OFFICIAL RULES:
The first three treasure hunt clues are published in The Citizen’s May 25 edition, on our website (www.readthecitizen.com) and in the 2017 Good Neighbor Days tab, inserted in thousands of area newspapers. These clues are informational in nature only. The hunt officially begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 8 with the posting of Clue #4, and not before.
A new clue will be posted on The Citizen’s website (www.readthecitizen.com) during Good Neighbor Days, two times daily Thursday through Saturday, June 8-10, one at approximately 8 a.m. and one at approximately 5 p.m.each day. The final clue will be posted at approximately 8 a.m. Sunday, June 11. (If you’re parked on our website, don’t forget to hit the refresh button to update the page!) With the exception of the BONUS CLUE, new this year, clues will be posted online only.
The BONUS CLUE will not be available online, but will be available at Spike sponsor Key Automotive, 14797 Forest Blvd. N., Hugo,at noon through remaining business hours on Saturday, June 10.
The Citizen reserves the right to discontinue the hunt at any time if public property is destroyed. Shovels are not needed to find Spike.
If you find the Golden Spike, immediately call the Spike Hotline (651-407-1209) to report where it was found and to qualify for a $100 instant cash prize. The Citizen will also award an additional $500 in cash to the Spike finder. No purchase is necessary to win, nor is it necessary to complete a “Golden Ticket” to win the cash prizes.
The Citizen will also award $125 in gift cards or certificates good at area businesses and a pair of Ordway tickets to the Spike finder if he/she has a completed “Golden Ticket” form officially stamped by all of the individual sponsors of the 2017 Hunt for the Golden Spike. Copies of the Golden Ticket forms may be clipped from the May 25 edition of The Citizen, from the Good Neighbor Days tab, or downloaded from The Citizen’s website (www.readthecitizen.com).
Official sponsors are: City of Hugo, 14669 Fitzgerald Ave. N, Hugo; Hawaiian Tan (Hugo or Forest Lake) 14643 Mercantile Dr. N, Suite 107, Hugo, or 1500 Lake St. S., Forest Lake; Hugo American Legion, 5383 140th St. N., Hugo; Hugo Equipment Company, 13997 Forest Blvd. N., Hugo; Key Automotive, 14797 Forest Blvd. N, Hugo; and Wiseguys Pizza & Pub, 7095 20th Ave., Centerville.
If Spike is not found by noon on Sunday, June 12, all prize money and gift certificates will be donated to the Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf.
The completed Golden Ticket must be submitted to hunt organizers no later than 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12 and at the same time the instant cash prize is awarded. Late Golden Tickets will not be accepted.
If the Spike finder does not have a completed Golden Ticket, the gift certificates and Ordway tickets will be donated to the Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf.
2017 Spike hunt maps are available from official sponsors while supplies last, and a digital copy may be found on The Citizen’s website. PLEASE NOTE: Spike is NOT hidden on private property.
All contestants agree that The Citizen, Press Publications, the Hugo Lions Club and their respective affiliate companies, parents, subsidiaries, advertising representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by contestants of any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in this contest.
Except where legally prohibited, by accepting the prize the winner grants permission for The Citizen, Press Publications and those acting under its authority to use his or her name, photograph and/or likeness for advertising and/or publicity.
All contest rules and decisions are final.
Employees of Press Publications and their immediate family members are not eligible to win.
For a list of winners, write to The Citizen, 4779 Bloom Ave., White Bear Lake, MN 55110 and enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.