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<br /> Y 09/ 8/06 FRI 18:49 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW IItNTNC & POS PW ADMIN X001 <br /> EU ENE: <br /> . Par s and ,o~V,sok~~~U~~Ks <br /> Ope Space 1820 R005EYELT BLVD. <br /> c s` E• R A r i tv c EUGENE, OREGON 41402 <br /> Year of z~~1~ks i5~n eel-aeoo <br /> 19~ • ~~jf)~ NfWtY.EUGENEOR.GOV/PARKS <br /> PARKS ANO OPEN SPACE PLANNING PARKS MAINTENANCE t1RNAN FORESTRY NATURA! RESOURCES <br /> EWS E LEAS E <br /> Septem er 8, 2006 <br /> Conta Kathy Eva, City of Eugene 206-3676 or 682-2739 <br /> Sandra Austin, Friends of Hendricks Park President 607-4066 <br /> Comm niiy Throws 1 QO"' Birthday Party for Hendricks Park <br /> Comm nity members will be gathering this Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m., to mark the l OOm <br /> Anniver ary of Hendricks Park. Mayor Kitty Piercy will kick off the rededication at 2:30 p.m. at <br /> the He Bricks Park F.M. Wilkins Shelter. The afternoon will include music, tastings of locol <br /> cheese ,cake, and a champagne toast to the next 100 years. The local nonprofit <br /> organiz tion, Friends of Hendricks Park is spearheading the celebration and businesses such <br /> as Mar et of Choice, Capella Market, and cheese makers throughout the valley have <br /> provid d donations. ' <br /> What egan 100 years ago with a very generous gift, has grown to become omuch-loved <br /> comet nity asset for all. In 1906, fihe Hendricks Family donated 41' acres, and the City <br /> purcha ed additional acreage, to form 78 vcres of Hendricks Park. The Hendricks' noted that <br /> "such park should be procured at the present time when the same is avoiloble in its natural <br /> state, t be reserved for future generations of the city of Eugene as o Public Park, open to all <br /> of the 'nhabitants thereof and of the surrounding country." <br /> Today the park provides important wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities for all Eugene <br /> reside is and visitors. The park features a world renowned Rhododendron Garden planted in <br /> <br />