Don't expect to see Girl at Lloyd Center any time soon. The film, based on former Portlander Blake Nelson's book, played two sold-out screenings at the Taos Talking Pictures Festival in New Mexico last week, but it hasn't been released commercially and may go direct to video after making the festival rounds. The ad went up last year after the shooting deaths of two Portland police officers. The graffiti was removed Tuesday. As the war in Kosovo heats up, many Americans are beginning to wonder if they're getting the whole story.
Gruesome images flood our TV screens every night.
So far, the group has met with a surprisingly warm reception. Last week, state Sen. Thomas Wilde, who is considered one of the odder members of the Legislature, earned the distinction of being the first lawmaker in recent memory to draw an official complaint from a colleague. The incident leading to the complaint occurred when Wilde, a Portland Democrat, was conducting a hearing on a farmer-friendly pesticide bill before the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The committee chairman, Newberg Republican Gary George, was unavailable, leaving Wilde, the vice-chairman, in charge. The other two Democrats on the committee, Sens. Joan Dukes and Tony Corcoran, planned to offer amendments that would have increased pesticide-reporting requirements.