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Submitted by Administrator on Mon, 05/27/2019 - 16:21

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s hunt:

· The clues lead to a small metal case with a 2.5 inch by 3 inch block of Lucite with a special Rose Festival medallion embedded in it.

· The medallion is hidden somewhere in the Portland metro area on public property and within easy reach. Treasure hunters need not dig or move any objects to find it.

· The medallion may be hidden in Multnomah, Clackamas, Clark, Washington or Yamhill counties.

· The first hunter to find it will win $1,000 and one night's stay and dinner buffet for two at Spirit Mountain Casino.

· If you are the clever finder of the medallion, return it right away to the Portland Rose Festival office at 1020 S.W. Naito Parkway in Portland. If it's after hours, call the phone number inscribed on medallion to report the find.

· See the official rules here

Hunt information
Dates:
First Clue:Saturday, May 25, 2019
Found on:Sunday, June 9, 2019
Finders:
NameHometown
Glorie Gary
Aaron Kaio
Prize:
Maximum Prize:$1000 and a stay at Spirit Mountain Casino
Awarded Prize:$1000 and a stay at Spirit Mountain Casino
Location:
General Location:Waterhouse Powerline Park
Exact Location:Near where the east-west walking path crosses Waterhouse Creek
Concealer:In the rocks behind the cycline fence holding them in place
Clues
Clue #1
Published on Saturday, May 25, 2019
You've waited fifty weeks or so
for our twenty-ninth hunting spree.
So get your ducks all in a row
and solve the clues down to a tee.
Explanation:
Introductory clue. No hints here except the last word.
 
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Clue #2
Published on Sunday, May 26, 2019
Spoiler alert! Unlike last year,
knowledge of all past hunts we’ll shun.
History, math and geography
you’ll need before the game is won.
Explanation:
The 2018 hunt contained many references to past winners, dates, and locations where the medallion has been hidden. This year did not. The last word of the clue also comes into play.
 
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Clue #3
Published on Monday, May 27, 2019
A line between two peoples,
divides two from one, henceforth
stretch it far both east and west.
Search everything to the north.
Explanation:
The line that is described is the section of county line separating Multnomah and Clackamas (two peoples) counties that is between the Willamette River and the I-5 freeway. It also is the line between Township 1 South and Township 2 South. If you extend that line in both directions you have the southern boundary of your search area. Again, the last word is also a clue.
 
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Clue #4
Published on Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Many roads you’ve traveled far,
searching for the hunt’s big star.
Words sung in a well-known bar
lets you know how close you are.
Explanation:
This clue is designed to help later in the hunt, because once the search area is narrowed considerably, this clue can confirm that you’re in the right place. The first street to the north of where the medallion was hidden is called Blueridge Drive. “Roads” in the first line of the clue points to John Denver’s “Country Roads.” In that song, he refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Virginia. It was adopted as one of the two state songs of West Virginia. Additionally, a “bar” is another term for a measure, or section of a song, and the hunt’s big star is the medallion.

And like the first three clues, the last word is part of another clue.
 
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Clue #5
Published on Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The smart man with the lever
will assist you if you run
from CTC to Roseway.
Which route is the shortest one?
Explanation:
Archimedes, the Greek mathematician, is quoted as saying, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” The shortest route between CTC (Clackamas Town Center) and the Roseway neighborhood is a straight line up 82nd Avenue. Archimedes is also the one who stated the mathematical rule that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. The medallion was hidden in Waterhouse Powerline Park. A sign on Walker Road also refers to it as a “linear” park. And yes, the last word of the clue is important.
 
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Clue #6
Published on Thursday, May 30, 2019
Sixty-four
is the best
if you look
to the west.
Explanation:
The I-205 freeway is also known as East Portland Highway No. 64, which now becomes the eastern boundary of the search area. This is also the final clue in which the last word is part of an upcoming clue.
 
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Clue #7
Published on Friday, May 31, 2019
A mixup at Latifah's place,
though the Queen was not involved.
She's not a native of this space.
Use the first eight and it's solved!
Explanation:
The words “a mixup” are a hint that some of the following letters are an anagram. The last line tells you that it is the eight letters that immediately follow. An anagram of “at latifa” is atfalati. Queen Latifah is a native of Newark, New Jersey, but the Atfalati were a Native American people whose home included the Forest Grove, Tualatin and Beaverton areas.

Waterhouse Powerline Park is in Beaverton.
 
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Clue #8
Published on Saturday, June 1, 2019
E.T. could have had these instead,
now blue and yellow, green and red.
A number follows that leads you where
the prize awaits, if you’re on the square.
5.07638e13
Explanation:
In the movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", Elliott leaves a trail of Reese's Pieces to entice E.T. The film's producers first contacted the Mars Company, makers of M&Ms, for permission to use their product. They declined the offer, which they later regretted. The Hershey Company was contacted next, and they agreed to have their candy featured in the scene. Sales of Reese's Pieces subsequently skyrocketed.

MM is also an abbreviation for millimeters, and the number at the bottom of the clue is expressed in scientific notation. 50,763,800,000,000 square millimeters are equal to 19.6 square miles, the area of the city of Beaverton according to its own website.
 
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Clue #9
Published on Sunday, June 2, 2019
Do you want to win the prize?
Be the victor at the end?
The first six clues comprise
another hint, my friend.
Explanation:
The words in the second line “at the end” are a hint to look at the end of each clue. This gives you “tee won north are one west”, or T 1 North, R 1 West, coordinates of the Willamette Meridian. When put together with previous clues, this greatly narrows the remaining search area.
 
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Clue #10
Published on Monday, June 3, 2019
From Captain Jack through Quinn to King
sounds almost like a good deal.
If you go the distance again,
your claim to fame will be real.
Explanation:
“Claim” in the fourth line is an indication that this clue refers to DLC's, which stands for Donation Land Claims. The Donation Land Act, passed by Congress on Sept. 27, 1850, granted free land to any settler, provided they lived upon and cultivated their claim for four consecutive years.

“Captain Jack” is Captain John Clary, whose claim includes Montavilla Park. “Quinn” refers to Terrence Quinn, originally from Ireland. His claim is in the Laurelhurst neighborhood, including Laurelhurst Park. “King” is Amos Nahum King, born in Ohio in 1822. He traveled the Oregon Trail in 1845 with his father, three brothers, and five sisters. His claim includes the northern part of Washington Park.

If you draw a line from John Clary’s claim through Terrence Quinn’s to Amos King’s, (more or less following Glisan Street) and then go that same distance again along that same line, you arrive close to Waterhouse Powerline Park.
 
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Clue #11
Published on Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Go to the middle
of Artie Junior's three.
But first go backwards,
near the treasure you’ll be.
Explanation:
“Artie Junior” backwards is Junior Artie, or JRRT, which is the initials of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. “Three” refers to his Lord of the Rings trilogy, of which the “middle” one is titled "The Two Towers.” Through the length of Waterhouse Powerline Park there are many sets of two towers, but the tower closest to where the medallion was hidden has a large metal plate with the number two printed on it. “Middle” is a double hint, because Middle Earth is the setting of much of Tolkien’s writings.
 
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Clue #12
Published on Wednesday, June 5, 2019
When deciding about the man with the sword,
Lose Gary and Brad, though one's dead.
Just take this entity into account,
but without a price on its head.
Explanation:
This clue is giving you the name of the park, but it’s all about the Academy Awards. The first line refers to Oscar, the statuette. “Account” in the third line is pointing to the accounting firm of Pricewaterhouse Coopers, which tabulates the results of the voting and produces the famous sealed envelopes. “Gary and Brad” are Gary Cooper and Bradley Cooper, both of whom were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, with Gary winning twice. (“Sergeant York,” “High Noon”) So if you take Pricewaterhouse Coopers and subtract the price on its head and lose the Coopers, you’re left with Waterhouse, the name of the park.
 
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Clue #13
Published on Thursday, June 6, 2019
There's thirty-seven of these,
so please don't flip your lid.
Within a D you'll find it
if you go off the grid.
Explanation:
Under the U.S. Public Land Survey System, now administered by the BLM, there are 37 rectangular survey principal meridians in the United States. The Willamette Meridian System covers all of Oregon and Washington in a grid pattern of townships and ranges. The baseline runs west to the Pacific and east to the Snake River, while the meridian runs north to Puget Sound and south to the California border. The survey’s initial point, where the meridian and baseline intersect, was established in the West Hills on June 4, 1851. The site is now enclosed in Willamette Stone State Park near Northwest Skyline Boulevard.

“D” is the Roman numeral for 500, and the medallion was hidden less than 500 feet north of the baseline.
 
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Clue #14
Published on Friday, June 7, 2019
For what was Dundee famous?
At least it used to be.
Don't be an ignoramus,
just take a look and see.
Explanation:
Before the Newberg-Dundee bypass was completed, traffic congestion was a chronic problem in the area, especially on Sunday afternoons. It was known as the Dundee bottleneck. About 500 feet north of Walker Road, the footpath through Waterhouse Powerline Park goes through a bottleneck as it crosses a stream. The medallion was hidden in the rocks beside the path. (This was not intended to imply that anyone is an ignoramus. It just conveniently rhymed.)
 
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Clue #15
Published on Saturday, June 8, 2019
The roads you want are country roads,
and mathematicians rule!
A road well traveled and a band
of native groups are cool.

Jack is John but he’s not Couch,
though it starts with the same letter.
Say Artie Junior backwards first,
then break it down, that's better.

There’s Oscar and meridians
and counting Brutus' way.
And what caused all the traffic glut
in Dundee on Sunday?
Explanation:
These are all hints to help solve 11 of the previous clues. They are in order, except two of them refer to multiple clues. (Mathematicians rule! - clues #5 and #8, and a band of native groups - clues #3 and #7.)
 
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Clue #16
Published on Sunday, June 9, 2019
I promise I'll no longer
keep you in suspense.
Look behind some fencing
that’s not part of a fence.
Explanation:
The rocks beside the path over the creek were wrapped in cyclone fencing material to keep them in place. There was just enough room in one spot to get your hand between the fencing and the stone to feel a large open space underneath. Additionally, if you knelt on the path and looked over the edge, the metal box was partially visible.
 
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