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1999 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.

Golden Boy

It was FORD who Shot Lincoln. Also Kennedy's Secretary's last name was Lincoln, and Lincoln was shot in 1865, Kennedy close to 1965, and both victims of a crime - thus police.........I'm gettin dizzzzzy

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:19 AM Permalink
Phillip Diskerud

flying maybe hockey pucks...

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:20 AM Permalink
Birdie15

because early clues tell you what it is hidden in

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:20 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

Okay, call me Jonnie come lately. Or dim.

How the hell does Ford and Lincoln figure into all this?

I smell Green's involvement in this plot...

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:20 AM Permalink
Step

Golden--you're gettin' deep, buddy....

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:20 AM Permalink
gold coat

this team is heading to bed so we are rested for clues 3 thru 12, thanks for the noodling and we will see you back here tom. nite sweet dreams!!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:21 AM Permalink
Step

what the hell is noodling???

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:21 AM Permalink
Birdie15

hidden in somethin green?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:21 AM Permalink
gold coat

this team is heading to bed so we are rested for clues 3 thru 12, thanks for the noodling and we will see you back here tom. nite sweet dreams!!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:22 AM Permalink
Phillip Diskerud

hockey pucks, ice rinks in Phalen...

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:22 AM Permalink
Brad J. Brunner

Would you have to pay a "capital gains tax on that??

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:22 AM Permalink
gold coat

this team is heading to bed so we are rested for clues 3 thru 12, thanks for the noodling and we will see you back here tom. nite sweet dreams!!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:22 AM Permalink
Birdie15

who was president in 1865???

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:22 AM Permalink
gold coat

this team is heading to bed so we are rested for clues 3 thru 12, thanks for the noodling and we will see you back here tom. nite sweet dreams!!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:23 AM Permalink
storm

Golden, the namesake of the Ford Theatre shot Lincoln? Who was John Wilkes Booth?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:23 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

What's that, Gold Coat? Didn't catch that, catch that, catch that...

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:23 AM Permalink
Birdie15

I mean who was president in 1849???

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:23 AM Permalink
gold coat

this team is heading to bed so we are rested for clues 3 thru 12, thanks for the noodling and we will see you back here tom. nite sweet dreams!!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:24 AM Permalink
Step

?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:25 AM Permalink
Brad J. Brunner

Nighty nite

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:25 AM Permalink
green

Ittiz, because in years past the warning to not damage property has been very general - just don't damage public property. Ittiz significat that *this* year they specifically say, "Ittiz in the park, but not the golf course - so don't dig it up."

Storm, too funny on the "capital" bit!! LOL!!!

Step... The word "scene". Lincoln was shot in Ford Theatre - scenes of plays. Also, and I'll admit this - was an after thought to my original one... - Boothe *was* caught. Don't think PP would go into that much detail for a single road, but in years past one clue has had as many as 3-4 words referencing the same thing.

Birdie, not unless - in my opinion - ittiz on a ski or in a sled!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:25 AM Permalink
Step

what the hell is noodling???

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:25 AM Permalink
AllieGo

Is there a park at Fort Snelling?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:25 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

Step: Noodle it awhile, you'll figger it out.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:26 AM Permalink
Vicki Kasal

have to ask yourself what the scene is in #1

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:27 AM Permalink
Phillip Diskerud

I am thinking Hockey... Hockey team coming to St. Paul flying=pucks.. winning tuff if hit.. hit=nil hockey popular outdoor attraction.. close to a outdoor hockey rink.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:27 AM Permalink
Birdie15

who was president in 1849??

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:27 AM Permalink
Vicki Kasal

so, so tired...going off to bed! good night green! We'll be good friends after all of this! see you tomorrow evening!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:28 AM Permalink
Brad J. Brunner

I don't even know who was president before Clinton

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:29 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

Green: You don't think there's a greater warning simple because Saint Paul has been getting hit with lots of litigation stemming from damage? It would reduce the likelihood of getting sued if you limited the hunt to the city. And golf courses are expensive to repair.

Eye just don't feel too suspicious about those directions.

What's brown and black and looks good on a lawyer?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:29 AM Permalink
Marie Clark

Well, this was fun Green, we are off & will be here again tomorrow. RED

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:29 AM Permalink
green

ALL: When you're icon (hour glass) is frozen and just sits there...

DO NOT!!! Keep hitting "Post My Message"! What's happening is something's going on in The 'Planet, and if you continually hit "PMM" you will have multiple posts as Gold Coat has.

Only hit "Post My Message" once... And then please be patient.

If you hit it many times and see you've posted a bazillion posts, please do us all a HUGE FLAVOR and go back and delete all but one.

Thank you.

I now return you to your originally scheduled noodling.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:30 AM Permalink
Terry

Night to all those toddling off to dreamland. Sweet Cooler Medallion Dreams!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:30 AM Permalink
Eags

Step: Noodling (verb) 1) Using your noodle. 2) To noodle.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:30 AM Permalink
Golden Boy

1849--1849? 150 Years ago - PP's anniversary - very observant. That would be Polk (1845-49) or Taylor (1849-50). I think Taylor was assissinated like Lincoln (short term) - just not in Ford's Theatre.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:30 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

Pucks don't fly downhill. Ski jumpers are called "flyers." So are sleds, as in Radio Flyers.

Where the hell do you get 1849?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:31 AM Permalink
Terry

150 years ago...when the St. Paul Pioneer Press/Dispatch was born.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:32 AM Permalink
Amy Trandahl

What do you guys think of mounds park? "Flying downhill" (airport down below?)But don't get too close to the action. ???????? I don't know I am still in the dark here!lol I don't think there would be a golfcourse because I don't think they would narrow it down to only 3 parks in the first clue like that. And you would be "wasting your time at the wrong scene" I guess We'll have to wait till tomorrow over here!!! See you all out there!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:32 AM Permalink
Birdie15

I was think maybe William Henry HARRIson Harriet Island?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:33 AM Permalink
Brad J. Brunner

I love to laugh thanks Eagle Eye

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:33 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

Yes. But where does that relate to a clue? Did Eye miss number 3 or 4 already, or are you guys just making 'em up for grins?

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:33 AM Permalink
Golden Boy

Bird - you've got something. Taylor Ave runs right into Newell Park.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
Brad J. Brunner

yea... we even got two clues a day then too

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
Eags

Gonna check out of this hotel for now. Going to SnoozerLand. Think I'll put the clues under my pillow and see what dreams that brings.

I'll be here bright and early tomorrow morning, slogging to see what I missed.

Goodnight and Sweet Medallion-Hunting Dreams to everybuddy!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
green

Nite, All!!!

SMHD!!! (Sweet Med Hunt Dreams)!!!

Ittiz, OBVIOUSLY you've NOT been to our Web site!!! AND YOU!!! SUCH AN ESTEEMED MEMBER O'THE CREW!!! Shamey, shamey, shamey!!!

Check out just last year's *generic* first clue. You'll see what I mean. And that's YEARS after the law suit thingy. Yup. I *wish* you'd trust Ter and me on this. PAAALLEEEZZZ????

Step... Noodle the clues izz to ponder them, think, worry them like a dog with a bone - "use your noodle" on the clues!

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
mitchel boyz

think it's at Cheerokee park again, because I think so.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
Ittiz Eye

I like the Mounds theory. Flying downhill to the airport works. The "not too close" could refer to the warning beacon on the bluff.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:35 AM Permalink
Terry

Well some of us are trying to think of how history might play a role in this year's hunt. And being this is the 150th anniversary of Mom Press, it might play a role in the clues...and if not...just think how much education we'll get.

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:35 AM Permalink
Brad J. Brunner

nighty night you

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:36 AM Permalink
Birdie15

President----caught, scene, action Clinton did all of these

Mon, 01/25/1999 - 12:36 AM Permalink