2016 Hugo Spike Hunt
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2016 Hunt for the Golden Spike
OFFICIAL RULES
The first three treasure hunt clues are published in The Citizen’s May 26 edition, on our website (www.readthecitizen.com) and in the 2016 Good Neighbor Days tab, inserted in thousands of area newspapers. The hunt officially begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 9.
A new clue will be posted on The Citizen’s website (www.readthecitizen.com) during Good Neighbor Days, two times daily Thursday through Saturday, June 9-11, one at approximately 8 a.m. and one at approximately 5 p.m. The final clue will be posted at approximately 8 a.m. Sunday, June 12. (If you’re parked on our website, don’t forget to hit the refresh button to update the page!) New this year, clues will be posted online only.
The Citizen reserves the right to discontinue the hunt at any time if public property is destroyed. Spike will not be buried, so shovels are not needed.
If you find the Golden Spike, immediately call the Spike Hotline (651-407-1209) to report where it was found and to qualify for a $100 instant cash prize. No purchase is necessary to win.
The Citizen will also award up to $300 in additional cash and $550 in gift cards or certificates good at area businesses to the Spike finder if he/she has a completed “Golden Ticket” form officially stamped by all of the individual sponsors of the 2016 Hunt for the Golden Spike. Copies of the Golden Ticket forms may be clipped from the May 26 edition of The Citizen, from the Good Neighbor Days tab, or downloaded from The Citizen’s website (www.readthecitizen.com).
Official sponsors are: City of Hugo, 14669 Fitzgerald Ave. N, Hugo; Hawaiian Tan (Hugo or Forest Lake) 14643 Mercantile Dr. N, Suite 107, Hugo, or 1500 Lake St. S, Forest Lake; Key Automotive, 14797 Forest Blvd. N, Hugo; Wise Guys, 7095 20th Ave., Centerville; Hugo Equipment Company, 13997 Forest Blvd. N, Hugo; Hugo American Legion, 5383 140th St. N, Hugo; Centermart, 1801 Main St., Centerville; MidWestOne Bank, 7111 21st Ave. N., Centerville and MidWest School of Diving, 5960 Hwy. 61 N., White Bear Lake.
If Spike is not found by noon on Sunday, June 12, all prize money and gift certificates will be donated to the Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf.
The completed Golden Ticket must be submitted to hunt organizers no later than 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12 and at the same time the instant cash prize is awarded. Late Golden Tickets will not be accepted.
If the Spike finder does not have a completed Golden Ticket, the remaining prize money and gift certificates will be donated to the Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf.
2016 Spike hunt maps are available from official sponsors while supplies last, and a digital copy may be found on The Citizen’s website. PLEASE NOTE: Spike is NOT hidden on private property.
All contestants agree that The Citizen, Press Publications, the Hugo Lions Club and their respective affiliate companies, parents, subsidiaries, advertising representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by contestants of any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prizes or participation in this contest.
Except where legally prohibited, by accepting the prize the winner grants permission for The Citizen, Press Publications and those acting under its authority to use his or her name, photograph and/or likeness for advertising and/or publicity.
All contest rules and decisions are final.
Employees of Press Publications and their immediate family members are not eligible to win.
For a list of winners, write to The Citizen, 4779 Bloom Ave., White Bear Lake, MN 55110 and enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
