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St. Paul Pioneer Press Winter Carnival Medallion Hunt
2007 Clues – Second Hunt

  The second medallion of 2007 was found in Roseville's Central Park by five members of a recreational volleyball team and one of their sons: Janel Donegan of Hugo and Joyce Banken of White Bear Lake (47-year-old fraternal twins); Mary Brown (45) and her son Dan (16) of Mahtomedi; Amy Wilson (45) Mendota Heights; and Ginny Jarombek (54) of Shoreview. They found the medallion at 10:50 p.m. at the west end of Roseville's Central Park. The discovery came about a half hour before the release of the last clue. So the Press, knowing an early announcement would mean fewer papers sold, let us all buy a paper and run off to Roseville.

Clue 1
Congrats to the finder, to all a reminder
To hunt hard from first to last clues
Medallion I is history. Now a new mystery
Begins—strap on your hunting shoes

To some its demented, for all unprecedented
But hunters’ thirst must be quenched
Tell sister and brother we’ve hidden another
In a park where a body can be benched

Our 2nd prize? Don’t laugh—10-thou cut in half
So get out there even if it’s snowy
And as a special bonus—some might say an onus—
A meal with our own Clueless Joey

Good hunting to you, let this be the first clue
Think of a woodsy retreat
It won’t be so hard if you channel the bard
You’ll get warm and smell as sweet

The Pioneer Press puts a close on the first hunt and begins a second in a park with benches and woods and some relation to William Shakespeare. "The bard" wrote,“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other word would smell as sweet." Which leads Roseville. Some clever hunters got "Avon" from the bard reference.

Clue 2
If you're thinking big you're sure to dig
Near flora with growing pain
Winter or summer is never a bummer
A menagerie of fun wild or tame
Hunters are told that the medallion is in a big park that has both winter and summer activities. According to the official explanation, flora with growing pain refers to a nearby wildlife area. A rose has its own sort of growing pain if you consider its thorns. A menagerie is "a diverse collection" — in this case of “fun wild and tame,” referring to the park’s variable-intensity activities of volleyball and baseball on one end and fishing and cross-country skiing on the other.

Clue 3
Success on the third clue will never do
We had to stash a second
Round you go if you seek to know
Where swatters of orbs are beckoned
The Pioneer Press cries a little bit about the first hunt ending on the third clue then gives a vague-ass clue about a path that loops from parking lot to lake and back to parking lot. And something about baseball.

Clue 4
A walk in the park, can be a lark,
If cell phones are left at home.
Heed the siren of your desirin'
And do not revolt against this poem
Explanation: Take the first word in the first line, second word in the second line, third in the third and fourth in the fourth, and you have "a cell siren revolt" — an anagram for "Roseville Central." The medallion was hidden in Roseville’s Central Park.

Clue 5
Over hill and dale, hit the trail
With a handy locating device.
Fulfill your wishes, like loaves and fishes,
And put your victory on ice.
Explanation: This refers, rather obliquely, to streets near the park: Dale, Sextant ("handy locating device"), Aladdin ("fulfill your wishes"), and Victoria ("victory").

Clue 6
A famous singer and a diamond dinger
Might put you oh so close to the spot
With the whites of your eyes, you should look for the prize
Within this convenient plot
Explanation: The famous singer is Tony Bennett, a reference to Bennett Lake in Central Park. "Diamond dinger" refers to nearby baseball fields. And the "whites of your eyes" is a reference to a Revolutionary War saying, which could lead to nearby Lexington Avenue, which shares the name with a famous Revolutionary War battle site.

Clue 7
Don't turn up your noses at the city of roses
The home of the park that you seek
It's just north of town so come on down
Our hunt is not for the meek
Explanation: We direct hunters to Roseville, north of St. Paul.

Clue 8
Don't go mental, just head for Central
Lexington Avenue will show you the way
Your spirits won't sag when you see the big flag
Into the trees you want to stray
Explanation: We direct anguished hunters to Central Park in Roseville, and more specifically to the Lexington Avenue entrance. The clue mentions the flagpole at the entrance and refers to woods not far away.

Clue 9
Roseville's Central Park is the place for our lark
Follow the path to where children run free
From their footbridge draw a line to houses through pine
From the path, 20 steps to a tree

On this all agree: do not harm the tree
In the snow at the base is your mark
If all look the same you can end the game
Near a trunk with a split in the bark
Explanation: This directs hunters to the exact spot. From the Lexington Avenue entrance to Roseville's Central Park, take the walking path to the children's playground. Lined up with the footbridge and nearby houses, walk 20 steps from the path to the base of a tree. The medallion was hidden next to this tree, between the walking path and the houses. The tree in question has a split in the bark at its base. Hunters are encouraged to not damage trees.


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