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The Vero Beach Centennial Committee has attracted dozens of volunteers, including these attending a July 17 City Council meeting at which the council declared October 2018 through October 2019 a year of centennial celebration. First row, from left: Jim Wilson, John Michael Matthews, Lee Orre, Michelle Wagner, Todd Scher, Eric Toomsoo, Patrick Jordan; second row: Joan Edwards, Cathie Callery, Ruth Stanbridge, Pam Cooper, Lisa Doidge, Angie Scheppers, Laura Lewis, Stu Keiller, Brenda Corum; third row: Amy Brunjes, Bart Gaetjens, Marilyn Dussault, Laura Moss, Tammy Bursick, Tony Young, Alma Lee Loy, Jim O’Connor, Bob McCabe; fourth row: Paul Bartoszewick, Kim Brady, Kathy Bartoszewick, Barbara Hoffman, Kristina Pantelides, Jessica Schmidt, Alan Dritenbas, Catherine Caddell, Linda Hillman, Elaine Jones, Mary Silva, Peggy Lyon, Amanda Martin, Kelly Ward, Heather Stapleton, Casey Lunceford, Lance Lunceford, Ray Adams, Tyler Kennison, Marty Paris, Etta Schaller, Bev Paris and Rob Slezak. JACK FOLEY

Celebrating a century

It began as a casual conversation nearly 16 months ago between City Clerk Tammy Burick and Councilman Tony Young. The two had worked together on Vero Beach’s 75th and 90th anniversary celebrations and thought the city’s centennial celebration should be bigger and better.

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In the beginning

Long before the first people of European origin settled in what is present-day Vero Beach, an ancient people known as the Ais roamed the coast. And, according to the research of two scholars, it was on a large shell midden near what is Pelican Island National Wildlife Sanctuary in Indian River County that the Ais located their capital, known as the paramount town of Jece.

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Field archaeologists work under the weatherport at the Old Vero Site identifying items found during the 2017 excavation season that ran from January to May.

Ancient beginnings

Vero’s beginnings are rooted deep in ancient history. The first indications that people visited the area thousands of years ago were discovered when human bones were uncovered in 1915 and 1916. And from 2014 to 2017, four archaeological excavations further explored this presence and the importance of the Old Vero Site. When did these people first arrive? This question, like Vero Beach, is 100 years old.

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