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07/26/2013

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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 FREE SUBSCRIPTION Don't have your own subscription to The Sarasota News Leader? Subscribe for FREE and receive a weekly notification when the latest issue is available online.

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