Lino Lakes Blue Heron Days

Patriot Bank's Treasure Hunt

TREASURE HAS BEEN FOUND!

For the second year in a row, treasure hunters Sue McKinney, Sabrina Sadowski and Lori Hoffman and their families found the treasure on the first clue. Just wait, ladies, the clues are going to get tougher next year!!

Congratulations!

Buy your button for $2 at City Hall, Patriot Bank and Community National Bank

Clues and Explanations for 2008 Treasure Hunt:

The annual prize is again up for grabs.

So a reminder once again is in order.

A treasure is hidden on city-owned land,

Within our own Lino Lakes border.

Keep shovels at home, the prize isn’t buried,

But it may take mental excavation

To turn over all the possibilities

Of the treasure’s exact location.

Pull-eeze! Be careful! Don’t dig around,

Or you’ll be arrested for illegal pursuit.

Find the prize and you’ll be on Easy Street,

Because a bank will just dole out the loot.

You have to turn something over to find it, and it’s along a border of a park.

It’s near the police station and the bank that is paying the prize.

Speed and endurance may help you out,

Or pass on that and take it slower.

You could go either north or south, so they say,

But the compass says something other.

There’s a lake and a woods in this fair city

That some folks use with regularity.

And not far away you might have the chance

To increase your physical dexterity.

Dress country casual for your outing,

Since you won’t be able to resist the temptation

To stop and sit awhile as you search

At a spot designed for contemplation.

(It’s by 35W, which runs north and south, although in reality runs northeast and southeast in Lino Lakes. You could go slower on Lake Drive to get there.

The benches are labeled “Country Casual” brand. “Lakewood” Apartments is nearby, and the YMCA, where you can work out.)

Soften or louden your voice, it won’t matter.

Just don’t wake every Tom, Dick or Harry.

It’s not a place to have a ball,

But still it’s designed to make merry.

Birdies, birdies everywhere

But not a chirp or a peep do they make.

Even though they are in the air

They don’t soar and can’t stand in a lake.

Now start to think inside the box,

And know there’s a sunnier side of the street.

If you’re rusty at deciphering clues

Too bad, since there’s no way to cheat.

((Bob Newhart played Dick Louden, who owned a country inn on the Bob Newhart Show. The site is near the Country Inn & Suites. The streetlights all around have herons on them. At the community green, trees are in square grates on the sidewalks. The treasure is hidden in one on the south side of the street that encircles the green.)

It’s a tricky twist that you might miss

If you aren’t used to driving about.

But if you keep going ‘round and ‘round,

You will miss the treasure, no doubt.

What is this thing that looks so odd?

Could it be a dinosaur’s bones

Right there among places to eat and play

Or to walk amidst bricks and stones?

This might grate on your nerves to hear this,

But you’re looking around in all the wrong places.

Forget the obvious bench or trash can

That you find in most public spaces.

(There is a roundabout to get to the community green. The “dinosaur” refers to the bandstand/gazebo in the community green. It’s hidden in a tree grate.)

Today’s the day, if you haven’t already

Made this booty your own.

Just head to a civic headquarters to start

And then go to the place you’ve been shown.

If you ride your bike you may get warm

But don’t sweat it; there are places to park there.

Odd numbers won’t do, if you think through this clue

You’ll note the difference; so just be aware.

Hidden along a sidewalk

Below a tree that is beautifully grated,

Is a rock that is like no other.

Turn it over and you’ll be elated!

(It’s near city hall. There are two sets of three bike racks and one set of two. The treasure is hidden near the two bike racks.)

Official Rules of the Medallion Hunt

A medallion with a Blue Heron Days insignia will be hidden within the City of Lino Lakes city limits. The medallion will be on public property. No shovels will be allowed, or needed, as the medallion will not be buried. It will not be located in an established natural body of water, within the Regional Park, on the grounds of the Chomonix golf course or driving range, City maintenance garage, or any secured well houses or lift stations.

The first clue will be posted at 4 pm, August 11. The final clue will be posted on August 15. All clues will be posted by 4 pm at City Hall, 600 Town Center Parkway, and at Patriot Bank Minnesota, 7449 Village Drive. Clues will also be available on the City’s website at www.ci.lino-lakes.mn.us., or the Blue Heron Days website at www.blueherondays.org.

All persons searching for the medallion must have purchased the official 2007 Blue Heron Days button in order to claim the $250 prize. All persons who do not have a button will only be eligible for a $150 cash prize.

The person(s) finding the medallion will return it to Patriot Bank Minnesota during regular banking hours to collect the cash prize.

Sponsors reserve the right to refuse to award the cash prize on the grounds that a person illegally or unethically paid for, purchased, found the medallion or tampered with the search.

Any questions or disputes will be settled by a majority vote of the Blue Heron Days Committee.

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