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Chinese pavilion, gift from a sister city, unveiled at Phalen Regional Park

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DSC_1273-e1541281189361.webp, Visitors sipped hot tea and listened to a performer play the Qeej, a reed instrument, as they got their first look at the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion in , DSC_1347.webp, Women wearing traditional Hmong dresses pose Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in front of the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion, a gift from St. Paul's sister city Chan, DSC_1338.webp, Anna Look, 6, left, of Ramsey, and her friend Kailyn Jiang, 7, of Brooklyn Park, play Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in front of the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion,, DSC_1320.webp, A performer plays the Qeej, a free-reed musical instrument with a hollow body and six bamboo pipes, Saturday, Nov. 3, at the unveiling of the new Xian, DSC_1296.jpg, Organizers unveiled the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion in Phalen Regional Park on Nov. 3, 2018. The structure is a gift from St. Paul's sister city Changsha
By DEANNA WENIGER | Pioneer PressVisitors to the unveiling of the Xiang Jiang Pavilion in Phalen Regional Park on Saturday sipped hot tea and listened
Chinese Pavilion Rises in Saint Paul
 While Changsha gave St. Paul the pavilion, and even sent over Chinese engineers to construct it, the society had to come up with $1 million to build

Mendota Heights couple celebrates 70 years of bridge, dancing, love and marriage

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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
Momsen-70-001.webp, Yvonne and Bob Momsen, seen at their Mendota Heights home on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 11, 2018. T, Momsen-70-002.webp, Bob Momsen holds a photo of himself and his bride, Yvonne, taken at a spring formal about six months before their wedding in 1948, at his Mendota Heig, Momsen-70-003.webp, Bob and Yvonne Momsen, center, share memories with three of their kids, from left, Beverly Momsen, Brad Momsen and Bonnie Brill, at their Mendota Heig, Momsen-70-004.webp, Beverly Momsen shows a card that was made for her parents, Bob and Yvonne Momsen, at their Mendota Heights home on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. They will ce, Momsen-70-005.webp, A daughter holds an old photo of Bob and Yvonne Momsen, taken at a reception sometime after their 1948 wedding, at the couple's Mendota Heights home o, 20090115__090118huntguy1.webp, Bob Momsen recalls his days hiding the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion as his wife, Yvonne, laughs Tuesday at their home in Mendota Heights.
The Momsens have gone platinum.They’re not a band and it’s not an album; they’re a couple and it’s a marriage.Yvonne and Bob Momsen held hands as thei

Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt notes from the field: Parking lot genius, royal hunt postponed

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treasurehunt_finalnight.webp, Treasure Hunters fill Harriet Island Regional Park’s great lawn just after the final clue was released about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (Pho
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressHarriet Island Regional Park stretches 70 acres along the Mississippi, where it can field fierc
jmp-001-0549-medallion-presser.webp, Rob Brass, left, the finder of the medallion, and his team are knighted by the St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty after a press conference for the Pione
QUEEN DIGS THE HUNTAfter Thursday’s press conference, as members of the Royal Family mingled with Pioneer Press executives and tired-looking Treasure
img_5627-001.jpg, Paul Antinozzi of Ham Lake shows his homemade medallion digger, at left — a broom/steel brush combo he used as a professional caulker that he says is
‘FRANKENSTEIN,’ ‘TITANIC’In my Day 11-of-the-Hunt story, I quoted this guy, about what it would be like that night when the final clue came in:“Thousa

Were you stumped? The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clues explained

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jmp-006-0476-medallion-presser.webp, Treasure Hunt winner Rob Brass’s mother and sons hold his medallion after a news conference for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion winner Thurs
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressStill trying to unravel the meaning of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clues?The medallion was
medallionmap1.webp, A yellow star on this Google Maps satellite image marks where the 2018 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion was found in Harriet Island Regional Park

Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters dig in for a late night

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treasure-hunters1.webp, Tom, who gave no last name, from Hastings hunts for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul on Wednesday
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressPioneer Press Treasure Hunters were anticipating a long, exhilarating night.Many hunters were f
treasure-hunters3.webp, Treasure hunters search along the Mississippi riverbank for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul on W
Nearby, 30 or so people — many familiar to each other, as hard-core clue crackers — were hunkered in a narrow, wooded strip of land, digging around fa
'National holiday' for Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt day 11
Yvonne Hoffman of Inver Grove Heights was doing a marathon dig around her job, with little sleep. On Wednesday, she brought in reinforcements — her ni
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