Athol Elementary, Timberlake High time capsule unearthed after 25 years
Former Athol Elementary School student Shelby Booth and her former teacher Jo-Dene Davis examine a class photo that was removed from a year 2000 time capsule Monday afternoon at Timberlake High School.
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A small crowd gathers on the Timberlake High School lawn to watch as a time capsule is unearthed Monday.
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Barbara Puckett, a retired Athol Post Office postmaster, exclaims, "The Postal Service will never die!" as a U.S. Postal Service banner is unearthed Monday afternoon from a time capsule buried in the year 2000.
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Timberlake High graduate and current staff member Casi Lupinacci grimaces as she handles foul-smelling papers Monday during the unearthing of a time capsule on the high school's campus.
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Retired Athol Elementary School teacher Patricia Wilson, left, and retired Athol Postmaster Barbara Puckett on Monday hold up a barely legible time capsule content written by students in the year 2000 that reads: “Today we are wondering about the future. We wonder what crayons will be like. We wonder what we will be like. Most of all, we ask to be happy and healthy.”
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The majority of the contents of the Athol Elementary and Timberlake High year 2000 time capsule had disintegrated by the time they were unearthed Monday, but those who attended the ceremony were still excited to reconnect and see what was left of the contents.
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SPIRIT LAKE — The suspense was palpable as people excitedly peered into the small pit Mikie Cutler was excavating on the Timberlake High School front lawn Monday afternoon.
Through soil, rocks and thick tree roots, Cutler dug for two barrels that were buried 25 years ago, filled with items placed by Athol Elementary and Timberlake High students to celebrate the outgoing century while welcoming a new one.
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