Clues for Annual Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt Follow Parade Theme
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual Fall Foliage Leaf Hunt, a traditional popular feature of Fall Foliage Festival Week, returns this year and starts Saturday.
This year the committee has revealed that there will be 15 colorful leaves hidden in North Adams, Adams, Clarksburg, Cheshire, Florida and Williamstown. The first set of clues are listed below.
When a leaf is found it should be brought to Pedrin's Dairy Bar during normal operating hours to claim a prize. One prize per household please. All leaves should be returned by Oct. 12.
Prizes are generously donated by area merchants including Pedrin's, Boston Sea Foods, Craft Food Barn, Planet Fitness, Big Y, North Adams Museum, North Adams MoviePlex 8, Walmart and Wild Oats.
A second set of clues will be announced in the event of unclaimed leaves.
The committee has repeated the last two years' successful procedure whereby one plastic bag with a yellow or orange leaf should be removed and brought in and another with a green leaf should be left at the site so that subsequent hunters will know they correctly solved the clue but someone already claimed the prize-winning leaf.
A complete list of winners, locations and sponsors will be released in October.
As always, the leaf committee has included an invisible leaf hunt for homebound residents. Interested persons are asked to mail a postcard (or card in an envelope) with the number of the clue and the answer/s with their name, address and phone number, to the Mayor's Office of Tourism, City Hall, 10 Main St. North Adams MA 01247. Only mailed entries will be accepted. In the event of a tie, the earliest postmark will determine the winner. Answers must be received by Oct. 12.
This year's theme is "Games, Movies and Takeout" — the things that kept us going through COVID.
The first set of clues are:
The children's card game War
1. North Adams
2. Adams
3. North Adams
4. Florida
5. North Adams
The classic movie 'On The Waterfront'
6. North Adams
7. Williamstown
8. Cheshire
9. Clarksburg
10. Adams
Takeout
11. North Adams
12. Williamstown
13. Adams
14. Cheshire
15. Adams
Invisible Leaf Hunt Clues (fill in the blanks)
1. War: During the Civil War local troops called the _________ ________, mustered in the yard of what is now _______ _________ on ________________Street in North Adams.
2. On the Waterfront: The YMCA ran _________ _____________. in North Adams at the ___________ ________________ also known as _________ __________.
3. Takeout: In Williamstown _______ __________ restaurant, although mainly eat-in, advertised ________________ flavors of today's popular take-out item _________ _______.
Good luck. Thanks for participating.
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