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AT A GLANCEWHAT: Modesto played host over the weekend to delegations from sister cities Kurume, Japan, and Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
WHAT THEY DID: Softball games, a dinner, concert, a gift exchange and the opening of a time capsule
OTHER FRIENDS: Modesto also has sister city relationships with Khmelnitskiy, Ukraine, Vijayawada, India, and Aguascalientes, Mexico.
By KEN CARLSON October 29, 2007 Modesto Bee
For 15 years, some city representatives wondered what was in the capsule tucked away in the Modesto Sister Cities International storehouse. Others probably forgot it was there.With the passage of time, the secret to opening the time capsule was lost. So residents of Modesto and sister city Kurume, Japan, wielded screwdrivers and hammers Sunday evening to pry open the metal container on the front porch of the McHenry Mansion.The contents included paintings by Kurume schoolchildren produced in 1992 and letters written by residents of the Japanese city.The authors wrote about who they were and what their lives might be like in 15 years. Also inside the capsule was a sister city newsletter in Japanese, with pictures of former Modesto Mayor Dick Lang, and of the cruising scene in Modesto and sights in Japan.
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Modesto Sister Cities International also welcomed a group from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, over the weekend. Representatives of the two cities exchanged gifts and enjoyed a dinner, softball game and a public reception Sunday evening at the McHenry Museum.
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