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ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrating Heritage of Lone Fir
The Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery,
typically a solemn place, will be site
o f celebration on July 24.
The City o f Portland is designat­
ing three trees in the 30-acre cem­
etery as Heritage Trees because of
their historical significance. The
event will be marked with two short
films about the cemetery's history
as well as live music, lasting from 6
to 10:30p.m.
The three trees include the Dou­
glas Fir, the General Joseph Lane,
and a 1 OO-foot incense cedar.
Buddhist masters from the Hui
Lin Buddhist Temple in Los Ange­
les will perform a cleansing cer­
emony on section o f the cemetery
known as "block 14", which was the
resting place for populations once
considered less desirable in Oregon,
including pioneer-era Chinese set­
tlers and mental health patients from
a nearby asylum.
Featured performers will include
Onnie Irby and the Emmanuel
Temple Gospel Choir, and Portland
musicians Leigh Marble and Matt
Sheehy who will perform songs from
the "Dearly Departed" compilation on the history o f the cemetery will
CD about residents buried at the be shown.
cemetery.
Sponsors o f the event include
When it gets dark, two short films Metro, the City o f Portland, Hui Lin
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Temple, the Multnomah County
C u ltu ra l C o a litio n , F erg u so n
Wellman Capital Management, and
the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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