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Submitted by Administrator on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 18:15
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Hunt information
Dates:
First Clue:Thursday, June 16, 2022
Found on:Thursday, June 23, 2022
Finders:
NameHometown
Matt Ludvigson White Bear Township
Todd Ptman St. Paul
Josh Ellingson Inver Grove Heights
Prize:
Maximum Prize:$1000
Awarded Prize:
Location:
General Location:South Shore of Bald Eagle Lake
Exact Location:On the public Easement at Bald Eagle Blvd and West Ave.
Concealer:
Clues
Clue #1
Published on Thursday, June 16, 2022
Sound the skirl! There’s a wheredunit awhirl
And you were not born to persist as a muggle.
So whether long in the tooth or a first-time sleuth
Step up to the plate; embrace the struggle.

If planted with a purpose, the medallion will never surface
Under or among its leaves or stem.
So softly tread; no tools – only your head
Hands alone can unearth our gem.

It was truly a hoot watching the curiously astute
Check out Bald Eagle for our yester-prize.
In making current selections, mind key connections
As forgetting would be, well, quite unwise…
Explanation:
The first stanza welcomes all to the hunt and the second stanza reminds hunters to refrain from disturbing decorative plants/landscaping. The third stanza, however, contains some of the hunt’s first hints. The word “astute” is an anagram for“statue”. Combined with “Bald Eagle” it points to the wooden Bald Eagle statue on a neighboring property, but just steps from the medallion. Hunters were instructed to “mind connections” to last year’s hunt at Benson Prairie in Bald Eagle Regional Park. The Benson family owned and operated a hotel (“check out” and “key”) at the corner of Bald Eagle Boulevard and Bald Eagle Avenue, just two blocks east of where the medallion was hidden.
 
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Clue #2
Published on Friday, June 17, 2022
One groovy jalopy shook fins with a crappie
A strangely unique act of human prediction.
You oughta not overdo or you’ll fall right through
It’s a loathsome and scrofulous affliction
.
You’re hot on the trail, hoping to prevail
A sign that the fireworks did ignite.
‘No Trespassing’ we warn; a command now so worn
Yet, chums, be ever discerning – a’ight?
Explanation:
Benson’s Hotel was once located at what is now the intersection of Bald Eagle Avenue and Bald Eagle Boulevard. The structure would eventually pass hands to the Rogowski family.In the early 1970s (“groovy”) the Rogowskis placed an old car (“jalopy”) on the ice of Bald Eagle Lake. Locals then placed guesses on when it would fall through the ice. For those enjoying wordplay,“loathsome” and “scrofulous” anagram to “south of slalom course”. The treasure was hidden due south of the first buoys of that course.“Sign,”“No Trespassing,” and “worn” pointed to a very old,rusted No Trespassing sign found on a tree to the east of the hiding spot.
 
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Clue #3
Published on Saturday, June 18, 2022
Brown and blue are new utile clues
…or, golly, is that actually black?
If cruisin’ town, you’ll see ‘em around
And know that you’re on track.

If scoring six is in your bag of tricks
You’ll honor native trend-setters.
Impervious here, but banned? Oh dear!
It’d be hard to work with 25 letters.
Explanation:
The first stanza was designed to begin directing searchers to White Bear Township, which has installed new garbage/recycling bins at many of their public lands. Originally written as a clue about “black and blue” we only learned after a couple of trips to the scene that they are actually brown.“Town” also hinted at Township.In the second stanza, “scoring six”referred to the slalom ski course on the west side of Bald Eagle Lake. For those unfamiliar with the sport, skiers try to touch as many of the six buoys as possible with the shortest possible rope. The “native trend-setters” referenced the founders of White Bear Lake Ski Company, Tom and Carol Weinhagen, who owned homes and manufactured their skis just blocks west of the hiding spot. Four of their ski designs are currently on display at the Water Skiing Hall of Fame.“Setter” also hinted at the Setterlund memorial bench, which would be further mentioned in Clue #6. Finally, a No Parking sign is located at the entrance to the public easement, which depicts a crossed out letter P. The term “impervious” is also a key term from one of the two informational placards found at the easement where the medallion was placed.
 
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Clue #4
Published on Sunday, June 19, 2022
A rock for sitting next to one for splitting
Could help sculpt you into our club champ.
Some to view, others for passing through
You’re sure to fall for the positive revamp.

While taking stock in a quest for rock
A literary castle may come to mind.
First they’d saddle, then they’d paddle
Did beasts – or mosquitoes – spellbind?
Explanation:
“Rock” and “sculpt”referred to a large stone on the east side of Bald Eagle Lake where famous sculptor Paul Manship would walk to, sit, and sketch.It is found right beside a model of a lighthouse, which is labeled Split Rock. At the public easement where the medallion was hidden, several large rocks were brought in for landscaping (“some to view”) while smaller river stones were piled to prevent erosion during heavy rains (“passing through”). The second stanza referred to Lord of the Flies (a prominent setting in the book was Castle Rock), which is a fictional novel by William Golding that tells the story of a group of boys on an island who try to self-organize and find that an external beast they were fearing is actually the savagery within each of them. The story of Boy Island City, which was set up on Bald Eagle Island, has a similar feel – albeit a bit less dramatic. Boys were gathered up and they’d paddle to the island. They would form a government and live primitively. Boy Island City was only coordinated for two years; ending not because of beasts or even flies – but because of mosquitoes.
 
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Clue #5
Published on Monday, June 20, 2022
Wares mammary are not flimflammery
Locals will recall a name with ease.
It’s later annexation by an affording nation
Well, to the winner goes the cheese.

Launch your feet to a bisecting street
That goes by another name.
Mind the curves, anchor your nerves
If you're desperately seeking fame.
Explanation:
This clue begins with a memory of Summit Dairy, which was located on County Road E (“ease”). Remember purchasing your milk there? The building was purchased and repurposed by Tousley Ford (“affording”) AutoNation. While the medallion wasn’t hidden on that end of town, it is the name – Summit – that hunters were after. Summit Street was located west of where the medallion was found.“Ease” also hinted at the public easement where the medallion was hidden. The “street”referred to in the first stanza is Bald Eagle Boulevard (it goes by boulevard, not street), which curves along the lake. It bisects many private properties, with homes on one side of the boulevard and their docks on the other. “Desperately seeking” hinted at Desperately Seeking Susan, a film from 1985 as the medallion was hidden very near Black Eyed Susan plants.
 
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Clue #6
Published on Tuesday, June 21, 2022
He once played taps and took pigskin snaps
Before shouting “Hooah!” and “Fore!”
From a parsonage she came –and took his name
And here we remember them forevermore.

To win dividends, nab seven friends
Or more if they’re not too portly?
Take a load off your feet – all find a seat
Treasure’ll be found here shortly.
Explanation:
The first stanza referred to Ralph and Suzanne Setterlund. A memorial bench near the hiding place was dedicated to them. According to his obituary, Ralph played cornet and football (among other sports) before enlisting in the army (“Hooah!”). Later in life, he was an avid golfer (“Fore!”). Suzanne’s maiden name was Parsons (“parsonage”). The second stanza pointed to the fact that there is one picnic table and one bench in the public easement space.If you plan on six people at the picnic table and two people at the bench, you’d need to grab seven friends to sit (“take a seat”) and fill up all the spots.
 
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Clue #7
Published on Thursday, June 23, 2022
It’s an uphill race to a pastoral space
But go and you’ll nosh on sour grapes.
So, what’s the cost to find what’s lost?
Just volley up a prayer while you traipse.


Swimmers gayfully float while others boat
In the presence of island parad-ice.
Vanquish the frenzy, be the brunt of envy
Merriment is our final asking price.
Explanation:
Pastoral space”referred to Pleasant Street, which is uphill from the public easement. A small vineyard is found just up the hill at the corner at Pleasant Street and West Avenue. No one wants to eat sour grapes so hunters were advised not to look there. The last two lines of the first stanza referred to St. Anthony Avenue, one block east of the hiding spot. St. Anthony is the Roman Catholic patron saint for lost things.“Swimmers…float” and “boat”referred to the many recreational activities in view from the treasure’s hiding spot. Bald Eagle Island is highlighted for the rest of the second stanza.“Parad-ice”referred to the home on the island, which was designed by Rust Architects, the same company that designed the 1992 Saint Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace.If you take “Van” from vanquish and combine it with “brunt” you get Van Brunt, the family for whom the home was built. To this day, the house is still referred to by many as “the Van Brunt house.”“Final asking price”referred to the fact that the house is currently up for sale.
 
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Clue #8
This 10 day concourse can feel like a slalom course
Attempting to hit each clue as you zig and zag.
You’re almost there, even if a bit worse for wear
Nail it down and you’ll be able to crow and brag.

On the ground is where it’ll be found
Spot it and it’ll bring much mirth.
Restore and save, where land meets wave
For all children who inherit the earth.
Explanation:
The first stanza explicitly mentioned the slalom course, visible to the north of the hiding spot. The second stanza told hunters to keep their eyes focused on the ground.“Restore and save, where land meets wave”referred to the two placards in the park about shoreline restoration. Southwest of the hiding spot are two signs: Watch for Children and Heritage.
 
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Clue #9
Go try your best, stay near to West
Where lakeside breezes delight.
At the beach, with trees out of reach
Those elephantine stones do invite.

Capsize or baptize; behold the map size
And talons that grip to kill.
It can bolster a good head, or a nacho instead
Trawl from there to gill
Explanation:
The public easement is found where West Avenue runs into the lake. There are no trees in the public easement so they are “out of reach”. Large stones, part of the shoreline restoration project, line the walkway to the lake.In the second stanza, “talons that grip to kill” were meant to help redirect any hunters at White Bear Lake and bring them over to Bald Eagle.It is said that someone can have a “good head on their shoulders” or a “chip on their shoulder”. The third line refers to these sayings. The last line instructs hunters to look between the shoulder of Bald Eagle Boulevard and the lake (“gill”).
 
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Clue #10
Guide those oars to Bald Eagle’s shores
Where West meets Boulevard.
For your appeasement, there’s a public easement
It’s teeny, but don’t disregard.

We accomplished our feat from a picnic seat
After finishing up our order.
With leaf as its crown, we pushed it down
There along the decorative border
Explanation:
Final directions to the 2022 medallion, which was along the border, which can be reached from sitting at the northwesternmost seat at the picnic table.
 
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