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Lion's Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Author: Nancy Marks Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor

Lion's Annual Easter Egg Hunt Nancy Marks Babies and bunnies were the highlights of Townsend’s Easter festivities.

The annual Lions’ Club Easter Egg hunt brought out about 200 babies through 6th graders and their parents and grandparents. The annual hunt featured 1,300 plastic eggs, most with prizes. Dads helped their babies put eggs in baskets and pick out a stuffed animal for a prize. According to Club President Della Chatriand, club members spent the early morning hours hiding the eggs and getting ready. She praised Fire Department members for helping out with making the street safe in front of the Court House. Both the costumed Easter Bunny and Lions’ Club lion added to the day’s photos.

“The 7th and 8th graders at the school helped out and we so appreciated the help of the Fire Department. It was a collective effort,” she said. Retired grocer Mike Millay was on hand to see his granddaughter hunt eggs. He pointed out when the Townsend Jaycees Club organized the hunt in the late 1960s. “The organizers have come a long way using plastic eggs,” he said, “We had to dye real eggs, 100’s of them!”

As if the hunt were not enough excitement, Reading Leaves Book Store and Brandon and Danyel Henke encouraged kids to see the animals in a makeshift petting zoo. The zoo’s special feature was Puggslee, a pot-bellied pig. There were baby goats and lots of real rabbits to pet. Grandma and the kids could have their pictures taken there with another Easter Bunny. It was a great day of fun for kids of all ages.

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Image 1 Caption: Four to six-year-olds scramble as soon as the fire truck horn blows.
Image 2 Caption: Sawyer and Grayson Bagglen stand still for one minute so Mom can get a photo with the Easter Bunny and the Lion’s Club lion, ninth-graders Nykia and Alice.
Image 3 Caption: Kord Christianson picks a prize with Mom and Dad’s help.
Image 4 Caption: Peter Brug pets Puggsley, the pot-bellied pig at the petting zoo.