Summer Sleuths Searched For Clues During Scavenger Hunt
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Whitney Allred, Carlye Carter and Shelby Clement check out the sign celebrating Water Valley’s world record for the largest watermelon eating contest. The number of participants was 745.
WATER VALLEY – Do you know how many people participated in the Guinness World Record Watermelon Eating Contest? How about what year Turnage Drug Store was established? Or what was the weight of that world record white crappie caught by Fred Bright in 1957?
Recently the CREW and Better Together Sunday School classes at First Baptist Church found the answers to those entertaining questions and learned more fun facts about Water Valley as they braved the heat to participate in a scavenger hunt.The summer sleuths searched the town for historical and intriguing Water Valley places using clues provided by Jack and Jessie Gurner.
Whitney Crow, Chasity Darby and Aubree Camp pose for a selfie during the scavenger hunt
Participating guys included Will Carter, Hartley Camp, Gavin Darby, Cooper Clement, Chase Welch.
“It was an exciting event and all the participants learned a little more about the town we all love,” says Andrea’ Clement, who along with husband Lance, came up with the idea and coordinated the event.
“We teach a young adults couples Sunday School class and wanted to do a fun gathering for them. A scavenger hunt around town sounded like fun, but many are not from here so the teacher in me wanted it to be educational, too,” says Andrea’.
The rules of the game were simple. There were 16 secret spots and each team took a picture as they were located. As an incentive, the Clements placed a penny at each place so the first team to get there could earn extra points. One team found 3, one found 9 and one found none. For bonus points the teams could add a selfie with the Water Valley Wave in Pocket Park.
Among the humorous prizes were a mirror for the best selfie and a coupon from Valley Ice for the fastest team so they could “cool off.”
The participants took the challenge and enjoyed making new discoveries and learning more about their home town.
