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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
 



 

frostbite

I just got back from Como - had to go so took a longer lunch. A few out there. Seem to be following the Klondike Kate/Klondike bar/polar bear/como polar bear twins/ the dutch oven/kiln thing as the "stack", away from the ball fields that used to be a gravel pit, "figures grand" maybe the tall field light towers. Problem is, a westerly tack from the chimney oven thing does not go "up" - it's the highest point on the little hill it sits on. Not sure of the dashes unless the are the picnic tables in the west area. Didn't have time to shovel, but it didn't seem right. Like last year the park was pretty much known right away. Guess will wait for tonight to see what happens. gotta get some work done today.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:42 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Thanks so much for this update, Frost.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:50 AM Permalink
queenmalley

The dutch oven kiln thing. It's got a name! Boy, would love to have a fireplace named after me....anyone know who this Joyce Kilmer is?

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace (rear view).
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:56 AM Permalink
green

Not right off the top of my head... I'll have to see if I can get it to fit. Thanks!
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:57 AM Permalink
queenmalley

There is a tree growing out of the top of oven.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:57 AM Permalink
queenmalley

close-up of oven.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:59 AM Permalink
frostbite

you bet - hope I can help in any way.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:59 AM Permalink
queenmalley

Oven, side view.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:01 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Stone ring surrounds oven, but would be buried by snow? "A trail"?

Boy, I am going to be eating crow, or a Klondike bar, if it isn't in Como.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:06 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

Note to self: Don't dig where Zephy Dug
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:11 PM Permalink
zephyrus

"Problem is, a westerly tack from the chimney oven thing does not go "up""

Sometimes only part of what you read is actually a clue.

Como Road was a "tack" to get people out to the area to buy land from the newly developed Lake Como housing area.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:13 PM Permalink
zephyrus

I wouldn't dig here at all...
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:13 PM Permalink
zephyrus

I think you will be just fine.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:15 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Joyce Kilmer is a dude!

Alfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918) was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem entitled Trees (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. While most of his works are unknown, a select few of his poems remain popular and are published frequently in anthologies. Several critics, both Kilmer's contemporaries and modern scholars, disparaged Kilmer's work as being too simple, overly sentimental, and suggested that his style was far too traditional, even archaic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Kilmer
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:15 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace - The large stone fireplace was erected in Como Park in St. Paul, MN in 1936 in memory of Kilmer. Today the fireplace is in a state of disrepair and a nearby sunken pool with miniature waterfalls, also named for Kilmer, no longer exists. Kilmer was honored by St. Paul Parks Superintendent W. Lamont Kauffman, who was a charter member of the Joyce Kilmer post of the American Legion.

An annual Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest in his honor.

# Summer of Love. (New York: Baker and Taylor, 1911).

# Trees and Other Poems. (New York: Doubleday Doran and Co., 1914).

# The Circus and Other Essays. (New York: Lawrence J. Gomme, 1916).

# Main Street and Other Poems. (New York: George H. Doran, 1917).

# The Courage of Enlightenment. An address delivered in Campion College, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, to the members of the graduating class, 15 June 1917. (Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin: 1917).

# Dreams and Images: An Anthology of Catholic Poets. (ed. by Joyce Kilmer). (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1917).

# Literature in the Making by some of its Makers. (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917).

# Poems, Essays and Letters in Two Volumes. Robert Cortes Holliday (ed.). (Volume One: Memoir and Poems, Volume Two: Prose Works) (New York: George H. Doran, 1918 - published posthumously).

# The Circus and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:22 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

yeah....my shovel isn't designed for the sand box...
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:23 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Found near the Fireplace/oven in 1956. Beula Zone.

In 1956, by the oven, looks like it was found in the woods across from the path going by the oven. Photo 130. dirt parking lot abutts it.

(Map guy).
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:29 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

After hitting a squirrel on the way to work this morning (it might have lived) my day is looking brighter! Shared ideas and had lunch with a former finder, even though we have different thoughts about possible parks, maybe some of her luck will rub off!
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:41 PM Permalink
zephyrus

The two grand figures (on top of the capitol) are at one end of Como Avenue which leads to Como park.

Taken from a post at the end of an article I cant login to read...
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:04 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

I've been digging, and found stuff, but not good stuff. :ooh:
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:15 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Brown Gold dosent Count!! lol
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:22 PM Permalink
temcmh

checking out cherokee

ok, confess to not reading posts, mea culp too many...so I apologize if i'm going over old ground here, burn and move on

nsp stack, west end of town, grand figure, there's the population sign for mendota heights, 11k

now, this is right by the bruce vento trail, see?

and this is right by the gravel storm sewer drainage area

it just seems to come together in one tight area, that's all
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:22 PM Permalink
SEEKer$$

I just got back from driving around the parks. I like the Lilydale Regional park and Cherokee.

Figures grand in scale (It is the start of Bruce Vento's Trail)point to a trail.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:23 PM Permalink
SEEKer$$

The Bruce Vento Regional Trail is a rail trail in the cities of Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, Maplewood, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The trail occupies an abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad corridor and intersects with the Gateway State Trail in Maplewood and continues to just east of Lake Phalen in Saint Paul. South of the lake, it continues along Phalen Boulevard and through Swede Hollow to its terminus near Seventh Street. Another spur off of Phalen Boulevard continues west, going over a long bridge that crosses very active railroad tracks, and terminates at Interstate 35E.

The trail is approximately 7 miles (11 km) long from its northern end just north of I-694 to the southern terminus near Seventh Street and Payne Avenue. The extension along Phalen Boulevard is 1.3 miles (2.1 km). Most of the trail was built in the late 1990s. The section along Phalen Boulevard was paved in late 2005.

The trail leads through an abandoned rail corridor and is mostly off the road. In some places it goes through residential neighborhoods. There are some nice views of Phalen Lake through the trees. The section in Swede Hollow is particularly scenic where it runs through a ravine except for the presence of out-of-scale billboards. The south end of the trail features the Seventh Street Improvement Arches. This is a historic bridge built to carry the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad underneath Seventh Street. North beyond this are abandoned factories that belong to 3M. The Phalen Boulevard extension goes through more industrial and office areas, but at the top of the bridge over Westminster Junction, there is a historical exhibit with descriptions of how the railroads developed along with the city.

The trail is named for U.S. Representative Bruce Vento.

This former Burlington Northern Railroad corridor was formerly used by the Northern Pacific Railway and was originally built as the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:23 PM Permalink
SEEKer$$

I think clue 2 is what it is wrapped in.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:24 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

I agree, cause i don't see how else Howell fits in
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:26 PM Permalink
leelabell

Something I can get from the library? Post a link or details if you can.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:35 PM Permalink
leelabell

I'm wondering if that's the case myself.

You could make the argument that if you extend Howell in one of its directions, you could have it run into either Hidden Falls or Crosby.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:38 PM Permalink
zephyrus

::bleep::... will have to remember where I got it from...
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:46 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

Does anyone have a pic of the mural at como? We used to have one on our old comp but can't find it
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:48 PM Permalink
zephyrus

Leelabell... I know why I didn't find an article...

::kicks self::

That is a link to the new PP hunt boards that I don't frequent. (I go to the old board, if I go at all, which isn't much) :sheepish:
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:51 PM Permalink
leelabell

It is just a noodling thread talking about the pluses and minuses of Como, most of which have been rehashed here. The grand figures the post references are those at the Capitol, which sits near the end of Como, according to the poster.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:52 PM Permalink
zephyrus

Yeah, that is what I saw... I was thinking there was an article that I couldn't log into that I was missing...

<--------stupid :pbpt:
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:54 PM Permalink
Andrea

Wasn't the mural on the pool buildings? If so, it will be gone now.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:56 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

It was, why are the buildings gone now?
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:57 PM Permalink
Andrea

They are going to be redoing the pool. There is a debate on what will replace the old one though. The city seems to want a Highland-style waterpark pool and the neighborhood wants something simple like the old one. The old pool was crumbling and in disrepair.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:59 PM Permalink
leelabell

What sorts of billboards are along Shepard, 35E, W 7th, Hwy 5, Ford, etc? Basically what billboards can you see from the parks along the river from the brewery going upstream? Are there any big Powerball signs or pictures of people (figures) signs you can see from either Crosby or Hidden Falls?
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:59 PM Permalink
SEEKer$$

why are people looking at tony schmidt park?
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:00 PM Permalink
zephyrus

Don't you hate hunting from out of town?

I wish I had a remote control device I could attach to some random couch-potato that needs the exercise anyway and make them drive around for me. I'd even let them stop at Taco Bell.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:03 PM Permalink
zephyrus

Wow... Times fun when your having flies...

1 am here... have a great day and good luck! You guys have to find it before I leave!
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:04 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

LMAO!!!! That is great!! Thanks Z-man I needed a Smile TODAY!!! :sillygrin: :sillygrin: :goofy:
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:07 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

I wanna scout a couple locations before it gets dark - but I have to skate home first thru rural WI - wish me luck!
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:11 PM Permalink
leelabell

Ha Ha

(P.S. I kinda have one of those. Let's see if he sees this note and makes a comment.)
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:19 PM Permalink
wolfpac

Where from in Wisconsin?
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:22 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Just tell me where to go, d@$#it!
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:22 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

One other thought is that Howell is the second part to the clue and there's a different name for the first part. Then somehow those two names give us something. Streets? Businesses? An anagram? What's wrapped around the medallion?
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:25 PM Permalink
leelabell

Did you even leave your house today?
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:27 PM Permalink
leelabell

All good ideas. I'm going to take a break. All I've done today is noodle clues and write part of an exam, which I am making incredibly hard because I hate my students.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:28 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Fire-King is an Anchor Hocking brand of glassware similar to Pyrex and made of low expansion borosilicate glass and is ideal for oven use.

There are many decaled patterns that are very popular including Blue Mosaic, Wheat, Primrose, Fleurette, Forget Me Not and Anniversary Rose. Patterns with solid glass colors are Swirl, Sheaves of Wheat, Shell, Jane Ray, Alice, Fish Scale, Three Bands Restaurant Ware, 4000 Line and 1700 Line.

Jade-ite Restaurant Ware is most popular among some collectors. It is a creamy jade color. Martha Stewart popularized this pattern by using it on her TV show.
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 2:30 PM Permalink