lune 25, 2014
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Portland Musician
Remembered
Long time Portland resident and blues musician Mel Solomon,
formerly of “Hank Ballard’s Midnighters,” died Monday, June 23
after living with diabetes for many years, according to family and
friends.
Solomon worked at Freightliner during his child-raising years but
continued to work locally as a blues singer part time.
His singing career spanned several decades. Originally hailing from
a small farming community outside Shreveport, La., his musical roots
began with the traditional rural sounds of Gospel and Spirituals. In2001,
he was named “Best Male Vocalist” at the “Muddy Awards.”
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CITY OF PORTLAND
invites applications for the position of:
Mel Solomon
Crime Prevention Coordinator
(Crime Prevention Program Administrator)
■ M M H Ii
Emotional Journey
unknowingly carry her family's his­
SALARY: $22.22 - $29.81 Hourly
tory in her very bones; about what
OPENING DATE: 06/23/14
might drive a person to grab at
CLOSING DATE: 07/14/14 04:30 PM
power, even destructive power, in
THE POSITION:
c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 9
there are signs of a barely percep­ response to profound powerless­
The Crime Prevention Program Adm inistrator for the Office of
tible awakening in the understated ness. In a way, each woman has
N e ig h b o rh o o d In v o lv e m e n t is re sp o n s ib le fo r d e s ig n in g ,
Soon, in encounters with local novitiate, especially when she hears already been living in response to
implementing and managing specialized crime prevention and
men who have succeeded in erasing Lis playing John Coltrane.
the deep losses she carries in her
community education programs located in City neighborhoods. The
members of her family, Wanda is
There is, of course, a Holocaust body.
vacant position is one of tw elve Crim e Prevention Program
demonstrating the ruthless inter­ story here, and it is a tragic one. The
The effect of the film's journey on
Administrators in the Office of Neighborhood Involvement's Crime
rogatory skills that she presumably two women react to what they find Ida is unresolved. She attempts a
honed as a state prosecutor. She with a shared determination to honor return to take her vows, and finds I Prevention. Duties include designing, developing, implementing and
managing programs and funding to address the special needs of a
needs them because, two decades the memory of their lost family mem­ that she cannot easily step back
vulnerable population or a specific geographical area and representing
after the war, no one is talking. It bers. But in this spare film, the jour­ into her former life. It seemed to me
the Office of Neighborhood Involvem ent and the City to the
seems that all traces of Ida and her ney has its impact on each, deeply that she had not so much lost her
community, outside agencies and the public on specialized crime
parents have disappeared—except felt if not explained.
faith as found that it required her to
prevention issues. The position will be required to attend community
Wanda knows different. Though
Pawliko wski shoots in black-and- struggle with different questions.
meetings in the evening and on weekends. The Crime Prevention
she also has not been back in two white - or, more accurately, lumi­ Although perhaps without know­
Program Administrator serves as a representative of the Office of
decades, something about Anna's nous shades of gray. He uses long, ing it, Anna's mother superior has
Neighborhood Involvement and the City and is expected to carry out
appearance on her doorstep has still shots so carefully composed set her on a truer spiritual path.
their individual responsibilities with initiative, independence and
sparked in Wanda a determination that they feel frameable, and often
[You can catch this lovely film at
creativity while exercising sound professional judgment and problem­
as fierce as the energy she must places his human subjects at the Livingroom Theaters in Portland,
solving skills. Although not required, knowledge, skills and abilities
have devoted to other pursuits.
bottom of the screen, as if locating and it will be available on demand
of community organizing methods, experience with group facilitation,
Most of the film is devoted to the them within a larger expanse. We and on DVD in September.]
and the ability to speak Spanish, Russian or other languages in
journey of the women to find what hear music only when the charac­
Darleen Ortega is a judge on the
addition to English are desirable.
happened to Ida's parents. Wanda, ters do, and it subtly conveys some­ Oregon Court of Appeals and the
rarely without a drink and a ciga­ thing of the spirituality of the set­ first woman of color to serve in that
Please apply: www.portlandoregon.gov
rette, is all hard edges, hardly a ting; Polish pop music creates a capacity. Her movie review column
suitable protector. She is as devoted hasty clamor to accompany the jour­ Opinionated Judge appears regu­
to materialism as her niece is to ney in Wanda's car, American jazz larly in The Portland Observer. You
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piety, invoking judicial immunity exerts its subtly subversive pull, can fin d h er m o v ie b lo g at
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when she is arrested for drunk driv­ and Wanda has a collection of clas­ opinionatedjudge.blogspot.com.
ing and attracting male attention sical LPs that provide glimmers of
more by habit than genuine interest. an inner life. Without seeming fussy,
The young woman clearly and the film displays the subtlety and
frequently finds Wanda's behavior care of a Vermeer.
F u n er a l
repellant, and resists her aunt's en­
We sense huge shifts happening
H om e
couragement to seek out a little ac­ in both women, though this is more
tion since otherwise her chastity from the quality of the filmmaker's
vows won't mean anything. Anna attention than from any overt psy­
seems unaware of her effect on a chologizing. If you let it, the film will
young sa x o p h o n ist, L is, w ho leave you in a place of reflection -
Wanda picks up hitchhiking. But about how a young person can
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