Pine Island Elementary School kindergarten students added their handprints to the outside of the Pine Island Eagle Time Capsule last week. All of the students in the PIE Kindergarten class of 2015-2016 are featured on a poster/photograph with their thumbprints and names that has been added to the capsule.

Those involved included students from Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Frahm’s class: Meena Cooper, Anabella Costa, Angela Davis, Layla Diamond, Allison Diaz-Ramos, Dalton Dooley, Jaime Huerta, Liam Larkin, Angie Lin, Callie McCaffrey, Joseph Pacey, Kaitlyn Pollack, ShyAnn Shallow, Liam Thanhoffer, Angelica Uriostegui and Logan Williamson

Students from Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Acosta’s class were also involved. They included: Dominic Ajin-Ortiz, Brianna Darna, Vincent Engle, John Fox, Sanibelle Franke, James Grizzle, Miller Hale, Roslynn Ihlefeld, Logan Lanktree, Joey McNulty, Leia Noonan, Chloe Osborne, Valeria Ramirez-Sanchez, Brody Root, Jenni Serrano-Sanchez and Keira Singer

The hand prints and poster are part of the Time Capsule project commemorating the 40th anniversary of Pine Island Eagle. A special dedication ceremony was held Thursday, April 21. It will be placed on display at the Museum of the Islands for 50 years with a plan for the then editor of the Pine Island Eagle to open it on April 21, 2066.

The committee organizing the project, Ed Franks, editor of the Pine Island Eagle; Phil Buchanan, Pine Island activist; Vickie Duflo, president of the Museum of the Islands; Sharon Traylor, Museum of the Islands board; Mike Shevlin, real estate broker, and John Kendall, president Calusa Land Trust, asked the public to donate items for the capsule.

With Eagle Editor Ed Franks looking on, US. Rep. Curt Clawson's representative Elbert Ziegler, left, reads a proclamation from the congressman, who was in Washington, D.C., and couldn’t attend the Time Capsule dedication. PHOTO PROVIDED

Time Capsule contents

Book “The Nature Lover’s Guide to Pine Island” by Phil Buchanan

Book “Images of Pine Island”

Book “World War II experiences of Harry C. Gravelyn”

Book “The Plant World of the Calusa” by Martha Kendall

The “Island Time Begins Here” sign officially went on permanent display at the Museum of the Islands during the Time Capsule dedication ceremony last month. PHOTO PROVIDED

Book “One for the Birds” by Carol Wilson

Book “Eye of the Hurricane” (Breeze Newspapers)

Book “The Darkest Shade of Honor” by Robert N. Macomber

Book “The Popping Cork Murder” by Mitch Grant

Book “Tales of Pine Island” by Elaine Blohm Jordan

Book “The Back Up Mango” by Pine Island Writers

ARTICLES This Month in History by Tim Knox (MOTI volunteer)

BADGES Lions Club miscellaenous from Mary Von Burg

BEER COASTER Bert’s 75th anniversary

BOOKLET Pine Island Garden Club (Gala flyer)

BOOKLET Fish of Florida’s Gulf Coast and Shells of Florida’s Gulf Coast

BOOKLET Contrasting Pine Island Cultures Through Time by Randell Research Center

BRACELET Island Girl Fitness

BULLETIN Pine Island Methodist Church bulletin

BUSINESS CARD Helping Paws Animal Sanctuary

CALENDAR From Our Hearts

CALUSA ARTIFACTS from Ed Chapin (Calusa Land Trust)

CD Island Calypso by Frank Tuma

CD WGCU disc of “Untold Stories”

DIRECTORY Breeze Business Card directory

DOLL From the “Doll Lady” of Matlacha (plus an article about and photo of Helen O’Rourke McClary)

FLAG Pine Island Flag

GUIDES Pine Island Real Estate guides (Ted Lincoln)

MEETING – 40th annual meeting agenda of the Calusa Land Trust

MISC Material about commercial fishing from Dooley family

MISC Material assembled about the Center flagpole and flag by Dee Sims

MISC Breeze booklets (Best of, Pine Island Living)

MISC Misc history of Pine Island Boy Scout Troop #20

MISC Information from MOTI (Island Frank, Pine Island Art League, Pine Island Tai Chi)

MISSION STATEMENT Ladies of the Elks

NEWSPAPER Several copies of Pine Island Eagle

PAMPHLET SJCCA, What is a book club. Book The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber

PAMPHLET The Constitution of the United States

PAMPHLET Arts on Pine Island

PAMPHLET Birds of Florida’s Gulf Coast

PAMPHLET From Lee County Commissioner John Manning (100th anniversary of the Old Lee County Courthouse)

PAMPHLET Greater Pine Island Lions Club

PAMPHLET Breeze Pine Island Street Map and Nautical Chart

PAPERWORK Flamingo Bay paperwork of events, meetings etc.

PHONE BOOK Pine Island

PHOTOS Jewelry by Sarah Aune

PHOTOS American Legion Post 136 photos of recent events at the Legion

PLAQUE Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce (brochure & business card from Jennifer Jennings)

POST CARD Painting by Marie Cahill

POST CARDS Of Matlacha by Marie Cahill

POST CARD Bert’s Bar and Grill

POSTER Marie Cahill poster of Matlacha

POSTER Pine Island Sound Fishing Shack by artist Shirley Glenn

POSTER Of all thumb prints and names of Pine Island Elementary School Kindergarten students.

PRINTS Paintings of Roland Ruocco

PROCLAMATION From Rep. Curt Clawson (H.R. 4667 and H.R. 4793

SHOULDER PATCH – Lee County Sheriff’s Office w/ photo of the district officers

T-SHIRT – Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Department T-shirt signed by firefighters/w badge

T-SHIRT Mango Mania shirt

A Memorandum to Greater Pine Island Residents and Friends in the Year 2066

Letter from the Editor Ed Franks to the editor of the Pine Island Eagle 2066

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The Museum of the Islands is located at 5728 Sesame Drive, near Phillips Park, at The Center. For more information about the museum, call 239-283-1525,

For additional information about the Time Capsule project, please contact The Eagle office at 239-283-2022.