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memorabilia stored in casket  Twenty years ago, a casket was
laid to rest. And 80 years from now, it's supposed to be opened.
That was the idea, anyway, when Everett celebrated its
centennial in 1993. That coffin, a donation to centennial
planners from the Collins Casket Company, holds a message to the
future, not human remains. It's a time capsule. Inside are
Everett centennial items, photos and other memorabilia. And it's
hidden in a wall inside the Everett Performing Arts Center. The
theater opened in Everett's centennial year. "I had that casket
in my office for a long time. We kept adding to it," said Steve
Breeden, who in 1993 was the city's communications director.
Breeden, who also designed the city's logo, decorated the metal
casket. "As I recall, we put vinyl graphics on it and painted it
gold. It was pretty cool looking," he said. Cee Strong was part
of a centennial planning grou