Groups gather items for new time capsule
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Ed Hill of Integrity Employee Leasing joins Rachel Keesling, Punta Gorda vice mayor and co-chair of the Punta Gorda 125th Anniversary Celebration, for Thursday's dinner at the Charlotte Harbor Event and Conference Center.
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Gwen Anderson explains the reason behind the small teddy bear she is donating for the new time capsule.
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The McCrory Law Firm was just one of the many Legacy tables that got to place an item in the new time capsule, which will be opened in another 25 years. Sitting, from left, Realtor Chad McCrory; his wife Jill, the head of the McCrory Law Firm, with their time capsule contribution of three copies of the Charlotte Sun that featured the law firm and photos of her in Dancing with the Charlotte Stars; and attorney Geri Waksler. Standing, from left: attorney Jeff Kuhns; marketing director Sandy Pray; Jeff's mother Barbara Kuhns; and attorneys Phyllis Walker and David Oliver.
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Bob Gray of Sun Realty hands over a tiny metal pin symbolizing the Christmas tree lighted every year in downtown Punta Gorda to Tracy Quintana for the new time capsule.
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Gerald Anderson with the Blanchard House donated a memory stick of photos to the new time capsule.
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On display are the items taken from the time capsule that was buried 25 years ago when Punta Gorda celebrated its centennial.
PUNTA GORDA — Residents who open a time capsule on this city’s 150th anniversary in 2037 will get a warm greeting from the past, a fresh way to gauge the progress they’re sure to have made since 2012.
That’s based on some of the items current residents and groups have submitted to be placed in the capsule as part of the city’s 125th anniversary celebration under way this month. The capsule is to be sealed by the City Council on Dec. 10.
