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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Insurance pool opposed
LEGAL NOTICE
(Continued from page 1)
THREE RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
2007 LOCKER REFURBISH
PROJECT NO. 06316
INVITATION TO BID
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids are invited in sin-
gle contract proposal for Locker Refurbish at Hidden Val-
ley High School, Illinois Valley High School, North Valley
High School, Fleming Middle School and Lincoln Savage
Middle School.
Schools are located in Josephine
County, Oregon. Work consists of refurbishing existing
corridor lockers and associated work.
Bids must be in writing and delivered to the office of
Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., Architecture and Planning;
125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400; Coos Bay, Oregon
97420. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 P. M, Thursday,
April 26, 2007. Bids will be opened and read in a public
meeting at the office of Crow/Clay & Associates Inc.,
scheduled for 2:00 P. M., Thursday, April 26, 2007. Bids
received after 2:00 P. M., will not be received or consid-
ered. After opening, the bids will be available for public
inspection.
Construction Documents may be examined at the office
of the Architect: Crow/Clay & Associates Inc., Archi-
tecture and Planning; 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite
400; Coos Bay, OR 97420; (541) 269-9388; FAX:
(541) 267-6187; and at the following locations: Central
Oregon Builders Exchange, Bend, Daily Journal of Com-
merce, McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, Portland,
Douglas County Plan Center, Roseburg, Eugene Builders
Exchange, Eugene, Klamath Falls Builders Exchange,
Klamath Falls, Medford Builders Exchange, Medford, and
Oregon Contractors’ Plan Center, Clackamas.
Prime bidders may obtain one set of bidding documents
at the Architect's office upon deposit of $50.00. Non-
bidders' deposits will not be refunded. Additional sets
and partial sets may be purchased from the Architect for
the cost of reproduction.
Pre-Bid Conference to be held at 10:00 A. M, Thursday,
April 12, 2007, at the Three Rivers School District Main-
tenance Department Office, 126 Ringuette Street, Grants
Pass, Oregon. Attendance at the Pre-Bid Conference is
mandatory.
No bid will be considered unless accompanied by bid
security in the form of a Cashier's Check issued in favor
of the Owner or a bid bond issued by a bonding company
acceptable to the Owner. Bid security must be for 10%
of amount of the bid and guarantee bids for a period of
thirty (30) days after bid opening.
No bid for a construction contract shall be received or
considered by Three Rivers School District unless the
bidder is registered with Construction Contractors Board.
If the Contract amount is $50,000 or greater the provi-
sions of ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870, relative to prevail-
ing wage rates shall be complied with by the successful
bidder and all subcontractors, and appropriate certificates
indicating compliance will be required. The Contractor is
required to pay a fee to the Bureau of Labor and Indus-
tries pursuant to the provisions of ORS 279C.825. The
fee is one-tenth of one percent of the contract price, but
not less than $100 or more than $5,000 regardless of the
contract price.
All bidders must state at the appropriate place in the bid
form, whether or not the bidder is a “resident bidder” as
defined in ORS 279A.120. A percentage increase, as
determined by the Department of General Services, will
be added to nonresident’s bids for the purpose of deter-
mining the lowest qualified bidder.
Within two hours of the bid opening, all bidders to be con-
sidered as responsive, shall submit at the above address,
a form, disclosing the names, addresses, Construction
Contractor’s Board numbers, if applicable, of all first-tier
subcontractors whose contract value for labor or labor
and material exceeds 5% of the total project bid or
$15,000, whichever is greater.
Three Rivers School District may reject any bid not in
compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures
and requirements, and may reject for good cause any or
all bids upon a finding by the Three Rivers School District
that it is in the public interest to do so. Three Rivers
School District reserves the right to waive minor irregu-
larities in Bid Form upon a finding by the Three Rivers
School District that it is in the public interest to do so.
Bid Forms and Subcontractors information will be ac-
cepted via hand delivery, mail or facsimile.
Three Rivers School District; Mr. David Marshall, Director
of Fiscal and Support Services; Mr. Lloyd Russell, Direc-
tor of Maintenance.
Publish Date:
March 14, 2007
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
THE COUNTY OF JOSEPHINE
In the Matter of the Estate of:
ORLEE LEE CURRIER, Deceased
Case No. 07-P-0016
Notice to Interested Persons
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been ap-
pointed and has qualified as the Personal Representative of the
estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby
required to present their claims, with proper vouchers, within
four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as
stated below, to the Personal Representative at P.O. Box 234,
Cave Junction, OR 97523 or the claims may be barred.
All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceed-
ings in this estate may obtain additional information from the
records of the court, the Personal Representative, or the attor-
ney for the Person Representative.
Dated and first published Feb. 21, 2007
Paul Simon
c/o P.O. Box 234
Cave Junction, OR 97523
Mansfield R. Cleary
Attorney for the Estate
P.O. Box 234
Cave Junction, OR 97523
Publish:
Feb. 21, Feb. 28, March 7, March 14, 2007
own insurance pool for
school employees, has a
vested interest in the matter,
but has at least provided cost
estimates for the proposed
bill.
Board member Jim
Weaver said that he was
worried about the body that
would be set up to govern
the insurance pool program.
He compared it to the Public
Employees Retirement Sys-
tem (PERS). Problems have
arisen with PERS because
its original governing board
members all received retire-
ment benefits under that
program.
“This could turn out to
be PERS all over again,”
Weaver commented.
“That’s not the way to run
things.”
Board member Dave
Strahan said that lawmakers
need the input of school
districts before voting on the
bill.
“They want to hear
from somebody from
home,” Strahan said. “They
do pay attention to that.”
The board decided that
Fritts and Breckner would
write a letter stating the dis-
trict’s official opposition to
SB 426, and that board
members would make indi-
vidual contacts with legisla-
tors.
Civil union legislation
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in no way interferes with the
right of each religious faith
“The bill was referred to
to choose freely to whom to
a budget committee, even
grant the religious status,
though there was no reason
sacrament or blessing of
for it to go to the budget
marriage under the rules or
committee, because it
practices of that faith.”
wasn’t a financial bill,”
SB 2 also contains a
Cherniak said.
religious
exemption.
Buckley said that the
“Nothing
in this chapter
House Republican leader-
prohibits
a
bona
fide church
ship had very clear motiva-
or
sectarian
religious
institu-
tion for keeping the bill in
tion
from
taking
any
action
committee.
with respect to employment,
“The reason they didn’t
house or the use of facilities
allow it to come to the floor
based on a bona fide reli-
is that it obviously had the
gious belief about sexual
votes to pass,” Buckley said.
orientation,” the bill reads.
Democrats gained a
Chernaik said that those
majority in the House fol-
exemptions came after
lowing the 2006 elections,
much careful consideration.
w h i c h
“We had
made the
great in-
‘It
will
be
a
milestone.’
passage of
- Barry Snitkin, put from
civil un-
ion legis-
Social Justice Alliance state lead-
lation
of Josephine County ers,” she
s a i d ,
m u c h
“ w h o
more likely.
really
worked
hard
to come
Although the new legis-
up
with
a
good,
strong
reli-
lation is similar to SB 1000,
gious
exemption
that
does
there are some significant
protect the religious exemp-
distinctions. For instance,
tions enshrined in Oregon’s
SB 1000 established the
Bill of Rights and Constitu-
legal framework for civil
tion.”
unions and contained anti-
Barry Snitkin, board
discrimination provisions.
member
of the Social Jus-
But those issues are kept
tice
Alliance
(SJA) of Jose-
separate this time around.
phine County, said that or-
SB 2 amends existing
ganization is mixed on the
state statues to add sexual
proposed legislation. He
orientation as a protected
said SB 2 is a “no-brainer.”
class in terms of discrimina-
“There’s no reason for
tion, and covers areas such
any
government to be dis-
as housing and employment;
criminating any citizen in
and HB 2007 establishes the
our state,” Snitkin said.
legal framework and proc-
But Snitkin said that SB
esses for civil unions.
2007
is a “little more com-
Chernaik said that such
plicated,”
and that there is
an approach may make the
no
consensus
among SJA
legislation easier to pass.
members regarding that bill.
“It’s a much more tradi-
Buckley said he is con-
tional setup to have each
fident
that both bills will
concept in its own stand-
pass
into
law by the end of
alone bill,” Chernaik said. “I
the
2007
session.
don’t think it in any way
Snitkin said that such
hurts our chance of winning
legislation is long overdue.
both if we have separate
“This is the first time in
legislation. In fact, we think
Oregon
that we’re going to
it helps.”
eliminate
discrimination,”
SB 1000 attempted to
he
said.
“It
will be a mile-
create civil unions by
stone.”
amending the state’s exist-
ing marriage statues, Cher-
naik said. But HB 2007
keeps marriage and civil
unions completely separate.
The bill reads, “The
Legislative Assembly recog-
nizes that the Oregon Con-
stitution limits marriage to
the union of one man and
one woman. The Legislative
Assembly does not seek to
alter this definition of mar-
riage in any way through the
Oregon Family Fairness Act
and recognizes that the Leg-
islative Assembly cannot
bestow the status of mar-
riage on partners in a civil
union.
“The Legislative As-
sembly recognizes that nu-
merous distinctions will
exist between these two le-
gally recognized relation-
ships.”
HB 2007 also keeps
religion entirely out of the
equation. The bill notes:
“Providing recognition
to same-sex partnerships
through a civil union system
LORNA BYRNE MIDDLE SCHOOL announced February
Students of the Month. Pictured are (not in order)
Tracy Arnold, Michael Rathburn, Danielle LaVassaur,
Levi Vasquez, Cassandra Thurman and Travis Hudson.
Recognized as Most Improved for February are Re-
becca Gogulski, Cody Margason and Calin Hanson.
Sixth-graders Kiersten Robbins and Andrew Steelman
were January standouts who were not featured last
month. (Photo by Michelle Binker/‘Illinois Valley
News’)
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