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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.

Leah Logan

does anyone have an idea why the clue changed from "planes" to "places" and does anyone know what the paper reads?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:24 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

typo on the web side. The correct work is "places".

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:26 AM Permalink
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I hope it's found today, I can't take too much more of this anticipation, lol By the way, this is my first year at digging, is it always this nuts?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:27 AM Permalink
dino

I GUESS THEY SCREWED UP AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACES

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:28 AM Permalink
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I agree with ACE. I think it's in some hockey tape between the ice rinks at CONWAY!

(Deleted item originally posted by Diane Carbajal on 07:31am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:29 AM Permalink
Leah Logan

this is just a thought since the prize is 10,000 - but has anyone thought that there may be 2 medallions- sounds dumb but it was done before back in the 50's.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:34 AM Permalink
Outtamymind

Does anyone know if there is a bus stop anywhere around the park. Places could also mean a space in which one person or passenger can sit or stand.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:34 AM Permalink
Leah Logan

is anyone still on here w/ me?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:48 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

I'm still here.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:50 AM Permalink
Goat

yep

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:50 AM Permalink
Donut Man

I believe that the seeing things twice refers to the two peaks very visible on the southwest side of conway

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:53 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

Does anyone think the reference to Orient means to go to the East side of the park, The East Side of St. Paul or does it mean stay away from the east side?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:54 AM Permalink
Donut Man

Really fat guy missed you last night, Hope to see you this morning. I'll be there around 10 with 2 doz donuts in hand for anyone hungry

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:54 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Had to get a bagel. Not that anyone cared.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:55 AM Permalink
Donut Man

If you want to review the past clues and what they mean,without going back 19000 messages, WWW.METROSUPERSAVER.COM was very helpful

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:56 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Seeing a thing twice: Double Vision??? Twins??? Twin "peaks"??? Amid: Between or around Places: Locations, areas, not objects unless they relate to a location

tennis court would be a place, but not tennis net etc... Frozen: It's all FROZEN. But the places need to be frozen (rink?). The rinks aren't equal size, so either 1)

someone reallllly screwed up on that clue or 2) IT ISN'T around the rinks.

Anyone else???

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:12 AM Permalink
digby

hey did anybody get a ticket yesterday for parking more than 12 inches from the curb , somebody is making bull#@#@# money im kindda pissed off the curb was

buried how do they know how far away it is

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:12 AM Permalink
Sno One

Good morning. Was suprised to see the clue in the paper this morn differed from the one I saw last night. Thought I was seeing things. Was anyone there last night?

How bad were the crowds?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:14 AM Permalink
Donut Man

Dangnabbit I agree stay away from the rinks . Go west go west

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:14 AM Permalink
digby

about 6 thousand people sno one

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:14 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Donut man, you gonna be there tonight??? I have a power inverter and a big coffee maker. Might go good with coffee??

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:16 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

I mean donuts.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:16 AM Permalink
hockey mom

Sno One: I was there last night. What a zoo! The entire area for about a two-three block radius was cars, cops and people. People were all over the ice rinks, but I

have a hard time believing they would ever put there.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:16 AM Permalink
Sno One

Digby sounds ugly. Are the last days of this hunt always like this or is this the exception? Anyone?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:16 AM Permalink
Sno One

DIGBY OOPS! I meant the situation sounded ugly with so many people. Not that you sounded ugly:) sorry.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:18 AM Permalink
California Dreamin'

Anyone mind sharing last night's clue? Something's screwed up in my system and I ended up getting yesterday afternoon's edition of Pioneer Planet.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:18 AM Permalink
hockey mom

It has never been like this. But then in recent years it's been at bigger parks - more room for parking - people scattered out more, etc.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:18 AM Permalink
Vicki Kasal

Clue No. 11:

Seeing a thing twice can be quite nice While you're hunting for our prize So as you search amid snow and ice Look for two frozen places of equal size

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:19 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

I think I'll open a hot dog stand. Sell coney's from the Gopher bar.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:20 AM Permalink
Donut Man

Mertosupersaver.com has explainations for all the clues if this server goes down

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:20 AM Permalink
California Dreamin'

Thanks, Vicki

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:21 AM Permalink
Donut Man

Dangnabbit great bar for coneys. George is great. Gotta go see ya out there

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:22 AM Permalink
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I don't have time to hunt this year, but someone may want to check the bases of icicles hanging from trees, the building, etc...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:29 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

My sons said that yesterday someone broke another person's window and the police came. Anyone know what that was about?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:31 AM Permalink
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Vicki Kasal -- do you know Tim B?? Are you related to Jim??

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:34 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Donut Man - They're trying to bulldoze George's place and turn the whole block into a PARKING RAMP. For god's sake, that's the only bar with my picture on

the wall. Totally unacceptable!!!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:34 AM Permalink
Brenda Weber

could it mean statues of the same size

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:34 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

Brenda, I don't think a statue would be considered a place; a statue would be a "thing."

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:36 AM Permalink
pally

The rinks are different sizes. The new one is for mites. How about the tennis courts? I didn't see any statues.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:38 AM Permalink
eitsaeb

PLEASE DONT DIG UP MY "IGLOO" IM GONNA BE BACK SOON----NEED TO KEEP WARM SOME HOW....

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:38 AM Permalink
Cold Feet

Steve, are you the guy who wrote the Treasure Hunt Map book.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:38 AM Permalink
Brenda Weber

Well newell park has two tennis courts

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:39 AM Permalink
jennyjenny

Sno one--I've been doing this for 18 years. With the exception of a few years 90, 91, 92 when I didn't want to go through the stress! It IS always chaos. In fact, I

think it's been worse in past years! I was out there last night, and while I thought there were quite a few people, I honestly thought there would be more. This is what

makes the whole thing so great!!

JennyJenny

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:40 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

Are there a lot of people at Conway this morning? I think that a place would be an area of the park used for a specfic purpose....it seems to refer to the size of the

area, not that the area is the exact same thing....

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:40 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Brenda? What are you THINKING!!!!!!!!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:41 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

:)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:41 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

I'm Steve Ford. The person who wrote the Treasure Hunt book is Steve Worthman. I wonder what he's thinking this morning.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:42 AM Permalink
Hunteress Hi & Lo

I need to say something to the PIONEER PRESS. I am very disappointed and upset that you cannot type the correct clue. With all do respect, my husband and I,

and another family member, spent HOURS searching a park last night (and for days now)--I am one of the few who believes it is NOT at Conway--where

"PLANES" were and under Sycamore trees which are referred to as "Planes." It is nice to know that every hour we spent was a COMPLETE WASTE of time,

trying to decipher "planes" looking it up in the dictionary, etc. when it is a TYPO! That is really, really careless. I can't believe it! How--when you have this many

people who are really excited by the hunt and into it--can you type something like that? It's disgusting. Ultra frustrating to say the least. And what kind of clue is "as

you look in snow and ice" search for two "frozen places"!? THE WHOLE AREA IS FROZEN!!! I mean--Come On! It really isn't right. On the 11th clue--that's the

best they can do? I should have been writing the clues. To me searching for 2 Sycamore trees is a lot more interesting than scoping out (and digging up) 2 ice rinks.

And geez--if it refers to something else--2 obscure frozen places--than the clue writer is really into torturing us all. I thought the whole point of this was to use your

NOGGIN to figure this out. Not to just wait until the name of the park is given and then demolish it like a bunch of scavengers. I guess I was wrong.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:42 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

Hunteress, I can understand your frustration. It was very misleading. My sons left this morning without knowing which was right: planes, or places. There's no way

for me to contact them. I am stranded without a car. I hope they figure things out, they've put so much time into it, too.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:45 AM Permalink
California Dreamin'

SF, I read about that on the cooler last night. The person who posted the message saw the whole thing and even chased the guy away, but the police didn't catch

him. so, yes, you need to watch out for your cars and what's in them. A lot of scumbags out there, I hear. Sorry for the delayed response, but I've gotta try to get

things done in between messages. I'm not at my paid job today, but there's housework screaming my name.

(Deleted item originally posted by D man on 08:46am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 8:45 AM Permalink