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Clue #1 You've joined the hunt for the regal runt
To prove searching does pay
Don't dig a hole or knock down a pole
And the golf course is out of play
Last year Jake took home the cake
With a clue a bit off level
This year we'll rinse off all our prints
Lest this hunt go to the devil
Clue #2 The point of all this is so that you won't miss
Your big chance to grab all the cash
Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise
You'll have to do something quite rash
Clue #3 We've scanned the county to hide our bounty
And keep you on your toes
It may sound risible, but our puck's invisible
Although it might just stick to your nose.
Clue #4 How fun is the snow how far will we go
You really ought to go see
Get up for the mission and not just the wishin'
Get into the game-it's all free
Clue #5 There once was a clue that drove you-know-who
To threaten a heinous act
We'd use it again but we're afraid of his pen
My friend, that's an unfortunate fact
Clue #6 All ye who look should honor the book
As one who stood for hope
Much was built in the name of the kilt
Look sharp now and never mope
Clue #7 If you should go look high then low
One could see it from a bower
If it's your bent you might seek a tent
To protect in case of shower
Take note of the wood and do what you should
To extract the prize for yourself
Build a bridge to your dreams as high as they seem
Leave nothing behind on the shelf
Clue #8 Look at the buck to acquire good luck
In finding the grail this year
Link a jar,a line, a star lawyer divine
While crying in your beer
He won, then lost and the nation was tossed
Into strife that was far from civil
The point I'm making is yours for the taking
Believe me - not the message board drivel
Clue #9 This name brings tears, elation and cheers
And occasionally even outrages
It sits on walls and rides the halls
And fills a dozen pages
The hills are alive and you'll have arrived
Refrain from the very injurious
Be bold and be brave but your skin you must save
What's off-limits should frankly be obvious
Clue #10 Look for the sight you hope is just right
You're doubtful and you're torn
Make the rounds for what rhymes with grounds
And part of a rose with a horn
Through flames and flow this park where you'll go
Is the site of sacred relics
Stay away from these and the cliffs if you please
Or you'll be in a heckuva fix
Clue #11 Air and river sounds lead all to Mounds
Far from the graves take your entourage
Twixt Burns and Thorn, an icy pathway is born
Across Mounds from a gray house and tan garage
Hell no fury hath as those on the wrong path
Mounds and Warner form a woodsy perimeter
The path not official contains footprints beneficial
Some 300 trudges in - quest for a quitter
This trail you must follow goes down a narrow hollow
Under a fallen tree to an old rusted drum
From here you must search for a hillside path perch
Wherein lies the center of fun
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"I had myself convinced that the hunt was going to turn on Clue No. 5:
Treasure hunt lifer, prepare to cipher.
This one's yours to keep.
Did you read the explanation for that one? It turns out that "two or three" referred to 1872 or 1873, meaning the year that Como became a park. And that leap referred to Feb. 29, 1872, leap day, when the Legislature authorized the purchase of the land that became Como.
I hope we have one those employee assistance programs where the author of that clue can be checked for hallucinogenic drug use.
The other middle clues got worse, gibberish about someone named Ann Bilansky convicted of killing her husband, Stanislaus. She hid out near the area in 1859 and was helped by some carpenter named John Walker. Oh, forget it, it was too preposterous to continue.
I take it that the treasure hunters now realize that the gauntlet has been thrown and that next year your crew better have on board back at headquarters a Web-savvy history nut ready to fire up the search engines on everything from murder and mayhem to pioneer legislatures. This ain't your father's treasure hunt."
didn't you know who suggested where else the clue writer could stick it. I thought it after some of those clues.
Believe me, if I knew who was responsible for this year's treasure hunt clues I would turn the pretentious fop over to the public, maybe for a hanging or stoning. OK, I admit that's a bit strong, but I'd still like to see a representative of the Pioneer Press placed in the stocks at, say, Grand Old Day.
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l give you the first three clues this year and their explanations. In the early going the clues are vague and I suppose the author can get away with anything. But in Clue No. 4 you get something about "the coldest star will guide you far,'' only to discover in Friday's explanation that the coldest star referred to the Star of the North, or L'Etoile du Nord, the name of a French immersion school a couple of blocks from Como Park.
Give me a break.
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Hmmmmm.
Oh, and HI everyone!!
2004 phalen
swede hollow??
It was the French immersion school - star of the north.
thanks for the clue kitch
game= wild animals
The coldest star will guide you far
In finding the puck this year
The red white and blue is a lovely clue
Your legions should hold dear
The zoo is off limits per the rules - as is the conservatory.
I don't think it's Como.
I think it's a way to get us to think that.
I'm leaning more to east side and north.
Joe!
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But the heinous act suggested was a hanging by the public. I think that was the strongest language he ever used regarding clues.