Who knew Marty McFly was a Farm-City Days planner?
The “Back To the Future” protagonist apparently played a role in the planning for the 2023 Farm-City Days Medallion Hunt, explained committee member Daren Kellerman.
It seems folks were unnecessarily worried there would be no medallion hunt this year, and that the medallion actually had been “hidden” in the future, to be found in the past — in keeping with this year’s theme “Travel Through Time.”
Confused yet?
Actually, the medallion hunt plans were added just this week to the 2023 fall celebration, which runs Oct. 20-21 in downtown Iola.
“All along, there had been no plan for a medallion hunt this year,” Kellerman explained, noting former committee member Aaron Franklin — who had been in charge of the hunt for the past eight years — had retired from the committee following the 2022 celebration.
“We were gonna take a year off,” Kellerman said.
But when the committee learned just recently the Fun Time Carnival had pulled out of the celebration, “that was really a one-two punch to lose both the medallion hunt and the carnival in the same year.”
Committee members gathered for an emergency meeting to set up plans for this year’s hunt, which gets underway Thursday.
The medallion has been hidden on public lands somewhere in Allen County.
Clues to its location will be published daily, starting with Thursday’s Register.
As in years past, all medallion seekers must purchase a $3 virtual FCD button at farmcitydays.com. Anyone 3 or older must have a virtual button to be a part of the hunt. The deadline to buy a virtual ticket is Monday.
Proceeds will go toward the 2024 hunt.
Because the medallion already has been hidden, Kellerman was unable to describe what it looked like.
“Let’s just say you’ll know it when you see it,” he said.
