2007 Treasure Hunt II
Rehash Bash
Allison Wonderland\'s Mason Lodge
1044 Front Avenue
Starting at Noon on Sunday
Map and directions
Medallion Hotline 651-228-5547
Noodle Recap Folder HERE
Rehash discussion folder HERE
Nightly Pre-Clue Get-Together
354 Wabasha St N
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418, US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=&dtype=s\">Map of 354 Wabasha St N
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1418, US
Matty B\'s is the home of the Cooler Crew. We\'ve got a party going on every evening from 8 until the clue is released. Sunday night, if the hunt goes that long, the bar will be open but food will not be available.
Recent Clues:
Clue #1 Congrats to the finder, to all a reminder
To hunt hard from first to last clues
Medallion I is history. Now a new mystery
Begins -- strap on your hunting shoes
To some its demented, for all unprecedented
But hunters’ thirst must be quenched
Tell sister and brother we’ve hidden another
In a park where a body can be benched
Our 2nd prize? Don’t laugh -- 10-thou cut in half
So get out there even if it’s snowy
And as a special bonus -- some might say an onus --
A meal with our own Clueless Joey
Good hunting to you, let this be the first clue
Think of a woodsy retreat
It won’t be so hard if you channel the bard
You’ll get warm and smell pretty sweet
To hunt hard from first to last clues
Medallion I is history. Now a new mystery
Begins -- strap on your hunting shoes
To some its demented, for all unprecedented
But hunters’ thirst must be quenched
Tell sister and brother we’ve hidden another
In a park where a body can be benched
Our 2nd prize? Don’t laugh -- 10-thou cut in half
So get out there even if it’s snowy
And as a special bonus -- some might say an onus --
A meal with our own Clueless Joey
Good hunting to you, let this be the first clue
Think of a woodsy retreat
It won’t be so hard if you channel the bard
You’ll get warm and smell pretty sweet
Clue #2 If you\'re thinking big you\'re sure to dig
Near flora with growing pain
Winter or summer is never a bummer
A menagerie of fun wild or tame
Near flora with growing pain
Winter or summer is never a bummer
A menagerie of fun wild or tame
Clue #3 Success on the third clue will never do
We had to stash a second
Round you go if you seek to know
Where swatters of orbs are beckoned
We had to stash a second
Round you go if you seek to know
Where swatters of orbs are beckoned
Clue #4: A walk in the park can be a lark
If cell phones are left at home
Heed the siren of your desirin\'
And do not revolt against this poem
If cell phones are left at home
Heed the siren of your desirin\'
And do not revolt against this poem
Clue #5 Over hill and dale hit the trail
With a handy locating device
Fulfill your wishes like loaves and fishes
And put your victory on ice
With a handy locating device
Fulfill your wishes like loaves and fishes
And put your victory on ice
Clue #6 A famous singer and a diamond dinger
Might put you oh so close to the spot
With the whites of your eyes you should look for the prize
Within this convenient plot
Might put you oh so close to the spot
With the whites of your eyes you should look for the prize
Within this convenient plot
Clue #7 Don\'t turn up your noses at the city of roses
The home of the park that you seek
It\'s just north of town so come on down
Our hunt is not for the meek
The home of the park that you seek
It\'s just north of town so come on down
Our hunt is not for the meek
Clue #8 Don\'t go mental just head for Central
Lexington Avenue will show you the way
Your spirits won\'t sag when you see the big flag
Into the trees you want to stray
Lexington Avenue will show you the way
Your spirits won\'t sag when you see the big flag
Into the trees you want to stray
ONE...30 LINES ENUFF?
TWO...IF "READER" IS ONLY ONE NOT ON MUTE...HOW DOES SHE KNOW THE REST GOT IT???
THREE...WHAT IF THE REST HAVE QUESTIONS...
Maybe a "finders T-shirt" :ooh:
BY TAD VEZNER
Pioneer Press
Jubilation turned to dismay Tuesday night as two groups of Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion seekers discovered elaborately crafted hockey pucks disguised to look like the prize.
"I think it ruins the fun of the hunt," said Tracy Turner, 27, of Minneapolis, who helped to find one of the phony medallions while hunting with fellow would-be winner Chris Morgel, 31, also of Minneapolis, early Tuesday evening in Roseville's Central Park. "I'm sure they were sitting in the woods laughing."
"That's pretty low of somebody," noted friend Ceejay Provo.
"We want people to participate in the hunt with a sense of fair play and the community tradition that this represents. We regret the disappointment," said Pioneer Press communications manager Pat Effenberger.
The Pioneer Press is keeping the two pucks while the matter is investigated.
One of the pucks, which were both found Tuesday night in Central Park, was tucked in a white sock and buried in a grouping of rocks. The finders declined to be identified.
The puck found by Turner and Morgel was wrapped in a plastic grocery bag and placed in a tree.
While false treasures mistaken for the medallion have been brought to the Pioneer Press in prior years, "I don't remember any that were purposefully planted," noted Carolyn Robertson, the newspaper's marketing manager.
She noted that a third person called Saturday to report discovering a similar-looking puck in St. Paul's Como Park. That puck was not brought in.
"They're very elaborate," Effenberger said of the Central Park forgeries.
"It's terrible. I'm so mad," Robertson told the two groups of dejected hunters Tuesday evening.
The Central Park pucks, which look identical, appear nothing like previous medallions.
One side of each puck features the "2007 Treasure Hunt" snowman-with-a-magnifying glass logo, apparently clipped from the paper and laminated, while the other side has a printed statement: "Congratulations On Finding King Boreas' Winter Carnival Medallion. Please Return To Pioneer Press, 345 Cedar St, St. Paul, Minnesota."
The hunt has been a cornerstone of St. Paul Winter Carnival celebrations since 1952. This year, a first medallion was found Jan. 23 by hunting veteran Jake Ingebrigtson, of St. Paul, after just three clues.
Pioneer Press publisher Par Ridder decided the short hunt diminished the tradition — and announced a second contest, worth half the prize money but all the glory. It was the second time in the contest's history that a second hunt had been announced.
The finder of the second medallion will be eligible to receive up to $5,000, including $1,250 for returning the medallion to the Pioneer Press, $2,500 with a registered 2007 Winter Carnival button and $1,250 for providing clippings of the published clues. The finder also will get to have lunch with columnist Joe Soucheray.
Tad Vezner can be reached at tvezner@pioneerpress.com or 651-228-5461.
it's nice to be home....
Bear, what instructions do we need?
Enough peeps have my number if someone needs to reach me, I am waiting to talk with Bear about this conference call idea, whatever the group decicides is best is fine with me, I'm just there to get the paper and make a call.
I do actually have a cold though.
someone else can have this one.
Be by tonight to bring warm drink... want food?? ya got my #
I plan on coming by to keep you company or relieve (whatever is needed).
Personally, I think there are 2 good main areas where it could be, the north zone or the south zone, but I included an ampitheatre zone and a east zone as well. If the people that get the clue are able to determine a general area they can start the call by saying which zone to go too and we can atleast start moving to the correct area. Then if they start reading the clue the people already at the right zone can narrow it down from there, etc...
Let me know if you think we should change the zones around, but it's pretty basic.
Frosti's been gone a while. Running chick-?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10VmJ-8XGA4&eurl
I talked a couple of daughters into going there with me tonight and then going to get the clue, but now it sounds like no one is going there? Just going to get in line?
I'm not sure I can convince them that waiting in line in the cold is fun. :chagrin:
I'M NOT SURE IF I GOT THE "RIGHT" CONFRNCCALL INFO..
LOOKS LIKE IT STARTS 2 LATE...AND FINISH'S 2 LATE...
WHAT IF CLUE OUT AT 12PM???