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2025 Apple Valley Mid Winter Fest Medallion Hunt

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• Clues and other communications will be posted beginning at 9 a.m. on Apple Valley Parks & Recreation's Facebook Page (This page).
• The medallion will be hidden outdoors in one of Apple Valley’s 53 parks.
• If you’d like to pick up an “old fashioned” large, paper map of Apple Valley, please stop by the front desk inside the Apple Valley Community Center.
• The medallion may be hidden under or in something, but you will not need shovels or tools. It will be accessible by hand.
• In order to protect the medallion, it may be contained within a see-through, zip-lock bag. It will be highly visible.
• Is it a medallion? Is it a "45" record? It's both! This year's medallion went retro and is an actual 45 - Record (If you don't know what a "45" is, please consult someone over the age of 50. Attempt at humor!
• If you find the medallion, please call to verify your find, and text a photo of it to Bill Bird at 952-683-0033. A post on Facebook will be made when the medallion is found.
• If the medallion is not found after 6-clues and by 2:30 p.m., the contest is over, and the location will be revealed. This is exceptionally rare and has only occurred once in the past 25 years due to heavy snowfall.
• The answers to the clues will be posted on Facebook after Mid-Winter Fest is over (February 2).
• Please do not stray onto private property while hunting for the medallion.
• Drive safe and hunt safe!
Clue Posting Schedule:
First Clue: 9 a.m.
Second clue: 9:30am
Third clue: 10:30am
Fourth clue: 11:30am
Fifth clue: 12:30am
Sixth (and final) clue: 1:30pm
2:30 PM Deadline to find medallion.
2025 Apple Valley Mid Winter Fest Medallion
Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Finders
Name
Nick Hebert
Hometown
Lakeville
Name
Brian Gnerer
Hometown
Apple Valley
Prize
Maximum Prize
$250
Location
General Location
Hayes Park
Pinpointed Location
Behind the Community Center
Concealer
Under leaves in the rain garden

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Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Saturday, February 1, 2025, 9:00 AM

Hey, it’s a park, but it’s not always called a “park”, but it definitely is a park.

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Clue 2
Published Date
Saturday, February 1, 2025, 9:30 AM

The Apple Valley Eagle doesn’t need Google! For he knows he’s close to home when he spots 11 dots.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Saturday, February 1, 2025, 10:30 AM

Abandoning pickleball in 2025? That’s almost unheard of! But not here.

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Clue 4
Published Date
Saturday, February 1, 2025, 11:30 AM

“Limited Mobility”? No problem!

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Clue 5

Don’t Walk on By the medallion or you’ll get the Shaft.

The official meaning of the clue.

Isaac Hayes songs (Hayes Park)

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Clue 6

No rain. No garden.

The official meaning of the clue.

Hidden in the rain garden

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