A Jordan High School student off from tennis practice found the Heimatfest medallion today, around 1:45 p.m. Aug. 18, outside the fence of a softball field at Holzer Park in Jordan.
Paige Moran, 15, of Jordan, was hunting as part of a family team with her mom Stina Moran and brother Thurston Moran.
Medallion hunters, this should really get your goat: They found it on their first day of searching.
“This is our first day. We looked for about an hour, maybe,” Paige said.
In that hour, they looked at several places, including the Mini-Met ballpark and the softball field at Jordan High School.
The clues narrowed it down for them as they searched.
“Glinting slyly through a fence” led them to ball fields, as did “Enter ranch by gemstone facet,” which also led to Holzer because a horse ranch is visible from the park.
And of course, the “crossing tracks” clue made sense with the railroad tracks being so close.
Stina said she’s been looking for the medallion for 10 years, and has been “very close” in the past. But this is the first year she’s brought her kids along.
It looks like it paid off. But Stina said she’s not jealous her daughter found it first.
“It was a team effort. She beat us there, that’s all. The younger, faster legs got there sooner,” Stina said.
Anyways, they plan to use the Jordan dollars to buy meat for grilling – a family event when they can taste the sweetness of success.
“I’m thinking about going to Pekarna’s meats. We like grilling outside,” Paige said.
(Photos by David Schueller)
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