B10 Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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ROOTS: Family, and Sisu BRIMSTONE: Falling happens, pads will catch you
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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.