JUNE 5, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
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Keizer library takes
reading program online
Imagine Your Story, is the
theme of Keizer Communi-
ty Library’s (KCL) summer
reading program where tod-
dlers through teens can par-
ticipate in the library’s pro-
gram by reading stories every
day and, in the process, earn
prizes.
Imagine Your Story starts
Monday, June 15, and ends
August 14. While the library
is temporarily closed due to
COVID-19 concerns, the
Summer Reading Program
registration will take place
outside on the back patio of
the Keizer Cultural Center.
Packets will be available on
June 15, 22 and 29 from 1 to
3 p.m. Game boards can also
be presented on those days to
earn prizes.
As part of the summer
program, KCL is also hosting
a Children’s Book Club via
Zoom for students in third
through fi fth grader. Each
participant in the club will
receive three free books to
keep, including titles from the
2020-21 Oregon Battle of the
Books competition. Partici-
pation is limited. To register,
call 503-363-4548.
Stories in the Stacks, with
Summer Reyes, has gone vir-
tual on YouTube
More information is avail-
able on the KCL website at
www.keizerlibrary.org. All
programs are free of charge.
Yes, we’re open!
Sanitization and social distancing are highly
encouraged in our store with a “sanitization station”
set up near the entrance. For the safety of our
families and customers, all of our employees
are wearing face masks, and we ask that you please
consider wearing a mask as well. We also have
a pay station set up with plexiglass.
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MHS grad aids virus relief
BY MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
When the COVID-19 pan-
demic hit in March, Ish Gue-
vara didn’t want to sit on the
sidelines while people in the
Salem-Keizer community were
in need.
“I may not be the richest
person in the world, but I knew
that there was some way that I
could help people out,” Gue-
vara said.
The McNary alum has been
interested in sewing and fash-
ion design ever since he was
a kid, which is why, since the
beginning of the COVID-19
pandemic, he has been creat-
ing and selling masks for $10
Submitted
apiece — with all funds going
towards donating food to fam- McNary grad Ish Guevara is making masks and funneling the proceeds into other good deeds.
ilies in need.
Guevara admitted that a for people to forward me fam-
All of Guevara’s masks are out the majority of his or-
tightly woven and double-lay- ders. While many of his orders lot of his motivation comes ilies or people that they knew
ered with seams for fi lters. They come from people in the Sa- from his personal background. needed help. Some were mi-
are made with 100 percent cot- lem-Keizer area, Guevara says Raised by a working class grant agricultural workers that
he’s even been able family in Los Angeles before didn’t receive stimulus checks,
ton and meet the
to sell masks to peo- moving to Keizer, Guevara has some were cancer survivors
safety guidelines
ple on the east coast always had a heart for people and some were single mothers,”
of the Center for
— which is partially in need, which is why he has Guevara said.
Disease Control
due to his large so- worked tirelessly to use his gift
Since then, Guevara has do-
and Prevention.
cial media following. of sewing to raise money to nated his earnings to Mano a
(CDC).
“All the net- feed hungry
Mano
food
“You wouldn’t
families.
working
I
have
done
bank
on
Port-
be able to blow
“I’ve always
has helped me sell
land Road in
out a candle with
the masks at a higher wanted to help
Salem.
the mask on,”
out
during
rate,” Guevara said.
While he
Guevara said.
crucial
times.
Over
the
last
continues
to
The
masks
It
reminds
me
t
w
o
-
a
n
d
-
a
-
h
a
l
f
make
more
come in both
Ish Guevara
months,
Guevara where I came
masks
and
children
and
has made well over from,” Gue-
raise
addi-
adult sizes.
tional money,
While Guevara offers basic, 1,000 masks. Even though it’s vara said.
Using
the
an
extensive
process,
Guevara
Guevara en-
single-colored masks, he also
courages peo-
includes his passion for art and doesn’t plan on stopping any money from
the
masks,
ple to help
design in many of his creations time soon.
Guevara
made
“It’s
a
long
and
tiring
pro-
those that are
as he has made a multitude of
26
food
bas-
cess.
But
even
when
I
just
in need in any
different designs for many of
way that they
his masks, featuring anything wanted to rest, I knew that kets fi lled with
beans,
can.
from popular cartoons to sports I had to keep trying to come rice,
fl
our,
soup,
cereal,
toothpaste
through
for
families
that
were
“What
I
always
tell people is
teams.
and
other
essential
items.
Each
in
need,”
Guevara
said.
“This
that
we
can
only
get through
Although some customers
have picked up their masks at has become a passion project of basket also included a $40 gift this tough time by helping and
thinking of others,” Guevara
his front door, Guevara mails mine and, no matter what, I’m card to a grocery store.
“I asked on my social media said.
going to keep going.”