Time Capsule: 1986

Garrett Smith, left, opens one of three time capsules buried in Riverside State Park that he and some former sixth-grade classmates unearthed and opened Monday. The group buried the items in 1986.

A group of former Spokane elementary school students reunited Monday to open three time capsules buried in 1986, bringing a flashback of the Ronald Reagan era, Brat Pack movies and leg warmers.

The capsules were an assignment for 15 sixth-graders from throughout Spokane Public Schools who were in a talented-and-gifted class together. The cookie tin and two plastic containers were buried in Riverside State Park.

“We originally said we were going to wait 30 or 40 years, but one of our teachers (Linda Andrews) was afraid she wouldn’t be around that long, so we set a date for July 4, 2010,” said Garrett Smith, one of the students who buried the capsules 24 years ago. Read more. Jody Lawrence-Turner/SR

What were you doing in 1986?