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Winners Announced!

The Library's 200th Anniversary Geocache Adventure is over. Over 1200 cachers had fun finding one or more of the caches! The winner of the free GPS unit is M. Minch. Congratulations to the the following T-shirt winners who found all the caches and turned in 12 puzzle pieces:

P. Anderson	G. Elking	J. Letcher	C. Numbers
B. Brewser	R. Elking	R. Letcher	D. Numbers
D. Brewster	S. Elking	A. Luhn	J. Numbers
I. Brewster	G. Enseleit	N. Luhn	J. Numbers
J. Brewster	G. Enseleit	A. Matson	S. Numbers
M. Brinkman	T. Eslinger	A. Matson	U. Pasala
M. Brinkman	B. Hays	L. Matson	M. Sheppard
M. Bushman	N. Kemper	M. Minch	E. Strange
D. Chadwell	P. Kleysteuber	B. Mraz	P. Teyber
E. Elking	B. Letcher	D. Mraz	C.T. Weber

Be a part of the Washington-Centerville Public Library's 200th Anniversary celebration by participating in our Historical Geocache Adventure!

Look for clues (caches) hidden in our community, learn something about our Library’s history, and have fun in the process! New GPS coordinates will be posted each month. Complete all 12 and win! Requires a GPS unit to play.

See below for game details and to learn more about the high-tech sport of geocaching!

What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is a modern day "high tech" scavenger hunt. The only things you need to succeed at Geocaching are a sense of adventure, coordinates and a Global Positioning System (GPS). The goal is to find the cache hidden at the coordinates given. Many travelers seek out geocache opportunities everywhere they visit!

What does a cache (container) look like?
The cache is an airtight, plastic container with items inside:

• An instruction sheet (please leave inside the container)
• A log book for you to sign (please leave inside the container)
• A puzzle piece to take with you and save to prove you’ve been to the cache site
• A free gift from the library to keep and enjoy!

How to play our Geocache Adventure:

• Check our Website each month for new GPS coordinates
• Every cache site will have something to do with our Library’s history
• Find the cache site, collect your gift and a puzzle piece
• Find all 12 caches to win prizes from the Library
• Put all 12 puzzle pieces into a plastic bag with your name and phone number included. Return your bag to the Reference Desk at either the Centerville or Woodbourne Library by January 7, 2011.
• Everybody finding all 12 caches will win a free, Great Books, Great Libraries T-shirt!
• One lucky person will also win a free GPS unit.
• All prizes will be awarded the second week of January, 2011.
• Cache coordinates will be posted for 3 months throughout 2010; final coordinates and caches will be removed by the first week of January 2011.
• A great family activity!