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Movies/Bids/Classifieds Movies Opening This Week — Sept. 26 By Kam Williams Special to The Skanner News Won’t Back Down (PG for mature themes and mild epi- thets) Fact-based, female empowerment saga, set in Pittsburgh, about a jaded teacher (Viola Davis) and a frus- trated single-mom (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who join forces to turn around an underperforming public school. A-list cast includes Ving Rhames, Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter (for The Piano), and Oscar-nominees Rosie Perez (for Fearless) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (for Secrets & Lies). Hotel Transylvania (PG for action, rude humor and scary images) Animated romantic comedy about the Dracula’s daughter (Selena Gomez) who, over the objections of her father (Adam Sandler), falls in love with a mere mortal (Andy Samberg). Voice cast includes Kevin James, Ceelo Green, Steve Buscemi and Jon Lovitz. Looper (R for profanity, sexuality, nudity, drug use and graphic violence) Sci-fi thriller, set in 2042, about a mob hit man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who has no qualms about time-travelling to carry out contracts until he is ordered to assassinate his future self (Bruce Willis). With Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo. TECHNICAL SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE The Oregon State Bar regulates the practice of law in Oregon & provides a variety of services to its members & the public. We are looking for candidates to join our dedicated team & provide technical support & mainte- nance as it relates to desktop hardware, software, & A/V equipment Please visit http://www.osbar.org/osbcenter/openings.html for job details. The salary range minimum starts at $18.37 per hour. Excellent benefits. PERS employer. Send resume with a cover letter to Director of Human Resources--IDT, Oregon State Bar, P. O. Box 231935, Tigard, OR 97281. Fax to 503-598-6985 or e-mail to hr@osbar.org. Equal Opportunity Employer. 9-26-12 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Asian Elephants – New Elephant Habitat Oregon Zoo Portland, Oregon Advertisement for: Oregon Zoo – New Elephant Habi- tat – Early Work Bid Package Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC, serving as the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) for Metro– Ore- gon Zoo is soliciting bids for the construction of the Asian Elephants new Elephant Habitat in Portland, Oregon. Terms and conditions of the bid are outlined in Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC (CM/GC) “Invitation to Bid”, dated September 24, 20012, attached to and made a part of the Contract Documents. Bids will be received at the offices of Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC, (CM/GC), 550 SW 12th Avenue –3rd Floor, Portland, Oregon 97205, until 2:00 P.M. PST, October 12, 2012 at which time the bids will be pub- licly opened and read aloud. Proposals shall be clearly marked “Oregon Zoo Elephant Habitat Bid Package No. 1” The total construction cost for Oregon Zoo New Elephant Habitat Early Work Package is projected to be approxi- mately $7,600,000. This Bid Package includes the following scopes of work only. • Wild Life Live Building Addition and Renovation • Train Track and Trestle Demolition, Reconfiguration, and Construction • Construction of New Train Building • Construction of a new Perimeter Service Road & Utili- ties All remaining scopes of work to be included in future Bid Packages. A MANDATORY pre-bid conference for bidders bid- ding specific Bid Package #1.1 – Earthwork, Civil, Service Road, Utilities, Retaining Walls and Tie Backs will be held at the Project Site, in the Skyline Conference Room (Basement of Cascade Grill) located at 4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR on Sep- tember 28, 2012, at 9:00 A.M, local time. Pre-Bid conference is non; mandatory for subcontractors bidding all other packages. It is the intention of Lease Crutcher Lewis, LCC (CM/GC) to submit a bid for Bid Package 1.2 –Con- crete Structure. Contract Documents and the Invitation to Bid may be reviewed at the following locations: Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC (CM/GC)/Portland, OR; Precision Images, ARC; Oregon, and Oregon Contractor. Contract Documents may be purchased (non-refund- able) in its entirety or in part from Precision Images, (503) 274;2030. All proposers must comply with the following require- ments: Prevailing Wage Law, ORS 279C.800; 279C.870, Licensed with Construction Contractors Board ORS 671.530. Bidder shall indicate Resident Status per ORS 279A.120. If Required, Bidders must obtain business licenses to perform work in the City of Portland prior to mobilizing on jobsite. Bids will not be considered unless RECEIVED by 2:00 P.M. PST on October 12, 2012, and fully com- pleted in the manner provided by the “Instructions to Bidders”. “NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPOR- TUNITY (Executive order 11246)”. Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC (CM/GC) is committed to tak- ing affirmative action to encourage and facilitate the participation of minority, women-owned, and emerging small business enterprises (M/W/ESBE) in State and Metro projects and encourage Subcontractors to provide similar opportunities for their subcontractors / vendors. 9-26-12 Page 10 The Portland Skanner September 26, 2012
