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2000 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

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Discuss the 2000 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

Alan and Jill

whats the telephone number for the hotline

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:33 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

post 1648

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:34 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Millionaire Hotline - 1-800-433-8321 easiest to get in after midnight...been busy all day

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:34 PM Permalink
MIKEK

could they use the statue of the ice palace as a tower or 2 ??

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:36 PM Permalink
medallion freak

what ever park it is in I bet they keep making the clues fit all parks just because of all the people that are now hunting for it...they are going to make it as hard as possible because of the 10,000 reward they are giving

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:36 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Hey highlander you going to college? Decided on one yet?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:36 PM Permalink
medallion freak

do they still make and ice palace every year?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:37 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

George: yeah, I am going to St. Cloud State...where are you at anyway?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:37 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

No ice palace since '91 or '92 i believe

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:38 PM Permalink
MIKEK

no but phalen does have a statue of one

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:38 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

no Ice Palace this year or last year or the year before....

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:38 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

I have to go through a 6 month on campus connection program though...it's basically like going to the general college at the U

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:39 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Ripon College in Ripon Wisconsin, bout 4 hours outta St Paul on 94, near Oshkosh and Appleton

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:39 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

You like it there? You have a major yet?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:40 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

I'm going to make some cookies and wait until the next clue comes out. until then, lol!

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:40 PM Permalink
medallion freak

someone earlier said something interesting what if it isn't an actual tower but a company like Tower construction or Tower meats or something....are there any parks that have businesses by them?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:40 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

the statue of the ice palace looked good, Phalen is way overdue.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:41 PM Permalink
MIKEK

thought so 2 marley

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:41 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

yeah i like it, pretty small, about 900 students, town is only 7000. Biology will probably be my major but i want to go to Med school for sports med

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:41 PM Permalink
medallion freak

well i will be back in about an hour and a half see you all then

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:42 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Sports med would be cool...I am pretty decided on Criminal Justice already...

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:42 PM Permalink
leelabell

George - how did you pick Ripon? I grew up in Sheboygan about an hour from there.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:42 PM Permalink
Annette B.

My Thesaurus shows "ace" as also meaning: champion, star, king, queen, winner, head. Does this mean anything to anyone? Rapscallion could mean a child (a rascal, scamp) - there is a playground downtown in Lowertown near the Galtier Towers, but I also think of the park right near the river which has a walking and bike path side by side "set your own pace". Does anyone know what that park's name is?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:43 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Well Ripon is good at getting people into med school, that really caught my eye, and i liked it here a lot when i came to visit

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:43 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

Kellogg Park

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:44 PM Permalink
leelabell

Isn't there on on the river called hidden falls?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:44 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

George: didn't you sister go to school for sports med?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:45 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

someone said early the coin could be under a pace picante sauce lid??

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:45 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

my sis is pretty much done with school, not graduated just done

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:45 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Marley: that is what I call a LONG shot :)

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:46 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

Yes...it was there 5 or 6 years ago in a diaper. Park is below Ford Plant in Highland

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:46 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Many parks in city have side by side bike and walking trails, Kellogg park is not one of them. Just below the window.....

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:48 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

:) :( :X

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:48 PM Permalink
Annette B.

I was looking on my map and it seems that Conway Heights Park & Rec has a "N Tower Street" nearby, and from the park you are able to see a large water tower - "a tower or two should come into view"..., and I know this is corny, but when I hear ace, I think of Ace Hardware downtown St. Paul, which is near a park.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:48 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Conway was last year, and I think the nearby residents would riot if they had to put up with that mess two years in a row. It was neat diggin' but fairly residential over there and had to be a headache for those nearby.....I will rule out Conway

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:50 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Annette, are those towers north of the park??

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:50 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

7 corners Ace Hardware.... Irvine park by Forpaughs

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:50 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

Highlander- got your attention away from school and back to the important things in life. not too much of a longshot at this point in the hunt

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:51 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Dave: I am with you on that

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:51 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Marley: Come on...10 grand would get me through a year of college 2 weeks of desperate searching is worth it :)

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:52 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

There you go Mac Grove man. By MN Wild arena (cure for Vikings Depresion) word cure for nearby St Josephs Hospital (Cancer research center), noodle noodle

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:52 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Irving Park, no way it is there, no where to hide it at all

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:52 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

jk highlander

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:54 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

Right by United Hospital!! Y2G, I agree...plus the area is way to ritzy...big money...pissed off taxpayers. For Future refrence, the Alexander Ramsey house is right there as well.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:54 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Yep united....oops.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:55 PM Permalink
Annette B.

George, I am not sure which direction the towers to be in. I am not good at directions.

The park I was talking about earlier is not Kellogg, but under Kellogg and along Sheppard Road and it curves around the river to the bluffs and runs along the RR tracks. Does anyone know what that park's name is?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:56 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

George or Mac: can you fit the Astute - Statue thing in there somewhere?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:56 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

on north side of the river, under Kellogg. Not sure if there is a park there??? but i dont really know

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:58 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

On the south side of river, there is Lilydale Regional Park, the entry portion to the east is run by St. paul Parks, but is actually in Lilydale, which is Outside Ramsey County (Dakota), so I say that's outside the boundaries.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:59 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

I know what you are speaking of...it is there along shepard road east of sibley. I believe it is called lower landing.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 11:00 PM Permalink