly goods. For example, a grocery store sells mostly goods. If it has a bakery that makes birthday cakes, then it offers goods and a service in one product! Other stores sell mostly services, such as a car wash or a barber shop. Complete the following to describe a store you go to: Hmmmm... maybe bees should charge people for these goods and services! Name of a store I go to: Standards Link: Math: Addition using money. Goods are things that are made or grown. Basically, things you can touch. A service is work that one person does for someone else. How many goods can you find in this room? Color them. Draw a line from each person to the service he or she provides. Find the words in the puzzle. SERVICES How many of them can you FLOWERS find on this page? PROVIDES P S E I R I X A T N NECESSARY R S N O I T C A M E OBJECTS O H E R O N S S O C ACTIONS GOODS V S C C O E D N B E TOUCH I E W U I O E I J S COINS D R O P O V M O E S FIRES E I R G Y T R C C A BEES WORK S F K S E E B E T R PIES D S R E W O L F S Y ROOM Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical TAXI words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns. Goods I can buy at that store: Services I can buy at that store: Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use context clues to understand the meaning of words. Wants and Needs Is this dictionary goods or a service? ______________ Who could use it? _____________________________ Goods and Services Search Why would they want to use it? __________________ Look through the newspaper for five or more examples of goods and five or more examples of services. Write them in the spaces below. ____________________________________________ Things that are necessary to our survival are needs. Wants make our lives easier or more pleasant but are not critical to daily living. Look through advertisements and see if you can find more wants or more needs. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Is this waiter goods or a service? _____________ Who could use it? _________________________ Why would they want to use it? ______________ ________________________________________ Coupon Copy Is this taxi goods or a service? _______________ Who could use it? _________________________ Why would they want to use it? ______________ ________________________________________ Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use grade-appropriate words correctly. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. Imagine you were asked to write a coupon for a product. What would you write? What would be your special offer? Design a newspaper advertisement for the store you described above. Be sure to include some of the goods or services they offer. Look at the ads in today’s newspaper for ideas.
