Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 23

'-V 'V'v r-' J-r -K-J THE OAKLAND TR8UNE Y- v''V'V -SUNDAY March 8 1997 DAN Staff of the Ebony Museum on 14th Street 4 'r i I is rededicated The fra public event begins at 2 pm in the nevrty restored Victorian at 1034 14th SI across from Lowell Park The opening will feature the work of six artists Including founder Alssaloul Ayola Vemlta who established the museum in 1980 creating a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating African and African-American art sculpture and examples of popular cultural ethnic artifacts The museum's initial opening attracted large numbers ofvlsl- fors but damage caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake and a subsequent fire food Vemlta to close the house and move what was left of her one of a kind collection to quarters in Jack London Village After eight years the museum is ready to reopen in its original Oak Colter neighborhood while also keeping the site at Jack London Village open The 2-story plus attic structure originally was known as the Keys-Hess house According to Cultural Heritage Survey files it was built in 1880 and originally valued at $2500 (architect and -builder unknown) The original occupant was Gilbert Keyes a San Francisco com- modifies merchant (who no doubt like thousands of others made use of the convenient dally ferry service leaving from Oakland Point to commute to his of- -flee across the bay) After 1900 August Hess and family (he was with the Oakland Gas Lighting and Heat Co) made the house their home for the next SOyears The survey's evaluation notes that the house (with its comer lo- cation hip and gable roof multiple bays and Intact milled brackets) is a good example 'of 1 the Stick style and appears eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a contributor to a potential Oak Center Historic District The Oak Center District (Adeline to Myrtle streets and 14th to 21st streets) contains (me of the best concentrations of Vlctorian-style homes in Northern California Through the 1870s 80s and 90s medlum-to-large houses on 50- to 100-foot lots sprang up on what had been marshy oak-studded flatland west of the original town Unlike San Francisco where 1 many neighborhoods featured blocks of attached rowhouses West Oakland homes of this era were constructed as fra standing villas fully designed on all sides Accessory buildings carriage houses bams and the like frequently appeared (a surprising number still survive) Cheque points IHAVE NEVSKbeea able to figure out why the pleas of paper we sign at hone are called checks while the ones we sign when traveling are referred to as cheques I suppose because has a sort of suave continental air to It and when away from hone we can pretend to be suave cpntJnental types because nobody knows us The traveler's cheques I buy when I'm going away on vacation are not the ones most frequently promoted in television ads the kind that the ads warn ok against So when I purchase them 1 make a point of being honest with the bank teller letting her know that I am fully aware of the risk Fm taking Td like some traveler's cheques" 1 say totally worthless kind that wlll leave me stranded at an airport or in some foreign country and ruin my vacation if I lose them?" i "Yes we have those" she says many would you like?" Actually tve never lost or misplaced any of those cheques and I feel a little bad about that The whole point of carrying traveler's cheques it seems to me is to lose them If you don't lose them what good are they? You might Just as well carry iash Also you have to sign every me of them when you buy them then when you turn in the ones you haven't used you have to sign them all over again If you're buying any sizable number of cheques thfl can be a lot of penwbrk Once as I began signing a batch ofcheques the bank teller got a phone call informing her Unit her uncle had died By the time I signed the last cheque the uncle was burled and the aunt had remarried Also they have to be signed In the presence of the teller never been able to understand why They already have my money and it seems to me It matter what name I used on the cheques I could sign them all "Mother Goose" and the bank wouldn't be out a penny The other thing I worry about is that when I attempt to spend a traveler's cheque I won't be able to duplicate my original signature The reason you sign the cheques originally of courseb that when you spend one by signing it off to some merchant he can compare the two signatures to be sure It's you even If he's never met you before and you're going under the name of Mother Goose The thinking here seems tp be that if you lose the cheques and some con artist finds them have to forge your slgna-tore to spend them and that this scam will be seen through by any sharpeyed waiter or hotel clerk To tell you the truth I doubt that particularly as I always seem to get a waiter whocan't hit my water glass on the first try 1 SUSPECT in fact that the average forger will do a lot better Job of duplicating my signature than I will 1 have a terrible time writing my name the same way twfee My signature seems to depend on my mood of the moment Often when I sign off a traveler's cheque and hand ltto a waiter and he squints at the two signatures I fed that he's-'sizing me up as some sort of Je- kytl-and-Hyde personality If he squints long enough HI Just give him cadi The next time I buy traveler's -cheques I think 1 will sign them all Goose" If it work I still can get my money back And if I lose them and some forger picks them up to use' them beU have to sign each one Goose" m- I dra think there's a con man alive who has the guts palms These vestiges of the 19th century suburban garden atmosphere still are prominent and well-cared for features of the neighborhood In aHriwinp to an unusual number of Stick-style houses several Itallanate Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes can be found in the Oak Center ns- trict Survey volunteers nave con-ducted research on the buddings and families living in the district over the past hundred years outlining their occupations ethnicities and past times From the start ethnic diversity was evident Large numbers of Irish Italians African Americans Greeks and Portuguese were among those who settled in West Oakland The Information collated Is on file at (Jie Oakland History Room and offers a fascinating coming of the railroad rise of industrial uses two world wars and urban renewal Large areas adjoining the neighborhood were razed In the 1930s for the Peralta Villa housing project and in the 1950s for the Cypress Freeway In the 1960s and 70s the Acorn Project and the Grove-Shafier 980 freeway which had a heavy impact A strong neighborhood association took on the city's Redevel- surfiaced for wholesale clearing of blocks north of 14th Street to -make way for more multiple-unit housing Members of the Oak Center Neighborhood Association were determined to preserve the character of their older homes and large size lots Bowing to strong grassroots pressure in 1968 the federal gov- eminent authorized $15 million in low Interest loans and grants to district property owners the first such program in the nation so they could rehabilitate not demolish their homes The neighborhood association remains active and vigilant to unwanted changes in an Area Plan drafted with considerable community input Other artists to be featured at the Ebony Museum event today are Blondell Satterfield Larry Fisher Elaine Crossley Irmagean and Barbara Jacob Ward Fa more information call 763-0141 WHIT HHMM nw Aissatoui Ayoia Vsmita in the attic FOR LEGAL ADVERTISING CALL (510)2014340 Daly RewviJuie Conner (510)2932313 The Argus Frsd Poras (510)353-7018 TfMfeyHnttCtaylFoon (510)4144719 jef Harm mm i toon (510)4144732 AlsnedaTmsSarSainarthiMen (510)2044340 SanUateoComtyTmesiJadeTa (415)3444467 unnosnon (415)3444446 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BIOS FOR THE PORT OF OAKLAND Thw Bowrd I Port CommiiiiotNtk ol ffw City of Oikbnd Ml raoalvt aataad bids thw offiew ol ill Swcntary Room 629 530 Watar Strata Ototand CaMomia ta any kmw prior to 2:00 pin on Wadnaaday April 9 1997 to bt opanad nmadiNaly tharwftor at 530 Watar StaaaL tor TO BARNES AND NOBLE BUSJNNQ JACK LONDON SQUARE OAKLAND CALIFORNIA" In aanarN On work oomiilt ot aatocIM aria damokkon of axMng aKtowNk ourtr and building laaturaa indudkig concrata ramp and matai railing windowa and ftramat and wrik: jDonakuckng two naw dumpalar andoauraa with matai gataa lumiihing and imtaking naw building toaluraa induding turlaca moiintad Nummalad dtapiay caaaa atodriohydraukc matariN lift with adjacant pump room curb and toadkig zona con-crata stairs itraal kaas wAh aulomatad irrigation sytiam and aaaodalad alactricN work Bid toms Plana and Spadftcakona may ba obtainad at tha Nxwa addraaa on tha aacond floor tha Enginaaring Sarvica Countar on or altar Monday March 10 1997 Contractor MisM poaiaai a Stala Contractor CtoH A or lioania tor this Arorfc Contactor ihiN fcimith innirenca including without limitation liability limit! ot SStXXL000 par occurtanca $6000000 an-nuN aggragata inckxkng automobia tar wConracL Tha SpacAcationa tor tha work inducto tha POrt ot Oakland Him Araa Rasdanta Pro-bonuatooon-to rasdanta ol mt nmVmm WX SanLaandre Biddar dufl maka his bid on tha bid forma attachad to and auppkad with tha SpacAcationa and dsl aubmit aama to-gathar wrih LM ol Suboonbadora and a valid bid aacurity in aocotdanoa with tha-Mand Public 1 Port of OMdand Pubic Work Rutoa tor Bid-dan Biddari who intarid to aubcontrad aoma ot tha work wM ba raquirad to achiava tha Port a minority aubcontr actor participation joM or ahow a taifti to do ao Thoaa raquiramanti ara daaoriba tin tha Port of OMand Affirmative Action Provitaona which ara include tfln 9w Spactacabona progpoefro bkktoft invitod to Mtood on mtomwlSon inoiknQ roQWdtofl too offir mativo action and imuranca raquiramanli for th Confmct Thaaa ragwimanfi mM ba a will ba amwarad axpiainad and Quoitions Tima: 10:00 am Data: Wadnaaday March 19J997 Place: Courtyard Contoranca Room 2nd Hoar PortafOtadandButdkig 530 Watar 6rata Oakland Caktomia A pattormance bond and a payment bond ara raquirad tor ffiia Contract Subafllu- Non of lecunttee wta ba psnWad in accord-anca wwi oto opacwcaBona mo apparanw law for any monaya witohato by tw Port to pavtormanoa undir toil Contract Tha Comrador and dl auboontrackvi dal paw took amptoyaao In fa parfoniv ancoof wbor undar tow Contract uiartaa or wapaa atlaad aqudlotoa fljnarto pra vaitino wapa vaiaa ai datomlnad by too Of MSwa UT Ikw rmor a ia uapnnani 01 nuoia Ratodona of too Stala of CaMomia for too parttoutar cvafla' daaoiticationa or hpaa of workara avnptoyad on too pvojact which ara in aflact at via tima of advavaainQ for bida Said waga nba ara on tito in tha oMoa of toa Sanatory of fha Board and copiaa ara avatiabfa to any intorvatod party pniaquato CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL Board of Port Commiiaionara OaktandTribuneLagtaNo6B4S MarchB 10 1111997 PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF OAKLAND NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Spa- mm ai ma m-- i CW MUmCtpM ClBGQOn OOV1BONBBQ MOT ttw SmcM ContoNdatod EMIon wl ba held at ttw City ol Oakland Ctaffotnla on TUaaday Juno 3 1ffff7 Pinuant to RaaoMona Noa 73311 CMA and 73312 CMA both aaaaad on Tuoaday Fabnaary 2S 1997 two (a pro-pond manuras vm ippaar on tfw bdkx for iho SpicM Municipal Elacton Tna ttaa of Via propoaad fnaamaa ara MEASURE 1 fflfiEQKBJQBBfflANS ORDINANCE CREATINQ A SPECIAL TAX TO FUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MEAWffij PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDINANCE CREATING A SPECIAL TAX TO FUND PARAMEDIC SERVICES aM opan at TOO ajn and eliiaa EDA FLOYD City Clarit and Clark ot tha Council Oakland Tribuna Lagal Na 0654 Mwch8121907 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BIOS FOR THE PORT OF OAKLAND Tha Board of Port Commitsooati of tha City ol OMdand wN raoakra aadad bkk at tha ofltoa Of Ma Saeratwy Room 629 530 Watar Straw Oakland CNitomia at any lima prior to 1997101 530 Watar DRIVER CREW FOR REPAIRS TO PORT OF OAKLAND DOCKS AND WATERFRONT FACILITIES FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING MAY 1 1997 AND ENDING APRIL 30 1908 1900 OR 2000 OAKLAND CALIFORNIA tha work conaiata of on oal drivar craw malariali and in OBntiiii ro fcjmsfing of pita i ansfl hand sr and gaaokna powarad I to rapair tondar aystamk wood and ooncrata I and ottsr parti of wftarvaa aid par-no work on or undirwMir to koop bertha and whanas of tha Port of Oaklandn Ear RlllliU bortha a a aato and oparaling condition tor twpariod indicatad Tna Port wM pay tor ipaaa pita driving and ottwr aquipmant lumiahad by tha Contractor the rantta rata Approved by fnninMf Tho Mtinwtod coif of ripiirs ng the piriod ot ttw contract wM ba ap- Bid toms Plana and Spocilcaliona may ba ptrtaimd at ttw above addraaa on ttw aacond flobr at ttw Enginaaring Sarvioaa Countar on or attar Monday Match 10 1997 Contractor tawflpoaaan a 8tatoContrc-tora Ctoaa A Kcanaa tor ttiia work whan aub-a bid Conttador ahal fumoh indudkig without Smtaataion Liability Limita of $200000000 (induding auto-mooila) tor ttw Contract Tha Spadficattcrw tor ttw work indude ttw Port of Oakland Hat Ana Raaidanta Program (HARP) which wi pay a boras to ccn-traotan baaed onjwyrol to midanti of Oakland Beriwtoy Emaryvika Atamada and San Laandre' -Biddar tawl make hia bid on tha bid forma machad to and aupptiad with tha pptfr-f4inwg and afwti aubmit a valid bid aacurity in accordance wtai ttw Port of Otat-land Pubic Work Rutoa lor Bidding pmiptftjyg biddara ara Invitod to attend an formation maating regardtog tha aflr- mativa action1 and inturmca rapuiramanto for toia Contract Thaat rtquirtmtnto will bt mplwnsd and gueebona wal be anawaradi Tana: 10:00 am dmk waonaaaay mvmi ia Plaoa: Courtyard Contoranca Second Floor -Fort of Otadand Bulling 530WMar8lraat Oakland Ctaffomia -A performance bond and a payment bond ara raquirad tor Ihia Contract Substitution of aacuritieawttba permitted acooroanoa wan me upacricaioni ono appiktobta tow for any moneys wtihhsid by thw Port tp anaura performance under the -contract ina vorvacM ano as auooonranoti tawl pay ttwtr ampkwaaa to ttw partomv anca of wbor undir ttw conttacl ttaariaa or -wagaa at lead equal to ttw gswrta pra-vaffng wage ralaa aa dfrmkwd by tha DL Awkiia aJ Su HaaaiSwa aI LyLwAJai wear or ww uauaiuniia or mouNwi nualiont of ttw State of Ctattomta for ttw Said wage rataa ara on He in ttw eeortawy of the Botad and ooptae era avta- able to any intarataed petty on raqueeL CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL Picrilwry Board of Port Commtataorwftt Otadand Tribune legal No 6844 March 9 1011121997 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pinuant to Sadioo 1988 of toa CaMomia CM Coda KBK nopartiaa Inc wM aaff by puMc aala at CAMERA ANO PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT ANO ACCESSORIES OFFICE AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT ANO DISPLAY CABINETS (ttw "PropartyT locMad ala stora formally oper-atad Gamar't Camara Cantar In San Seated Bid Auction Property wi bo aoid in thrae-tata: A) photographs equipment and accaasoriee B) Onoa and ootn-putar aquomant and C) diaptay eabkwta Written bin only Bid muta kSiroi Proparty Mia) bid amount and biddar name tact draaa and photo number DaNvar bids to Bid Auction efti KBK Hopartiaa Inc 2161 Shattuck Avenue BarMoy CA 94704" Bid daadtkw ia 300 pm on March 20 1997 Bkk wta ba opanad On March 21 1997 and high biddar ml ba contacted by ttaaphena Lato and incompieto qkw ws not do consoirao -2 Tarma of Sale Purehaie price muta ba paid tw cataiiar'a or cartilad chock pny-taife to KBK Hopartiaa Inc no talar than 12:00 Noon on Hartal 21 1997 Purchase price ta nonrtaundabta Bum muta remove Proparty no talar than Match 31 1997 Property aoU atie where ta and without warranty or rapraaanttaton of any kind an-praia or knpkad AI riak of kwa to Proparty paaaaa to buys on execution of bi of aata Buyer twara tal coat and expemae of removal and dakvsy of Proparty Proparty may tw aoid to next highest biddar fcta pay-mant ia not timtay mada or Proparty ta not trnsty ramovad 9 inquwiowawpsGMini manL Contact flobart Lycatta tisa Inc 2161 Shattuck Aaaiiue CA 94704 Ttaaphena (510) 848-3707 Otadand Tribune Legal No 8651 March 6 9 16 1997 PUBLIC NOTICE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OAKLAND CALIFORNIA 1 Subject to ttwcondttiona prescribed sealed proposals are invited for ttw following Modamiadton at Redwood Httghfa Etomantoiy School 4401 39ttlAva Otadand CA 2 PtanM and apadflcattoiw tor ttwaa Sis may ba had by any jxoapadiva with a deposit of tlOOIxTon or talar Much 24 1987 for the work tatovsnwn- -txxwd on application to tha Offlca of Architect of Record Architsct tar Project HTI Architects 301 Howvd Strata Suita 510 San Francisco CA 94105 512-3535 to each caw Pto calionto) ahal be returned i (10) calendar day Iromand talar ttw data qidi are to ba laceived 3 Bids wff be received only at the Offlca 965 1 racapttonwfa data Otadand of Bufldkiga and Grounda i bid win bo ractawd altar 3D0 pm an Monday May 5 1997 AI bide ba pub-Ndy opanad and armouncad at tw Fxwnca 94605 4 Mandatory Pra Bid Job Wtacs wi ba conducted on Friday March 21 1997 at 9:30 am A mandatory Pra Bid Ofltoe Con-taranca wi tan be htad on Friday Match 21 1997 ta ttw main achool ofltoa at Project SiW Cat 11:30 am mvn tw right to wtaw any IntomwMtoajir torajactanyortabida 7 Bidden ta diractad to the tot- Iauaa 1aaaa aa! a La JaaaIIak a lowing tame an lonn hi via vvonvittDon Biddarty tha Ganaral Condtoona or Suprth mtnlafY fitntrto fitmtlitinna A Comptianca wtih too CXJ80 Local Bn aIaaau -M I a axLJk pioyvnarv ano loci RMnonWi wonan and State Aflocalion Boanfa Dtaffbtad Vataran Butanes nrtrlpalon ftp gram CondNone of arnptoymant to be observed and pravaiing wage ratae to be mede under thee Comptotonaas of Bkf Amount and form of bid tecurity Attendance ta tw orveffe and oflca SNoaubmltWdbldmaybevHttidrawnby a biddar wflhn one huidrad and twenty (120) days aflar tw bid qparang untaaa ttw OAKLAND DISTRICT conaanta to awjthdrawta ta tha bkfdurirtg such pe- Oaktand Tribune Legal No 6661 Maroh917 Government agencies have an cbtigatkm to i Inform you Readthe Public Notices: a it Around the Town Burglars armed with a semi-automatic gun burst Into an East Oakland home Saturday afternoon and tied up two girls with duct tape before escaping with a small amount of cash -and Jewelry as well as identification for the girls' parents authorities saldThe girls ages 18 and 13 escaped serious Injury from the 12:47 pm incident at their home In the 700 block of East 23rd StreetThe girls described the three suspects as Aslan males around 16 years old One prrted a semi-automatic handgun They escaped in a yellow Honda Chagas in Stabbing: A 79-year-0ld East Oakland man is facing murder charges following an argument in the Frultvale District that left a 54-year-old woman dead with multiple stab wounds from a kitchen knife Police arrested Solomon Williams around 9:45 pm Friday in front of the 2200 block of Frultvale Avenue Oakland homicide detective Sgt Jeffrey Loman said Authorities said the woman who is not being identified pending notification of relatives and Williams had a relationship and were arguing about her seeing another man when the incident occurred A Come' PI ay "Hot Action" 7Catrd Stag HiUTen Owulu Ffei Gaw Poker Pineapple 31iB if-lllin '0H I CALIFORNIA GRANDCASHO 5M7 PSchoco Mvd baFWlaexlloCeacata) 510-M5-8M7 L- 7.