TIME CAPSULE -- LOST IN SPACE CLASS OF '76 GOES TREASURE HUNTING.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. M. SODDERS Staff Writer CHATSWORTH -- Three decades ago, a few members of Chatsworth High School's Class of 1976 secretly buried a time capsule on campus. Apparently, a little too secretly. Campus gardener Jerome Thomas
``I've never seen a time capsule dug up, and I've never seen what they look like after they're dug up. That's why I was digging so vigorously,'' Thomas said. ``But to no avail.'' The time capsule is purported to be a three-foot length of plastic pipe, possibly holding sheet music and a red-white and blue tassel with a minuteman commemorating the nation's bicentennial bi·cen·ten·ni·al adj. 1. Happening once every 200 years. 2. Lasting for 200 years. 3. Relating to a 200th anniversary. n. A 200th anniversary or its celebration. Also called bicentenary. -- a big deal in 1976. It could also contain two of the era's biggest fads -- a mood ring and a Pet Rock. None of the alumni who came to watch the time capsule being 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. was actually there when it was originally buried just days before their graduation. And despite their disappointment, they said they aren't giving up yet. ``We'll do some more research and get to the bottom of this,'' said Renee Serkin-Leshner, 47, of Calabasas, who is co-chairing Chatsworth High's 30th class reunion “School reunion” redirects here. For the Doctor Who episode, see School Reunion (Doctor Who). A class reunion is a meeting of former classmates, typically organized at or near their former school by one of the class on or around an anniversary of their graduation. . Chatsworth Principal Jeff Davis Jeff Davis may refer to:
Even though the time capsule remained elusive, for the classmates who turned out it was a chance to catch up with each other and reminisce rem·i·nisce intr.v. rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing, rem·i·nisc·es To recollect and tell of past experiences or events. [Back-formation from reminiscence. about the days when the campus wasn't fenced in, security was a single guy with a walkie-talkie and ``the wildest thing we did in school was streaking,'' said Teri Tilton, 47, of Calabasas, known as Teri Kollar back then. And while the former schoolmates speculated about the location of the capsule filled with icons of their early lives, John Deary John Steele Deary (born October 18, 1962 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is an English former professional football player. He played as a midfielder. References
``Maybe it wasn't as good of a secret as they thought,'' he said. ``Maybe someone else came and dug it up.'' lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3663 CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) As Chatsworth High gardener Jerome Thomas tries -- in vain -- to locate a 30-year-old time capsule planted on school grounds, graduate Cheryl Baker peers into the earthy abyss. (2) Holes were dug. Chatsworth High gardener Jerome Thomas sweated. And still no Class of 1976 time capsule was found. (3 -- 4) Above, Chatsworth High School students -- current and long-graduated -- hang out by the dig site to spot the Class of 1976 time capsule. None was found, but the alumni did get a chance to reminisce over old photos, like these of Renee Serkin-Leshner and Steve Ruffner, below. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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