The KDHL Medallion Hunt is over. After receiving the third clue the Trumps discovered it.
Not Melania and Donald however Chrissy and daughter Kate Trump of Faribault situated the Chappuis Jewelers silver medallion with paintings by Star Trophy.
The Trumps stopped by KDHL Friday morning and picked up their roughly $500 in prizes together with $400 in numerous present playing cards and a $100 invoice.
Kate is an excellent athlete at Bethlehem Academy.
A integral a part of the Cardinals third place crew on the MSHSL State Volleyball Event final fall. A starter on the basketball crew within the winter and shortstop for the BA crew that made it to the Part 1A Closing earlier than falling to Wabasha-Kellogg only a couple weeks in the past.
So along with with the ability to crush a volleyball, shoot a 3 level basket and hit a house run, Kate alongside together with her Mom are grasp sleuths.
The KDHL Medallion was situated subsequent to the Liz Wall Strohfus signal on the Faribault Municipal Airport.
Keep in mind Faribault Heritage Days is celebrating the neighborhood’s incorporation 150 years in the past in 1872.
Clue #3 acknowledged:
Within the late 1800’s Faribault was often called the “Athens of the West”
Due to the bevy of instructional establishments at our behest
When town was integrated this metropolis service was far into the longer term
It began after World Struggle II with only one construction
An airport was unparalleled in 1872 thus such a service was “far into the longer term.”
Already established within the clues was the very fact Faribault Fireplace companies begain in 1864 and Faribault Police in 1872.
Clue #2 acknowledged:
Faribault is observing it is one hundred and fiftieth 12 months of incorporation
In 1872 residents determined they needed companies supplied with such designation
The Faribault Fireplace Division was began in 1864, Police in 1872
The treasure you need could be discovered by rigorously studying this clue
Clue #1 was given on the opening day of Heritage Days 2022, Wednesday:
Time to start the enjoyable once more of the KDHL Medallion Hunt
It is a good possession to have silver in colour with black writing on it is entrance
The Chappuis Jewelers silver medallion engraved by Star Trophy is what you search
With the 150 brand on it, a collector’s treasure or just curiosity pique
Right here have been the remaining clues on this 12 months’s hunt which might have taken individuals proper to the Liz Wall Strohfus Discipline signal on the airport.
Clue #4 :
If you happen to have been to make a Mount Rushmore of Faribault’s elite
This girl for positive for a spot would compete
Head north and you can see this lately rebuilt facility
The Medallion sits in tranquility
The Faribault Municipal Airport had to get replaced following the tornadoes of September 2018.
Liz Wall Strohfus was a WASP (Girls’s Airforce Service Pilot) throughout World Struggle II and gave speeches throughout America about these adventures.
She was undoutedly one of the vital well-known individuals ever from Faribault.
I’d place her proper up there with Bruce Smith (College of Minnesota’s solely Heisman Trophy winner) by way of being nationally acknowledged.
Legendary KDHL Farm Director Dean Curtis would even be on my Mount Rushmore of well-known Faribault residents. He was President of the Nationwide Farm Broadcasters throughout the Nixon years within the White Home.
Curtis is within the Nationwide Farm Broadcasters Corridor of Fame however is just not within the Minnesota Broadcasters Corridor of Fame which in my view is not sensible.
Strohfus obtained two Congressional Gold Medals for her service within the WASPs. Each have been group recognitions in 2009 and 2016.
She was inducted into the Minnesota Aviation Corridor of Fame in 2000 and I used to be honored to attend the banquet. From that point on I thought-about her to be a pal. Each time we’d see one another she would give me a hug and I can nonetheless hear that distinctive snicker.
We had quite a lot of visits on our KDHL AM Minnesota program through the years. I bear in mind she grew to become a bit emotional when recalling her try after the warfare to develop into a industrial pilot for Northwest Airways. Her software was rejected.
Clue #5
Wrapped in a saggy the Medallion is contained
The treasure is just not removed from nature’s drain
You will discover it close to the signal for town’s airport
Prefer it’s namesake Liz Wall Strohfus, the south submit is brief
Liz was a small bundle of power even into her 90’s. She handed away March 6, 2016.
Her induction plaque into the Minnesota Aviation Corridor of Fame states, “Considered one of Minnesota’s most seen aviation ambassadors.”
In 1991, at age 71, Liz piloted a F-16. When she spoke about it on our present she would mild up together with her infectious smile.
She was a previous Grand Marshal of the Heritage Days Parade.
I hope everybody who searched had enjoyable on the lookout for the KDHL Medallion which will likely be a collector’s merchandise as a result of will probably be the one one with a 150 brand on it.
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