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2010 - Lilydale Regional Park

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Discuss the 2010 Medallion Hunt Here 

13th Annual Rehash Bash and Other End of the Winter Carnival Festivities 

Sunday, January 31, 2010 
Newell Park Pavilion 
900 N. Fairview Ave. 
Saint Paul, MN 55104 
11:30am-2:30pm 

The 13th Annual Rehash Bash will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at Newell Park, from 11:30am to 2:30pm. As always, its a potluck, and since we\'ve got the building, there will be plenty of power indoors for crock pots. Donations will be accepted to cover the $136 cost for renting the facility. MrMnMikey has some door prizes available. Since this isn\'t Super Bowl Sunday this year, if people want to stick around past the 2:30 closing time, we can start a fire in one of the fire rings. 

In addition, many of us long-time Coolerheads are loyal servants of Vulcanus Rex. Join us for the Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, followed by the Vulcan Victory Dance. Information on the Parade Route is from the 2006 Vulcan Krewe. The best places for viewing the parade are going to be at the end of the parade route, as His Majesty, Vulcanus Rex LXXIII, the true King of the Winter Carnival, overthrows that other guy on the steps of the St. Paul Central Library, across from Rice Park 

 

Conference Call Info for Clue 11:

There was no conference call scheduled for clue 10.


 

  • Phone Number: 1-517-417-5000
  • Pass code: 859597 (clue 12 may be different
  • Everyone will be muted initially
  • Lines open at 11pm
  • lilslim will read the clue twice from start to finish
  • After the clue has been read, she will unmute the call
  • 60 ports are available for the teleconference



Line Placeholder Schedule 

1/26/2010- 
5-6 Redbear 
6-7 Jake 
7-8 Jerilyn 
8-9 Kathy 
9-10 Mikey 
10-Clue Steph 

1/27/2010- 
12-1 Redbear 
1-2 Andrea 
2-3 Nimrod 
3-4 jengerm 
4-5 Barefootguy 
5-6 Wicked Nick 
6-7 Chris Digger 
7-8 Art V 
8-9 CM & Me2 
9-Clue Sara 

 

 
First Video - The Deed is Done 

When January’s slanting snow, 
Makes us dream of Mexico 
St. Paul emerges from Wintery sleep 
To search for treasure buried deep 

Notice to every hunting battalion, 
We have hidden the Pioneer Press Medallion 
Where? You ask in husky shout, 
That’s for us to know, and you to find out 

Turn off the tube, leave your hovel 
Grab your walking stick and shovel, 
Whether you be giant or runt, 
The only way is to join the hunt 

For to the hunter belongs the spoil, 
Hunt by day, or Midnight oil, 
Hunt in boot and sturdy glove, 
Hunt with pal, or old true love 

For you who hunt each and every year, 
We raise a lusty St. Paul cheer 
“Good Luck” 

And now, let us be blunt, 
Get off thy duff, and hunt, hunt, hunt
Clue #1 

All hail, O Fire King, of thee we sing 
Thy blast of winter heat scorches 
When ice was like concrete it would\'ve been so sweet 
If the Vulcans plowed with their torches 

Emerge from the den as we once again 
Offer a bodacious bounty 
And this tip to the frozen: bring thick lederhosen 
To public land in Ramsey County 

Clue #1 Video

Hear ye all crews, now come the clues 
For this task I am the Czar 
With each rhyming gift, this shape I will shift 
Listen well to each avatar
Clue #2 

Kissed by a Vulcan, she left him sulkin\' 
\"Sir Soot, I\'ll not forgive these sins!\" 
Her airs Elizabethan, her language, bleepin\' heathen, 
Our mother once blessed us with twins.
Clue #3 

Look high, look low, wherever you go 
Follow a picturesque route 
There are ways to travel away from the gravel 
That keep you in hot pursuit
Clue #4 

Code by Morse should set your course 
To long dashes that dot the landscape. 
You or your avatar should park your car 
On your way to this great escape.
Clue #5 

Take a westerly tack up from the stack, 
A landmark most uncouth. 
Figures grand in scale point to a trail 
Of footprints left by our sleuth.
Clue #6 

You\'ll want to go shopping where things are hopping 
And storeowners once dropped anchor 
Go down the main drag, but be sure not to lag, 
You\'ll have plenty for which to thank her
Clue #7 

Escape your troubles where the water bubbles 
Or gurgles like a stream. 
You may be chargin\' right up to the margin. 
Look for a productive seam.
Clue #8 

Down on the delta where there\'s no ice to melta 
The purple horde raids a golden legion 
Today before kick off the prize you\'ll pick off 
If you search in just the right region 

To find the seed, energy you need 
In search for your clues to glean 
What once was planted is taken for granted 
Stored in one of fifteen
Clue #9 

Not far from stones and ancient bones 
Lay clues that are fit for Jim 
Lure the egrets to yield all secrets 
And you should satisfy him 

Get your kicks by hitting the bricks 
Admiring the trees and view 
Be ever glad hopping pad to pad 
Like amphibians in\'52
Clue #10 

Stonehenge tumbled down near a crumbled town 
Not far from the lights of the city 
If you would hike away from the pike 
You might stumble on something pretty 

Upstream from the landing lay a place in good standing 
Where people prayed, God willin\' 
Now midst the cocklebur and rusted spur 
Is nothing by murder and killin\' 

This park is a sliver, from ancient beds to a river 
In neither is the prize to be found 
Look for the goods among timber and woods 
Do not dig in the fossil ground
Clue #11 

Go for a lark in Lilydale Park 
Between Water Street and the river 
The city boundary sign and the old rail line 
Define the zone that will deliver 

You\'re outside the pale if you\'re close to the rail 
It\'s not to be found near the tracks 
Be nice and cooperative, respect private property 
On public land launch your attacks 

Within this area lies medallion hysteria 
A tangle near the river - not too close! 
About four dozen paces from the waterline to places 
Where you should tromp, dig and freeze your nose
 



 

Terry

It was demolished, by the way in 2008. Would they put that in the clue if it's gone?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:00 PM Permalink
Nimrod

think your on to something..grand in scale might be that big white bear
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:01 PM Permalink
Terry

Where would there be a stack at White Bear?

That also makes me think of the snowman in North St. Paul which is also in Ramsey County. Not that I can think of any stack there either.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:02 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

I really really don't want to be on to something because that would mean I'm pretty much out of the hunt I'm not driving to WBL every day from Eagan that's a long haul.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:03 PM Permalink
OT

Is that the "Landmark" Brewery stack that came down?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Figures grand in scale could refer to numbers (addresses?) over 1000. The line of addresses that are 1000 west would go through Como in the north and Jimmy Lee (Cassandra Lee from Clue #2?) in the south.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
Terry

What about the yacht club down on the river?

The only stack of any significance I can think of at Como is the oven.

Den - wolves?

I have a love/hate relationship with these clues.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:05 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

You think its FAR!! lol ya I know what you mean!! HEHE You know where I live! :confused: :crying:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:06 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Horse Tack.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:06 PM Permalink
Nimrod

Then come on back to Harriet Island with me...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Wouldn't be the first time they referenced things in a clue that were no longer there.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
excavating stud

are there smoke stacks on the river boats at harriet?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Nimrod

excel stack I think.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:08 PM Permalink
diggin4it

video says "pictures" grand in slueth" the clue says "figures"??
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:08 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Uncouth is an odd one:

 a : strange or clumsy in shape or appearance : outlandish b : lacking in polish and grace : rugged <uncouth verse> c : awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude.

Somewhere is a landmark rather ugly, or rugged.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:10 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

I don't know I just keep hearing sailing terms and think we need to fit that in some how and I remembered all the sail boats on WBL

Clue one emerge from the den - reference to White Bear? Long shot but who knows?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:11 PM Permalink
queenmalley

THANKS!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:11 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

or something that Moves or is move able!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:11 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Hmmm, in the video he says "pictures grand in scale". The avatar also seems to support my El Rio Vista theory!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:12 PM Permalink
diggin4it

video says "pictures" grand in slueth" the clue says "figures"??
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:13 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Phalane also has some sail boats!! lol
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
queenmalley

The new video references Mexico again. and a pony he is riding, so tack could mean horse tack. The actor mumbles stuff.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
diggin4it

come on little pony....holy holy.....that's a good boy

......good little pony

ole ole ole
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:15 PM Permalink
queenmalley

I noticed that too, Diggin' Not sure if its mumbling....
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:15 PM Permalink
Terry

Or blocks outside the park.

That video with the guy in the sombrero pretending to be riding a horse reminds me of the 1984 hunt at Newell. There used to be an old western type wagon parked up near the building and the clue said in part, something about Westward Ho.

So stacks up by Newell.

Too many ideas and not enough for sures. I know we'll be doing a scouting run tomorrow night after work.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:15 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

What is with these videos?!!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:15 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

maybe the figures are in a picture and the clue writer screwed up in the video forgot what he wrote?? I hate these video's they create more questions than help.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:17 PM Permalink
OT

Was the avatar in the video supposed to be Notos, Prince of the South Wind? Ole! Ole! Ole!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:17 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Wasn't Westward Ho used in a Como hunt to mean that Larry Ho section?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:17 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

100% agree!!! Curious to know what they'll prove to be in the end...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:18 PM Permalink
Terry

There is a part of me that appreciates the videos as a new way to deliver the clue - but how many have they screwed up? Three that I can think of out of 5.

I would suggest they either get it right or give it up.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:18 PM Permalink
queenmalley

I am guessing the actor screwed up his lines....
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:18 PM Permalink
Eags

Grand figure (huge snowman) on the Gateway Trail (about halfway through the video) and just before you go through a tunnel.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_trails/gateway/virtual.html

I have no clue if the rest of it fits, but when someone mentioned the huge figure of the white bear, I remember I'd seen a big white figure in this video when I watched it last night.

For those who can't see the clue 5 video, I think that besides the discrepancy between the word picture vs. figure, you should know that the person reading the clue shouts Ole! several times at the end.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:19 PM Permalink
diggin4it

figures grand = $10,000 :wink:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Just remember 'Stack' ain't necessarily a smokestack. There are 'stacks' of seasonal picnic tables and chairs placed in some shelters for the winter - stacks of wood near fire pits, etc... Don't get too hung up on a smokestack now...
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

That snowman is in North St. Paul.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Terry

I guess it was Go west young man for the Newell hunt. But at any rate, that wagon was cooler.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
OT

Notos, Prince of the West Wind yells Ole! Ole! Ole! all the time, Eags. I'm looking at the video again because I know who Notos is this year and I'm trying to see if he did the video. Seems a little frenetic for him though.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:22 PM Permalink
Eags

NSP is in Ramsey County.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:22 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

clue writer's gone mexican?

Let me get this right. He's trying to silhouette behind a white sheet that falls down, then he has to hide his face with his sombrero?

Whoever he is, he wears glasses, and a watch.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:22 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

LANDMARK most uncouth. Okay, we've been around St. Paul for many, many years. If it's an ugly landmark one of us must remember seeing it. Think, people. THINK!!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:22 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

True and I was looking in one of their parks one year but there really aren't too many over there and not one within sight of the snowman. Well, I think one park but it's really small. It features a war memorial with a cannon, if memory serves me correctly.
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:24 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Figures grand in scale -- my first image was some sort of large sculpture with FISH - scale

The only one I found is at the Walker conservatory in Minneapolis

Been looking thru my map book -- anyone know of a fish sculpture?
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:25 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

There are a couple big ones up near Mille Lac's Lake ok I know that isn't helpful but I don't know of any in Ramsey County :pbpt: :lipsealed:
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:27 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Fish on the Wall of the boat house at Phalan!! lol
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:27 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

West St. Paul is the "Mexican" side of town, isn't it? Burrito Mercado is over there, as is a few parks, including Cherokee. Right? Or am I confused. It's been a long day and will be a short night, even shorter if my hotel neighbor doesn't quiet down. I do need some sleep before my wake-up call. G'night and happy noodling. I return home tomorrow. YEAH!!!
Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:27 PM Permalink