La Crosse Tribune,
September 27, 2007 . . .
Medallion
Found
By Samantha Marcus
At about 11:30 p.m.
Tuesday, the ground team
for “The All-Nighters”
found the Oktoberfest
medallion near the
gazebo in Pettibone
Park.
Jenny Jacobson and
Stacey Roraff said they
were among 20 to 30
people combing the park
Tuesday evening when
they made the discovery.
True to the clues, the
medallion was beneath a
park bench near the
eight-sided gazebo in
the Pettibone. Tuesday’s
clue was the ninth
released, marking it the
longest running
medallion hunt in
history, fest officials
said.
Jacobson said she almost
mistook the silver
medallion for a pop tab
tucked under brush and
leaves.
Their team of eight
people spent about 15
hours at the library and
about 90 hours total
hunting for the
medallion, Roraff said.
“I probably got seven
hours of sleep total
this week,” Roraff said.
The team was at
Pettibone day-in and
day-out since Friday,
she said.
“We knew it was there,”
she added. “There was no
doubt.”
In addition to Jacobson
and Roraff, “The All-Nighters”
include Tanya and
Brandon Henke, Briana
Clipper, Rhonda
Boardman, Jeremie Ghelfi
and Scott Roberts.
They’ll split the
prizes, including $500
cash, gift certificates
from local businesses
and tickets to the
Festmaster’s Ball,
though Roraff said she
has her eye on the
Festmaster tickets.
“It was definitely worth
it,” regardless of the
prizes, Jacobson said of
the time spent
searching, “just the
fact that we found it.”
