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2019 Rochesterfest Medallion Hunt

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Special thanks to Whistle Binkies Pubs (North and South), Hiller's Flooring America, and ABC 6 News for sponsoring the 2019 Rochesterfest Treasure Hunt.  Please visit the Hiller's Flooring America website www.HillerCarpet.com for Saturday hours, and the Whistle Binkies Pubs website www.WhistleBinkiesPub.com for their Monday hours. Watch ABC 6 NewsGood Morning for daily clues at approximately 6:40 a.m.-6:50 a.m.  All clues will appear here, on this page, each day at approximately 7:00 a.m.

One BONUS CLUE will be available Saturday at Hiller's Flooring America at store opening, and one additional BONUS CLUE will be available at BOTH Whistle Binkies Pubs on Monday at pub opening.

FOLLOW THE RULES AS WELL AS THE CLUES.

This year’s treasure is a special acrylic medallion, hidden somewhere in the city of Rochester and on public property (but not on a golf course or cemetery) and NEVER on private property that might appear open to the public. It will not be hidden on public land that would be dangerous to search (roadways, etc.)  You will absolutely know if you find it!  Once found, it must be exchanged for its bounty.

Search, but please don't destroy the natural beauty of Rochester or the Treasure hiding place!  Each day's clue will bring you closer to the treasure's location, and it will be evident once found!

THE TREASURE HAS BEEN FOUND!!!  Congratulations to Josephine Van Ert and her brother Rhys.  They found the Rochesterfest Medallion hidden under a tree at Northern Heights Park, near Churchill School in Northeast Rochester.  They will be given their $1000 check at Rochesterfest on Friday at 11:15am.

Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Find Date
Monday, June 24, 2019
Finders
Name
Josephine Van Ert
Name
Rhys Van Ert
Prize
Maximum Prize
$1000
Awarded Prize
$1000
Location
General Location
Northern Heights Park
Pinpointed Location
ear
Concealer
Under a Tree
Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Friday, June 21, 2019, 7:00 PM
The Fest so sublime. What a magical time!
The seekers endeavor through thicket and cyme.
My prominence glowing near arboreal growing.
The silver is showing as you think you are knowing.

Bonus Clue #1 at Hiller's Flooring America - Saturday, June 22

Where, oh where could I decide to hoyde?
Wed the bride, saints abide. Only half of my pride.
I’m less in the middle but more of the side.
The official meaning of the clue.
The Fest so sublime. What a magical time!
The seekers endeavor through thicket and cyme. (Well, you really do, don't you?) ;-)
My prominence glowing near arboreal growing. (Hidden under a tree)
The silver is showing as you think you are knowing. (25th year is silver, so just a little play on Rochester landmarks, although Silver Lake isn't far and below Northern Heights)

Bonus Clue #1 at Hiller's Flooring America - Saturday, June 22
Where, oh where could I decide to hoyde? (Hoyde is Norwegian for height or hill)
Wed the bride, saints abide. Only half of my pride. (A church - half of the name Churchill)
I’m less in the middle but more of the side. (Hidden toward the side of the field)
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Clue 2
Published Date
Saturday, June 22, 2019, 7:00 PM
If you're venturing out bring a big bumbershoot.
If you stave nigh-on by me the game is afoot.
At times the pitch hearkens and sounds with a bow.
Not ensign but jack is the union not low.
The official meaning of the clue.
If you're venturing out bring a big bumbershoot. (A British term for umbrella, and a necessary item for rainy days)
If you stave nigh-on by me the game is afoot. (A stave is a curved stick - hockey - and the game of hockey is played here)
At times the pitch hearkens and sounds with a bow. (Baseball "pitch")
Not ensign but jack is the union not low. (Two different flags, with the Union Jack or Flag flown from British ships)
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Clue 3
Published Date
Sunday, June 23, 2019, 7:00 PM
A grand you'll be richer by wearin' your slicker.
This sporting crusade obviates the convector.
But never right now as the state is not denser.
Touche if you know it and follow the fencer.

Bonus Clue #2 at Whistle Binkies Pubs - Monday, June 24

What wizardy, this, can contain my grand bliss?
Battle Green antecedent to victory his.
Now move forward two Bens, take back thirty-ish.
The official meaning of the clue.
A grand you'll be richer by wearin' your slicker. (Rain for Rochesterfest?)
This sporting crusade obviates the convector. (The hockey rink has a warming house that uses a heating system)
But never right now as the state is not denser. (No hockey in summer, the state of matter - water - is much less dense)
Touche if you know it and follow the fencer. (Around the ball field is a fence near the location)

Bonus Clue #2 at Whistle Binkies Pubs - Monday, June 24

What wizardy, this, can contain my grand bliss? (A Magical Time - $1,000 prize)
Battle Green antecedent to victory his. (The first shot of the Revolutionary War against the British happened at the place called Battle Green, and preceded victory in WWII where Winston Churchill played a major role)
Now move forward two Bens, take back thirty-ish. (1775 was the Shot Heard 'Round the World at Lexington/Battle Green with the British, and adding two hundred years, minus 30 years, results in 1945, the end of WWII and Churchill's involvement)
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