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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
My worry was screwing it up with people depending on me!
Also note - my cars' heater is hotter than hell - I'm cleaning the interior out for a 'warming house' if anyone needs it.
Put me down for 9-10 then... mare than likely gonna have to ramp park it tomorrow, right?
Where is this fire that I heard Slim mention earlier? I haven't been down to the park since yesterday afternoon and I didn't see one then.
Tonight:
5-6 redbear
6-7 mikey
7-8 lamommy
8-9 diggin4it
9-10 OPEN
10-clue me
Second posting of schedule
New Line Schedule:
Tonite-
5-6 Redbear
6-7 Jake
7-8 Jerilyn
8-9 Kathy
9-10 Mikey
10-Clue Me
what's the official list?
oh, and send me an egram when things change.
651-336-9952
Andrea
1) All coolers are welcome to participate.
2) If you don't like rule number 1, bite me.
3) Do not talk about fight club.
4) Everybody should take a turn in line if they can. Remember, the idea is that we all take turns getting the first spot so we ALL can benefit from having the first SPOT!
5) If you don't like rule number 1, suck it.
6) You're awfully pathetic if you think a lurker secretly paid ten dollars, figured out our system of organization, and then strategically placed themselves in the park while on our conf. call JUST to get an advantage over you. If you really think that you need to find a new hobby. Or, if you really think you're that great you should have found it already.
7) All coolers, near and far are welcome to participate. No exceptions.
:ooh: Jake is welcome to participate. I talked to Jake, he has no idea how his name got dragged into any of this and he's even volunteering to take an hour shift in line tonight. So be a little sensitive to criticizing those who are doing the work for you.
9) Jake told me that if he finds the med. off of a conf call he's giving a big chunk of the money to the people who waited in line to get him the clue. I believe him. Remember, he had no reason to give BrassMonkey any credit but did anyway.
10) Lilslim is trying to do her best to make this fun and equitable for everybody. If you don't want to participate, fine, you know how to get the clue on your own.
11) Liners are volunteers, because all things being equal we'd like one of our own to find it if not our own. In the past Mucky, Leelabell, and D4it (and others, sorry I don't remember) have stood in line so we could be in the park ready to get the clue and go before anybody else. For those who have stood in the past, THANK YOU! Your spirit of generosity I hope will be paid forward. We couldn't - and can't - have done it without you.
12) All cooler crew are open to participating. F#%R$ anybody who says otherwise, and they can answer to me. The whole purpose of doing this is getting the clue FIRST and then having the ENTIRE cooler crew have an EQUAL SHOT.
13) There are people who can't get out, or won't get out, or aren't here to get out. Those people are just as much a part of the family as anybody else, and they deserve to take part in at least an auditory part. See #2 if you disagree.
There-ends the law of Cooler teleconferencing. Jake is not the enemy. Jake is taking part. Volunteer to stand in line if you have the opportunity. Stop by if you can't and say thank you. Pay it forward.
I'm going to go get in line now.
Cooler heads prevail!
-Red
THANKS! :grin:
so 1-2 Andrea?
May have to take a potty break sometime mid-eve otherwise I'd like to stay out there. I whimped out at Mounds was was poorly dressed at Como - this time around I AM PRE-PARED.
Out.
Oh - cellphone for fans to call - 651-307-7404 - after 10:30 pm may get a busy signal... :wink:
Pioneer Press
Updated: 01/26/2010 04:20:12 PM CST
2010 Treasure Hunt details and rules reminder that, under Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt rules, the medallion is hidden on public property. Please stay off private property — especially railroad tracks.
We've received reports of hunters walking the tracks.
Enjoy the hunt. But stay safe. And stay out of trouble.
my name is spray painted on there, from when I was like 14-15, too!
No but really thanks to everyone who does participate in this each year. I heart everyone!!
2-3?
Probably a very remote chance that it would interfere.
Stay in the woods and keep Slogging!
lilslim - pencil me in, from 5-7, in that case then...
and like I said in the e-gram, just let me know if you need me out there any earlier, so I can make some arrangements....
Andrea
952-334-7120