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July 11, 2018
CME Churches
Meet in Portland
“The Investment Factor: Ex-
pressing God’s Love through
Missions and Outreach” will be
the theme of a regional confer-
ence this week in Portland rep-
resenting Christian Methodist
Episcopal Churches from several
western states.
Bishop Bobby R. Best, presid-
ing prelate of the ninth Episcopal
district of the CME Church will
preside over the gathering, July
11-13 at the Shiloh Inn Airport.
The event is hosted by Rev. Dr.
Leroy Haynes Jr., senior pastor of
the Allen Temple CME Church in
northeast Portland and presiding
elder for CME churches in Ore-
gon, Washington and Alaska.
Allen Temple conference
co-chairs Sister Gloria Cabine
Rev. Dr, Leroy Haynes, Jr.
and Sister Regina Greene have
planned a lovely welcome recep-
tion and service for which the
community is invited to attend
on Wednesday, July 11 at 6 p.m.
at the Shiloh Inn Airport, 11707
N.E. Marine Drive.
Low Income Fares Begin
C ontinued from f ront
amount just below the $24,960 a
full-time minimum wage worker
in metropolitan Portland would
make annually) or $50,198 or less
for a family of four.
The program was made possi-
ble when the 2017 Oregon Leg-
islature passed and Gov. Kate
Brown signed into law a bill which
established a dedicated and stable
source of funding for TriMet to of-
fer reduced fares for low-income
adult riders.
Previously, TriMet had a fare as-
sistance relief program that provid-
ed grants and discounts to nonprof-
it organizations that assisted those
who are struggling financially.
TriMet hopes to reach enough
people to register 15,000 partici-
pants in the first year and 45,000
within the first three years.
Once eligibility is certified, par-
ticipants present documentation at
the TriMet Ticket office at Pioneer
Courthouse Square, downtown,
where they will be issued a per-
sonalized Hop Fastpass fare card
to which funds can be loaded im-
mediately and used for fares on
buses, Max light rail and trains.
A $3 fee associated with the issu-
ing of the re-loadable Hop Card is
waived for the first card issued to
an individual enrolling.
For high school students, the
free fare is offered where no yel-
low bus service is provided and is
made possible by financial support
from TriMet, the city of Portland,
and the Portland, David Douglas,
and Parkrose school districts.
“This agreement means that for
the coming year these students
will have greater access to jobs,
training opportunities, classes at
Portland Community or Mt. Hood
Community colleges, libraries
and other destinations that sup-
port their education, Mayor Ted
Wheeler said.
A working group consisting of
City of Portland and TriMet will
convene to determine long-term
strategies for providing transit
passes to other low-income stu-
dents in the Portland-area and
could include formulating how
funds are used from a new em-
ployee payroll tax that was signed
into law last summer.
Part of HB2017, or the Keep
Oregon Moving Law, requires one
percent of the revenue from the
tax to go toward high school stu-
dent transportation.
For more information on how
to sign up for the new low income
fares, visit trimet.org/lowincome/.
You are invited to join
Antioch Missionary Babtist Church
and
Greater Mt Gillard Missionary Baptist Church
For Vacation Bible School 2018
5935 North Minnesota Avenue
(corner of Minnesota and Ainsworth)
July 16 - July 20; 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Ages 3-Adult
(age appropriate lessons for everyone)
Activities, Refreshments, Crafts,
Fun & Fellowship
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