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1999 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.

The Rock

This devils den i keep refering to is not small but not big either. I just went there to scope out the place and i came to a sign that said devils den. a very small sign if ya

ask me. So i went through bushes and trees everywhere until i came to this place that hasnt even been touched. This place is very hard to see from the main part of

the park so you have to look hard to see it. i think i just got lucky ill be there after i can relate the #7 to newell. oh and might i add that i have been unscrambling the

letters of all the clues and so farr it spells out SAINTS. Which refers to midway stadium where the saints play. All the baseball stuff people are refering to could be

that. The 9 4 5 but still thinks it means the ks95 94.5 thing.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:30 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

thought the 4+shout="fore" meanin there IS a golf course at the park... A 9 is a nine hole course adjacaent to highland... and A 5 is the only one i have

weak explanations for... i have yet to look at pars for the Holes.. maybe the 9th hole is par 5? maybe highway 5 and 51 adorn the front door?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:31 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

Fever has begun, you seem on the right track, what would be your vicinity? On your way home= somewhere on the baseline for baseball?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:32 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

the first letters of the clues are as follows... TAFNSIA... you can make SAINT fron those with an F and an A to build a second word upon... the only thing i can get

from the 2nd word would be FRANCIS... so we need these from here on out... RNCIS... 5 letters with 6 clues left... i looked up 4 saint francis'es in the encyc. and

none of them have anything to do with any park names or Saint Paul... one was a prominent GOLFER though... jokin...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:36 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

well i'm off for a while... hope #7 makes sense...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:37 PM Permalink
Cammando WAyne

I herd that they taped it to wellstones bald spot

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:38 PM Permalink
The Rock

no no its saints fa im guessing it could be fan which would then make it midway stadium which is very easy to see from devils den

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:38 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

What was Clue # 7 four years ago?? Where could I find out. I'll look it up and get back to you all.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:39 PM Permalink
Cammando WAyne

AH ha look there there with care he'll ask the your bounty to share

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:39 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

Iconoclast, Against the Norm, as in Norm Cloeman. Ventura? Saints?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:42 PM Permalink
The Rock

yes against the norm or against religion as in the DEVIL tome=devils pitchfork

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:45 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

Where is Merriam Park?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:46 PM Permalink
Kathy W

Rock, where did you see that Newell is 978 acres????

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:47 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

I think you're trying to hard with tome. However, its seems to be a significant word. So does home and smart and discerning, goal, and iconoclast

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:48 PM Permalink
The Rock

in the book of Mn parks at the downtown library

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:49 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

I think you're trying to hard with tome. However, its seems to be a significant word. So does home and smart and discerning, goal, and iconoclast

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:49 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

Where is Merriam Park?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:49 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian


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The Medallion Hunt

It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other

treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.

(8065 previous messages)

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:50 PM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

Anyone think Mears? i heard a rumor...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:04 PM Permalink
MMC

you go have your own fun @ Newell..... and COMO

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:05 PM Permalink
MMC

No Mears

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:05 PM Permalink
seacool98

what about the golf course clue is there one at battle creek

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:06 PM Permalink
rupert

explain the coke factory and the 954 clue for me please

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:07 PM Permalink
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Do any of you think that it could be hidden in Como Park as to the clue with the stayng away from the slide & the numbers 9, 5, & somewhere 4..that COULD

mean the coke factory near Como..

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:08 PM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

if you add up all the digits in the Highland HS fone number and divide by seven you get 5; one of the 954 combo.,....

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:08 PM Permalink
MMC

what coke factory?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:09 PM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

what about the slide? in WHAT CLUE?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:09 PM Permalink
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Well my bud just called & said there's a coke factory near Como where it has something to do with those numbers..

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:09 PM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

I didn't see that....what coke factory?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:09 PM Permalink
denephew

This message is for The Rock: an iconoclast is not someone who is against religion. It is someone who is against the use of religious images. It goes back to the

Byzantine Empire (8th century). They decreed that all religious images (i.e. images that depicted Christ as a human being) should be destroyed. (because they were

supposed to be such great Christians, they thought that the depiction of Christ as a human was blasphemy). Just so you know. p.s. I think it's at Newell Park also.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:10 PM Permalink
AllieGo

Just for fun....Explaining Highland (But I don't think that it's Highland anymore).... It's between 94 and Hwy 5. On a big map of the city, it looks like it's the only park

in there. Another explanation for Highland, just in case you don't like that one, is that there is a 9-hole golf course and a Precinct #4 across from it and then it runs

along Highway 5. Or if you don't like that, there is a 9-hole golf course and then across the street from the 9-hole golf course, there is an 18-hole golf course

(9+4+5=18). I'm still waiting for the next clue.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:11 PM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

has anyone heard the theory about the NY times? i havent but i heard there was one...anyone know anything?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:11 PM Permalink
rupert

am assuming coke refers to coke refinery not the beverage

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:11 PM Permalink
AllieGo

By the way, Hi Tom.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:11 PM Permalink
MMC

an iconoclast is more like someone who is a rebel -such as an ALC

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:12 PM Permalink
denephew

I live in the Como Park area and I'd like someone to tell me where the coke factory is.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:14 PM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

have an interesting theory about 94 and 5 that meet DT...by the blasted Civic Center...cant tell any more...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:15 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

it is at como trust me. iwas there today and al the cues matched up

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:17 PM Permalink
rupert

Spencer -- i was there as well. what do you make of the 945 thing or the famous name in many a tome?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:19 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

ITS AT COMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, i was ust there today all the clues match up. anyone care to respond?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:19 PM Permalink
Ashlee Olds

It's it amazing, there must be 17 different Medallions, because I've herad that many different "I'm CERTAIN ITS THERE." So unless you can back it up, quit with

the Bally Hoo...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:19 PM Permalink
AllieGo

I stopped at Como...interesting, but not sure enough to start digging up soccer fields.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:21 PM Permalink
denephew

It was just at Como 2 yrs ago. Why would they put it in the same park different years so close together? Not only that, but the snow slide is out there - do you think

they really want a bunch of people digging that up? Be logical>

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:21 PM Permalink
steve allen

Is there going to be an ice palace in the near future, if so does anyone know which park. ITS the blast from the past thing.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:21 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

its at como

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:21 PM Permalink
Ashlee Olds

YES SPENCER I WOULD LIKE to hear your take on this... because I'm not believing you until you back it up....

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:23 PM Permalink
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Why do you think its at como??

(Deleted item originally posted by terri cross on 06:25pm Jan 29, 1999 CST)

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:25 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

well RUPERT, listen up ya all!!!!!!!. the famous man is winston curchhill like the street in como, get it!!!!. the 954 thing is, there are nine players on a baseball team,

5 on a hockey teem and in hocky when there is a penilty only 4 players!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:26 PM Permalink
Spencer Dorn

SEE!!!!!!!!!!

(Deleted item originally posted by terri cross on 06:28pm Jan 29, 1999 CST)

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:27 PM Permalink
Dingo Man!

spencer why would the penalty thing have anything to do with clues

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 6:28 PM Permalink