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ATTEND NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS AND RECEIVE BONUS POINTS.
All elves worth 10 points with exceptions as noted with the clues. **
*******EVENT CLUES*******
CARRICK LIGHT-UP NIGHT – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 7 TO 9 PM – ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES AND TAKE AN ELFIE-SELFIE WITH GORDY THE LIVE ELF AND RECEIVE 100 BONUS POINTS!
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS PARTY – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1 TO 4 PM, GRANDVIEW CHURCH OF GOD, BEECHVIEW, 1901 FALLOWFIELD AVE – SANTA, TOYS, GAMES, FOOD, FUN! TAKE AN ELFIE-SELFIE WITH THE TOUCH-A-TRUCK SPONSORS – 50 POINTS! TAKE AN ELFIE-SELFIE WITH THE LIVE ELF HELPERS – 25 POINTS EACH.
CARRICK SUPER CLUE – I reside in Carrick, but I love to travel around in a Nissan Centra Blue 4 door vehicle. I like to rest at this neighborhood-named street! That picture is my own elfie-selfie! I betcha ‘100’ that you can find me. 100 POINTS! Updated 12/23
BEECHVIEW SUPER CLUE – “E”hhh, if I Spy you on this street, you will get a treat, surprise extra points if me you greet. Unscramble these numbers 0621 to find where I live and 75 EXTRA points I will give! 10 POINTS PLUS EXTRA 75 POINTS! Updated 12/23
BEECHVIEW – Hoagies and salads and chips, oh my! This Market has everything, I couldn’t pass it by! And what I think is really nice, is right next door I can get a Slice!
BEECHVIEW – Pepperoni, mushroom, chicken too. Let’s get a Slice of pizza or maybe two.
BEECHVIEW – I’m right on the corner, Los Angeles is where I meet. But first you have to unscramble the name of the street: HRISAS
BEECHVIEW – We feel so loved when we come to this Grand church, where kindness is offered freely, we don’t have to search. Stop to say hi to me at the driveway, then come down and around, it’s okay! My friend likes to hang at the big white house, but don’t leave yet, there’s still another set! Go down a little further, look at the door, and there you will see that we are two more. If you find all four of us, guess what you’ll get? An EXTRA 50 POINTS, that’s a good bet! CLUE COVERS MORE THAN ONE ELF.
BEECHVIEW -If you are a Pen’s fan, then you probably like Sid, and then I heard Bing sing, I really did! If you can figure out where I’m at, stop at 1806 so we can chat.
BEECHVIEW – I was ALLOWed to hang out on this pretty white gate. I’ve got a short view of the Coast, ain’t that great! This hill’s a little steep though, I’m glad that I can climb, otherwise I’ll just go down to Hampshire, it won’t take me much time.
BEECHVIEW – She’s a real swell LADY, the one who’s next to Crane, what I really like is her very nostalgic name.
BEECHVIEW – I had my mouth scrubbed out with soap, wow am I a silly dope. I ‘kneeled’ down and what did I say? “Hey you Broad, would you walk my Way?
BEECHVIEW – Here I come to read and play, I love hearing what the librarians have to say! If this place isn’t open, peer into the big glass, please look for me before you pass! And if this place is open, then come in through the door, because you’ll find my playmate, another elf for sure! TWO ELVES
BEECHVIEW – The street I’m on is named for a group of three lakes in New York in the Adirondack Mountains. The Lakes have the same name but are called Upper _AR_ _ _ _, the Middle S _ _ _ _ _ _, and the Lower _ _ _ _ _ _ C. I have a really tall friend in the yard with me; he’s here to great you all ‘365’ days of the year!
BEECHVIEW – You’ll need a ‘boast’ up this Hill most dread, I’m off Broadway but look out for that Grove ahead! There are steps that will take you right by this place but this hill is steep, please don’t race. TWO ELVES TOGETHER, DOUBLE POINTS Updated 12/20
BEECHVIEW – I’m sort of a chemistry geek, which is why I like the name of this street. It’s name is a form of alcohol when safely used, helps us all. The address I’m at is the year that French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys invented a method for blood transfusion! Added 11/26
BEECHVIEW – Healthy Active Living is the place for me to be. I’ll do some exercises and maybe drink some tea. I’ll say hello to grandma, and then I’ll watch TV, I might even pop upstairs to PHDC. Added 11/26
BEECHVIEW – As I stroll on Pauline, what can be seen? A spinning red cardinal across from the park, or maybe that bird is a spinning red lark!
Added 11/26
BEECHVIEW – A Wood bowl filled with my favorite ‘citrus’. There’s no way in the world that I would want to miss this! I can eat while I look at the athletes in play, and when I turn my head, there’s Andick Way.
Added 11/26
BEECHVIEW – This part of Shiras is called a paper street. There are three of us standing in reverence to the dearly departed who have a Grand place to rest eternally! THREE ELVES
Added 11/26
BEECHVIEW – One of our most favorite places where we like to go as this game started from this very street, did you know? Between Belasco and Realty, I’m sure you’ll agree, there are several of us that you will see! So have lots of fun, but not a TON, because the hunt has just begun!
Added 11/26
BEECHVIEW – Oh, wee, look at me! Coghill put me in a tree! He’s our city’s favorite councilman and a roofer who gets a pretty great tan! 50 BONUS POINTS Added 12/7
BEECHVIEW – Between Fallowfield and Dagmar, please Bring me good cheer. There’s a snowman and candy canes that are also hanging here. Added 12/8
BEECHVIEW – I’m on a street corner named or a place in England. Unscramble the letters of the cross street to find me: DMAARG Added 12/8
BEECHVIEW – Bad, bad, little me. I saw ‘Ethyl’ and smiled with glee. I took a sip and then I tripped, no more trying booze for me! 1310, I won’t do it again! Added 12/8
BEECHVIEW – Is it Worth it where I Went on Beechview Ave? You bet, and I’m a tinsel elf so 50 POINTS for you! Added 12/8
BEECHVIEW – We’re a pair and we love it here! One is Sonia and the other is Ben. Our hosts love Steeler Country, that’s a win! Added 12/8
BEECHVIEW – I’m on a pole at this corner: 4-1-7-13-1-18 and 23-5-14-20-23-15-18-20-8 Added 12/8
BEECHVIEW – Down from the Sip n-Spin but if you get to the library, you’ve passed me by!
BEECHVIEW – I’m downhill from the really big place to wait for trolleys, if you go past a block, you missed me so stop! I’m at a house at an intersection, find me in the bushes, I have no objection! Added 12/20
BEECHVIEW – I’m here in a place that was once a coffee shop and from here I can view the Hampshire trolley stop. Some folks over 60 visit very close by, and since I’m a good elf I always say “hi”! Added 12/20
BEECHVIEW – It’s not always Shady and there is no Crest, but 908 on this ROAD is where I rest. Updated 12/23
BEECHVIEW – When I hide out where no one goes, I stick my finger in my nose. Then I heard about someone who I thought was like me, because his name is Oogie Boogie! But it turns out that Oogie does not have a nose, he can’t really smell, I suppose. But I’m here with him on LALEOFIDFLW between Broadway and NSIBERG, unscramble those street names, 50 POINTS toward this game! And get a picture of Oogie too, than 25 additional points will go to you. 75 POSSIBLE POINTS. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE ELF AND OOGIE IN THE SAME PHOTO OR GET A SELFIE WITH OOGIE. JUST SEND IN OOGIE’S PHOTO. Added 12/23
BEECHVIEW – Candy, soap, cookies and more. All of this can you find at this store! So, grab a Dollar, stop by and holler! Added 12/24
BEECHVIEW – I’m right next door to a city farm, and watch families going to church arm-and-arm. I watch people run up the city steps to the trolley where they stop and rest. Added 12/24
BEECHVIEW – Where we are we like to watch people go up and down steps to the Fallowfield trolley stop. You might catch a glimpse of us if you look over the trolley stop wall. We’ve got some friends around us who absolutely love Halloween! If you find us and get one of our yard friends in your elfie-selfie, you’ll get an 50 POINTS plus and extra 25 POINTS! Added 12/8 – Updated 12/24
BEECHVIEW – The heroes at 28 – 50 POINTS Added 12/24
BON AIR – Subtract 377 from 700. That’s where you’ll find me on Camfield!
BON AIR – CALLing all CAM fans! I love watching the Steelers take the Field.
BON AIR – I need a lot of space to learn fencing…I’ll go to the park!
BON AIR – Hey Alice, you ‘gonna’ play? Added 11/26
BON AIR – How many words can you make from these letters?
RGARNONAAT
When you figure this out, find me in the 200 block. Added 11/26
BON AIR – Schucks! You should really stop to see me. Added 11/26
BON AIR – The name of the street I’m on means “my father is a lamp” in Hebrew! You can find me in the 100 block. Added 11/26
BON AIR – Oh somebody help me, I am bad, not a keeper! What I thought I heard was “100 blocks of reefer!” Added 11/26
BON AIR – Almost like the name of a city in Spain, but we in Bon Air use an extra consonant. I’m in the 300 block. Added 11/26
BROOKLINE – The Fresh Prince lives here, or so I thought. But once I got here, I thought not. But this is still a nice place to reside, but you must unscramble these numbers to find where I hide: 536
Updated 11/26
BROOKLINE – Love this diddy…Take me out to the ballgame, take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanut and Cracker Jack.
Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – I was able to snare my ‘lair’ in blue, my favorite hue. ‘00’ should be a big help in this clue. (Using the steps may be required to get your elfie-selfie) Added 11/26
BROOKLINE – It only makes sense that I hang out on this fence. I watch the children run around in this very cool playground! Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – I’m outside on a pole a little high, and here’s the reason why, so I can watch the hoagie makers and the pizza dough bakers. I get into a fury, when I don’t get my F_ _ _ _’_!
Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – I wanted a Good read, and my favorite color is Red, but instead of serving magazines, I got a drink that went straight to my head! Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – Along the main boulevard I fell in the dirt, but I am grateful I didn’t get hurt. So I stopped in this place where I thought I could get clean, but they wanted to put me in the dry cleaning machine! Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – Oh it would be so cool if I could only go to school. I peer into a window, the one beside the lot, then I decide to count the cars there and get deep into thought. Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – I decided to have a picnic, under a shady Tree. But the Tree where I am sitting, means so much more to me! This Tree means love and faith, goodness and hope too. This Tree will welcome everyone, not just me and you. Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – 40.392642,-80.015636 Added 11/30
BROOKLINE – Brookline Blvd’s a busy place. We must not cross the street in haste. I wait for a signal, a button a push, and then I cross over to the street Flatbush. Added 12/8
BROOKLINE – I love ice cream. Think I’ll get a Scoop! Added 12/8
BROOKLINE – Here’s where I like to stay, to read and write and quiet play! If I use the PCs, I make sure to say please, oh I wish I could stay here all day! Added 12/9
CARRICK – This person represents us very well, she’s very smart, you can tell! She’s part of the PA State Assembly and that is where you will find me.
CARRICK – The very best Donuts in the land and so many goodies, I eat ‘til I can’t stand. I hope we can ‘connect’ my way, because for sure, I’m here to stay.
CARRICK – I was in a Haze, I was looking for a Dale, but then I came across a nice place and said, “Well – double 2’s and double 0’s are nice numbers you see, this must be the place for me.”
CARRICK – Candy and fruit and food galore, I think I’ll never leave this store. I can Shop here forever, I don’t want to leave, can you please Save me a block of cheese?
CARRICK – Unscramble these letters to find my street: UZUNM. You’ll find me as I’m very attracted to a tramp! BONUS CLUE 25 POINTS
Added 11/26
CARRICK – The street I’m on has a two-part name: Part one is named for a very large hill, the second part is the name of a saint and Jesus’ dad.
Added 11/26
CARRICK – This place is named for a woman of fame, I was pleased to hear her name. Her poem is on the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of hope for you and me.
Added 11/27
CARRICK – I’m so excited to be learning French. A new language may help me in a pinch. My ma is Mere but my dad calls her Edith, and a fourchette is what I eat with. I’m at deux cent trente-cinq, come find me please and give me a wink!
Added 11/27
CARRICK – There’s Lara, who’s on a morning news and entertainment show, Octavia who won many awards for the movie The Help, and that Tracy guy from old Hollywood. Now,
Start with the number 700
Add 28
Subtract 146
Subtract 200
Add 14
Subtract 250
The number you are left with is the address where me and my buddy are!!
TWO ELVES
Added 11/27
CARRICK – We’re really stuck in alphabet Stew. Take the letters away, to see where we stay.
MIoPeQ3AXrEqTuvpLAyR3UdiBCXeitPKdIdOdUnmYs7ZXvbewUdUowdfLKduBvS
Two elves
Added 11/27
CARRICK – My grandma likes to fuss at me ‘bout my electronic toys. She doesn’t like my music, says she can’t stand the noise. She wishes I were a Walton from 1938, that’s some old TV show that grandma thinks is great! Added 12/7
CARRICK – The name of this place is in Washington state, their second largest city, isn’t that great! But in Carrick is where I’d rather be, it’s a wonderful town for all to see. 2325 is where I’ll wait, come find me please, don’t be late! Added 12/7
CARRICK – I’m mobile, how I like to ride, I’m not on a sleigh, no on a slide. I’m on a bike that’s sometimes placed at Carrick’s favorite reading place. 50 BONUS POINTS Added 12/8
CARRICK – I’m hanging at the place that had a soda fountain which is next to a King. Added 12/8
CARRICK – Here I grab a book and sit in a nook. I can get stuff with my card and I say hello to the guard! Added 12/20
CARRICK – I’m hanging with the Grinch at 136, who ‘new’ he’d be here on this EAST Avenue? Take your elfie-selfie with me and if you send a picture of the Grinch too you get 50 extra points! (Grinch photo does NOT have to be an elfie-selfie). Added 12/20
CARRICK – ‘Sa’y, here’s a Key to where I’m keeping Court…I’m a little woody at 1025! 50 POINTS Added 12/25
OVERBROOK – I landed here to read Horton Hears a Who, but I soon discovered the name Horton, wasn’t quite exactly true. But the name is close enough for me to stay, 326 is where I play. 75 POINTS
OVERBROOK – This guy is in the Bible and he’s got a ladder too, I’m with him at 130, can you guess who? 75 POINTS
OVERBROOK – The street I’m on was a title given to the ancient Roman goddess Juno. I’m at 2064! 75 POINTS