Time capsule being filled with Royal City history
The Royal Register News
ROYAL CITY - There is still time to make a contribution to the time capsule Mayor Mike Stark will bury Friday, July 13, at the Royal City SummerFest.
According to Stark, the capsule will be sealed at 3 p.m. On Thursday. It will be buried near the pavilion in Lions Park at 6:30 p.m. On Friday.
If you have any ideas for the capsule that would be unique to the community or at least indicative of life here today, you may contact the mayor with a phone call to 346-2026 or an email to mebastark@ifiber.tv.
The mayor and his wife have already stocked the capsule with numerous items. In 50 years, people will look back on some of these and laugh the way people today laugh at old crank wall telephones.
So far, the Royal City 50-year time capsule includes:
- Digital camera with photos of local crops, farm animals, businesses
- Royal City Hall information, brochures, photos of staff
- Royal City Street Map
- Aerial View of Royal City
- Royal City Annual Report
- 2012-2012 Copy of Washington City and Town information.
- 2012 Mayoral Proclamation for Royal City Day of Prayer
- Official city letterhead stationery
- Recent copies of the Royal Register for local news
- Copy of Seattle Times for National News
- July 2012 issue of Men's magazines
- July 2012 issue of Women's magazines
- July 2012 issue of Teens' magazine
- Eastern Washington Travel Guides
- Copy of bestselling book of 2012 The Hunger Games
- Copy of best selling book of 2012 The Help
- Pocket Thesaurus
- Sticky notes
- Notepads and mechanical pencil
- Glue sticks
- Assorted office supplies
- 2012 Pocket planner
- Digital camera with photos of local agriculture, businesses, interesting sights
- iPhone
- Catalogue of DS and computer games
- List of "text" abbreviations
- Strand of blonde hair with feather woven in
- Pair of rhinestone flip flops
- Dora the Explorer Disposable Diaper
- Golf ball and pencil from Royal Golf Course
- Library card
- July 2012 PUD bill
- July 2012 Utility bill
- Gasoline receipt
- Grocery photo and receipt of staple items from Royal Harvest Foods
- Photo of Mack's Mocha coffee and receipt
- 1962 (year of Royal City Incorporation) US Mint Proof Set and 2012 US Mint Proof Set (Both donated by Grand Marshall's Frank and Chris Mianecki)
- Yoga DVD and a Cliff Bar
- Bottled water
- Copy of Prevention Magazine
- Eye glasses
- Local phone book
- 2012 Notary stamp
- Local restaurant menus
- Washington Tree Fruit cook book
- SHOC brochure and information
- Cassette tapes
- DVDs, Cds
- Bottle of Foxy Roxy Vixen Red Cabernet Sauvignon (donated by Rhonda Davis)
- Bottle of Piper Frenchman Hills Friends and Family Cabernet Franc (Donated by Bud and Leslie Piper)
- Jar of Fanning local honey (donated by Gary Fanning)
- Quilt square (donated by Susie Stewart) and article of the "quilting comeback" craft.
- Letter from seventh-grade student Marianne Jimenez to future seventh-grade students of 2062
- Royal Knight's Cap
- Royal Knights high school, middle school, grade school tee shirts (donated by Paul and Debbie Olsufka)
- Royal Middle School 2012 Survivor tee shirts
- Photos of past Summerfest parades
- "Home Party" catalogues
- Schwann's Home Food Delivery Catalogue
- Top 100 Popular Songs
- Top 20 Most Popular Boys' names
- Top 20 Most Popular Girls' names