A quarter of a century ago, 8-year-old Chickasaw Elementary student Ashely Van Wagoner predicted that in 2020, Orange County residents would be \u201cdriving to work in spaceships; flying, just because we can; and eating synthetic foods.\u201d Her bold predictions, as well as those from other residents, were placed inside a time capsule that was dedicated at the Orange County Courthouse construction site in 1995.<\/p>\n
The capsule, which looks like a 4-foot-long aluminum alloy torpedo, was ceremoniously opened at the Orange County Courthouse<\/a> on February 2, 2021, revealing the predictions, as well as newspapers, calendars, scrapbooks and photographs taken by dozens of citizens and civic leaders documenting a \u201cDay in the Life\u201d of Orange County. The ceremony was broadcast on Orange TV as well.<\/p>\n