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TO BE OPENED IN 2038
Time capsule celebrates 100 years of cityhood
Time capsule celebrates 100 years of cityhood
A commemorative bench was unveiled June 10 to complete Kitchener’s centennial of becoming a city. The bench was donated by Superior Memorials and is located in the Duke Street Gardens at the rear entrance to City Hall. Businesses (including the Kitchener Citizen) and individuals donated items to be buried in the capsule under the bench. From left: John-Michael Weber of Superior Memorials, city councillors Scott Davey, Dan Glenn-Graham, Berry Vrbanovic, and Frank Etherington; Mayor Carl Zehr; city councillors Bil Ioannidis, Zyg Janecki, Paul Singh, Kelly Galloway-Sealock, and John Gazzola. Photo courtesy of the City of Kitchener.
by Helen HallKitchener Citizen
July 4, 2013
It was a year long celebration.
Starting June 10, 2012, the City of Kitchener and community groups held numerous events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the City of Kitchener becoming a city.
The party finished at June 10, 2013 behind city hall, where a commemorative bench was unveiled covering a time capsule buried in the Duke Street gardens.
The time capsule includes contributions from 40 individuals and businesses, including the Kitchener Citizen, that are in water-tight containers.
The time capsule will be opened in 2038.
There was entertainment and refreshments were served to “toast” the time capsule. Residents had the opportunity to sign a signature scroll that will also be buried with the time capsule.
After the time capsule ceremony, the celebration moved into Kitchener City Hall Rotunda where people got to see the results of Kitchener’s largest centennial event.
Kitchener was added to the Guinness Book of World Records for hosting the longest picnic on King Street on July 15, 2012. The Guinness certificate was on display for photographs.
More than 100 volunteers set up the picnic route within two hours, with tables and chairs brought from rental places as far away as Owen Sound.
Kitchener’s longest picnic table line measured 2,277 metres with about 4,000 people participating.
The previous record was set in 2009 by Halle, Germany, whose picnic was 1,979 metres long.
During the centennial year, Kitchener hosted the world’s longest picnic, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. With the city’s certificate are, from left: picnic committee chair Mark Bingeman, 100 years of Cityhood committee chair Kathi Smith, and picnic committee co-chair Sam Varteniuk.