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2006 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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2006 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt - Battle Creek Park

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Our rhymes are silly, we cannot lie There's less to them than meets the eye.

Randahl

gimme a frickin break - the old rules ruled that out didnt it?? hmmmmmmmm - is this a twist on the survivor idol thingy?
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:27 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

I'll miss my first Re-Hash, or be late. Either way, no sloppy joes.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:28 AM Permalink
GreenTeam

I hope that next year, it's at Como!

 :pbpt:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:29 AM Permalink
KITCH

Three St. Paul high school students, with help from one of their dads, followed the clues this morning to Battle Creek Park, where they found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion after searching for about 45 minutes.The medallion was found about 9:35 a.m. today in the park on St. Paul¿s East Side. It was packed in ice and wrapped in a Pearson¿s Nut Goodie wrapper .

The winners are Joe Bernard, 15; Ian Luby, 14; Kai Peterson, 15; and Kai¿s father, Scott.

The medallion was found after publication of the sixth of 12 clues.

This is the 55th year of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt.

The winners will be introduced and receive their prizes at an afternoon news conference at the newspaper.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:30 AM Permalink
OTiS

I hope next year that Winter acts like winter.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:31 AM Permalink
OTiS

I'm cooler with a family and friends finding it.

NICE -
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:31 AM Permalink
Med2k

Packed in ice.

heh.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:31 AM Permalink
OT

That's cool that it was a family hunting together.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:32 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

WTF! They should be fined for not being in school! :sillygrin:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:32 AM Permalink
OTiS

Better then some arm chair hunter on clue 11.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:32 AM Permalink
green

WHERE did they find it, I wonder... I wonder how close I was...

I was looking all over for an ice hunk. Dang.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:33 AM Permalink
green

Ian, coming late's better than not coming at all. Just BE there!
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:34 AM Permalink
KITCH

wtf...

where's the clues????

grrr....this is killing me...
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:38 AM Permalink
KITCH

So the hunt is over and you didn't even get to go out yet to look? Well you don't need to totally despair. The 7th Annual Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt will be coming up. Granted the prize is not as big, but it's still a fun chance to get out and search for some treasure with your fellow hunters!

We'll kick it off on Sunday, February 12th. The clues come out daily at 6pm. On the 12th we'll have a kickoff party at Fabulous Fern's in St. Paul starting at 5pm.

The hunt will work similar to what we did last year. You can pay $10 to be a registered hunter with the money going towards the pot. If you find it, you get a $500 prize. If you are not a registered hunter and you find it, you get a $100 prize. Any prize money that is left over will get rolled over into the pot for whoever runs the next mock hunt. The winner of the mock hunt also gets the option of being the person to run the next hunt, or they can designate someone else.

Clues will be posted on my Yahoo group, though I suppose I could post them here as well if people wanted. This hunt has been a lot of fun in the past and we've gotten some pretty good participation (especially in 2002 which was a year similar to this). I believe my email and Yahoo group are both on my profile. Otherwise I'm AllisonWondrland@yahoo,com or the Yahoo Group is TheAllisonWonderland I'll post more information on how to get me the money, but the easiest way is to come to the opening party. Oh yea, also, it doesn't actually have to be $10 cash. You can also contribute prizes worth $10 or more if that's more convenient.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:41 AM Permalink
Med2k

A melancholy 5K joe...
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:41 AM Permalink
diggin4it

Well, on the bright side, BC does have that great picnic shelter and fire ring for the RHB!! Does someone need to call and reserve it? You know, before all the throngs of people who will be having a picnic in this lovely spring weather.

Will it be this Sunday at 1:00?
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:43 AM Permalink
OT

Where did he post that, Kitch? What does he mean when he writes, "..I suppose I could post them here as well if people wanted." ?
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:44 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

probably the pp threads.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:45 AM Permalink
Med2k

I think it was on the PP boards.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:45 AM Permalink
Wicked Nick

Can we reserve the water park, too?

Water slides are fun....
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:46 AM Permalink
OT

Will that board still be up and running then?
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:46 AM Permalink
Love4Vino

Hey all -

Just wanted to say, Bummer that it only went 6 clues.

But in a way I'm glad now, this wasn't the hunt that I was going to come back for, cause I wouldn't have arrived until tonight!

which hopefully means next year's clues will be ultra hard.

huggies to all.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:46 AM Permalink
KITCH

he posted it on PP
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:47 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

Marly you find it??? that would be way cooler!
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:48 AM Permalink
Marleyking

Nope - I wish
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:49 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

damn.......that would have made it better :frown:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:49 AM Permalink
OT

Marley and his three truant teenagers. :goofy:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:49 AM Permalink
Randahl

seems only appropriate for this
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:50 AM Permalink
KITCH

Congrats to them, but STUPID ST. PAUL SCHOOL DISTRICT!! Why did they have to take today off??

the North St Paul medallion hunt is coming up!!
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:50 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

Duh! Brain not working :eyeroll:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:50 AM Permalink
green

Why didn't Allison post about his Hunt here?
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:51 AM Permalink
OT

Maybe they're home schooled and this was a field trip. :pbpt:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:51 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

he's not registered
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:51 AM Permalink
green

ROFLOLPMPCOOSBAGBBOMN!!!!!!!!

Oldie, that was priceless!
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:52 AM Permalink
KITCH

part of it was paid to post thing....

and the other reasons....I'm not sure

(OT?) :wink:
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:52 AM Permalink
green

Oh. Okay. Thanks.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:53 AM Permalink
KITCH

umm...

where's cluemaster?? anybody talk to him yet??

I've tried calling him.....I think he's in a park diggin'
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:55 AM Permalink
OT

Refer to Shoot The Breeze, post #7069. I don't know how to link it.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 9:56 AM Permalink
KITCH

TREASURE HUNT TALES

Columnist Don Boxmeyer and Larry Millett will recap adventures and misadventures over the years resulting from the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion fever on "The Stan Turner Show," airing Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. on WMGT-AM (1220)
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:00 AM Permalink
Med2k

Looks pretty small in comparison to the hands holding it.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:00 AM Permalink
OTiS

Bring on the small town hunts!
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:01 AM Permalink
Randahl

another to cheer some people up
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:03 AM Permalink
KITCH

its possible they have a reg. button...they are wearing one.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:03 AM Permalink
Randahl

now that is one ugly beotch
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:04 AM Permalink
green

Thanks, OT.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:05 AM Permalink
Downtown Dave

So much for my strategy of starting slow and peaking later.
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:05 AM Permalink
green

The 4 is getting ready to say who and where found...
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:06 AM Permalink
Downtown Dave

And Kitch--I was at Hillcrest last night too. I know the Red Mobil-O
Fri, 01/27/2006 - 10:07 AM Permalink