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2022 Coon Rapids Snowflake Days Medallion Hunt

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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!

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Find Date
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Finders
Name
Bob Gagner
Prize
Maximum Prize
$500
Awarded Prize
$500
Location
General Location
Wintercrest Park
Pinpointed Location
Up the hill from Biochar filter pond/creek system, and just down trail of 17th disc golf tee
Concealer
Behind Short Vertical Posts

45.15781, -93.284816

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Friday, January 21, 2022, 6:00 PM
​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.
The official meaning of the clue.
introduction to our hunt, cold it was.
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Clue 2
Published Date
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 6:00 PM
​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.
The official meaning of the clue.
introduction to our hunt, cold it was.
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Clue 3
Published Date
Sunday, January 23, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
Reminder of button requirement, still some for sale.
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Clue 4
Published Date
Monday, January 24, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
Always want to give a shout out to our Marquis, thanks Tim.
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Clue 5
Published Date
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
Vague early reference to North Country Ford and HOM Furniture and the word drive.
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Clue 6
Published Date
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
Beatles song- Norwegian Wood.
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Clue 7
Published Date
Thursday, January 27, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
Looking for word for the top of the wave - Crest- together with previous clue you get Wood Crest(in this case as in Drive)
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Clue 8
Published Date
Friday, January 28, 2022, 6:00 PM
​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.
The official meaning of the clue.
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.
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Clue 9
Published Date
Saturday, January 29, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
"PUT ME IN COACH" Reference to the Wintercrest ballfields- The "say hey kid" Willie Mays probably hit some this far.
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Clue 10
Published Date
Sunday, January 30, 2022, 6:00 PM
​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.
The official meaning of the clue.
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.
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Clue 11
Published Date
Monday, January 31, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
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.
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Clue 12
Published Date
Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
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.
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Clue 13
Published Date
Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 6:00 PM
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.
The official meaning of the clue.
This clue reference the disc golf course 17th tee box of 21 baskets (She was just 17) and the rattling of the disc baskets.
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Clue 14
​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.
The official meaning of the clue.
Medallion was found by the row of short vertical posts on the trail just up trail from 17th tee.
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