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Buried memories lost in time at Stadium Drive
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Some of the seniors posed with their class picture from the fourth grade at Stadium Drive Elementary on May 24. Pictured, from left, are Hayler Gicher, Katie Platt, Sydney Aey and Courtney Platt
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Ginny Yazbek stood with current Boardman High School seniors who she taught in the fourth grade at Stadium Drive Elementary in 2007-08.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Some of the Boardman High School seniors returned to Stadium Drive Elementary for a second try in digging up the time capsule on May 31.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Ginny Yazbek and the Boardman seniors gathered around Joe Yazbek as he dug to try and find the time capsule the students buried at Stadium Drive Elementary in fourth grade.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.A group of Boardman High School seniors helped Ginny Yazbek's husband, Joe Yazbek, dig in search of the time capsule the students buried at Stadium Drive Elementary while they were in fourth grade.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
A group of Boardman High School seniors reunited with their fourth-grade teacher Ginny Yazbeck at Stadium Drive Elementary on May 24 to retrieve a time capsule they buried during fourth-grade in 2007-08.
As the seniors of Boardman High School prepared for graduation and summer break, they had one last thing to do before leaving Boardman schools. In the fourth grade, the students in Yazbeck’s class would dig up their time capsule.
George Kesner was the first teacher at Stadium Drive Elementary to have his class bury a time capsule in 1991-92. His class returned in 2000 to dig up their time capsule. Teachers after him thought it was a good idea so they started to do the same thing with their classes.
The students and Yazbeck all met on May 24 at Stadium Drive Elementary to dig up their time capsule filled with memories. The time capsule was buried 16 paces from the third tree closest to the woods. The class chose 16 paces because of their graduating year, 2016.
“We came to the third tree closest to the woods and 16 paces out, we just don’t know why we aren’t finding it,” said Yazbeck.
When the digging began, the time capsule was no where to be found. The students, Yazbeck’s husband Joe, and Aaron Miller tried digging in several different areas to try and find the time capsule. After more than an hour of digging, everyone decided to stop for the day and try again a week later.
On May 31, the students and Yazbek returned to Stadium Drive and this time Jerry Blasco of Blasco Construction brought his backhoe to dig with. Blasco started digging at 11:30 a.m. and continued until 3:30 p.m., and found a can and three golf balls, but no capsule.
“We haven’t even found a piece of black plastic to say ‘oh there’s plastic, so it has to be here’ we found nothing,” said Yazbeck.
After trying a second time, the students and Yazbeck decided to call it quits.
Even thought the time capsule was never found and the students weren’t able to reminisce about their fourth-grade year, Yazbeck and the students were still happy to reunite.