ORDER N0. 25807
}iERR COUNTY WOMEN'S CHAMBER REQUEST
TO BURY A TIME CRPSULE ON JANUARY 1, ^c~~DO
ON COURTHOUSE GROUNDS
On this the 22nd day of Mar^ch 1999, upon mo
~jmmass:o::-:e L' L~_-, seLonded by Commi5510ner'
the Court unanimously approved by a vote of
to cooperating with the N.err County Women's
to find a place on the cour^thouse square to
capsule for the January 1, 200~b project.
lion made by
Gr^iffin,
~}-~-~, t6 COmmi't
Chamber'
bury the time
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COMMISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REQUEST
PLEASE FURNISH ONE ORIGINAL AND NINE COPIES OF THIS REQUEST AND DOCUMENTS TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Fred Henneke
MEETING DATE: March 22. 1999
SUBJECT: (PLEASE BE SPECIFIC)
OFFICE: Coun_.._y Judge
TIME PREFERRED:
Consider and discuss Kerr County Women's Chamber request to bury a Time Capsule on
January 1, 2000 on the Courthouse grounds.
EXECUTIVE SESSION REQUESTED: (PLEASE STATE REASON)
NAME OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT:
ESTIMATED LENGTH OF PRESENTATION:
IF PERSONNEL MATTER -NAME OF EMPLOYEE:
Count~udge/Delores Livingston
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title 5, Chapter
551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:
5:00 P.M. previous Tuesday.

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KERR COUNTY WOMEN'S CHAMBER INC.
A Community Interaction Organization
POBOX261
KERRVILLE, TX ?8029-0621
January 14, 1339
Honorable Judge Fred Henneke
Commissioner's Court
Kerr Count Courthouse
700 Main Street
Kerrville, Texas 7802E
Dear Judge Henneke:
The Kerr County Women's Chamber, Inc., have a new project
we want very much to undertake during 1999. It will involve
all of Kerr County as well as the City of Kerrville. We want
to explain what we have in mind for this project and to have
your Blessing and cooperation before we go further.
We will call this new project "Time Capsule 2000". LVe would
like to get all of Kerrville and Kerr County involved; our
two governing councils, schools, churches, civic groups, his-
torical society, etc. In other words, everything and every-
body that makes this a great community.
We will collect statistics, pictures, maps of the city and
county, newspaper articles, names of our governing bodies
as of January 1, 2000, hold contests for school children as
to what they think have been the most important inventions,
etc. of the past 100 years and what they think will happen in
the next 100 years, names of the oldest family owned ranches
and businesses in Kerr County, pictures of our hospitals and
their plans for the future, City/County plans for improvements
and expansions, etc. The prospects for material for this Time
Capsule are unlimited. Unfortunately, space in the capsule
will not be.
Our plan would be for this Time Capsule to be buried on
January 1, 2000, and for it to be opened by City/County offi-
cials on January 1, 2100 in a public ceremony. It would be
buried in a prominent place so that in 100 years officials
would be well aware of its existence and that it is to be
opened that day. At the present time, we would think that
someplace on the courthouse lawn would be the most logical
place.
We propose placing all the material in a concrete vault type
capsule and burying it with a bronze marker that reads "Time
Capsule 2000 to be opened January 1, 2100". We will get expert
advise on perserving the material and sealing the capsule.
tide would like to have all the material collected by October 1,
1999, so we can have time to go through all of it, sort it,
catagorize it, place all the school, church, business, govern-
ment, etc. in binders for placing in the capsule. We would be

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glad to have a committee with representatives from the
~iistorical Society, City Council and County Commissioners
along with our Women's Chamber project chairman, make the
final decisions on what goes into the capsule.
On January 1, 2000, we will invite the community to the
ceremony and the Mayor and County Judge can shovel the
first scoops of dirt to bury the capsule. Wouldn't it
have been wonderful if on January 1, 1900, the community
had buried a capsule for us to open that day?
Your ideas and suggestions are sincerely solicited along
with your blessing. We will work hard to make this a
successful project and to get the whole community involved.
There will be some expense involved in mailings, purchase
of the capsule and bronze placque, notebooks, etc. Do you
think if we were to ask for a donation of $25.00 from each
group that submits materials to be included in the capsule,
it would be out of line?
.Je eagerly await your reply as we do not want to proceed or
put anything in the newspapers until we hear from you and
the Mayor, to whom we are sending this same letter.
Very truly yours,
Ci\~
Delores Li ngstoi
Project Chairman
Kerr Co. Women's Chamber, Inc.
P.O. Box 621
Kerrville, Tx. 78029-0621
257-4403