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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
 



 

excavating stud

I'm confused. Do we have a confirmed clue or no?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:54 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

So it seems from this clue we can take regional park and the grain elevator across from Lilydale. Just as I thought. Nothing new to narrow down the area, just more confirmation of it.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:55 PM Permalink
excavating stud

clues up
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:55 PM Permalink
Eags

It is hidden in Farmville!
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:55 PM Permalink
leelabell

Well, maybe a little narrowed down, but not that much.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:56 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Clue? Heard the vid is out over at the PP board...nun.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:56 PM Permalink
tom

1 of 15?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:58 PM Permalink
OT

It's Sister Marie Julia!! A Dominican for sure.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:59 PM Permalink
tom

What does Michael Jackson's arm have to do with a park?

It has something to do with a Park.

Also her horns in the video is turned one up, one down.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 9:59 PM Permalink
leelabell

Does someone have a link to the video and clue?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:00 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

These videos are really starting to p*ss me off...WTH is with the arm?!!! It clearly plays a part in this year's hunt and we (or at least I) am missing something HUGE.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:02 PM Permalink
Terry

But what does one of 15 mean?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:02 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Someone needs to transcribe the nun's mumbling after the arm scene. Something about expensive tickets to the game.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:03 PM Permalink
leelabell

Okay, what is stored in those silos? Wheat? Corn? Soy?

Does anything like that grow in the park?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:03 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Okay,I give. Lilydale it is.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:05 PM Permalink
Eags

Has the video been posted and is now gone? I haven't seen it, but all that is on the PP page is through Clue 7.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:05 PM Permalink
tom

They cost an arm and a leg. Then all of a sudden she gets an arm.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:06 PM Permalink
leelabell

Evil, glad to see you've joined the dark side. Or, maybe in your case it is the light side.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
excavating stud

I beginning to think the puck is buried in something vikings related.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
leelabell

Dig with your hand/arm instead of tool

Arm of the river

Bend in the river

There is something that has to do with those flippin' arms!
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Ha! I love it! :sillygrin:
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Terry

From what I see of that aerial view of the grain elevator, is silos three across and 15 long making a total of 45.

Each silo could hold different grain.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:08 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Why is one of the horns on the helmet turned down?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:08 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Apparently one in fifteen means the seed is stored in one of fifteen silos that you can see from the park.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:09 PM Permalink
leelabell

The seed is stored in the silo. We got that. But, how does that help us locate it in the park? It is almost like there is something special in one of those silos that will tell us where it is in the park.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:09 PM Permalink
zephyrus

I like the bend in the river noodle... It is very ARMy!
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:09 PM Permalink
leelabell

That's lame. But, you're probably right.

Another "park" clue.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:10 PM Permalink
tom

Where was the Ice Pallace that year when the super bowl was here?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:10 PM Permalink
leelabell

Thanks.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:10 PM Permalink
Terry

That video is weird - but not as weird as some of the others have been.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:11 PM Permalink
ares

being basically a grass, wheat may grow naturally there. corn and soy not likely though. not sure what exactly they store in the silos ( i think they're owned by adm), but theres a transload facility there to load barges in the river going across shepard rd.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:13 PM Permalink
Terry

Grain generally stored in grain elevators are winter wheat, spring wheat, durum wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, flax.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
ares

one of 15:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Road_Bridge_Number_15

from the article: An earlier bridge in this location, built in 1869, was a wooden Howe truss design. This was one of the original 15 bridges spanning the Mississippi River. The first bridge was an 8-span drawbridge, but much of the superstructure had to be replaced in 1877 because of decay in the original pine chords.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
OT

"The prize you'll pick off", from Twincities.com written clue. Not "you will pick off".
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:15 PM Permalink
queenmalley

thanks. weird.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:17 PM Permalink
queenmalley

know, almost a let-down!
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:19 PM Permalink
tom

I am confused about something. I thoguht the clues are all wrote at once, and not changed through out the hunt. Todays clue clearly states that it was defently wrote after.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:19 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Also, the clue mentions energy and the Island Station Power Plant is just down river a bit. So I'm guessing they're trying to outline an area apparently between the grain elevator and the power plant.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:19 PM Permalink
witchdoctor

Down on the delta, where there's no ice to melta

The purple horde raids a golden legion

Today before kickoff the prize you'll pick off

If you search in just the right region



To find the seed, energy you'll need

In your search for clues to glean

What once was planted is taken for granted

Stored in one of fifteen





(copied from PP and pasted here for your perusal)

does anyone have a transcription of the mumbling at he end?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Please STOP Noodling the Videos

They are just entertainment. They are just a distraction. According to the rules of the contest the WRITTEN clues are all that matters. They make absolutely no references to the videos for ANYthing.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
leelabell

I will tip toe near MD to say, arm, arm, arm

MrTom, if you watch NTFCF, the old clue writers say they kept working on them throughout the hunt.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:21 PM Permalink
OT

Spoil sport. :chagrin:
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:22 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Neener Neener

Hey, I never said you couldn't COMMENT on the videos; it's just driving me nuts how people are taking them as legitimate information that should be 'translated' when it is clearly nothing more than a distracting pile of B.S.
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:23 PM Permalink
tom

I remember that- but what happens when someone finds it??
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:23 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Why so mad Mad Dach5und?
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:24 PM Permalink