Field Notes United Indian Health Services, Inc.
Request for Proposal Announcement
UIHS invites the submission of a Proposal from qualified persons for the purpose of creating a complete inventory and determining fair market value of the UIHS Cultural Collection. A Statement of Work is available by contacting the Executive Office at Potawot Health Village, 1600 Weeot Way, Arcata, CA (707) 825-5000 Prior to the submittal of the Proposal an informational meeting will be held at Potawot Health Village on Monday, October 12, 2015 at 4:00pm. Written proposals for this project must be submitted by Monday, October 19, 2015 by 4:00pm. Serving the Native American Community since 1970. In accordance with PL 93-638 American Indian Preference shall be given.
Certified Candidates November 12, 2015 Election
UIHS Election Committee approved the List of Certified Candidates on August 28, 2015 in accordance with UIHS Election Policy. Area 1:
Area 2:
Area 3:
Area 4: Area 5:
In and around Del Norte County Fern Bates LaWanda Quinnell Charlene Storr In and around Orick, Trinidad, McKinleyville, and Blue Lake Gary Markussen, Sr. Eunice Oquist Lisa Sundberg In and around Arcata, Eureka, Table Bluff, and all points south (within Humboldt County) Lorna Stanley (unopposed) In and around Hoopa and Willow Creek No Candidates In and around Weitchpec, Johnson’s and Orleans No Candidates
No Contest
Ordinary vs. Safety By Barry Evans
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f you’d been on the streets of London, Paris or New York in the late 1880s, you’d have seen two types of bicycle: the “Ordinary,” or penny-farthing, and the “Safety.” By 1895, the Ordinary had virtually disappeared and the Safety, looking very much like the regular “diamond frame” bike you see around town today, was everywhere. In addition to opening up the world of cycling to men who had previously been intimidated, the Tim Dawson’s restored 1887 Rover Safety Bicycle, details Safety bike broke what had at vintagebicycle.wordpress.com. (Used with permission). been a male-only gender barrier. “A sudden desire awoke in the feminine mind to ascertain for itself, and the derailleur gear shift (patented in by personal experience, those joys of the 1868). The popular three-speed Sturtwo-wheeler,” wrote a correspondent to mey-Archer internal hub dates to 1902. The Wheel magazine in 1888. By the early The restored 1887 Rover in the pho1890s, one third of riders were women. to with its 36- and 30-inch solid rubber The Ordinary was a challenge, and not wheels is an intermediate design; still to just to ride, since mounting and dismountcome is a tube between the saddle and ing demanded the skills of a gymnast. In pedals to complete the diamond frame, use, riders sat high over 4-foot-plus diamand pneumatic tires on same-size wheels. eter front wheels, legs perilously close to With its low center of gravity, it’s easy to the spokes, every pothole and obstacle see why the Safety quickly superseded on the dirt roads of the day portending a the Ordinary, since it was much easier to header over the handlebars. Safety bikes get on and off, and accidents were few changed all that: Smaller wheels (made and comparatively minor. Best yet, women possible by a chain drive coupling a large either in skirts or “bloomers” (styled on pedal-driven front sprocket to a smaller Turkish pantaloons) were as adept as men rear-wheel sprocket) brought the rider in riding the new bikes. Susan B. Anthony much closer to the ground, with legs now was unequivocal in her praise of the new clear of the wheels. Most importantly, hitmachines. In an 1895 interview, she said ting an obstacle didn’t automatically result that the [Safety] bicycle “has done more in a precipitous tumble. to emancipate women than anything else The Safety’s smaller wheels gave it a in the world. It gives women a feeling of harder ride compared to the Ordinary, but freedom and self-reliance.” the invention of the pneumatic tire by a The older Safety bicycles were reScottish veterinarian, John Dunlop, soon markably effective and with subsequent took care of that. Within a few years of improvements, today’s best bikes achieve its introduction in Coventry, England, in an astonishing 98 percent efficiency; 100 1885, John Kemp Starley’s “Rover Safety calories gets you 300 feet in a car or three Bicycle” looked very much like most bikes miles on a good bike. That goes a long way of today with a low twin-triangle diamond to explaining why there are more than a frame; comparatively small diameter billion bikes in the world. l spoked wheels, rear wheel chain drive and Barry Evans (barryevans9@yahoo.com) a sprung and padded saddle. Other refinehas seen the future, and it’s commuters on ments followed: the freewheel (invented lightweight, 20-inch wheel, folding bikes. in 1869); clipless pedals (patented in 1895) northcoastjournal.com • NORTH COAST JOURNAL • Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015
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