Take one time capsule and call me in the morning ( or next year )
Dale Kovar HJ GENERAL MANAGER
A former co-worker once mentioned that she and her husband have a tradition of every New Year ’ s Eve they write down some predictions for the coming year and seal them in an envelope . Then the next New Year ’ s Eve they review what they said , and do it again . I doubt they saw this year ’ s pandemic situation coming . Time capsules , marking a given point in history to be viewed later , are an interesting tool .
I ’ m reminded of when our local cities went through their centennials and buried time capsules for future generations to look back on how things were .
I highly favored the 25-year time capsule over the 100- year plan . At least in 25 years , there would be good likelihood that a number of people originally involved would still be around to reminisce .
In 100 years , no such luck . And besides , who ’ s going to be able to play a VHS tape anyway ?
Our family did our own quirky time capsule once . I ’ m not sure how it started , but on our youngest son ’ s 16 th birthday we decided to stash away a pack of Twinkies to be opened on his 35 th birthday , just to see what shape they would be in .
I admit we partially cheated and took a look at them on his 21 st birthday . They were already somewhat solidified , but we left them in the original wrapper , put away again until 2033 .
That brings us back around to this year .
In March as the world changed before our eyes with the COVID-19 epidemic , we asked our newspaper readers to start saving some memories – a journal , photo collection , videos , etc . – that we could eventually publish in a special “ We ’ re Back !” section .
At the time , we thought it would be , at worst , a few weeks . Like waiting out a tornado in the basement or getting plowed out after a blizzard , it seemed like it would be a relatively short-term problem .
As it went , our summer events were either wiped out or crippled beyond recognition . The Class of 2020 graduates will be remembered for more than just a cool-numbered year . Athletes lost eligibility from seasons that never took place .
And we ’ re still finding out what other disruptions are occurring , with no light at the end of the tunnel in sight yet .
We still intend to celebrate one day , hopefully not that far away , with a special “ We ’ re Back !” newspaper section that years and decades from now everyone can share with their descendants about this crazy time we all went through .
So for your own purpose , we suggest hanging on to some mementos from this historic period .
Or even start your own Twinkies time capsule .
Useless list dept .
Names of major league baseball players whose first names begin with Y : Yadier Molina , c , Cardinals Yasmani Grandral , c , White Sox Yuli Gurriel , 1b , Astros Yandy Diaz , 3b , Rays Yu Darvish , p , Cubs Yoan Moncada , 3b , White Sox Yan Gomes , c , Nationals Yu Chang , ss , Indians
Yusmeiro Petit , p , A ’ s Yoshihisa Hirano , p , Mariners Yusei Kikuchi , p , Mariners Yohan Ramirez , p , Mariners Yadiel Rivera , 3b , Rangers Yoan Lopez , p , Diamondbacks Yency Almonte , p , Rockies ( Currrently not on rosters : Yordan Alvarez , Yasiel
Puig )
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