Rosefest Medallion Found!

The  Roseville Parks and Recreation Department said the Rosefest golden medallion was found last night in Pioneer Park.  Names of the winner have not been disclosed yet.

The medallion finder wins a basket of gift certificates to local area businesses.

Here are all the treasure clues and an explanation of their significance.

Clue One

Before you start your search today there are some things to know

The rules include some places where you do not need to go From golf course, Arboretum and the Oval, stay away

And at the nature center the medallion will not lay

Solution: You won’t find it at the golf course, Arboretum, Oval or nature center (I forgot to mention Central Park!)

Clue Two

If you were searching last year then you would already know

That Willow Pond’s the resting place we chose for hiding, so

The challenge for you this year you can meet so easily:

To find a Roseville park whose name does not contain a tree

Solution: You won’t find it at Willow Pond or any park with a tree in the name (Applewood, Mapleview, Evergreen, Tamarack, Autumn Grove, Res Woods, Woodhill)

Clue Three

To narrow down your searching while you play this annual game

You’ll want to set out quickly, hesitating is a shame

When you look for the medallion, it will be on the ground

Plus at the park where you must look, no pond or lake is found

Solution: It won’t be in a park with a water feature (this leaves Sandcastle, Rosebrook, Cottontail, Veterans, Howard Johnson, Memorial, Keller May- flowder, Lexington, Bruce Russell, Owasso Hills, Concordia, Materion, Acorn, or Pioneer)

Clue Four

We hope that you are having fun, you’ve prob’ly looked a lot

We trust you aren’t looking where the hiding place is not

If you need further guidance then it really is the least

That we can do, to tell you that it’s in Sector Southeast

Solution: It must be in Concordia, Materion, Lexington, Keller-Mayflower, Bruce Russel, or Pioneer.

Clue Five

If history does interest you we think you’d like to know

The park’s name is connected to the slogan “Westward ho!”

So keep on with your looking cause the time is close at hand

When you could hear your name announced between July 4th bands!

Solution: It’s in Pioneer Park

Clue Six

Three fine large oak trees on a hill, you’ll find one in a box

You should walk up a pathway that’s made out of flat, grey rocks

Walk over to the sunset side, it will reveal to you

That you have found the medallion, and won the prizes too!

Solution:  When you enter the park, you’ll walk up a hill on the left with three huge oak trees on top, one of which has a wood planter built around it—the medallion is hidden on the western side of the boxed-in tree.