Centennial time capsule to be buried New Year's EveAfter nearly two years of planning and events celebrating Powell's first century, the Powell Centennial Committee will culminate its programs by placing a centennial time capsule at Washington Park at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31.“I think of it as a very fitting conclusion to our year of celebrating Powell's centennial,” said Sharon Earhart, Centennial Committee Chairwoman.A cellular telephone, an iPod, a scrapbook chock-full of articles and photos, a centennial T-shirt and hat, buttons, a Pony Express letter from Founders' Day (May 25), a city budget, Powell Tribune's Centennial Edition, CDs, posters ... the list goes on and on.

A stainless steel box, welded by Northwest College student Joe Dankelman, measures 12 inches by 12 inches by 18 inches and is filled with a year's worth of golden memories.

“The centennial celebration has been a hallmark of Powell's first 100 years,” said Centennial Committee Member Gib Mathers.

“Hopefully, the next generation of centennial celebrants will think the stuff we stashed in the box is as fascinating as the items we unearthed from 50 years ago.”

“I think of it as a very fitting conclusion to our year of celebrating Powell's centennial,” Earhart said.

Meeting at least monthly through 2008 and '09, the committee has endeavored to celebrate Powell's century with pageantry and festivity. Likewise, much thought and discussion were invested in capsule artifacts.

“I feel the committee is very committed to putting items in the capsule that will enlighten those Powell citizens that open it in 50 years as to what life was like here in Powell in 2009,” Earhart said.

“This is the centennial conclusion, and I am hoping for a significant turnout reflecting the local support the committee has enjoyed at centennial events this past year,” Mathers said.