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February 21, 2024 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 11 Bids & Classified To place your ad, email advertising@theskanner.com or go to www.TheSkanner.com and click on the “Ads” menu. Hurston cont’d from pg 9 poignantly explores the journey of Janie Craw- ford as she navigates love, independence and self-discovery. Hurston’s exquisite prose and keen insight into the human condition captured the essence of the Southern Black experience, earn- ing her accolades and ce- menting her legacy. Harlem Renaissance infused with a deep un- derstanding of the hu- man spirit, challenged stereotypes and provid- ed nuanced portrayals of Black life. Despite her literary prowess, Hurston faced challenges, including ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Uptown cont’d from pg 3 ment of the status quo had had its way, if Martin Luther King and the peo- ple who supported him had not been such cham- pions of civil rights – we’d still be in apartheid, we’d still be in Jim Crow in the United States. It was never, ever intended for Black people to enjoy full citizenship. The Skanner: How early were you aware of that? Taylor: My mother just passed last week... my mother was raised by her maternal grand- father, and I got to meet him. He died the year af- ter Martin Luther King was assassinated. He was born in 1879, and I re- member every day when I came home from school, he would say “Hey son, what were your lessons today?” and he genuinely wanted to know. I came in one day and said I found out that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. He chuckled and he said, well son, let me tell you how it was. He was born on the plantation where his parents were real slaves. He was born Hurston’s literary con- tributions during the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and artistic movement celebrating Black identity, were in- strumental in reshaping the narrative. Her short stories, essays and plays, on a plantation 14 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. And he said, and I’m paraphras- ing, ‘I was born a slave and I was raised a slave. Think about it this way: If you can’t read, and you can’t write, and you have no money and no means, and you have nowhere to go and no way to get there. If some guy off somewhere signs a piece of paper that says you’re free, what does that real- ly mean? If people have owned you and your family and your grand- parents, for generations, where’s everybody sup- posed to go? How will the culture just automatical- ly change, just like that?’ And he said it didn’t. I’m writing my moth- er’s obituary, and I talk- ed to a couple of the el- ders in my family to try to get some insight into my mother’s upbringing and youth. I was talking to one great-aunt who’s almost 90 years old, and she grew up with my mother. Read more at TheSkanner.com INVITATION TO BID ITB #24-06: Fourth Plain Blvd Road Diet - F Street to Fort Vancouver Way Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the City of Vancouver, Washington, for ITB #24-06: Fourth Plain Blvd Road Diet - F Street to Fort Vancouver Way bids up to the hour of 11:00 a.m., Pacific Local Time, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 and will publicly open and read aloud at that time on the same day in the Vancouver City Hall, 415 W 6th St, Vancouver, Washington and via an online platform. This Contract provides for the improvement of NE Fourth Plain Blvd within the City of Vancouver including signing, striping, signals and other work, all in accordance with the attached Contract Plans, these Contract Provisions, and the Standard Specifications. The Contract Work shall be Physically Complete within 120 Working Days from the Notice to Proceed. The City of Vancouver in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252,42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, dis- advantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invita- tion and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. The City of Vancouver is committed to providing equal opportunities to State of Washington certified Minority, Disadvantaged and Women’s Business Enterprises in contracting activities. (Section 4 of Chapter 56, Laws of 1975, 1st Ex. Sess., State of Washington). Bidding documents may be obtained from the City of Vancouver Procurement Services website at: https://city- ofvancouver.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportu- nities. These are available for viewing, downloading and printing on your own equipment, free of charge 2-21-24 CITY OF DUFUR, OREGON WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS SCHEDULE B - 2024 City of Dufur 175 N.E. Third Street , Dufur, Oregon 97021 General Notice The City of Dufur, Oregon (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project: Wastewater System Improvements Schedule B - 2024 Sealed Bids for the construction of the Project will be received by Kathy Bostick, City Recorder, at the City of Dufur City Hall, located at 175 N.E. Third Street, Oregon 97021, until March 19, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The Project includes the following Work: The Work for this Contract involves the construction of a fully functional wastewater treatment system. The scope includes an influent flowmeter and screening, lift station, treatment and storage lagoons, chlorination building and system, effluent pump station, irrigation pump station, approximately 7-acre center pivot irrigation system, and all other Work required for a complete and functional wastewater treatment system as shown on the Drawings and specified in the Technical Specifications. The Contract will be subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (40USC3141-3148) and the applicable provisions of ORS 279C.800 through ORS 279C.870 (the Oregon Prevailing Wage Law). This Project is being funded through the Business Ore- gon Infrastructure Finance Authority, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, USDA Rural Development, and the City of Dufur. Obtaining the Bidding Documents Bidding Documents are available at http://www.ander- sonperry.com under the Bid Docs link. The digital Bid- ding Documents may be downloaded for a non-refund- able payment of $30.00 by inputting QuestCDN eBidDoc Number 8968554 on the website. Assistance with free QuestCDN membership registration, document down- loading, and working with the digital Project information may be obtained at QuestCDN.com, at 952-233-1632, or via e-mail at info@ questcdn.com. The Bid- ding Documents will be available for download af- ter February 16, 2024. No paper sets will be provided for bidding purposes. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bid- ding Documents are ob- tained from a plan room or source other than the des- ignated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodi- cally with addenda and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifica- tions, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Nei- ther Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bid- ding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website. The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Anderson Perry & Associ- ates, Inc. Brandon Mahon, P.E. 1901 N. Fir Street, La Grande, Oregon 97850 541-963-8309, bmahon@ andersonperry.com Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Doc- uments at the Issuing Of- fice on Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or at the locations listed below. City of Dufur, 175 N.E. Third Street, Dufur, Ore- gon Advertising deadlines 12:00 Noon Monday criticism from some contemporaries who perceived her work as too focused on rural folk- lore. Economic strug- gles further obscured her brilliance, leading to periods of obscurity and almost the loss of her legacy. She died of a stroke in a welfare home in 1960 and a yardman who was hired to clean out her belongings start- ed to burn her papers. A friend passing by saw it and stopped him, rescu- ing her work. Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., 2659 S.W. 4th Street, Suite 200, Redmond, Oregon Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., 243 E. Main Street, Suite C, Hermiston, Oregon Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., 214 E. Birch Street, Walla Walla, Washington The Owner is an equal opportunity employer. Minority and women-owned businesses are encouraged to bid. Minority and women-owned businesses should indicate they are a minority on the Planholders List. Pre-bid Conference A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on March 5, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at City Hall, 175 N.E. Third Street, Dufur, Oregon 97021. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is encouraged but not required. Instructions to Bidders For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bid- ding Documents. American Iron and Steel Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropria- tions Act of 2017 (Division A - Agriculture, Rural Develop- ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen- cies Appropriations Act, 2017) and subsequent statutes mandating domestic preference applies an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All iron and steel products used in this project must be produced in the United States. The term “iron and steel products” means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, re- inforced precast concrete, and Construction Materials. The following waivers apply to this Contract: De Minimis, Minor Components, Pig Iron, and Direct Reduced Iron. This Advertisement is issued by: Owner: City of Dufur By: Kathy Bostick Title: City Recorder Date: February 19, 2024
