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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016
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PHOTOS BY SHELDON TRAVER/SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL TRIBUNE
Hundreds of children gathered plastic eggs for candy and prizes at Silver Creek Fellowship church on Saturday.
Approximately 100 children attended the
Silverton Elks annual Easter egg hunt at Mark
Twain Middle School.
Some eggs at Mark Twain Middle School were painted with dollar signs and included an amount between $.25 and $5.00 to collect.
Kids rake in
Easter eggs in
Silverton hunts
Sheldon Traver
Special to the Appeal Tribune
The Easter Bunny was nowhere to be
found on Saturday, but eggs were plenti-
ful at a variety of Easter egg hunts
throughout Silverton.
At Mark Twain Middle School kids 12
and under lined up along age-designated
areas for the opportunity to get a hard
boiled egg. Some were painted with dol-
lar signs and an amount between $.25
and $5.00 to collect. Before the hunt
started there was a warning that some
eggs had mistakenly been painted with-
out being boiled. Four-year-old Lucy Ra-
Baskets overflowed with some children returning to their parents to unload before going out for more at Silver Creek Fellowship church.
mirez found this out the hard way.
“She stepped on an egg and the yolk
got all over her new shoes,” said her
mother Johanna. “She cried for a bit, but
managed to get a few more eggs.”
At Silver Creek Fellowship several
hundred children in the fifth grade and
under grabbed their share of thousands
of plastic eggs. Baskets overflowed with
some children returning to their parents
to unload before going out for more.
“This was so fun,” said Alex Murphy,
an eight year old who was busy opening
his eggs to get tickets to exchange for
candy. “I’ll get more candy than Hallow-
een.”