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2019 Litchfield Watercade Medallion Hunt

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The lucky person who finds the medallion can claim the grand prize of up to $200 by presenting it to a Watercade board member.

The medallion is hidden in the Litchfield area on public property. Finding the medallion will not require digging, climbing, cutting, hammering or any destructive means to retrieve it. Medallion hunters are urged not to search on private property or damage trees, shrubbery, buildings or other public property in their search.

Clues for the medallion hunt will be posted at 10 a.m. daily beginning Monday, July 8, in the window of the Independent Review office, 217 Sibley Ave. N., and on the newspaper’s website at www.independentreview.net. Clues also will be read live on the air at KLFD-AM 1410. Clues will not be read over the telephone.

To be eligible for the $200 grand prize, treasure hunters must have purchased a $4 Watercade button from a Miss Litchfield candidate or a local business. Anyone without a button who finds the medallion will be eligible for a $100 prize.

The person who finds the medallion must present it the day it is found to a member of the Watercade board or call Watercade Chairperson Haley Malherek at 320-699-1360. The prize will be awarded during the Miss Litchfield coronation Sunday, July 15, at Bernie Aaker Auditorium.

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Monday, July 8, 2019
Find Date
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Finders
Name
Erica Carlson
Hometown
Litchfield
Name
Heidi Johnson
Hometown
Litchfield
Prize
Maximum Prize
$200
Awarded Prize
$200
Location
General Location
Outside Meeker Memorial Hospital
Pinpointed Location
The Little Free Library

45.119272, -94.528576

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Monday, July 8, 2019, 10:00 AM

Trick The Dwarf

The official meaning of the clue.

The title of a chapter in "Dreamland," the book in which the medallion was hidden.

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Clue 2
Published Date
Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 10:00 AM

219

The official meaning of the clue.

The medallion was hidden in a hole cut into pages of "Dreamland," the first page being 219.

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Clue 3
Published Date
Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 10:00 AM

Amusement Park

The official meaning of the clue.

"Dreamland" is set in Coney Island, a New York City amusement park.

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Clue 4
Published Date
Thursday, July 11, 2019, 10:00 AM

Imagination Train, Choo Choo

The official meaning of the clue.

We think this refers to country singer Dolly Parton's reading program, Imagination Library, aimed at encouraging young people to read.

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Clue 5

Ink all over, Dusty and old smelling

The official meaning of the clue.

Old books, printed with ink.

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Clue 6

Little Green House

The official meaning of the clue.

The Little Free Library in which the medallion was hidden is painted green.

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Clue 7

Where sick people go

The official meaning of the clue.

The Little Free Library in which the medallion was hidden is located near the pavilion on the southwest side of Meeker Memorial Hospital.

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