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Page 10 The Skanner February 21, 2018 News Kareem cont’d from pg 7 an assistant coach for two others, won a record six MVP awards and is the leading scorer in NBA history with 38,387 points, a mark that’s nev- er been seriously chal- lenged in the 29 years since he retired. He’s written more than a dozen books ranging from children’s adven- ture novels to histories of prominent Afri- can-Americans to crime novels featuring the ad- ventures of none other than Mycroft Holmes, older brother of Sher- lock. “I enjoyed Sherlock Holmes from when I was a kid,” he recalls, adding with a robust laugh that until high school he actu- ally believed the master detective was a real per- son. Learning he was Ar- thur Conan Doyle’s cre- ation, he concluded the author gave short shrift to Mycroft and set out to fix that a few years ago. Comey cont’d from pg 9 ferent people,” he said. He wrote a series of ar- ticles on the experiences of Black students and faculty as a campus jour- nalist. “All of that came to- gether and I decided, ‘You know what, I think I’d be better in seeking justice as a lawyer,’ be- cause that’s where jus- tice is found,” he said. As Comey and Han- ford spoke, protestors demonstrated and chant- ed outside the universi- ty’s historical Founders Library. The protestors were members of HU Re- sist, a Howard student collation organized to change the campus and the surrounding commu- nity. According to HU Resist member Alexis McK- inney, the organization opposes Comey because “he is responsible for the people like Rakem Balo- gun, formerly known as Christopher Daniels, be- ing targeted and perse- cuted for ‘Black identity extremism.’” Balogun of Dallas was under surveillance by the FBI for two years before they raided his home and arrested him in December 2017. Items taken from his home included a .38 caliber handgun, an assault rifle and the book, Negroes With Guns by Robert F. Williams. Balogun was indicted on unlawful possession of a firearm. The organization pro- tested Comey’s speech last September during the university’s annual Convocation ceremony marking the start of a new academic year. “We thought it import- ant to continue our resis- tance to Comey, despite the ambivalence of our classmates,” McKinney said, “because at the end of the day, he’s a sym- bol of institutionalized white supremacy and state oppression.” Hansford challenged Comey in the discussion and dismissed his asser- tions that many prob- lems between police and African Americans are caused by a few “bad ap- ples.” “It’s not a question of bad apples,” Hanford re- sponded. “It’s a question of bad systems.” “The FBI has a very challenging history with the black community,” he added, referring to the many years the FBI under director J. Edgar Hoover, spied on, hounded Af- rican American lead- ers and organizations beginning with Marcus Garvey in the 1920s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the NAACP, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam in the 1950s and 60s and the Black Panthers in the 1970s. Comey said he tried to address the FBI’s histo- ry of misdeeds regard- ing African Americans while director. He said he wanted agents and analysts to study the organization’s history of misconduct, includ- ing programs such as Cointelpro, a counterin- telligence program used heavily in the 1960s to surveil civil and human rights organizations. “I tried to make the FBI stare at that history,” he said. “I’m a believer that transparency is to include. I commissioned a course at Quantico, where every new agent and analyst of the FBI studies the history of the FBI, with special empha- sis on the FBI’s interac- tion with Dr. King, and you know that horrific history.” He further explained that at the end of the course, all the trainees go to the King memori- al in the nation’s capital where they are assigned a final project. They must pick something Dr. King said on those two stones and write an essay about how the quote inter- twines with the FBI’s val- ues. Even with those pro- grams, Comey said, his efforts were “probably not enough” to bridge the divide and mistrust between African Ameri- cans and the FBI. His second Holmes book came out last year, and he’s working on another. “That and this tour will hopefully keep me pretty busy,” he said as he sat in a chair in his spacious of- fice. It’s an office filled with memorabilia commem- orating not only his basketball career but his African-American roots and his work as a civil-rights advocate. Sit- ting near NAACP Image Awards are dozens of basketballs, many auto- graphed by members of the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers teams he helped lead to five championships in the 1980s. On the walls are posters of him launch- ing his signature sky- hook shot over the likes of Charles Bark- ley and guarding Bill Walton. The sounds of jazz, the beloved soundtrack of Ab- dul-Jabbar’s life, play softly through the of- fice until he silences them to talk. (His father, Ferdi- nand Lewis Alcindor, whose name he shared before changing his in his early 20s upon his conversion to Islam, was not only a New York City police officer but a tal- ented jazz musician.) If not as shy as he once was, Abdul-Jabbar is still somewhat guarded in conversation, although he can be playfully fun- ny as well. Yes, he confirms with a grin, it’s true that after President Donald Trump sent him a name-call- ing note for criticizing Trump, he crumpled it into a ball and skyhooked it into a wastebasket. Although he suffered from leukemia that’s now in remission and underwent quadruple bypass surgery three years ago, Abdul-Jabbar looks little different than he did during his playing days, appearing trim and athletic in Tommy Hil- figer jeans and an open- necked shirt. “Well, you know, see- ing how there is no al- ternative — I’ll take it,” he says of turning 70 last year. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 3469 On-call Transportation Demand Manage- ment Planning, Marketing and Evaluation for the Regional Travel Options Program Metro, a metropolitan service district organized under the laws of the State of Oregon and the Metro Charter, located at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232- 2736, is requesting proposals for architectural and engi- neering services for the orchestra shell replacement for On-call Transportation Demand Management Planning, Marketing and Evaluation for the Regional Travel Options Program. Metro’s Regional Travel Options (RTO) program exists to connect and support a wide range of regional organizations and initiatives working to reduce the en- vironmental, economic and social impacts of driving. Metro is seeking proposals from qualified firms, consul- tants and specialists, or teams of firms or consultants to perform: Transportation Demand Management Program planning and implementation; Strategic consultation, marketing, outreach and public relations implementation; Individualized Marketing; Research and Evaluation and Multi-cultural outreach and programming. Pre-Proposal Conference: A voluntary pre-proposal conference will be held at address on February 23, 2018 at 9 a.m. at Metro Regional Center, Room 401, 600 NE Grand Ave, Portland. Interested proposers and subcontractors are encouraged to attend the conference in order to gain in- formation about the RFP requirements Sealed submis- sions are due no later than 2:00 p.m. March 15, 2018 in Metro’s business offices at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Port- land, OR 97232-2736, Attention: Julie Hoffman, Procure- ment Analyst, RFP 3469. Solicitation documents can be viewed and downloaded from the Oregon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN) at http://orpin.oregon.gov/ open.dll/ Metro may accept or reject any or all proposals, in whole or in part, or waive irregularities not affecting substantial rights if such action is deemed in the public interest. Metro extends equal opportunity to all persons and specifically encourages minority, women-owned and emerging small businesses to access and participate in this and all Metro projects, programs and services. Metro and its contractors will not discriminate against any per- son(s), employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, political affiliation or marital status. Metro fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, see www.oregonmetro.gov. 2-21-18 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sam Barlow High School Addition & Renovation Gresham-Barlow School District Gresham, Oregon Bid Due: March 13, 2018, 2:00 PM Advertisement for: Sam Barlow High School Addi- tion & Renovation Bid Package #1 Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC, serving as the Con- struction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) on the Sam Barlow High School Addition & Renovation Project for Gresham-Barlow School District (GBSD) is soliciting proposals from qualified Building Demolition, Selective Demolition, Earthwork / Utilities / Asphalt Paving, Site Concrete, Landscape, Structural Con- crete, Structural Steel, Metal Stairs, Miscellaneous Steel, Rough Carpentry, Finish Carpentry, Masonry, Waterproofing, Metal Framing, Insulation, GWB, ACT, Wood Ceiling Panels, Acoustic Ceiling Baffles, Acous- tic Panels, Wall Coverings, Weather Barriers, Metal Wall Panels, Roofing, Flashings & Sheet Metal, Lou- vers,Roof Accessories, Roof Vents, Expansion Control Joint, Sealants, Doors/Frames/Hardware, Coiling & OH Doors, Accordion Doors, Aluminum Curtain Walls & Storefronts, Polished Concrete, Carpeting, Framed Floor Mats, Hardboard Flooring, Resilient Flooring, Ceramic Tiling, Painting, Visual Display, Signage, Toilet Compartments, Wire Mesh Partitions, Corner Guards, Toilet Accessories, Fire Ext. & Cabinets, Lock- ers, Window Treatments, Flagpoles, Theater & Stage Equipment, Black Box Equipment, Audience Seating, Trash Compactors, MRL Hydraulic Elevators, WC Lifts, Site Furnishings, Athletic Construction, Grandstands, Track Surfacing, Turf Surfacing, Unit Pavers, Parking Bumpers & Pavement Markings, Chain link Fences, Welded Wire Fences and Gate Subcontractors for the construction of the Sam Barlow High School Addi- tion & Renovation Project in Portland, Oregon. Terms and conditions of the proposal are outlined in Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC (CM/GC) “Invitation to Bid”, dated February 20, 2018, attached to and made a part of the Contract Documents. Proposals will be received at the offices of: Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC, (CM/GC) 550 SW 12th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97205 Proposals will be opened with a GBSD represen- tative present. Facsimile and e-mailed bids will be permitted (written confirmation with original bid shall be submitted no later than 3 working days from date of bid opening). Fax to 503.223.2874 or e-mail to sambarlow@lewisbuilds.com. Proposals shall be clearly marked “Sam Barlow High School Addition & Renovation Bid Package #1 – Bid Pack- age #1.0X:_______________”. The total building construction cost is projected to be approximately $54 Million. The scope of work bidding at this time includes ar- eas noted above for the construction of a new 2 story approx. 57,000 SF academic building (science labs, classrooms and administration) and new commons with renovated restrooms, performing arts renovation including theater, renovation of the existing media cen- ter, remodel of existing south classroom spaces, ren- ovations of existing CTE classrooms, metal shop and wood shop, locker room renovations, new home sta- dium, field turf and track surface, new lighting at field and parking lots, a mix of light and heavy renovations with seismic upgrade to the existing 1965 building, and demolition of the existing home stadium, existing NE classroom building, and portion of common areas. Lewis is currently only soliciting bids on Bid Package #1 for entire project, as scopes described above. The Project Site is located at, 5105 SE 302nd Ave- nue, Gresham, OR 97080. A pre-bid walk will be held at the project site on February 26, 2018 @ 3:00 PM at the project site. Proposers shall enter parking lot off Lusted Road and meet at North side entrance to the Performing Arts Building for check-in. The pre-bid walk will be non-mandatory. Contract Documents and the Invitation to Bid may be reviewed at the following locations: Lease Crutcher Lewis Sam Barlow High School - BP#1 ftp site: https://lewisbuilds.exavault.com/share/ view/m3ku-1xydpte0 OAME Plan Center Contractor Plan Center (call 503.650.0148 for access to the FTP site) Contract Documents may be purchased (non-refund- able) in its entirety or in part from Willamette Print & Blueprint, 503.223.5011, or through their online ser- vice: https://admin.wpbinc.com/orders/new Sam Barlow High School – Bid Permit Set All proposers must comply with the following require- ments: Licensed with Construction Contractors Board ORS 671.530, Resident Status ORS 279A.120. Pro- posals will not be considered unless RECEIVED by 2:00 P.M. PST on March 13, 2108 and fully com- pleted in the manner provided by the “Instructions to Proposers”. “NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP- PORTUNITY (Executive order 11246)”. Lease Crutcher Lewis, LLC (CM/GC) is committed to taking affirmative action to encourage and facilitate the participation of minority, women-owned, and emerging small business enterprises (M/W/ESBE) in projects and encourage Subcontractors to provide similar op- portunities for their subcontractors / vendors. LEASE CRUTCHER LEWIS, LLC, (CM/GC) Mike Levesque 2-21-18
