Page 10 May 22, 2019 C LASSIFIED /B IDS O PINION SUB BIDS REQUESTED Portland International Airport (PDX) Parking Additions and Consolidated Rental Car Facility (PACR) Bid Package 11 JE Dunn Construction invites written Bids from qualified Trade Partners to provide construction services for the following scopes of work on the PACR project: • Masonry • Fireproofing • Miscellaneous Metals • Glazing • Expansion Joints • Glass Canopies • Below-Grade Waterproofing • Drywall & Framing • Traffic Coating • P3 Garage Paint • Roofing • Fire Sprinklers • Metal Panels Bidding Documents may be viewed and/or obtained electronically on SmartBidNet through a Bid Invitation issued by the Contractor. To be issued a Bid Invitation, contact Robert Means at: Robert.Means@ jedunn.com. Bidding Documents may also be viewed at the locations listed in Plan Rooms section below. Use the Bid Proposal Form in Section 00 41 23 and include other bid information (scope breakdowns, narratives, etc.) for reference. Bids will be received by the Contractor Attn: Robert Means, 424 NW 14th Ave, Portland, OR 97209. Bids may also be delivered by email to Robert.Means@jedunn.com Bids due 2:00pm PST June 14, 2019 Any Bid received after the specified date and time will not be considered. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be located at The Port of Portland Headquarters, located at 7200 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218 in the Multnomah Conference Room on Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 at 1:00pm for the purpose of answering any questions from prospective Bidders. Attendance is strongly encouraged. No other Pre- Bid Conference will be held. JE Dunn Construction reserves the right to select the best value response, negotiate with multiple bidders, or reject all responses. This is an Equal Opportunity and encourages Minority, Woman, Veteran, and Emerging Small Business participation. Digital Communications and Marketing Coordinator Part time. Hourly wage from $22- Administrative Lead, full-time, 25 depending on experience. Oregon Convention Center, Includes part-time benefits. $22.82 - $31.95 hourly. Franciscan Spiritual Center Deadline date: May 28, 2019 2512 SE Monroe St Milwaukie, OR 97222 Guest Services Manager, full- www.francisspctr.com. time , Oregon Convention Center, 503-794-8542 $62,320 - $90,364 annually. Deadline date: June 3, 2019 Submit cover letter and resume These opportunities are open to: Lpeacock@francisspctr.com to First Opportunity Target Area (FOTA) residents: This egaL otices area includes the following zip codes located primarily in N, NE and a small portion of SE Portland: 97024, 97030, 97203, 97211, 97212, 97213, 97216, 97217, 97218, 97220, 97227, 97230, 97233, 97236, and 97266, whose total annual income was less than $47,000 for a household of up to two individuals or less than $65,000 for a household of three or more. L Visit oregonmetro.gov/FOTA for the complete job announcement and a link to our online hiring center or visit our lobby kiosk at Metro, 600 NE Grand Ave, Portland. Metro is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer N Need to publish a court document or notice? Need an affidavit of publication quickly and efficiently? Please fax or e-mail your notice for a free price quote! Fax: 503-288-0015 e-mail: classifieds@portlandobserver.com The Portland Observer Poverty Stacks the Odds against Children We all lose from the harm this causes m arian W right e delman The Children’s Defense Fund recently released our latest report on Ending Child Poverty Now once again showing just how much pov- erty is hurting our children and na- tion and sullying our pretensions to be an equal opportunity society. We all lose in a nation that al- lows millions of children to face the minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day harms of poverty. In 2017 over 12.8 million of our children lived below the of- ficial poverty line—$25,094 for a family of four—based only on cash income. Nearly half lived in extreme poverty below half the poverty line. More than two-thirds of poor children in related families live with an adult who works and more than a third live with an adult who works full-time year round. Poverty stacks the odds against children and stalks them down ev- ery avenue of their lives. As our by latest national plea to end child poverty now carefully documents, poverty places children at risk of hunger, home- lessness, sickness, violence, educa- tional failure and family stress and too often deprives them of positive early childhood experiences and opportunities that prepare more affluent children for school, college and work. Poverty wears down children’s emotional reserves, saps their spirits and confidence and threat- ens their potential and aspirations. From infancy through adulthood poverty gnaws away at child re- siliency and hope and harms them for life. Beyond its individual human costs, child poverty has huge economic costs for all of us. One study shows the lost productivity and extra health and crime costs stemming from child poverty add up to about $700 billion a year, or 3.5 percent of GDP. Another study found elimi- Good day African American business owners, skilled people, church organizations, etc. If you seriously believe that we should help support our own and encourage others to do the same, then we’re inviting you to come and get registered to participate in the upcoming “20/20” Regional African American Business directory, featuring what black people are doing in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Vancouver WA, PTLD, Salem etc. Registration is taking place now at 2205 N. Lombard, room 103, PTLD, Oregon. After they are paid for, there will be thousands of directories produced and distributed. Basic business directory listing is less than $40 a year, less than $15 for skilled people listings. For appointment hours phone Gloria at 360-952-1432, Ruth at 360-723-8497, John (503) 358-9655 or Lottie (directory organizer) at 206-271-0311. nating child poverty between the prenatal and age 5 years would increase lifetime earnings be- tween $53,000 and $100,000 a child—a total lifetime benefit of $20 to $36 billion for all babies born in a given year. And we can- not measure the countless inno- vations and discoveries that never occur because so much child po- tential is lost. Child poverty also fuels a de- structive intergenerational cycle of poverty with compounding ef- fects that can have lasting conse- quences into adulthood. Children who grow up poor have a harder time escaping poverty as adults. Research shows people who experienced poverty at any point during childhood are more than three times as likely to be poor at age 30 as those who were nev- er poor as children. The longer a child is poor, the greater her risk of becoming a poor adult. A 2017 Urban Institute report found only 20 percent of children who spent half their childhoods in poverty were consistently working or in school during their twenties. No families should have to fight so desperately to beat the odds in this battle that is so hard to win in a nation with the largest economy in the world. We must act now to save our children’s lives and our nation’s soul. Inaction is not an option; poverty is far too costly for our children and nation to con- tinue. Ending Child Poverty Now shows we already have the solu- tions and that by investing just a small percentage of our federal budget into existing programs and policies, we can make significant progress and rescue many child lives from stunted futures. We just need the moral decency, political will and economic common sense to do it. Marian Wright Edelman is founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund.