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KeizerCommunity
Library adds student board member
KEIZERTIMES.COM
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
Angel Olmos-Lopez, a se-
nior at McNary, has turned a
love of reading into an oppor-
tunity to volunteer.
“When I was a kid, my
mom always told me to put
the book down and do chores
instead of reading,” said Ol-
mos-Lopez, who just hap-
pened to drive past the Keizer
Cultural Center when he was
looking for somewhere to vol-
unteer. “I had no idea there
was a library.”
Lopez worked at least
four hours a week in Keizer’s
Community Library over the
summer, loading shelves and
helping people that came in,
before being asked to serve
on the board in a new student
position.
“They took notice that I
really wanted to help out so
they offered me to come on
to the board,” Olmos-Lopez
said. “It’s been really fun, to see
that I’m helping out the com-
munity. It’s nice to see people’s
faces light up when you help
them.”
Olmos-Lopez moved to
Keizer from Southern Califor-
nia when he was 5 years old.
His dad, a baker since he
was 12, and his mom, opened
Fortaleza Bakery. By the time
Olmos-Lopez, the oldest of
fi ve kids, was 12, he was work-
ing in the bakery as a cashier.
“It taught me hard work
and I just wanted to help out as
much as I could,” Olmos-Lo-
pez said. “It made me want to
help other people, not just my
family but my community af-
ter that.”
At McNary, Olmos-Lopez
is on the National Honor So-
ciety and co-president of the
garden club.
He hopes to attend Oregon
State University and become a
robotics engineer.
“Ever since I was a kid, I al-
ways wanted to make things or
build,” Olmos-Lopez said.
“There was this book that
had this whole list of inven-
tors and I found it fascinating.
I really love the idea of creat-
ing something that helps the
world. I always wanted to do
that.”
KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitz
Angel Olmos-Lopez, a senior at McNary High School, is serving on the Keizer Community Library Board in a new student position.
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