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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
 



 

OT

And of course, the original Minnesota Pioneer was founded by the Goodhue fellow.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:03 PM Permalink
Terry

Welcome billie jo!
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

bodacious tatas was pretty funny when i first heard it...
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
Eags

Welcome billie jo!
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
green

Earth Mother... some place where there once was two of something but now there's only one or both are gone. Two lakes, two hills...

I also think of Romulus and Remus. But forget that, that's just dumb.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
lilslim

Elizabethan English is a wonderfully colorful language full of numerous evocative words and phrases. Elizabethans took a delight with language and it is fitting, then, that this would filter into the art of mudslinging. Thier mastery of language was often showcased in the clever weaving together of terms to form stinging phrases of wit. Remember this was a time when the average person did not read, and other forms of entertainment were not readily available, but good conversation acted as a substitute.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:04 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Our mother (Ma Press) once blessed us with twins ( 2 clues a day)

Maybe this is telling us that the video clues count as a second clue?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:05 PM Permalink
lilslim

interesting noodle Tater.

Hi Billie, welcome.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:06 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

god i hope not
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:06 PM Permalink
Terry

Tater! Very good!
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:06 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

like the correlation between that mythology and the history of the winter carnival's characters
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Welcome Billie Joe, jump in when you find some noodling info. (I mostly lurked my first year)
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Terry

Whether we want to or not, we're all going to be thinking about those videos as a possible clue. We won't know for sure if that is intended or not until this is over for the year.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:08 PM Permalink
Redbear

video clue is up. Seriously, I'm 34 and this shit is creeping ME out. How are kids supposed to get by watching this?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:08 PM Permalink
lilslim

OMFG- that video clue is CREEEEEPY. I felt like it was going to climb out and get me.

Okay, so dressed in a Kate-like dress, southern accent, and a fake arm???

Who has one arm?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:09 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Have you seen the video yet?? creepy and yes it's "airs" not "heirs"
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:09 PM Permalink
OT

Can I mark this as "Like"?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:09 PM Permalink
lilslim

Funny, we all said it was creepy at the same time. Shudder.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:10 PM Permalink
Terry

I wonder who they got to do the video. That's a man's real arm and a fake one.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:11 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

So, again, what's with the video clues? Are they in addition to the written ones? I haven't heard anything about them. Again, I'm a flight attendant and have been and will soon be out-of-town.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:12 PM Permalink
Eags

Earth Mother... some place where there once was two of something but now there's only one or both are gone. Two lakes, two hills...



Two waterfalls!

Imagine a waterfall 2,700 feet across and 175 feet high with the meltwaters of the colossal Glacial Lake Agassiz pounding over it. Such a waterfall existed about 12,000 years ago near what is now downtown St. Paul. As the water rushing over the valley's bedrock of limestone scoured away the underlying sandstone, large slabs of limestone collapsed into the river, causing the falls to migrate upriver. About 10,000 years ago, this huge waterfall reached the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, and split into two falls. The waterfall that followed the course of the Mississippi River upstream was St. Anthony Falls.

From: http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/history/engineering/

My first thought, though, was Ma Press used to have two newspapers.

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:13 PM Permalink
Redbear

Question: If the video clues are real clues, how are you supposed to turn them in to get your money?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:13 PM Permalink
Terry

Thanks for sharing that ry and welcome to you too.

That's what's fun about all this noodling clues together...lots of ideas and who knows what'll come out in the wash at the end.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:13 PM Permalink
lilslim

I think that the video clues give us "easter eggs" as someone (tater?) suggested earlier.

Accents, clothing, things you wouldn't know by just reading the clue. Extra sauce for the noodle :pbpt:
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Mother earth twins = sun and the moon
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Eags

Who has one arm?



Richard Kimball (The Fugitive)

Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
lilslim

Notice how the person on the vid actually dropped the F bomb and it was bleeped?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Redbear

The Viking clue showed off his right arm as being strong, and the jeri hall batman hooker clue showed an artifical or fake limb. Maybe we're looking for a park that got reduced, then had a part added on after the fact.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:15 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

Has there ever been a year where the Vulcans were put on the spot so much in the clues? Isn't it normally King Boreas that gets the spot light why so different this year?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:17 PM Permalink
Posen

one-armed bandit..
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:17 PM Permalink
tom

I am having a little trouble getting this thred set up as a subscription, and my messages to show correctly :frown:
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:18 PM Permalink
Terry

Interesting info Eags. Thanks!
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:18 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

when did david lynch start directing the clue videos. f*&^%! weird..
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:18 PM Permalink
Terry

Mr. Tom, you're showing up fine now.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:19 PM Permalink
Eags

I just watched the video. I think I am asleep and will wake up laughing in the morning at what a bizarre dream I had about Clue #2.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

No avatar this time, also I think elziabethan is a reference to a person.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:20 PM Permalink
OT

I may have nightmares.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:21 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Can we get clue 2 up top?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:21 PM Permalink
Terry

I do have to say these videos are a new twist. I'm not sure if they are terribly family friendly, but I'm getting a kick out of them.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:21 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

like the reference to snobbish old school st. paulites.. dayton, etc.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:21 PM Permalink
Brassmonkey

hmmm, could be a reference to a person with English heirs...

Wierd how Heirs is Airs...
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:22 PM Permalink
Terry

I think it's airs. Like someone putting on airs.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:24 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Maybe it goes along with their Avatar reference...
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:24 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

What happened to the days when clue #2 said to look for kids going sledding?
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:24 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Okay, I just saw the video for Clue #2... wtf? I think I'm going to have nightmares tonight! What's the point of these videos? Extra hints or ???
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:24 PM Permalink
Andrea

I guess I have been thinking the opposite... I think the video clues might be red herrings. I think they want people buying their papers, not just visiting the website. It seems like news organizations are struggling to survive in the new internet world and they still haven't really found a way to make significant money off a web presence.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:25 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Mr. Tom, welcome back!
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:25 PM Permalink
Terry

Hi Andrea.

We didn't see the silhouette tonight. I bet we see him when this is over for the year.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:26 PM Permalink
Eags

Yeah, now clue #2 says look for someone who can take their arm off!

And it wasn't even their right arm, so it is not a reference to "I'd give my right arm..."
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:26 PM Permalink
tom

Back in those days there was no internet, no cell phones and no 24-7 hunting. These days someone in China can have the clue within seconds after it comes out. The longer the PP drags out the hunt, the more money they make off of papers and sponsors.
Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:26 PM Permalink