PAGE A4, KEIZERTIMES, JUNE 26, 2020
Face masks now required Now open: FruitBox on River Road
in most public spaces
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Marion County is one of
a handful of Oregon counties
where masks are now required
in public spaces.
The Oregon Health Au-
thority (OHA) released full
details of mask requirements
Monday, June 22.
Masks are required in gro-
cery stores, fi tness-related or-
ganizations, pharmacies, public
transit agencies and providers,
restaurants, bars, breweries,
brewpubs, wineries, tasting
rooms, retail stores and malls,
ride sharing services, pools and
sports courts, indoor enter-
tainment facilities, recreational
sports centers and indoor en-
tertainment venues.
Cloth face coverings are
now available at most major
retailers.
Businesses in those sectors
are required to provide masks
or face shields to employees
and customers are required
to wear masks unless they are
eating or drinking. Business
owners should also post signs
regarding mask policies at their
businesses. There are down-
loadable versions of the signs at
govstatus.egov.com.
Businesses should, but are
not required to, provide dis-
posable face coverings for cus-
tomers and educate employees
on mask policies. There may
be times when masks need to
be removed while commu-
nicating, with a customer, for
instance.
Businesses are allowed to
turn away customers without
masks or ask them to return
with a face covering. Business
representatives can ask if wear-
ing a mask interferes with a
medical condition, but should
not inquire about specifi cs or
ask for proof.
Children between ages 2-12
are not required to wear masks,
but it is encouraged with close
supervision on proper use, (e.g.,
excessively touching the face
covering, not changing the face
covering if visibly soiled, risk
of strangulation or suffocation,
etc.) Children under 2 years
old should not wear masks.
Even when wearing a face
covering, the OHA still rec-
ommends:
• Limit social and recre-
ational activities where people
cannot stay six feet apart.
• Stay at least six feet from
others during necessary trips to
grocery stores, pharmacies or
health care places.
• Cover sneezes and coughs
with a tissue and throw it away
immediately; or cough or
sneeze into your upper sleeve,
not into your hands.
• Avoid touching your eyes,
nose, mouth or face.
• Clean your hands regularly
and thoroughly with soap and
water or use hand sanitizer (60-
95% alcohol content) if you
cannot wash your hands.
• Isolating yourself when
you are sick. Stay away from
work, family and friends. Stay
away until 72 hours after both
fever and cough have gone
away without the use of fe-
ver-reducing medicine.
By LAUREN MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
FruitBox Snack Bar has
rolled into Keizer. The brick
and mortar store, located on
Lancaster Drive, has expand-
ed to using a food truck once
again. They have taken up res-
idence on River Road along-
side Uncle Troy’s BBQ and
Thai Food Express, completing
Keizer’s very own food pod.
FruitBox is a family run
business that started with Fabi-
ola Baulenzula and her brother
when they were in college. Dis-
appointed by the lack of year-
round fruit offerings in the area,
they hatched the idea for fruit
truck.
“Being able to provide
something the entire year gives
people options,” Baulenzula
said.
They started out with a
truck before opening a store.
They are bringing the trailer
back into use as a way to ex-
pand their business.
“The idea was to start of
with a smaller trailer, almost
a shaved ice trailer, and then
it became a brick and mortar
store,” Baulenzula said.
KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy
Fabiola Baulenzula, a family owner of FruitBox, and Adela Cor-
tez another member of the family opened at 4570 River Road
N. last week.
The truck offers every-
thing from fruit salads to fresh
squeezed juices to ceviche,
which they’ve received high
praise for. One of their most
popular offerings is the straw-
berries and cream fruit salad,
which is made with a home-
made cream.
“At our actual location we
sell a lot of tortas, it’s like a
Mexican sandwich, but here
we’re selling a lot of mango-
niada. Mostly the mango ones,”
Baulenzula said. Mangoniada is
likened to a spicy mango slushy.
FruitBox Snack Bar rounds
out the offerings of the food
pod, name coming soon, with a
lighter alternative to a full meal.
There is limited seating due
to COVID-19 restrictions but
more tables will be added when
it is safe and legal to do so.
“I just want to invite anyone
to come and try a fresh fruit sal-
ad or smoothie or one of our
refreshing mangoniadas,” Bau-
lenzula said.
Keep fi reworks safe and legal
The Offi ce of State Fire
Marshal (OSFM) and the Or-
egon Fire Service is asking Or-
egonians to use caution when
using all fi reworks this summer.
For residents who purchase
legal fi reworks, the OSFM en-
courages everyone to practice
the four Bs of safe fi reworks
use:
• Be prepared before light-
ing fi reworks: keep water avail-
able by using a garden hose or
bucket.
• Be safe when lighting fi re-
works: keep children and pets
away from fi reworks.
• Be responsible after light-
ing fi reworks: never relight a
dud. Wait 15 to 20 minutes then
soak it in a bucket of water.
• Be aware: use only legal
fi reworks and use them only in
legal places.
Oregon law prohibits the
possession, use, or sale of any
fi rework that fl ies into the air,
explodes, or travels more than
12 feet horizontally on the
ground, without a permit is-
sued by the OSFM. Bottle
rockets, Roman candles and
fi recrackers are illegal in Ore-
gon without a permit.
COVID-19
has created a
greater need for
donations to the
Keizer Community
Food Bank
Please consider
donating food or
fi nancial help.
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