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Submitted by Joe Medallion on Mon, 06/16/2014 - 08:43

Cash Prize: $1,000 – or $1,500 with a 2014 Summerfest Button! 

RULES: 

  1. Medallion is located on public property (but not in Walton Park) and accessible via public property. There is no need to go onto private property.
  2. Medallion is located where the finder does not need to swim or dig (by hand or with tools). Please take care to not disturb landscaped areas or planters.
  3. The following persons are not eligible to participate in the medallion hunt: members of the Oakdale Business and Professional Association (OBPA)  and their immediate family members; elected officials, employees, and commissioners of the City of Oakdale and their immediate family members.
Hunt information
Dates:
First Clue:Monday, June 16, 2014
Found on:Friday, June 20, 2014
Finders:
NameHometown
Prize:
Maximum Prize:$1,500
Awarded Prize:
Location:
General Location:Garden Boulevard Park
Exact Location:Behind the park sign
Concealer:A lunchbox
Clues
Clue #1
Published on Monday, June 16, 2014
Summerfest buttons for sale!
Summerfest buttons for sale!
Why, you may ask, are Summerfest buttons part of this tale?
Without one in hand, the purse is a grand.
Add a button to your toolkit and it’s $500 more than first planned.

Leave swimwear at home. Hit the pavement and go!
Ladders, they’re useless, they’ll make you too slow.
A shovel, you’ve learned, will only add to your pain.
Leave it behind for maximum gain.
Explanation:
The first part of the clue references the partnership between the OBPA (Oakdale Business & Professional Association) and the Summerfest Royalty. The Summerfest Royalty sweetens the prize money by an additional $500.00 if the medallion finder also purchased a Summerfest button. The second part of the clue very loosely references the paved walking path near the site of the hidden medallion, “… hit the pavement and go…”, Finally, as in years past, the second part of the clue reminds searchers of the rules and guidelines that to find the medallion there is no need to climb, swim or dig.
 
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Clue #2
Published on Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Why do they do it? What is the reason?
She asked pointed questions, that savvy Ms. Creason.
The OBPA, why would they invest so much time?
Nothing they gain, not even a dime.

For families, for fun, for challenge and pleasure.
Get out and explore and savor this weather.
Elusive right now, lush greens protect it so nice,
Six months from today stand here and see ice.
Explanation:
Many people wondered who is this “Ms. Creason”. Ms. Creason, Kayla Creason, grew up in Oakdale and actually searched for the medallion as a young girl. All grown up now, she is a reporter for The Lillie Suburban Newspapers. She is the reporter who wrote the article about this year’s medallion hunt. Kayla’s source of information was a list of probing questions directed at the Summerfest Medallion Committee and this was a fun and friendly way for the committee to acknowledge her savvy reporting and incorporate her into one of the clues. The second part of the clue encompasses the very essence and goal of the Medallion hunt. Additionally, the lush greens referred to are a reference to the dense bush behind the Garden Boulevard Park entrance sign where the medallion was affixed. From this location, about 100 years to the northwest is a pond and this is the reference to seeing ice in December.
 
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Clue #3
Published on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Protection is key. In the blink they’ll be there.
In emergencies they shine and show just how much they care.
Sticky situations, they practice these calls.
Never a challenge too big nor structure too tall.
Happy 50th Birthday Oakdale Fire. Your success is a sign.
When citizens are in need, you’ll be there on time.
Explanation:
Clue #3 is nearly entirely aimed at thanking the past, present and future firefighters for the City of Oakdale. 2014, of course, marks the 50-year anniversary of the Oakdale Fire Department. The key phrase in this clue is, “Your success is a sign”. This speaks directly to the actual location of the medallion on the back of the Garden Boulevard Park sign.
 
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Clue #4
Published on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Sarrack and Waldron, they’ve been simply the best.
Their love for our city h
as helped keep Summerfest.
A tip of your hat at tonight’s Grande Parade
Would be well-deserved praise for all the progress they’ve made.

A parting gift of sorts, Carm and Craig have asked us to tell you
How to know if you’re near…. A lunchbox, they said, is an odd
Place for the sphere.
Explanation:
Mayor Carmen Sarrack and City Administrator Craig Waldron will both be retiring from the City this year. Over their tenure, they have worked with a constant commitment to making the City of Oakdale a better place. The Summerfest celebration costs the City money and with tight budgets it could easily have been eliminated. However, both Mayor Sarrack and Administrator Waldron see/saw the value in this City celebration as an element to making the Oakdale a better place to live. Unfortunately, this year’s parade was canceled due to the high potential for severe weather. The second part of the clue simply makes reference to the fact the medallion was hidden inside a lunchbox. An old metal, Disney lunchbox to be exact. And, dually noted, the medallion is not actually spherical in shape.
 
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Clue #5
Published on Friday, June 20, 2014
Initially they sought beauty and to make Oakdale look pretty.
For some 55 years this club has been part of the City.
Flowers and plants, colors and scents.
The beauty kept growing wherever they went.
Explanation:
A quick search online would reveal that it is the Oakdale Garden Club that has been in existence for over 55 years. This clue is much more direct in leading medallion searchers to Garden Boulevard Park.
 
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Clue #6
An elliptical path, 6 benches to rest.
Richard Nixon, Grenadier and Garden –
Their confluence will help you pass this test.
Explanation:
The elliptical path is the approximate shape of the walking path around Garden Boulevard Park. Grenadier and Garden are obvious streets in the City. The curveball, of sorts, is Richard Nixon, who was the 37th President of the United States. Putting 37th Street, Garden Boulevard and Grenadier together would lead right to the entrance of Garden Boulevard Park.
 
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Clue #7
Garden Boulevard Park, is the site that you seek.
Carefully slither behind the park sign, to get out of the heat.
The lunchbox unsnap, and inside it will rest.
The medallion that is, 2104 Summerfest!
Explanation:
The Summerfest Medallion Committee draws information and inspiration from numerous sources. This year, one of the committee members had a friend who is a biologist and she happened to be out searching for rattlesnakes in southern Minnesota about the time of Summerfest. The committee member thought it unusual to be studying rattlesnakes in Minnesota and this was the inspiration to the use of the word slithering. However, it was indeed slithering that was needed to access and attach the lunchbox to the back of the Garden Boulevard Park sign in order to place the medallion. Thanks for the inspiration Krista!
 
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