HART HIGH'S CLASS OF '74 RETURNS TO RECLAIM TIME CAPSULE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer NEWHALL - Twenty-six years ago, students at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
But on Saturday, when they opened a time capsule buried in 1974, they realized many things haven't changed. ``It's just amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ,'' said Rick Madrid, 44, who graduated in 1974, the year the time capsule was buried. ``I thought the year 2000 would be all about high technology. But there are so many things that haven't really changed.'' ``We're still arguing about the same things,'' he added. ``Abortions, legalizing marijuana, ethics in politics and Watergate.'' Madrid was one of about a dozen former Hart High graduates who came to the school Saturday to claim items they had buried in the time capsule unearthed Unearthed is the name of a Triple J project to find and "dig up" (hence the name) hidden talent in regional Australia. Unearthed has had three incarnations - they first visited each region of Australia where Triple J had a transmitter - 41 regions in all. from the civic center. ``I remember looking at the plaque and staring at the year 2000,'' Madrid said. ``I thought it was so far away.'' The time capsule was part of the school project by sociology teacher Rochelle Thomas who is now Rochelle Neal, principal of La Mesa La Mesa (lə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 52,931), San Diego co., S Calif., a suburb of San Diego; inc. 1912. It is a retail center and a popular residence for upper- and middle-income professionals in the San Diego area. Junior High School. ``We were studying cultures,'' Neal said. ``So we decided it would be a significant thing to put some of the things of our culture in a time capsule.'' ``Back then it seemed like an eternity,'' Neal added. ``We never thought we'd be here to see this.'' Among the buried items were a yearbook, pictures of the campus, a pair of Levi's jeans, a bra, newspaper articles about the streaking that was popular then, a grocery price list, menu, magazines, letters students had written to themselves, a POW bracelet, a marijuana leaf and the Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
Chris Tanner, 42, of Newhall, who graduated in 1975, put in a bottle of green apple body lotion Noun 1. body lotion - lotion applied to the body after bathing lotion - any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin but can't remember why. ``I guess it was the in thing,'' Tanner said, taking a sniff of the lotion lotion /lo·tion/ (lo´shun) a liquid suspension, solution, or emulsion for external application to the body. lo·tion n. 1. , which apparently was still in good condition. ``I'm going to take it home and put it on my shelf as memorabilia,'' Tanner said. ``I remember the smell.'' The opening of the 6-foot-long metal casket donated by Eternal Valley Mortuary brought back memories for Tanner, who now is married to the former student body president and has a ninth-grader at Hart High School. ``It was a big deal back then,'' Tanner said. ``It was fun to do. I didn't think I would be here for this, but I'm glad I'm here.'' The Tanners spent time talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to old schoolmates and reminiscing about their high school days. ``It's wonderful to see that stuff that was important back then,'' Tanner said, ``to see how things have changed and how they haven't.'' Susan Rouse, 43, of Palmdale, a 1975 graduate, had participated in the time capsule project. ``I don't remember what I put in,'' she said, as she searched through the items hoping to find a letter addressed to herself. ``It was an assignment,'' Rouse added. ``Maybe I didn't turn it in on time.'' After seeing the opening of the time capsule, current students talked about creating their own time capsule and reburying Noun 1. reburying - the act of burying again reburial burying, burial - concealing something under the ground it with mementos from the year 2000. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Hart High alumnae Susan Rouse, center, Class of '75, and Cindy Shield, right, Class of '74, sort through a time capsule reopened Saturday by former students who contributed to the cultural memorabilia collected 26 years ago. The items had been buried in a 6-foot metal casket donated by a local mortuary. (2) Rochelle Neal, Hart High's sociology teacher in 1974, holds a preserved marijuana leaf. (3) The 26-year-old time capsule reopened Saturday by former Hart High School students was part of a sociology project. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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