Items were placed inside the Alki Time Capsule in the lobby of the Log House Museum on Alki Saturday morning, Sept. 19. The capsule was then sealed shut with calk and 12 bolts, to be opened in a half-century. Museum director Andrea Mercado hosted. She described the memorabilia and why she felt certain items would be significant in 50 years. Items included newspaper and campaign items about President Obama, photographs of Alki and other West Seattle businesses, people, and scenery, Gold "archival" CD's of interviews, and essays illustrated with sketches by Alki Elementary School students about their lives now and their hopes and dreams in decades to come.

One student, Loren Peterson, 11 read his essay. He and his sister Clara assisted Mercado as they filled the 20 pound rectangular vessel while wearing protective gloves.

Just prior to sealing the capsule, Mercado dropped in metallic pouches of small "ageless oxygen absorbers" and those little bags of absorbent salt packs one sees tucked inside new electronic packaging.

Mercado commented that the small cluster of well-wishers around her added humidity to the room and therefore the inside of the capsule which she said was a good thing because the aging process of photographs and paper accelerate with rapid temperature and humidity change.

The time table included the burial of the capsule at about 1:30pm under bricks between Alki Avenue and the Alki Statue of Liberty with ceremony to follow at 2:00 p.m.