Commissioners stow items in capsule for future board.Byline: JOE MOSLEY The Register-Guard Memo to Lane County commissioners of the year 2151: Please don't screw things up. Present-day commissioners have written letters, collected quotations and gathered mementos to characterize what's best about their county and will drop the items into a stout aluminum time capsule today to be retrieved by their counterparts 150 years in the future. The overriding theme of the commissioners' musings is their hope that the county's natural beauty and resources will survive development pressures of the coming century and a half. Commissioner Cindy Weeldreyer, whose deep religious beliefs have guided her through seven years on the board, is enclosing a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). "Multi-media Life Application Bible," along with a book titled "God's Little Instruction Book for Leaders." "My prayer is that Lane County, Oregon Lane County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 2000, its population was 322,959. It is named in honor of Joseph Lane, Oregon's first territorial governor. The seat of the county is Eugene. , is still Eden-like," Weeldreyer wrote in an inscription inscription, writing on durable material. The art is called epigraphy. Modern inscriptions are made for permanent, monumental record, as on gravestones, cornerstones, and building fronts; they are often decorative and imitative of ancient (usually Roman) methods. inside the book's cover. In a four-page letter to the 22nd century members of the board, Peter Sorenson wrote that it was his "lifetime commitment to the environment" that led him to serve as a commissioner. He encouraged those who will follow him in office to value their county's irreplaceable qualities. "Lane County still has many beautiful areas," Sorenson wrote. "I hope Lane County is still a beautiful place to live in the year 2151." The loading of the time capsule will cap what has been celebrated as Lane County's sesquicentennial ses·qui·cen·ten·ni·al adj. Of or relating to a period of 150 years. n. A 150th anniversary or its celebration. Noun 1. - the 150th anniversary of its formation as a political jurisdiction. It began 12 months ago with commissioners and other county officials dressed in 1850s costumes for their first meeting of 2001 and has included various recognitions, resolutions and proclamations. The time capsule will be placed beneath the cornerstone of a rebuilt Wayne Morse Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was a United States Senator from Oregon from 1945 until 1969. In 1953, he made a filibuster for 22 hours and 26 minutes protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation, which at the time was the longest one-person filibuster in Free Speech Plaza, outside the county courthouse, when the project gets under way sometime in the next year or two. Funding for the plaza upgrade will include an Americans With Disabilities Americans with disabilities comprise one of the largest minority groups in the United States. According to the Disability Status: 2000 - Census 2000 Brief [1], approximately 20% of Americans have one or more diagnosed psycho-physical disability. grant and private donations that will pay for a bronze sculpture bronze sculpture. Bronze is ideal for casting art works; it flows into all crevices of a mold, thus perfectly reproducing every detail of the most delicately modeled sculpture. It is malleable beneath the graver's tool and admirable for repoussé work. of Morse, the maverick U.S. senator who died in 1972, but an additional grant is also being sought. As for the time capsule itself, it's the authentic item - located via the Internet by county Management Services Director David Suchart. It's 3 feet long, 12 inches in diameter and is made of aluminum. It's sealed on one end and has a blue cap that bolts to the other end. The cap is inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. with the words, "Lane County Sesquicentennial." "There is such a thing as a time capsule company, believe it or not," Commissioner Anna Morrison said. Morrison's contributions to future history - which include a glass fishing float and vials of camus and foxglove foxglove: see figwort. foxglove Any of 20–30 species of herbaceous plants of the genus Digitalis, in the snapdragon family, especially D. purpurea, the common, or purple, foxglove. seeds - are intended to symbolize her West Lane District's heritage. Commissioner Bobby Green is including a book by Martin Luther King Jr., and Commissioner Bill Dwyer has written a letter urging preservation of prime farmland Prime farmland, as a designation assigned by U.S. Department of Agriculture is land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these uses. and use of energy sources other than fossil fuels fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. . Dwyer also included three of his own quotations, including this one: "Don't measure the temperature of the populace at the surface. Measure it at the level that affects them personally, and you will get the true temperature." The capsule will contain copies of resolutions from each of the county's 12 incorporated cities congratulating the county on its sesquicentennial, as well as a copy of last Sunday's Register-Guard that reviewed the top news stories for 2001. There's also a copy of the recently adopted Lane County Strategic Plan, which documents Lane County government's 2001 status and sets priorities for its future. Melinda Kletzok, the county's public information officer, pointed out that the commissioners who open the capsule will be in a unique position to judge how well the current commissioners ultimately followed the course they laid for themselves. "What might be interesting to them is where we were headed at the time, and what the goals were," Kletzok said. |
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