LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Kids who found a message in a jar discovered inside a rotting tree stump have unearthed memories for a former Lincoln city worker.

The jar was found last week by some day campers at Wilderness Park as they dug out the stump.

A note inside the jar said: “This tree was repaired June 3, 1983, by the forestry section of the city Park Dept. Take this note to the office.” And so they did, which led them to the story about how the jar got there.

Joe Haag said that he’d put the baby food jar inside a hollow of the ailing tree when he worked for the city. The tree survived until it was cut down last year.