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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.

pincher

conway heights playground,have fun

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:29 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

Whos the comedian?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:29 PM Permalink
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John Candy is a minnesotan comic

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:29 PM Permalink
R Peterson

Conway used to be called Conway Heights Park.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:29 PM Permalink
R Peterson

Jenny the comedian is Tim Conway, ding ding.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:29 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

So it is ....Como.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:29 PM Permalink
Leah Logan

Well now that Conways out where is everyone heading to?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:30 PM Permalink
RushHarley

Come on guys its back at Newell yeah thats the ticket and by the way I've got a souvenir medallion for sale yeah, and some oceanfront land in Utah yeah.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:30 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

No Its not..Dong,dong.....

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:30 PM Permalink
Victoria

agree it does not say Conway Park...plus hundreds of people have been looking there for the last 2 days it would have been found by now....i really dont

think that they would have given us this extra clue if everyone was in the right spot

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:31 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

Conway is not a Park any longer so its out.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:31 PM Permalink
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Is there anything about Elton John or John Candy

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:31 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Conway is a park, it is called "Conway Heights Park"

Goto http://www.friendsoftheparks.org and click find a park, then type conway, it is called Conway Heights Park and Recreation Center.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:31 PM Permalink
Chaz D

Not at Conway! Don't waste your time with what it "used to be." These clues are present day. The note above and Clue 1 specify PARK. If you wish to ignore my

comment, so be it. But, you'll be sorry! :)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
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The NOTE above was just posted

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

OK...Were going to como

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
G. Sax

My Rand McNally map distinctly names the park "Conway Heights Park & Recreation Area." It's one of the rare two-in-ones, like Linwood Park & Recreation

Area, the hiding spot chosen for Roger Barr's book, "The Treasure Hunt." It's new territory for the Pioneer Press, or should I say it's iconoclastic?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
Lionel Hutz

OK, so if we accept and toy with the notion that it is not Conway because of a technicality, then who are the crooner and the funny man. Coming up with Perry

Como is easy enough but is only half of the equation. And then what do we do with the "first" and "last" terminology?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
linh ngo

so why do ya think its not at conway?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Chaz D - Where do you think its at and why???

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

you idiots... if you actually went to conway you would have seen the sign that says CONWAY PARK AND RECREATION CENTER...Notice the AND???

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
R Peterson

Why do you think Conway is out? It couldn't be more clear that it IS Conway.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:33 PM Permalink
pincher

translucent peaks, 3 of them can be seen from conway, two on top of Sun Ray Mall, one on top of conway bldg

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:34 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

Comedian...first name Perry??

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:34 PM Permalink
The Geo Kid

The clue says translucent peak-singular, not plural. A technicality but it may be and important one.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:35 PM Permalink
Kathy W

let's get it right. It's the crooners first name so como is out.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:36 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

last name Perry?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:36 PM Permalink
Kathy W

let's get it right. It's the crooners first name so como is out.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:36 PM Permalink
RushHarley

It also couldn't have been more clear that it was at Newell a few days ago. Come on guys the PP is really screwing with us this year. First we all thought it was

Newell thanks to the Hewitt, Fairview, and Young street name clues. Then we thought it was HP because of the St. Francis ruse now we are being pulled into

Conway and if everything holds true tonight there will be a clue proving another park.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:37 PM Permalink
Bill King

Barton how are you? Did you go out to Conway? Do you think its there? I haven't been to Conway in th epast 2 days, so I'm wondering how dug up it is?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:37 PM Permalink
Victoria

are you sure the sign at Conway doesnt say Conway Community Center....owned by Parks and Recreation???

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:37 PM Permalink
Kathy W

let's get it right. It's the crooners first name so como is out.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:37 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

Who is the comedian any hints?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:38 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

the MED is IN CONWAY... no doubts at all... 100% sure... but it's turned to ice like cherokee last year... so digging is tough... they put the "park" note up there

because Conway is so dug up people are crossing the streets to dig apartment lawns, parking lots, yada yada yada... GET IT???!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:38 PM Permalink
FOOLED YA

PIE is Back from the madness:

I was out there for Six hours today watching the insanity. There is no need to wreck anything or to dig in somebodys yard.

There was one guy I met who has been out there for 18 hours straight with only one half hour break! His pal was passed out in a van on Wilson. They had dug

several areas the equivalent of half a football field. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many people with many ideas, most of which are a total waste of mental power. I think some of these power surges are short circuited!!!!

I think the clue tonight will tell if it's on the east or west side of the main north south path. Tommorrows clue will segment that into quarters or eighths!!!!!!

Use common sense and good judgement when hunting for the medallion!

Here's more of a list on where it is.......NOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Places it's not!!!!!!!!!!

ON top of 3M

On top of the standard oil sign

In the bushes by the building you hacks!!!

In your hand you medallion less baffoons!!!

Stuck to the bottom of your boot!!

In Dickey Boy's bedroom!

Underneath of home plate on any fields you destructive animalistic maniacs!!!!!

Inside the gas meter at the library you suicidal pyromaniac hack!!!!!

In the librarians purse, you purse snatchin mindless wonder!!!

Duct taped to the top of the 60' high lightpole!!!!

Below the frostline!!!!!

Inside a telephone wire box

high up in a tree

inside my pants

in the middle of the hockey rink you freaking morons

inside a telephone pole

3' below ground level near the playground equipment you diggers from hell!!!!!!!!

in the toilet of the playground

inside the library you literary fools

attached to a moving car

on top of a mtc bus

in a girls bra..........when she's wearing it you perverts!!!!!!!

on top of the water tower you mountain climbing total freaking idiot!!!!!!!

under the asphalt bike path!!!!!!!

inside the air vent at the rec center

on the sliding hill (it's not on or near the sliding hill you clueless bastards)

in a bird house in a back yard

and for alot of you..... for your information it's not up your own ass so why don't you pull your heads out of there!!!!!!!!

The exact spot will never be pinpointed because of the $ amount and numbers of people. It will be by sheer luck and fate for whoever finds it!!!!! To the finder (if it's

not me)please call me for travel arrangements to Mexico!! I have friends there and can show you a great time. They're locals and can stretch your stay and save you

mucho pesos!!!!!!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:38 PM Permalink
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this is stretching it, but what is not at this point?? I just don't like the 3m thing--it's obvious i know-but---. so how about mars (the planet) as the red object... it is the

fourth planet from the sun you know. any thoughts--be nice.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:38 PM Permalink
jaguilar

you ar eall grasping for something that isn't there. you need to get out and dig now if you want to have any chance. it IS conway, but by now it has most likely been

pushed around and thats why its not found yet. digging is what it is going to take now, i'm on my way soon...

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:38 PM Permalink
klaver2

Crooner first, funnyman last. First name same as last name of comedian or funny actor. Any actors or comedians with Perry last name. Not Luke Perry, although his

acting is a joke.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:39 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

help!!!!!!!!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:39 PM Permalink
Lionel Hutz

RushHarley - What are you talking about? What Hewitt, Fairview, and Young clues? And I don't recall there ever being a consensus.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:39 PM Permalink
pincher

how do you come up with st francis

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:40 PM Permalink
bronco

from bronco perry como,andy kaufman

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:40 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

Next ?

(Deleted item originally posted by klaver2 on 06:42pm Feb 2, 1999 CST)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:42 PM Permalink
Jenny Schuette

But hows kaufman last?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:43 PM Permalink
The Geo Kid

Why are you thinking Perry? Where is there a Perry Park? The name of the park is the crooner's first name and the funny man's last!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:44 PM Permalink
pincher

steve perry-journey? how do you come up with st francis?

(Deleted item originally posted by The Geo Kid on 06:45pm Feb 2, 1999 CST)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:45 PM Permalink
linh ngo

hey jaguilar are u a teacher????????????

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:45 PM Permalink
Kathy W

Bronc, the crooners first name and the comedians last name are the same. Where is the sameness in Perry Como and Andt Kaufman????????

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:46 PM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

hello.... The "NOTE" about park is referring to the fact that some yahoos dug up the water tower ground near Highland and were removed by the water dept!

Don't believe me? Go the planet's main page and click on the story!

Oh, PIE - LOLROFWMP ;>)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:46 PM Permalink
RushHarley

First clue says don't disturb a fairway (FAIRVIEW) or green (SYNONYM OF YOUNG). Also first clue says follow this advice and you won't be at the wrong

scene. (CHRIS HEWITT is the film reviewer for the PP) if he says a movie is bad then you shouldn't waste your time going to see it. As far as the other clues there

are a row of three freshly planted, undisturbed by the winter, trees pointing right at the little shovel toys in the playground (Quarry). If you continue to follow this line

you will bump into the Play tower which is peak shaped with an open air top that light could shine through. Directly down from that at the bottom of a hill coming

down Taylor street there is a sign with an arrow pointing towards Hewitt street. If you follow this arrow all the way to Hewitt you run into a four way stop.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 6:47 PM Permalink