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The
2008 Eno River Calendar
West
Point on the Eno City Park
Why
A Calendar Focused on West Point on the Eno
City Park?
Many who see this calendar will be familiar with West Point on the
Eno Park only as the site of the Eno
River Association’s annual Festival for the Eno. Each summer
since 1980 the Association has held the
Festival here to raise awareness of the importance of the Eno River,
and to raise funds to help
protect it. Although the area of the park which hosts the stages,
exhibits and activities of the Festival
seems large as one walks around it, particularly on a hot July afternoon,
it actually comprises only about
six percent of the total area of the park. Away from this more open
area that has been a center of community
life since it was settled by Europeans more than 250 years ago, much
of the park is quiet forest and
river habitat that has changed little since the days when it was
home to the Shocco and Eno Native
American peoples.
When the Friends of West Point approached the Eno River Association
about collaborating on the
production of a calendar highlighting West Point Park, we saw intriguing
ossibilities. Located along a
two-mile stretch of the Eno River just west of Roxboro Road, the
park adjoins the Eno River State Park
on the west but is owned and operated by the City of Durham. Already
encompassed by development, as
much of the rest of the river and the Eno River State Park will surely
someday be, this park is both a
success story and a lesson on the need to be always alert to the
need to safeguard what we have successfully
protected.
Robin Jacobs
Executive Director, Eno River Association
“ We should all remember that the important thing about the
Eno calendars is not the listing of weeks and days, but the
stories and photographs associated with each month. Many of
the stories are reminisces by old timers about event in their
lives associated with the river. Other stories are about events
in history with an Eno theme, such as the many mills that
once dotted the Eno. Still others are about Eno personalities
such as Margaret Nygard. The photographs tell stories as
well, of a place that is beautiful and tranquil throughout the
seasons. So even after a calendar year has passed, the Eno
calendar remains a useful publication as a reminder of or
past and of our friends.”
~ Duncan Heron
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To
Purchase the Calendar
The
2008 calendar will be available from the Association office.
To order call 919.620.9099
or click here to e-mail.
You can also buy calendars at many
fine Triangle retailers who support the Eno River Association
and the community through their efforts. Calendars will be available
in retail stores from Late October through March. Click
here to see a list.
click to enlarge
Proceeds of Calendar Sales...
...support the work of the
Eno River Association: buying and protecting land, advocating sensible
public policy, providing environmental education and doing our best
to make this a better world for all of us.
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