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Submitted by Administrator on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 12:58

The "new" Treasure Hunt begins.  Find the hidden Treasure Hunt Medallion to win $1,000!  The Treasure is a special acrylic medallion, hidden in the city of Rochester on public property.

Saturday's first Bonus Clue is at Trade Mart Furniture Center!  Mystery Monday Bonus Clue at both Whistle Binkies Pubs. 

Search, but don't destroy the natural beauty of Rochester or the Treasure hiding place.

Sponsor: Trade Mart Furniture Center and Whistle Binkies Pubs  

Media Sponsor: ABC 6 News

Hunt information
Dates:
First Clue:Saturday, June 17, 2017
Found on:Thursday, June 22, 2017
Finders:
NameHometown
Prize:
Maximum Prize:$1000
Awarded Prize:$1000
Location:
General Location:Southern Woods Park
Exact Location:Near the soccer field and playground equipment
Concealer:Under a weeping willow tree
Clues
Clue #1
Published on Saturday, June 17, 2017
Thirty-five years of cool summer fun!
Thirty-five steps to this Treasure, well done.
Eye-level, waist-high or below for my attitude?
Follow each clue to exhibit my latitude.

BONUS CLUE #1 (At sponsor Trade Mart Furniture Center - Saturday):

Where would constituents seem so not out of place?
I’m nearer the top at the bottom and space.
Our votes would be trailing and bourn with little trace.
Explanation:
Lines 1 and 2: Simply a nod to the 2017 Rochesterfest theme.
Line 3: “…below” is where the Treasure was found, on the ground. "Attitude" could relate to flying, planes and the airport area.
Line 4 “…latitude” gives a hint for a future clue (Sunday), “Forty-four south,” which is the latitude transecting Rochester.

BONUS CLUE:

Line 1: A stretch, but Willow Creek Golf Club is made up of members who are “constituents” of that organization.
Line 2: “… at the bottom and space” indicates southernmost, and north of the airport
Line 3: “Trailing” indicates a trail; a “bourn” is a “small stream, especially one that flows intermittently or seasonally.”
 
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Clue #2
Published on Sunday, June 18, 2017
A walk in the park, but which park would we choose?
Complex it is not, but this side you won’t lose.
The bruin and mead point the path to my cache.
Forty-four south gets you close in the dash.
Explanation:
Lines 1 and 2: Some may take the 2nd and 3rd bonus clues, “sour a man” and “Y are u eager” as near the Faud Mansour Sports Complex, and this clue simply tells you this would not be the right interpretation. It would tell you that “this side” means the south side of the city.
Line 3: “Bruin,” or bear, points to Bear Creek Park, and “Mead” can mean “meadow,” which pointed to Meadow Park. A line drawn from the former to the latter points almost to Southern Woods Park.
Line 4: The Treasure was located in south Rochester, at approximate coordinate 43’57”N, south of 44’N.
 
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Clue #3
Published on Monday, June 19, 2017
Alone or with friends in this place where I squat.
Can the poshest workaround find a path 2 the spot?
Y are u eager for clues at sunrise?
The view offers pastime when seeking this prize.

BONUS CLUE #2 (At sponsor Whistle Binkies Pubs - Monday):

The sallow expression may sour a man.
You’re close, but not really, this game is at hand.
It’s the side or the flank you have chosen so grand.
Explanation:
Lines 1 and 2: The term “poshest workaround” is an anagram. Reassemble the letters to form, “Southern Woods Park.”
Line 3: Possibly an attempt to throw searchers off, perhaps to the area of Gordon W. Yeager State Wildlife Management Area. However, many searchers were certainly eager for early morning clues!
Line 4: The park is across the street from Willow Creek Golf Course, golf is a pastime of many.

BONUS CLUE:

Line 1: “Sallow” can mean “…of a person's face or complexion; of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color,” and is also another name for willow.
Line 2: Golf is a game using hands to hold the club.
Line 3: The “grand” is the $1,000 prize, and the “side or the flank” refers to the south side of Rochester.
 
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Clue #4
Published on Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Defined by the picturesque, but not as I’ve been.
Remember me once though almost six score you’ve seen.
Not far enough? It was spelled out foregoing.
These digits and letters hold direction worth going.
Explanation:
Line 1: “Picturesque” refers to Scenic View Drive, a western edge of the Willow Creek area. “… not as I’ve been” meant that if a searcher reviewed all previous Treasure locations from the Google Map link, this year’s location is the furthest south it has been.
Line 2: “Remember the Maine” was a phrase from almost 120 years, or six-score, years ago. Across the highway from Southern Woods Park is Maine Avenue. “…almost six score” could also mean 117, the county road near the park.
Line 3: “Fore” indicates golf, and “spelled out foregoing” means that in the previous clue, Monday’s, the anagram spelled out the actual park name.
Line 4: This alludes to the “44” and letters in the anagram.
 
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Clue #5
Published on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
‘Tween the plug and the pool is my camouflaged focus.
Safely away from the avion’s locus.
South of untouchable, the hebdomadal count,
East of the yo, and the lowest amount.

BONUS CLUE #3 (At sponsor ABC 6 News - Wednesday):

Not on a course but almost in this club.
The searchers have milled about past the shrub.
Companionless conifer one-too-far south of the stub.
Explanation:
Line 1: “Commercial Drive” is immediately east of the park, and a commercial is also known as a “plug.” Willow Creek Reservoir is a very large pool of water.
Line 2: This meant that the park was near, but safely way from the airport location.
Line 3: The number “52” is an “untouchable” number, a mathematical term. “Hebdomadal” refers to something that occurs weekly, and there are 52 weeks in a year. So…south of US 52.
Line 4: In the Vegas game craps, the “yo” is eleven. Southern Woods Park is bounded by 11th Avenue. The game of golf is won by the person with the lowest score, the “lowest amount.”

BONUS CLUE:

Line 1: As the rules of the Treasure Hunt state, the Treasure is never on a golf course. Southern Woods Park is “almost” in Willow Creek Golf Course.
Line 2: Mills Fleet Farm is near Southern Woods Park.
Line 3: Lone Pine Drive is just south of Southern Hills Park, which is one park south of Southern Woods Park. The parking lot at Southern Woods Park is somewhat of a “stub.”
 
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Clue #6
Published on Thursday, June 22, 2017
The ladies are south of the southern and trees.
My spot near a field and a small person tease.
The trail it branches near the weeping one’s name.
A wonderful view of this spherical game.
Explanation:
Line 1: “Leslie,” “Ashley,” and “Wendy” Lanes are south of Southern Woods Park and Willow Creek.
Line 2: Near the soccer field and playground equipment.
Line 3: At the intersection of the trail, near the playground; “weeping” willow.
Line 4: This could mean either the soccer field or the golf course.
 
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