Lost In Time
Imperial Beach, CA
When city officials couldn’t find the 30-year-old time capsule they planned to unearth for the city’s 50th birthday yesterday, former mayor Mike Bixler decided to get creative….
He held up a rusted paint can, which he claimed to have found while gardening Monday.
The capsule contained a proposed new City Council uniform of tropical swim trunks and Hawaiian leis, a stack of unpaid city bills as well as the city’s financial reserves – $1.45 wrapped in a red bandanna to reflect the city’s large population of bikers and biker gangs in the 1980s….
The actual time capsule is buried somewhere in Triangle Park on Palm Avenue, but there are no markers identifying its location.
“Everyone in town remembers the day (it was buried) . . . but no one remembers where it is,†said Lorie Bragg, chairwoman of the 50th anniversary committee. “On all the speculations, I could be digging up the whole park.â€
Bragg said she found a man with a metal detector on the beach and had him check the area to no avail. The city might look into using military equipment to find it, she said.
City officials planned to bury a new capsule yesterday, but decided to wait a few months to bury it at Veteran’s Park, which will be renovated by then. They’ll use GPS technology to keep record of the burial location.
Read the whole story on Signon San Diego
August 1st, 2006 at 2:08 am
And how close to grass valley is this town?
August 1st, 2006 at 3:33 am
Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance. Remember that, people. I can’t believe they didn’t record the location, or at least take a few publicity snaps of the dirt being thrown in after it (which might give them a clue where it is).
August 1st, 2006 at 6:30 am
They were all smoking wacky weed that day, got the munchies and thats why nobody remembers……
August 1st, 2006 at 8:25 am
The mayor of this ‘Mayberry’ ought to have a contest where people provide information regarding the whereabouts of the capsule and offer a reward for the information that leads to its discovery. The whole town would get involved. The barber shop would be a-buzz with men talking about it around the red and white stripped pole and it would be the only topic for the ladies at the salon. Why am I suddenly reminded of the movie It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World?
August 1st, 2006 at 10:00 am
They probably put the pictures inside the time capsule so they wouldn’t lose them. GPS technology? Mayor Mike could save his taxpayer’s dollars by using the simple TPS technology employed by guys like Blackbeard, who often deposited treasures in the Great (un-insured) Bank of Earth.
August 1st, 2006 at 11:32 am
I believe the Time Capsule was forgotten on purpose. Who wants a bunch of porno pictures of the past mayor and his secretary found.
August 1st, 2006 at 11:50 am
Maybe the television remote is in there too?
August 1st, 2006 at 12:05 pm
and one of Leah’s lighters?
August 1st, 2006 at 12:07 pm
oops! I meant Nan
August 1st, 2006 at 1:47 pm
in most inhabited regions of the world, when a community service time capsule is in use … There are usually located inside of a building cornerstone or underneath a statue pedestal or inside some kind of monument so that everybody can point to it and remember.
August 1st, 2006 at 2:44 pm
I bet the “x marks the spot” map is in the capsule. nice.
August 1st, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Now I know were Nan’s lighter is…in the capsule!
Didn’t Blackbeard also kill one of his crew and bury him with the treasure? Say…has anyone seen Sly lately?
August 1st, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Jimmy Hoffa is there too.
August 3rd, 2006 at 4:42 am
I think all the lighters I had baought in the 70’s are there too! and my stash!