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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
 



 

40below

Congratulations Jake and Rob!!!!!!!!!!!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:11 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Great photos, thanks Lil and ina.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:12 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Well done guys!! I am so glad that it goes to some coolers! Will people be at Yarussos for a while still? Who officially found it or did they both grab it at the same time?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:14 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

There's a Clue 11 video posted - shows people digging in the dark - looks like it could've been shot anywhere...

I'm heading to Yarusso's now - I freakin' starvin - haven't ate all day yet.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:14 PM Permalink
brasscat

It is a forest down there with more fallen (timber) trees than you care to see. All twisted with vines everywhere and weeds
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:16 PM Permalink
lilslim

Ina says: No limb, huge tree, tree roots, clear path from river to tree.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:16 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Not even Slyders?!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:16 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Thanks for the link.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:17 PM Permalink
lilslim

Message I got said Rob and Jake were digging together, Jake pulled it out. Not positive- just what suitcase texted me and she was there. :goofy:
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:18 PM Permalink
Andrea

LOVE that!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:18 PM Permalink
Andrea

Thanks for getting me the word! And RedBear's reporter friend was very nice and brought me hot coffee!!! :smile:
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:20 PM Permalink
Andrea

I was going to... it might be the closest I ever get! But Diggin4It (sp?) came by and let me know the press conference wasn't til 3:30 and I have kid stuff I have to cover after school. Oh well.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:21 PM Permalink
lilslim

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_14279339

Two-time winners: pair find medallion, again, ending Treasure Hunt

By John Brewer

jbrewer@pioneerpress.com

Updated: 01/27/2010 02:15:25 PM CST

Two veteran treasure hunters — and finders — found the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion about an hour ago in Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul.

Jake Ingebrigtson, 30, and Rob Brass, 31, co-finders of the puck in 2007, turned up the prize on the eleventh day of the hunt at about 1 p.m. in the park alongside the west bank of the Mississippi River.

Details are sketchy about where the medallion was hidden, but it was the same one Ingebrigtson and Brass found in Hidden Falls park three hunts ago, Ingebrigtson said. Part of its wrapping included words that are also etched on the Pulitzer Prize medals — "honoris" and "causa."

Ingebrigtson, when reached by cell phone at about 1:15 p.m., said he wasn't going to be coming to the Pioneer Press headquarters for a few hours. His plan included stopping in Minneapolis to show the medallion to coworkers and then stopping off for a beer.

He did nearly the same in 2007, taking the puck to his St. Paul apartment building and inviting friends over to check it out before heading to the newspaper.

A press conference to announce the winners is slated for 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Pioneer Press.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:26 PM Permalink
leelabell

Part of its wrapping included words that are also etched on the Pulitzer Prize medals — "honoris" and "causa."

A-Ha!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:29 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Did Kathi Hogan find it once or twice?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:29 PM Permalink
Andrea

So glad it was Cooler members. Congrats!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:29 PM Permalink
ares

joe!

congrats jake and rob.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:31 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

Jake's not gonna shower with it again is he? :pbpt:
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:33 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Cathi Hogan found it once.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:33 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

The PP should burn that medallion if that's the case
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:34 PM Permalink
leelabell

Some family found it twice in the 50s or 60s and Kirk Condie found it twice.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:35 PM Permalink
Randahl

congrats Jake and ROb!!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:36 PM Permalink
ares

better that he shower with it than that he do other things with it, i suppose
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:38 PM Permalink
leelabell

Ack, blech, puke
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:39 PM Permalink
Neecie

CONGRATULATIONS Jake and Brass! So glad one of the Crew found it.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:40 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Wow! Just saw the news. Well played sirs!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:40 PM Permalink
ares

sorry. someone had to say it :smile:

interesting that there's been two lines removed from the congratulations video.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:42 PM Permalink
queenmalley

"Plato" reference?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:47 PM Permalink
leelabell

No, the whole mother, Deborah Howell, Pulitzer noodle
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:49 PM Permalink
Neecie

I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to the crew for letting me "lurk". Work kept me too busy to really participate. Reading these messages made me feel like I was part of the hunt.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 12:55 PM Permalink
lilslim

Yup leela, spied that right away. We were right with the Deborah Howell stuff.

Kinda weird tho, how would they expect someone that was not a former or current PP staffer to know the specifics?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:08 PM Permalink
MN Lab Lover

Congrats to Jake and Rob! Awesome!!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:14 PM Permalink
leelabell

It was big news when she died. I saw articles about her here in Chicago. Not that it did us any good considering it was just a "hidden in" clue.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:20 PM Permalink
dharma lakreg

Congrats to Jake and Rob. It was a great, fun hunt. And now to sleep...
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:21 PM Permalink
Nimrod

Any idea if the press conference scheduled at 4pm will be televised live>?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:21 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Congrats to Jake and Brass.... and thank you for putting me out of my misery/ecstacy. :asleep:
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:21 PM Permalink
TBones

Congratulations Jake and Rob!

Was anyone able grab GPS coordinates of The Spot? It's time the play the How Close Was I game....
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:26 PM Permalink
New Daddy

Congrats Jake and Rob! You guys deserve to be 2 time winners!
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:44 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

Somebody will, probably Mikey.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:44 PM Permalink
Art Vandelay

When is the pity party tonight?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:45 PM Permalink
leelabell

I have no direct knowledge of this, but my guess is that people will head over to Yarusso's after the press conference.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:48 PM Permalink
leelabell

Steph, Pay_me is going to Ustream the press conference. Search on her name flamerocksteph

I'll post here when she starts.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 1:52 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Is the streaming working? I can't find it by either searching or the link. Maybe it's not started yet?
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 2:02 PM Permalink
leelabell

press conf. starting
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 2:04 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

I got it working
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 2:05 PM Permalink
leelabell

should see now
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 2:05 PM Permalink
leelabell

I think that video will save her in thread, so you should be able to go watch it later.
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 2:17 PM Permalink