September 7, 2016
The
Page 3
INSIDE
Week in Review
This page
Sponsored by:
page 2
L OCAL N EWS
pages 6-7
O PINION
M ETRO
page 9
photo by C ervante p ope /t he p ortland o bserver
Vivian Satterfield of the nonprofit Organizing People/Activating Leaders (OPAL) calls for reduced tran-
sit fares for low income riders. The protest last Wednesday in front of TriMet’s administrative offices,
downtown, broke up shortly after the building was put on lock down.
Low Income Fares Wanted
Transit
advocates push
for reduced
costs
to adopt a reduced fare for
low-income riders as part of a
larger strategy to support sustain-
able growth and livability in the
Portland area.
The message was delivered
to the agency in the form of a
protest last Wednesday by Bus
Riders Unite from the nonprofit
by C ervante p ope
organization Organizing People/
t he p ortland o bserver
Advocates for the poor and Activating Leaders (OPAL).
“This is about the people in
disadvantaged are asking TriMet
the community that make in-
comes below 200 percent of the
federal poverty line which is a
really small amount of money,”
says Shawn Fleek, OPAL com-
munity engagement coordinator.
“People in Portland are feeling
the squeeze on housing and the
cost of transportation, which is
the second largest cost that any-
C ontinued on p age 15
Beloved Pastor Remembered
A wake and home going for Mary Overstreet Smith
Arts &
pages
8-12
ENTERTAINMENT
O BITUARIES
C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
page 13
page 14
page 15
Beloved
Portland
Pastor
Mary Overstreet-Smith, known
for her decades of selfless work
as co-founder and pastor of the
Power House Temple Church
on North Williams Avenue, died
Aug. 30 after a long illness. She
was 78.
Friends and family are invited
to a Celebration of Life wake in
her honor on Friday, Sept. 9 at
7 p.m. at Maranatha Church in
northeast Portland. The public is
also invited to her going home fu-
neral service that will follow the Mary Overstreet-Smith
next day, Saturday, Sept. 10 at 11
a.m., also at Maranatha Church,
according to family and friends.
Overstreet-Smith was always
known for having an open door
for people in the community who
needed food, clothing and other
help. After Hurricane Katrina,
for example, she sold her “win-
tertime” home in Glendale, Ariz.,
to raise money to bring more than
40 people to Portland left home-
less by flooding in Louisiana and
C ontinued on p age 15