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2021 Wahkon Hunt for the Lucky Lure

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Sponsored by: Century 21 Atwood - Mille Lacs Agents & Staff -

Jamie Becker, Tara Oberfeld, Becki Rentz, Angie Lapinski, Mike Vierling, Gretchen Patnode, Jeff Palmer, Holly Jablonski, Barb Ryan, Brady Sprenger, Ronda Bjornson, Kelly LaBrosse and Steve Hoosline

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Hunt Information
Dates
Scheduled Dates
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Find Date
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Finders
Name
Teresa Danner
Hometown
Wahkon
Prize
Maximum Prize
$500
Awarded Prize
$500
Location
General Location
Along the Soo Line Trail
Pinpointed Location
Between Chippewa Avenue and Main Street attached to a tree
Concealer
Camouflaged in Sumac Leaves

46.117265, -93.521916

Clues
Clue 1
Published Date
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 7:00 PM
5pm

Welcoming you to Wahkon Days 2021,
The Lucky Lure Treasure Hunt has begun!
Anagrams and word games clue writers hold dear
are your keys to figuring out the clues this year.
Excited now 2020 is like, out of sight?
Start searching public property with all of your might!
The official meaning of the clue.
The lure is located on public property, never private property. Keeping in mind that the clue writer likes word games and anagrams, if you take the first letter of every word in the 5th line, backwards, it spells Soo Line.
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Clue 2
Published Date
Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 7:00 PM
10am

Before we hid this years lucky lure we swear
We asked the Mayor and she said “Yeah, that’s fair”.
Its hidden well, but no tools you’ll need
Just use keen eyes and watch your speed!
The official meaning of the clue.
The lure is disguised very well, you won’t need any tools, but you will need keen eyes to spot it. Multiple speed limit signs in the area, both on the Soo line and on the highway.
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Clue 3
Published Date
Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 7:00 PM
5pm

Treasure hunting is always to be fun,
Family and friends sleuthing as one.
With one silo kept in sight
And the sun to your back at night,
Which way should you run,
Keep to the left or keep to the right?
The official meaning of the clue.
One silo is an anagram for Soo line, running is just one of the activities you can enjoy on the soo line, Keep left/right signs are on the trail in various places
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Clue 4
Published Date
Thursday, August 19, 2021, 7:00 PM
10am

From fifty to twenty-five and back,
Figure out your plan of attack.
Jump on your favorite steed
And round up your breed,
Don’t let a weed filled ditch
Put a giddy up in your hitch.
The official meaning of the clue.
From fifty to twenty-five and back is a reference to the speed limit signs on the trail, it slows down going into town (from either direction) and speeds back up going back out. Steed is a double reference, as a slang for a bike, and with breed, giddy up and hitching post a reference to the stockyards that at one time bordered the trail.
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Clue 5
Published Date
Thursday, August 19, 2021, 7:00 PM
5pm

Since we hid this treasure, one of a kind
There are signs of you searching, but none of a find.
Look for a tree or a pole you can 360 around,
Now with your feet, do six on the ground.
The official meaning of the clue.
Approximately 6 feet from a telephone pole (a pole you can do a full 360 around) attached to a tree.
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Clue 6
Published Date
Friday, August 20, 2021, 7:00 PM
10am

Surely all your live long day
On these clues you could chip away.
But now its time to double down,
Do you want to exit downtown?
A cashew family fruit, don’t forget clue one
Are you in cahoots with mums?
The official meaning of the clue.
The first line is a musical reference to a railroad song. Chip away is a reference to Chippewa St that would intersect the soo line near the lures location. Double down refers to many signs on the trail that are doubles (double diamonds, double arrows), there is also a sign nearby that directs trail users NOT to exit at that point to downtown. The sumac cone is in the cashew family, and if you remember clue one, In Cahoots with mums tells you to anagram cahoots and mums, which gives you “smooth sumac”.
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Clue 7
Published Date
Friday, August 20, 2021, 7:00 PM
5pm

If you find yourself boxed up and in a pickle,
Just remember, histourically, the clue writers are fickle.
Baskin Robbins and Bridgemans make a refreshing treat,
But to find the elusive lure search across the busy street.
You won’t have to dig anything up,
You won’t have to climb any trees
But when you see the blue rubber bands
You’ll be looking between two and three.
The official meaning of the clue.
If you look at the historical tour of Wahkon, found on the city website, you will find a box factory and pickle plant once resided on one side of the soo line at the lures location, and the Bridgemans creamery and Robbins boat works were once just across the highway. The blue rubber bands were used to secure the lure inside its sumac camouflage, and it was approximately 2-3 feet off the ground.
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Clue 8
Published Date
Saturday, August 21, 2021, 7:00 PM
10am

From Chippewa Street to South Main,
Along the Soo Line Trail is a copse of green.
You will want to keep to the highway side,
But away from the road, on a branch it does hide.

Its tucked between three red sumac cones
On a sumac branch complete with its leaves,
But that branch was then attached
to the branch of a very different tree.

Search off the ground, but don’t destroy any flora,
The branch you seek should be easy to see,
Although with the winds that we’ve had lately
It now being on the ground is a good possibility.
The official meaning of the clue.
The Lure was found between Chippewa st and South Main, on the highway side of the trees and shrubs along the soo line trail. It was disguised in 3 sumac cones and attached to the branch of a non-sumac tree (it was still in the tree).
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