Easter Egg Hunt: All eggs accounted for
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By Jeff Snyder
MOUNT AYR, Iowa — Despite the cold and damp temperatures a large group of young volunteers from around the Mount Ayr community gathered and held an organized hunt on Saturday morning for what was alleged to be a large number of missing Easter eggs.
Area children gathered around the Ringgold County Courthouse grounds, as this was believed to be the last known location of the missing eggs. The Ringgold County Hospital and their staff was kind enough to sponsor this event and went to great effort to organize the search. The assembled searchers gathered around the enclosed shelter and received instructions on where to being the search.
Anxious parents milled about in anticipation as they tried, in vain in some instances, to contain the excited posse. Children were then divided according to age and directed to specific areas around the courthouse grounds to begin their search.
At approximately 10:10 a.m. a horn sounded indicating the search was to begin. Children scurried about in a frantic effort to rescue the surviving eggs. Baskets in hand and determination in their eyes, the search was underway. Children from pre-toddler to near double digits combed the ground with the precision of of trained bloodhounds, as one-by-one the eggs were recovered.
In what appeared to be record time, the courthouse grounds were picked clean of anything that even remotely resembled an egg. Even dislodged candy was vacuumed up with military precision. After 10 minutes the battlefield was quiet. As far as the eye could see the grounds appeared picked clean. Not a wrapper, not a morsel went unchecked. It was done.
The gratified crowd soon dispersed aided by 38 degree temperatures and biting winds and anxious searchers that looked forward to examining their finds in calmer conditions.
The size of the turnout to this event despite the unruly weather is testament to the Iowa Tough DNA that apparently courses through the veins of all the town inhabitants. As near as anyone can tell, this genetic trait is safely in the hands of the next generation. Well done and Happy Easter to all.
