Skip to main content

2000 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

Discuss the 2000 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

green

Kiwi, you're finally getting astute!

:>

DDave, you crack me up.

NYETALL!!!

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:15 PM Permalink
Kiwi

no never and that's where new fits in

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:15 PM Permalink
Terry

It never has been at the same park back to back...but then again, why not?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:15 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

well-trained also jumbles into ... eternal wild... fits the context of the clue... click this link http://www.ssynth.co.uk/~gay/anagram.html to try more variations... keep it at a 2 word count, plain english dictionary, and turn I and A off...

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:16 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:16 PM Permalink
Kiwi

well, thanks green if that's a compliment

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:16 PM Permalink
onthejazz

holy cow what a clue in #5, opposite of cloudy and foul = fair

and opposite of extract = pierce

fair(view) and pierce(butler) intersect at the corner of newell park

then throw in the anagram from clue 6 well-trained (which shouldnt be spelled that way) ----> tri-ad-newell

I DONT THINK THIS IS A STRETCH , Not by any means! :)

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:16 PM Permalink
OttaMyMind

I am liking the big parks cause of the ole millennium thing that people think happened this year, they wanna make it a large scale event in a large park

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:17 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Terry, I have wondered that myself. The two best reasons I can think of are these: 1. These must be tough for puzzle writer to write. Given that the puzzle writer duty may overlap years, ie same puzzle writer for multiple consecutive years, it would be tough to come up with ambiguous clues for the same park two years in a row. 2. PP would like to avoid putting stress on neighborhoods two years in a row. In a small park like Newell, that is mostly in a residential area, the pressure of being "the" spot two years in a row might result in bad feelings toward PP, which is first and formemost, a business.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:19 PM Permalink
OttaMyMind

how about it being near a psychic ward or mental hospital because in the first clue it talks about viking depression

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:19 PM Permalink
Kiwi

the way I look at that is the opposite of extract: meaning to dig up woould be to bbury it.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:19 PM Permalink
Kiwi

vikings depression means nothing except that everyones dissapointed in them for not making it this year

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:20 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

no stretch Dave.. but extract's opposite is bury or something of that nature... pierce is close to bury but it seems like more of a slicing action then a burying action... could be right tho... im with newell regardless... i think 'attack' could be Pierce since the BN Tracks run next to it... all bundled in the same clue...

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:20 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Is it a possible hiding place for the medallion to still be in the sate fair grounds, and can you see the light poles from municipal stadium from newell park(a tower or two)?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:20 PM Permalink
Kiwi

and the new obsession would be the hunt for the medallion

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:21 PM Permalink
Terry

Light poles from Midway Stadium are clearly visible.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:21 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Is it a possible hiding place for the medallion to still be in the sate fair grounds, and can you see the light poles from municipal stadium from newell park(a tower or two)?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:21 PM Permalink
OttaMyMind

Kiwi, they always bury it, they don't just leave it laying on the snow.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:21 PM Permalink
Terry

The state fair grounds is not a park.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:21 PM Permalink
TJH

Can someone please tell me where Kellog Park is? Thank you in advance!

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:21 PM Permalink
Terry

Kellogg Park is on Kellogg between Wabasha and Robert along the river.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:22 PM Permalink
onthejazz

you can see the stadium from newell, but oof hand all i remember seeing for towers is kstp's broadcast tower, i dont remember any others except for the fire tower, next to the stadium, if that counts i dunno

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:23 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

TJH Kellogg Park is a narrow strip of grass and trees on the south side of Kellogg Blvd between the Wabasha and Robert Street bridges. All of the trees have lights, as well as a giant, lighted salvation army kettle. there is a fountain, and paths made of pavers. Overlooks river, shepard road, harriet island, and two sets of train tracks....

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:24 PM Permalink
Terry

Not that it could be seen at night...but the water tower in the fair grounds and the space needle can be seen.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:24 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

Downtown Dave, i agree with ya about your second idea (repeat digging at newell) but they cant control where our twisted munds lead us! Some people dig at Phalen every year regardless... same goes for other larger parks...

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:24 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

There are currently no diggers in Kellogg park.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:25 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Is it a possible hiding place for the medallion to still be in the sate fair grounds, and can you see the light poles from municipal stadium from newell park(a tower or two)?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:26 PM Permalink
Annette B.

opposites attract - could mean 2 sides of the river and/or pieces of land connecting - like at Rasberry "Navy Island" and attack could mean Navy as well. Nothing else fits tho.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:26 PM Permalink
Annette B.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:26 PM Permalink
Terry

da kid...instead of hitting refresh or reload, hit the blue number next to your name. That will prevent the echo you're creating here.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:27 PM Permalink
TJH

Thank you, Terry!

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:27 PM Permalink
OttaMyMind

the things I see that say golf course: golfers cavort (clue 1) ace (clue 2) things that could be important that I haven't heard about: two towers in the north (clue 3) shelter or place to gain relief from rain (clue 4) well (clue 4) cooking (clue 4) opposites attract (clue 5) cloudy and foul (clue 5) extract (clue 5) good hunter (clue 6) track (clue 6)

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:27 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Right cosmo--but a few diggers on a hunch, does not equal the number that you would get after a clue like last years not published #12 "in the recreation area known as Conway" even clue 11 turned park into mayhem--Phalen, Highland, etc. can handle traffic of random seekers--

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:27 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

And someone mentioned earlier, forget when, that the Space Needle is ACTUALLY the Space Tower, according to a sign right on it... maybe thats where the 'or' in tower or two comes in...???

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:27 PM Permalink
Therese Sonnek

The State Fair grounds are offically in Falcon Heights, aren't they? That would rule them out. Also, the golf clue in the 1st clue is always there each year to keep people from destroying the golf courses. The year the medallion was at Highland recently had the golf clue, even though Highland has a golf course. So, the park could have a golf course, but stay off of it if it does!!!

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:28 PM Permalink
Terry

The state fair grounds north to Hoyt Ave are in St. Paul. Hoyt is the divider there.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:29 PM Permalink
OttaMyMind

Any streets in St. Paul named after famous chefs?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:30 PM Permalink
Annette B.

I think it could be in a park that has a golf course, but not "where the golfer's cavort" - whether that just means the golf clubhouse and or of course it means not on the course itself. But I am not ruling out a park w/ a golf course.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:30 PM Permalink
Terry

Not that I know of.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:30 PM Permalink
TJH

Maybe the opposites attract thing is refering to a magnet that teh medallion may be attached to and stuck to the side of a pavillion or a bus shelter

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:31 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

Boyardee Street

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:31 PM Permalink
Annette B.

I was thinking bus shelter as well b4 when I saw about keeping out of the rain.

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:32 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

THJ... they discourage metal detectors... then again after all this time maybe people have abandoned them for good so they think theyre safe... stupid paradoxical medallion hunt

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:33 PM Permalink
OttaMyMind

any parks on or near Boyardee?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:36 PM Permalink
TJH

Maybe William Tell is the hunter

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:36 PM Permalink
Lori MacLennan

Ottamymind...could butler have anything to do with a chef?

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:36 PM Permalink
Sister Sister

Isn't RAVIOLI park on Boyardee??? I think there may also be a Spaghetti O park on Franco American St.!!! LOL!

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:37 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

yeah Ravioli Park is next to Boyardee Street...

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:37 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

SISTER SISTER... !!!

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:38 PM Permalink
TJH

Butlers and chefs have two different job descriptions

Fri, 01/28/2000 - 8:38 PM Permalink