Warning! Top Secret Detective information
follows: On January 28 at 1330 hours a Detective Training Program was
held at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Detectives in Training
earned their detective badge after completing a number of secret tasks and solving
a case that had just come from Headquarters: Case #2013 “The Case of the
Missing Bicycle.”
DUM DE DUM DUM
The
program began with a discussion about the tools every good detective should
have and how to use them, how to spot things that seem out of the ordinary and
decide if they are important clues. They then had a chance to visit each
station including a fingerprinting (using pencil lead and tape instead of ink),
create-your-own disguise, a secret code and tools of the trade stations.
Using
these new skills, the Detectives in Training had to solve six clues to solve
the mystery of Case #2013. Who dunnit? Was it Joe King? Anita
Bath? Carrie Oakey? Stan Still? If solved correctly,
each clue revealed where the missing bicycle was, who took it and why.
The
clues in-clue-ded matching a fingerprint and shoeprint left at the scene with
information given on the suspect stats sheet, and ciphering several coded
messages left at the scene (including one that needed a black light to read the
message written in invisible ink).
One
of the most popular stations was the Disguise Station where random craft
materials were available to create whatever the kids needed to disguise their
identity. Everything from paper hats, yarn wigs, neckties, necklaces,
paper bag beards, pipe cleaner eyebrows, and even lips were created as part of
their disguises.
Citizens
can be rest assured that the case was solved and the bike is not in any
danger. And there are 36 new detectives ready to help solve your
mysteries.
Signing
off,
Detective
Green
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