It’s duck season again in Renton!
As part of the lead-up to the 28th Annual IKEA Renton River Days on July 26-28 at Liberty Park, 30 ducks have been scattered at businesses around the city, waiting to be found by duck hunters in search of fun and prizes.
This year’s theme is “‘A Midsummer Flight’s Dream’ by William Drakespeare.”
To join the fun, print out a game card from the Renton Reporter website or Facebook page or the Renton River Days Facebook page. Then, solve each clue as it is revealed, find the duck and get your game card stamped and turn it in to the Duck Hunt booth at River Days for your chance to win great prizes.
Each of the clues this year will be a four-line verse that ends in an auditioning duck’s location — except that the location has been scrambled! The number of letters in each word of the location are shown in parentheses. When you have the right location, the clue will rhyme.
Here is another clue:
Stephano picks up the phone
When he needs a payday loan.
Down on Rainier, you can see
Him hanging out at YEN METEOR. (9)
CLUES SO FAR:
Antonio loves his pans and pots
And quirky cookware lots and lots.
So whether made of clay or bronze, he
Shops for them at NO PIG SO BIG. (5 5)
Ajax:
A duckling should know how to fly
And thus our Ajax plans to try.
Careening left, then right, then middle,
Now he’ll learn at LED MERRY BID. (5 6)
Hal:
Hal is only found outside
On Tuesdays where the food’s supplied.
He’ll ride his bicycle and park it
At the MR. FREEMAN ON STAR TREK. (6 7 6)
[Hal is courtesy of the Rotary Club of Renton.]
Titania saved her hard-earned pay.
A big withdrawal is on her way.
The duck and bucks had a reunion
Down at NUN’S A NITWIT DIRECTOR. (4 4 6 5)
Olivia wants some furniture
But first she’ll have to earn it. You’re
Likely to be shocked to see a
Duckling working at A IKE. (4)
Ariel has sports to play
And takes dance classes every day,
Plus arts and crafts, so she will enter
The ENCOUNTER MY CORN MITTEN. (6 9 6)
[Ariel is courtesy of the City of Renton.]
Cordelia’s a trained kickboxer.
She can knock down any jock, sir.
Where’d she take her sensei’s pledge?
The martial arts school EGG DEADLINE. (7 4)
Macduff is on an epic quest
For real estate to call his nest.
Well, he’s a lucky duck, for he’s
Over at TIPPER TORE BERETS. (6 10)
Good luck, hunters!
