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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
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
Deed is Done http://tinyurl.com/CwMessage
Clue 1 http://tinyurl.com/Clue1Video
Clue 2 http://tinyurl.com/clue2videonew
Clue 3 http://tinyurl.com/clue3video
Clue 4 http://tinyurl.com/clue4video
Clue 5 http://tinyurl.com/clue5videonew
Clue 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14Z7enoJmo
Clue 7 http://www.twincities.com/sharedvideo/?bcpid=58071989001&bctid=62974493001
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Not yet but I will eventually. Maybe.
Performances at Como Park are a continuing tradition for the band. The annual Como Concert Series is performed the first three Wednesday evenings in August each year, with concerts beginning at 7:00 pm.
Their Number One song they play is "Hail! Minnesota" written in 1904 by Mr. Truman E. Rickard and opens the concerts.
The Minnesota State Band has been around since 1898.
The band has extensive relations with the Musikverein Ellzee in Germany and with other bands from the countries it has visited.
http://www.minnesotastateband.org/history.html
Cool! All these things I find out in these hunts.
Oh, well. (sigh) One man's trash is another's treasure. Important thing is you're happy and enjoying.
But not my idea of fun. LOL!
Twins = Cozy Lake (where the golf course is now), Como Lake
gravel = Mcmurray fields used to be a gravel pit
The smoke stack near mcmurray
ughhh!
There is a LOT of vagueness in these Clues yet - I don't think you can honestly 'anchor' your sights on Como... heck, we haven't even made it to Halftime yet!
In Video Clue #2, they are dressed as a woman. Written Clue #2 could very well refer to Deborah Howell.
In Video Clue #5, they are wearing a sombrero and shouting "Ole!" Written Clue #5 could refer to Nosos, from the South Winds (Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe he was mentioned.)
So, what do we see in the other video clues?
Clue #4 is Joe masked as a duck(?)
Clue #1 Sherlock Holmes (?) The man was smoking a pipe, if memory serves me correctly.
are you comin out soon snake?
MDLLN8R
High 5!
I haven't even looked at any of the video clues. I just have a hard time believing that they are going to tell us something significant that the paper clues don't tell us, and they seem to be psyching everyone out. Anyone else agree?
Tonight will be it. I know it.
as i pointed out last nite...western and tack are horse terms...
and i forgot about the ride....i was stuck on horseshoes...
Clue 1 stanza 2
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
Ramsey County, not Saint Paul, Cherokee straddles Saint Paul, Mendota Heights, Lilydale and West Saint Paul
Clue No. 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.
I'm thinking the Sir Soot refers not just to the Vulcan Krewe character but the NSP smoke stack at Cherokee
Our mother, often refers to the pioneer press, in 1992 two medallions were hidden, the first one was found too quickly, the second, the twin, was at Cherokee. I'm thinking the medallion may be hidden in a wrapper from a klondike bar. Kate from the taming of the shrew (Elizabethan), and klondike kate, the winter carnival sassy maid, get it? klondike kate would be the recipient of the vulcan kiss
Clue No. 3
Look high, look low, wherever you go
Follow a picturesque route
There are ways to travel away from the gravel
Cherokee is on two dramatically different levels with rock and ice climbing betwix them, license needed, down by the river and up on a high cliff, up on the high cliff is a picturesque nature viewing area with a gravel storm drainage area
Clue No. 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
That keep you in hot pursuit
along Cherokee blvd are low brown gates with long reflective dashes, especially frequent at the car park. Also, I think this is the typical jab at the computer posters to get out and dig already. I think hot pursuit means look for a picnic area with barbeque facilities, just like the one across from the gravel drainage area
Clue No. 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
Cherokee is the western most park in st paul
at the upper cliff western end you are actually above the nsp smoke stack there is a population sign for the city of mendota heights, 11,000 grand in scale, an arrow points to the bruce vento nature trail
I think I may be on to something.
Most everybody else is in Como.
At the frog pond, no doubt.
Clue #1: In Ramsey County
Clue #2: Sir Soot = "Cole-man" (Coleman Sr Deb Howell's 2nd husband), her language bleepin heathen = Howell known to be profane, editor of the PP when they won two Pulitzers (mother blessed with twins)
Clue #3: Picturesue Route = Pleasant Ave
Clue #4: Morse Code, long dashes that dot the landscape = railroad (run next to Linwood park)
Clue #5: Westerly track up from the stack = west from the "Landmark" Brewery (w/ big smoke stack) "up" the hill on St Clair Ave brings you to "Linwood Park"; Landmark Stack is visible from Linwood Park
Howell when she lived in St Paul lived at 835 Osceala Ave (2 blocks from Linwood Park)
We had planned on doing some scouting tonight and then head to Yarusso's, but this weather has given me a royal sinus headache so we are going to lay low tonight.
Hail to thee our college dear
Thy light shall ever be
Thy beacon bright and clear
Thy sons and daughters true
Will proclaim thee near and far
They will guard thy fame
And adore thy name
Thou shalt be their Northern Star!
Elizabethan English, kinda sorta.