» n » [XMtlandobservei ioni Committed to Cultural Diversity September 17. 2003 tEbr ^ o rtla n h (Dlisvriu'i- C in in u n i t y a 1 e n cl a r d SECTION Ceremony Recalls Forced Detentions Harvest Auction Leach Botanical Garden will hold its annual Harvest Auction at 6 p.m. Friday. Sept. 26 in the Manor House, 6704 SE 122 Ave. Garden reporter Amy Jaeger will host this event, and all proceeds will benefit the garden. Tickets are $50 per person. For more infor mation, call 503-823-1673. High Energy The Community Energy Project holds a series o f free workshops to help make consumers energy conscious. W orkshops on water conservation are at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 at Lents Community Market, at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 10 a.m. Oct. 6 at OHSU, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., and at 6:30 p. m . at Peninsula Park Community Center, 700 N. Portland Blvd. The project also includes weatheriz ing workshops throughout Sep tember and October. For more information, call 503-284-6827. Cultured Kingdoms The Oregon Zoo is throwing a multicultural celebration to show case how various cultures around the world revere animals from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 20 and 21 and Sept.27and28. Local groups will present folklore through perfor mances and exhibits. For more information, call 503-226-1561. Green Walks Discover Portland’s green space from lOto 11 a.m. Saturdays with guided tours by park volunteers. Meet at Laurelhust Park’s office building on souteast Ankeny on Sept. 20. Meet at Mt. Tabor Park ’s volcano parking lot on Sept. 27. On Oct. 4, meet at the Global Garden at Harold Oliver School's parking lot. On Oct. 11, meet at Peninsula Park, next to sunken rose garden. On. Nov. 1, meet at Whitaker Ponds visitor center. photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver The Japanese American group “Portland Taiko ” performs during an Interstate Max Station dedication at the Expo Center that honors the nearly 4,000 Japanese-Americans from the Portland area and Central Washington forced into a Portland detention camp during World War II. TriMet has dedicated artwork at the Interstate Max light rail station at the Expo Center in memory of the nearly 4,000 Japanese Americans from the Portland area and central Washington who were forced into a Portland detention center during World War II. The transit agency held a ceremony at the site last week to dedicate artwork that recalls the history o f the internment o f people o f Japanese ancestry at the Port land Assembly Center, now the Expo Center. During the hysteria o f war with Japan, President Roosevelt signed an executive order forcing the relocation o f all people o f Japanese ancestry, even those who were American citizens, from the West Coast The assembly center was used to hold the men, women and children until perma nent interment camps were built. After the war, the Japanese were allowed to return to the West Coast, but many lost their homes, businesses and possessions during the ordeal. The 5.8-mile Interstate Max line is 80 percent complete with construction ahead o f schedule and under budget. The line is set to open in September 2004, but may open in April due to the construction efficiencies. B lock with D iverse B usinesses Plan M ove Pounding Pavement Fitness fanatics will lace up their tennies for the 32nd Annual Port land Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 7 a.m.. The event starts in front o f City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave. and finishes at the Justice Center, 1120SW 3rd Ave. Regis tration is $ 125. For more informa tion, call 503-226-1111 or visit www.portlandmarathon.org. Moving Moments The IFCC offers Life Movement dance classes and workshops. Stilling the Center is on Sept. 20, Our Breathing Boday is on Oct. 11 and Touch Stones is on Nov. 1 and 8. All workshops are be tween 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the dance studio, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. W orkshops prices range between $45 and $60. T o register, call 503-284-1908. photo by Salmon Fest Northwest The Salmon Festival at Oxbow Regional Park is on Oct. 11 and 12. The festival features a Wy- Kan-Ush-Pum village, the Salmon Nation Welcome Center, guided salmon viewings, crafts, music and more. For more information, call 503-979-1850. by L ee P erlman T he P ortland O bserver Taking Out Alzheimer’s You can help the A lzheim er’s A sso ciatio n cre a te a w orld w ithout the disease by partici pating in the 12th A nnual P ort land M emorial Walk at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Sunday, Sept. 28. The 5K walk raises m oney for national research. For more inform ation or regis tration, call 503-413-6850 or visit w w w .alz.org/oregon. « M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver A major redevelopment of three properties on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard north of Failing Street will provide a new home for The Horn o f Africa restaurant and a group of other African American interests. photo by M ike C alkum Mission Accomplished, Plus Carol Jones-Williams (left) of Kaiser Permanente helps deliver pens, pencils, notebooks and other school supplies to children at Beach Elementary School. Kaiser staff from the Interstate campus in north Portland started the school supplies drive five years ago at four nearby low-income schools. This year, the donations have grown to include 27 schools. I The popular Hom o f Africa restaurant and a group o f African-American interests will have a new home on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard when three properties north o f Failing Street get a major upgrade. The Halal Market, the offices o f the Somali Community Organization and o f State Sen. Margaret Carter will also be impacted by the remodel. Mohamed Yousuf, proprietor o f the Hom, says he likes the new plans by devel oper Eric Wentland because the restaurant could use a larger space. “The community has been very sup portive o f me,” he said. “ I’ve been very successful.” The Hom o f Africa first started serving area residents from a portable stand at Port land Saturday Market nine years ago. After three years, “People urged me to open up a restaurant, so 1 did,” Y ousuf said. His Halal market sells food prepared ac cording to Islamic Law: “ Kosher,” is one way Y ousuf describes it. "I found that what we cooked back home was not available here,” Y ousuf said “Else where they don’t have this kind o f market.” “ Back home” for YousufisOromia, politi cally part o f Ethiopia but culturally distinct from it. He earned a scholarship to study in Egypt, only to find that he had fallen out o f favor continued on page H4 t