ON DVD
“No Time for Cold Feet,” a documentary on the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, will be available on two-disc DVD on Jan. 22. Cost is $20 and it can be ordered at www.notimeforcoldfeet.com.
MEDALLION LOCATIONS
During its 56-year history, the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion has been hidden in area parks in all manner of disguise. It’s been frozen in ice, buried in snowbanks, stuck in hollow logs and attached to everything from tricycle wheels to horseshoes. Eight times, it’s been hidden in St. Paul suburbs. And last year there were two medallions, because the first was found after just three clues. Here’s the rundown:
2007 (second medallion): Roseville’s Central Park.
2007 (first medallion): Hidden Falls Park, encased in a block of ice between two logs.
2006: Battle Creek Regional Park, wrapped in ice, a candy wrapper and a red garter, behind the recreation center.
2005: Crosby Farm Nature Area, underneath a piece of bark from a fallen tree, frozen to the ground.
2004: Phalen Park, inside a green doughnut between Phalen and Round lakes.
2003: Como Park, frozen in a chunk of ice under fallen timber and leaves in a wooded area north of the dirt bike course and Dutch oven.
2002: Merriam Park, taped to the underside of a tortilla chip can liner.
2001: Como Park, inside an Iron Man sports sock and tucked into a Dove soap box.
2000: Newell Park, inside an Ace brand box of playing cards.
1999: Conway Park, wrapped inside a white, crocheted holder.
1998: Cherokee Park, inside an Old Navy sock.
1997: Como Park, in a Curad bandage box, wrapped in a red bandana.
1996: Harriet Island Park, inside a Skoal tobacco tin.
1995: Battle Creek Park, inside a knitted yarn pouch.
1994: Highland Park, inside a little white box.
1993: Hidden Falls Park, inside a diaper.
1992: Cherokee Park, inside a white mitten.
1991: Langford Park, inside a Hostess Sno-Ball.
1990: Como Park, wrapped in clay and grass.
1989: The Capitol Mall, inside an earmuff.
1988: Tony Schmidt Park, Arden Hills, coated with almond bark.
1987: Indian Mounds Park, wrapped in clay and grass.
1986: Highland Park, inside a pipe.
1985: Kellogg Mall Park, glued inside a White Castle burger box.
1984: Newell Park, attached to a broken 45-rpm record.
1983: Lake Phalen Park, substituted as filling in an Oreo cookie.
1982: Wakefield Lake Park, Maplewood, wrapped in a newspaper.
1981: Acorn Park, Roseville, taped between leaves.
1980: Como Park, inside plaster.
1979: Marthaler Park, West St. Paul, taped to a dead tree.
1978: Harriet Island Park, frozen inside a snowball.
1977: Irvine Park, inside a cigar box.
1976: Keller Lake Park, Maplewood, attached to a piece of wood.
1975: Mears Park, inside a Bull Durham sack.
1974: Cherokee Park, in a crushed Coke can.
1973: Lake Phalen Park, cemented inside a closet bracket.
1972: Marydale Park, inside a chunk of drainpipe.
1971: Wakefield Lake Park, Maplewood, attached to baby-buggy wheel.
1970: Battle Creek Park, Maplewood, attached to a cast-iron vise.
1969: Victoria Street and I-35E, in a crevice of two rocks.
1968: Highland Park, attached to plasterboard.
1967: State Fairgrounds, underneath eight inches of ice.
1966: Harriet Island Park, attached to a flatiron.
1965: Como Park, attached to a hunk of a printing lead.
1964: Beaver Lake Park, attached to a gold-colored brick.
1963: Carroll, Jefferson, Farrington and Rondo streets, in a snowbank without protection.
1962: Along Mississippi Street, attached to a disc.
1961: Highland Park, in a large clump of grass.
1960: Harriet Island Park, in the heel of a boot.
1959: Warner Road, under a tree.
1958: Under U.S. 61 bridge, in milky ice.
1957: Battle Creek Park, in a clump of roots above ground.
1956: Como Park, inside a hollow log.
1955: Seventh and Robert streets, under a mailbox.
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