2025 Coon Rapids Snowflake Days Medallion Hunt

The daylight is slowly starting longer to trend,

You may have this strong wish for this season to end;

Coon Rapids Snowflake Days has arrived once again,

To bring us together and help get us out of our den.

Our 2025 Snowflake Marquis is of long community fame,

Involved on many levels and Pat Carlson is his name;

He brings a long list of city roles and many connections,

From officer, coach and now councilman to darn near perfections.

A button is needed to claim the hunt prize,

“Check out our website for search rules” Rocky cries;

Events can be found there for this year’s celebration too,

Kids hunt, hockey and snow sculptures to name just a few.

No A’s in the area if we are handing out grades,

Testing your knowledge lest your memory fades;

On city property only is locked into the rules,
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Number one in the ladder of prize finding tools.

Timed to get bundled all up and be on with your way,

Maybe a gentle push out the door as Tom Morris might say;

Off a heavily traveled path an assistant to the Dalton’s might convey,

To capture the medallion of gold is your ultimate prey.

Our city history may be short in some people’s mind,

Remember a sleuth to help in your path to a find;

We know over time our long- term memory may fade,

Once known for a fresh connection to the theater trade. 

Something of Yupik origin is part of the conceptual plan,

From the last to the current on slightly more than a wingspan;

Behind in your quest a span might be cool,

Rich in the past will soon take you to school.

If snow is in the forecast it may double your trouble,

This line in the maze disguised in some rubble;

Rocky our mascot is back at it with a historical trick,
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Paving his ridiculous riddles brick by each brick.