Sarasota News Leader
July 26, 2013
Page 62
LIBRARIES INVITE PEOPLE TO PACK THE VIVA FLORIDA TIME CAPSULE
Sarasota County libraries and the Sarasota participants of winning entries, the release
County Historical Commission want to know points out.
what people think life will be like in Sarasota
"The time capsule promotion is a part of the
County in the year 2071.
Florida Department of State's Viva Florida 500
Some of the most creative visions will be in- campaign celebrating the 500th anniversary of
cluded in a time capsule that will be buried the discovery of Florida by Spanish explorer
Dec. 14 at a site near the Osprey Library at Juan Ponce De León in 1513," the release says.
Historic Spanish Point in Osprey, a county The capsule will be opened in 2071, in celenews release says.
bration of the 150th anniversary of Sarasota
County.
Residents are invited to submit one-page essays, drawings or black-and-white photos All submissions become the property of Saradescribing what life is like in 2013 Sarasota sota County; they may be used in promotions
County or what they think life will be like in and articles about the project, the release
2071, the release adds. Collection boxes will notes. Employees of the Sarasota County Libe available at any of the nine Sarasota Coun- braries and a subcommittee of the Sarasota
ty libraries. The deadline for submissions is County Historical Commission will choose
Sept. 1.
the contents of the capsule, the release adds.
Unused items will not be returned.
All material offered should include the name,
age, address and phone number of the per- For more information, contact the Sarasota
son submitting it, the release notes. A panel County Call Center at 861-5000 (TTY 7-1-1) or
of judges will review the material and notify visit www.scgov.net. %
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the
bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. — Mark Twain
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