Cashton Community Series

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Cashton Building Supply

Contributing researchers:

Kylie Lemke

Hannah Hemmersbach

Zack Flick

Hunter Clemmerson

Henry Brueggen

Chase Olson

Brayden Barner

Alannah Welda

Copyright @2012. Cashton Elementary Press

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Table of Contents

History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . .10

Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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History: The Cashton Building Supply opened in the

early 1900’s and was named Cashton Lumber

Company. Kevin Kirking has owned it for

almost 30 years.

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Goods or Services? The Cashton Building Supply offers us goods.

They sell lumber, nails, screws and many other

supplies for building.

They also offer us a service by building decks,

sheds, garages, dog houses, and homes.

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What You Can Find/See

• Lumber

• Screws

• Nails

• Skid steer

• Fork lift

• Truck for hauling lumber

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Photos and Captions

The forklift carries wood from the truck to

be piled in a shed until the customer

buys it.

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Using Math The salesmen add up the cost of

supplies. They count money.

They also use math by adding the

weights of lumber together and

they use a tape measure to find

lengths of wood.

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Reading and Writing The salesmen read labels on the

goods that they sell. They also

read and write down the orders

for their customers.

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What If You Worked Here? You have to be friendly and nice.

You have to smile at your custom-

ers and use eye contact. You

need to be able to communicate

with your co-workers and your

customers.

You also need computer skills and

to be a logical thinker.

Henry would like to own the business.

Kylie would help the customers.

Chase would like to build a house.

Zack would like to build a giant building.

Hunter would like to drive the fork lift.

Hannah would like to be a saleswoman.

Alannah would like to sell lumber to customers.

Brayden would like to drive a skid steer.

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Interesting Facts

At the Cashton Building

Supply, there are 4 peo-

ple who work there. They

have 3 buildings for their

supplies.

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Map

The Cashton Building Supply is located

at 523 Broadway Street.

Photo ?

Cashton Building

Supply

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Glossary

Customers– people that come to buy

goods

Logical Thinking– to think carefully to

figure something out

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About the Project

The Cashton Elementary First Graders

visited many places in order to learn

about the goods and services our com-

munity provides to the people who live

here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-

nesses we contacted who graciously al-

lowed us to visit and learn. If you have

questions about this project or would

like to be included in the future, please

contact one of the following teachers

at the Elementary School (608-654-

7377).

Rachel Huntzicker

Beth Lee

Dawn Stalsberg