Barreyro credits cat for finding one medallion, herself for the other

She was getting cat license 
when she found first medallion

La Crosse has so many medallion searches during the year, that some people become expert hunters.

La Crosse’s Heidi Barreyro seems to be one of those experts, finding the Winter Rec Fest medallion for the second time in six years.

Then again, when she found the first medallion in 2011, she was at city hall to get a cat license.

This year, however, Barreyro was fully engulfed at finding the medallion and discovered it hidden in an evergreen tree at Seminary Park on Tuesday.

Barreyro says a clue about a steeple led her to that south side location, which is near the high steeple of the Holy Cross Seminary. She won $500 for capturing the medallion.