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September 7, 2016 Page 15 Low Income Fares Wanted Beloved Pastor Remembered services, the advocates suggest TriMet increase tax and advertising revenues. TriMet currently makes around $4 million from company advertisements on transit vehicles, train stations and bus shelters, nearly $13 million less than what San Francisco made from ad- vertising, the advocates say. “We want to make sure that TriMet receives the message that we are not go- ing away and we will continue to remind them of how important an issue this is,” says OPAL member David Bouchard. “We will always be the watchdogs mak- ing sure they’re doing right by us, the riders. We have the right to be heard.” C ontinued from p age 3 body pays in a household.” The proposal is patterned after Seat- tle’s LIFT program and San Francisco’s Lifeline pass, where a 200 percent pov- erty line threshold makes San Francis- co’s discounted pass cost $35 and Se- attle’s at $54, nearly half of the normal $99 price. For those living within 100 percent of the federal poverty line, the advocates suggests a fare matching TriMet’s Hon- ored Citizen pass for senior citizens and disabled riders, which is $28 per month. To pay for the new rider benefits and C ontinued from p age 3 Texas. She helped start the the North by North- east Community Health Center, one of Portland’s first free health clinics, along with an autism center. Here’s a statement sent out by the North by Northeast Clinic: “Our hearts are heavy and full as we share the sad news that our beloved co-founder, Pastor Mary Overstreet Smith, passed away after a long illness. While the loss is still sinking in, we are filled with memories of the wisdom, love, encouragement and laughter she shared with us over the past ten years. Nine months after she and Dr. Jill Ginsberg met in November 2005, the doors of North by Northeast Community Health Center were opened to our first patients. Pastor Mary loved to say that this meeting was “pre-destined,” and she was so proud of how far we have come. We know Pastor Mary touched countless lives here in Port- land and beyond. So many people lost a great friend and champion.” Mary Overstreet-Smith was born Nov. 2, 1937 in Gulfport, Miss. She moved to Portland in February 1965. She was the mother of six children and was preceded in death by a son, Michael Forbes. It Does Good Things TM This page is sponsored by Oregon Lottery C alendar September 2016 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 World War II began, Hitler invaded Poland, 1939 5 6 First Continental Congress Convened (1774) Read a Book Day Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth, England (1620) 12 13 Labor Day National Chocolate Milk Shake Day Jesse Owens Olympian, born 1913 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day Poet John Keats Wrote ‘To Autumn’ in 1819 26 Johnny Appleseed born John Chapman, in 1774 National Peanut Day Positive Thinking Day 7 Grandma Moses born, 1860 (painter) 14 Francis Scott Key wrote ‘Star Spangled Banner’ in 1814 International Literacy Day King Richard the Lion-Hearted born, 1157 15 Make A Hat Day National Hispanic Heritage Month Begins 21 22 First Railroad Station Opened Magellan started his search for the Spice Islands In 1519 World Gratitude Day International Peace Day H.G. Wells born, 1866 First Day of Autumn Elephant Appreciation Day U.S. Post Office Opened In 1789 27 28 First Airport Opened (1909) William the Conqueror Invaded England, 1066 FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 3 National Blueberry Popsicle Day U.S. Treasury Dept. Established, 1789 8 20 Crush A Can Day First Steam Locomotive Run (1825) R 29 The U.S. Army was established in 1789 9 Teddy Bear Day California became the 31st state in 1850 16 Collect Rocks Day National Play-Doh Day Mayflower Day 23 California Native American Day Nintendo founded in 1889 - made playing cards 30 Edgar d’Aulaire born, 1898 Safety Pin Invented (1849) Barkley the Dog’s Birthday (Sesame Street) Treaty of Paris Signed, 1783 SUNDAY 4 Newspaper Carrier Day Google First Incoporated (1998) 10 11 Swap Ideas Day Elias Howe patented the sewing machine, 1846 National Grandparents Day Make Your Bed Day World Trade Center attack in 2001 17 18 Citizenship Day Constitution Day; In 1787 U.S. Constitution signed 24 First Toy Store Opened National Bluebird of Happiness Day Supreme Court established, 1789 The New York Times was first published in 1851 25 Good Neighbor Day (4th Sunday) Mary Poppins Debuted in 1964
