MEDALLION HAS BEEN FOUND!
Medallion was found today (1/3/22) in Wintercrest Park up the hill from Biochar filter pond/creek system, up the hill just down trail of 17th disc golf tee behind short vertical posts in a row.
Congratulations to Bob Gagner
Medallion was found today (1/3/22) in Wintercrest Park up the hill from Biochar filter pond/creek system, up the hill just down trail of 17th disc golf tee behind short vertical posts in a row.
Congratulations to Bob Gagner
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2022 MEDALLION HUNT
The medallion hunt will begin on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
and will continue throughout the Snowflake Days celebration
until found. Clues will be posted on this page daily.
Rules are:
1) You must have a 2022 Snowflake Days button to claim the
cash prize.
2) The medallion will be hidden on City of Coon Rapids
property.
3) Any destruction of City property during your search will
disqualify you from claiming the prize.
4) Clues will be posted on this website page by 8:00 a.m. daily
beginning on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 through Sunday,
February 6th, 2022 or until medallion is found.
5) The lucky person who finds the medallion should
email dianebuszta@yahoo.com or text message to
612-366-1834 immediately! Announcement will be made on
this page when medallion is found.
6) All notifications regarding this medallion hunt will be posted
on this page.
7) Prize will be awarded to the winner on Sunday, February
6th, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Coon Rapids Ice Arena.
8) Finder of the 2022 medallion will receive a $500 prize!
Clue #1 - Saturday, January 22nd:
MEDALLION WAS FOUND THIS MORNING(THURSDAY ) SEE BELOW
It is out in the City of Coon Rapids the rules said,
On city owned property they say, not county or fed;
The answer my friend is blowin in the wind,
The answer in blowin in the wind.
Medallion was found today in Wintercrest Park up the hill from Biochar filter pond/creek system, and just down trail of 17th disc golf tee behind short vertical posts in a row.
MEDALLION WAS FOUND THIS MORNING(THURSDAY ) SEE BELOW
It is out in the City of Coon Rapids the rules said,
On city owned property they say, not county or fed;
The answer my friend is blowin in the wind,
The answer in blowin in the wind.
Medallion was found today in Wintercrest Park up the hill from Biochar filter pond/creek system, and just down trail of 17th disc golf tee behind short vertical posts in a row.
Clue #2 - Sunday, January 23rd:
But February made me shiver,
With every paper I deliver;
Snowflakes Days is here to challenge the cold,
To bring out the community and welcome the bold.
introduction to our hunt, cold it was.
But February made me shiver,
With every paper I deliver;
Snowflakes Days is here to challenge the cold,
To bring out the community and welcome the bold.
introduction to our hunt, cold it was.
Clue #3 - Monday, January 24th:
Is this just real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality;
The prize is for real if you succeed in your quest,
This year’s current button is all we request.
Reminder of button requirement, still some for sale.
Is this just real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality;
The prize is for real if you succeed in your quest,
This year’s current button is all we request.
Reminder of button requirement, still some for sale.
Clue #4 - Tuesday, January 25th:
Up through the ranks he rose like the truck ladders,
Like all of our firefighters his community matters;
With an eye on our safety and civic involvement profound,
2022 Snowflake Marquis Tim Gilsrud a top choice for the crown.
Always want to give a shout out to our Marquis, thanks Tim.
Up through the ranks he rose like the truck ladders,
Like all of our firefighters his community matters;
With an eye on our safety and civic involvement profound,
2022 Snowflake Marquis Tim Gilsrud a top choice for the crown.
Always want to give a shout out to our Marquis, thanks Tim.
Clue #5 - Wednesday, January 26th:
Country roads take me home,
To the place I belong;
This drive can take you close with connections,
It’s playing on each with just part of the sections.
Vague early reference to North Country Ford and Hom Furniture and the word drive.
Country roads take me home,
To the place I belong;
This drive can take you close with connections,
It’s playing on each with just part of the sections.
Vague early reference to North Country Ford and Hom Furniture and the word drive.
Clue #6 - Thursday, January 27th:
She asked me to stay, and told me to sit anywhere,
So I looked around and noticed there wasn’t a chair;
Making sense of the song is particularly cruel,
A Scandinavian product is part of your tool.
Beatles song- Norwegian Wood.
She asked me to stay, and told me to sit anywhere,
So I looked around and noticed there wasn’t a chair;
Making sense of the song is particularly cruel,
A Scandinavian product is part of your tool.
Beatles song- Norwegian Wood.
Clue #7 - Friday, January 28th:
We’ll all be gone for the summer, We’re on safari to stay,
Tell the teacher we’re surfin’, Surfin’ U.S.A.;
Out on the water and grabbing a wave,
When you get to the top the name you must save.
Looking for word for the top of the wave - Crest- together with previous clue you get Wood Crest(in this case as in Drive)
We’ll all be gone for the summer, We’re on safari to stay,
Tell the teacher we’re surfin’, Surfin’ U.S.A.;
Out on the water and grabbing a wave,
When you get to the top the name you must save.
Looking for word for the top of the wave - Crest- together with previous clue you get Wood Crest(in this case as in Drive)
Clue #8 - Saturday, January 29th:
I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name,
Like the song says a winding road just the same;
Around the bend it once was this place,
A natural habitat tapering from a circular base.
Historical clue- Jim Croce sang in this song about the Pine trees lining the winding road, nursery can be a name for natural habitat for plants, tapering from a circular base is a cone. Back before the Anoka County License Center, theater and Sammy's this area was Pine Cone Nursery, just down the winding road.
I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name,
Like the song says a winding road just the same;
Around the bend it once was this place,
A natural habitat tapering from a circular base.
Historical clue- Jim Croce sang in this song about the Pine trees lining the winding road, nursery can be a name for natural habitat for plants, tapering from a circular base is a cone. Back before the Anoka County License Center, theater and Sammy's this area was Pine Cone Nursery, just down the winding road.
Clue #9 - Sunday, January 30th:
Well I beat the drum and hold the phone, the sun came out today,
Were born again there’s new grass on the field;
The focus of the search is just a “Say Hey” shot away,
Exactly the direction is the puzzle of the day.
"PUT ME IN COACH" Reference to the Wintercrest ballfields- The "say hey kid" Willie Mays probably hit some this far.
Well I beat the drum and hold the phone, the sun came out today,
Were born again there’s new grass on the field;
The focus of the search is just a “Say Hey” shot away,
Exactly the direction is the puzzle of the day.
"PUT ME IN COACH" Reference to the Wintercrest ballfields- The "say hey kid" Willie Mays probably hit some this far.
Clue #10 - Monday, January 31st:
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child in my heart rise above;
Sharpen your focus and find your direction,
This you can find it says in a reflection.
So from the ball fields Stevie Nicks sang that she could see her reflection in the snow covered hills- referencing, as us oldtimers know it- Knox sliding hill. So in that direction.
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child in my heart rise above;
Sharpen your focus and find your direction,
This you can find it says in a reflection.
So from the ball fields Stevie Nicks sang that she could see her reflection in the snow covered hills- referencing, as us oldtimers know it- Knox sliding hill. So in that direction.
Clue #11 - Tuesday, February 1st:
Clap for the Wolfman, he gonna rate your record high,
Clap for the Wolfman, your gonna dig him tell the day you die;
History will tell you he was one of the great,
This kind of jockey at the top of he does rate.
Wolfman Jack- Looking for Disc as in this type of jockey, put you on the disc golf course in the area on the other side of the hill.
Clap for the Wolfman, he gonna rate your record high,
Clap for the Wolfman, your gonna dig him tell the day you die;
History will tell you he was one of the great,
This kind of jockey at the top of he does rate.
Wolfman Jack- Looking for Disc as in this type of jockey, put you on the disc golf course in the area on the other side of the hill.
Clue #12 - Wednesday, February 2nd:
In a tree by the brook, there’s a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven;
Our feathered friend has a birdie’s eye view,
Of a biochar sand filtered process of which there are few.
A couple of things here , called it a birdie's eye view to try to make a golf reference, biochar sand filter was big clue, a placard on post just up from Woodcrest Drive describes system put in by Watershed District and City of Coon Rapids. Medallion was up in patch of trees above pond/creek.
In a tree by the brook, there’s a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven;
Our feathered friend has a birdie’s eye view,
Of a biochar sand filtered process of which there are few.
A couple of things here , called it a birdie's eye view to try to make a golf reference, biochar sand filter was big clue, a placard on post just up from Woodcrest Drive describes system put in by Watershed District and City of Coon Rapids. Medallion was up in patch of trees above pond/creek.
Clue #13 - Thursday, February 3rd:
Now I’ll never dance with another,
Woo, since I saw her standing there;
The start of one of twenty one you have found,
Coming of age after a rattling sound.
This clue reference the disc golf course 17th tee box of 21 baskets (She was just 17) and the rattling of the disc baskets.
MEDALLION WAS FOUND THIS MORNING IN WINTERCREST PARK UP FROM BIOCHAR POND/CREEK ALONG THE DISC GOLF COURSE.
Now I’ll never dance with another,
Woo, since I saw her standing there;
The start of one of twenty one you have found,
Coming of age after a rattling sound.
This clue reference the disc golf course 17th tee box of 21 baskets (She was just 17) and the rattling of the disc baskets.
MEDALLION WAS FOUND THIS MORNING IN WINTERCREST PARK UP FROM BIOCHAR POND/CREEK ALONG THE DISC GOLF COURSE.
Clue #14 - Friday, February 4th:
This would have been Friday's clue:
Yah, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road,
I’m gonna ride til I can’t no more,
When the journey ends and it’s time for a rest,
Look for vertical place to tie we suggest.
Medallion was found by the row of short vertical posts on the trail just up trail from 17th tee.
This would have been Friday's clue:
Yah, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road,
I’m gonna ride til I can’t no more,
When the journey ends and it’s time for a rest,
Look for vertical place to tie we suggest.
Medallion was found by the row of short vertical posts on the trail just up trail from 17th tee.
Clue #15 - Saturday, February 5th:
Clue #16 - Sunday, February 6th:
THE 2021 MEDALLION HAS BEEN FOUND!
(At Boulevard Plaza near a fire hydrant on the trail)
CONGRATULATIONS TO
ADAM & JESSICA KURSCHNER
(At Boulevard Plaza near a fire hydrant on the trail)
CONGRATULATIONS TO
ADAM & JESSICA KURSCHNER
THE 2019 MEDALLION HAS BEEN FOUND!!
(NEAR THE WATER PLANT ACROSS FROM RIVERVIEW
PARK DOWN IN THE MARSH AREA IN SOME BRUSH
UNDER A BIRD HOUSE)
CONGRATULATIONS TO GRACIA
FOLKERINGA, JACOB FOLKERINGA & JEREMY
SMITH
(NEAR THE WATER PLANT ACROSS FROM RIVERVIEW
PARK DOWN IN THE MARSH AREA IN SOME BRUSH
UNDER A BIRD HOUSE)
CONGRATULATIONS TO GRACIA
FOLKERINGA, JACOB FOLKERINGA & JEREMY
SMITH
THE 2018 MEDALLION HAS BEEN FOUND!!
(In Sand Creek Park near a walking path on the NW side of the concession stand)
Congratulations to Mike & Vicki Jungbauer and
Aubrey Dutcher
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THE 2017 MEDALLION
HAS BEEN FOUND!
(In Erlandson Park behind the trees up the hill from the path by the black fence)
Congratulations to Stuart & Shannon Gates
(and Danny & Isabelle)!
