Bunny busy on Easter Eve, churches celebrate Resurrection Sunday
Linda Sappington
Eva Carnell, 6, stuffs an egg into her bag in Ronan.
Kent Luetzen
The Easter Bunny is delivered by Polson firefighters for a very important date at Super 1.
Kent Luetzen
Talan Main, 5, grabs eggs at Boettcher Park in Polson.
Nicole Tavenner
the baptism of little Simon Brenner is celebrated on Easter at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, where grandparents “Face Time” the baptism to relatives in Kentucky through their smart phones .
Karen Peterson
Linda Sappington
Plastic eggs glow in the morning light at Bockman Park in Ronan.
With an egg in each hand, Myah McClulley, 17 months old, is satisfied.
Karen Peterson
Children run at the sound of “Go” Thursday during Charlo Elementary Schools’ Easter egg hunt.
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Music filled the air Saturday as kids and parents eagerly awaited the start of the annual egg hunt in Boettcher Park, hosted by Beta Signa Phi.
As Talan Main, 5, waited with his mom and grandmother, his mom pointed out a strategic path to get the most eggs.
Later in the day at Super 1 Foods, hundreds of children lined up waiting for the Easter Bunny to arrive. When noon rolled around with no rabbit in sight, the crowd started chanting, “We want the bunny.” Gary Collinge of Super 1 called out to reassure the chanters, “Easter Bunny got detained and is going to be a little late … he is on the trail, on his way here.” When busy bunny arrived, about 260 baskets were given away to children. The event, organized by Nancy Hausermann, included facepainting, hotdogs, chips and a bake sale.
The waiting was the hardest part for all age groups down the road in Ronan, where crowds lined Bockman Park for the quick and colorful egg grab sponsored by Mission Mountain Enterprises.
In St. Ignatius, dozens of plastic and hard-boiled eggs were spread out over the fields next to the Mission School District on Saturday morning. Children brought their baskets to the event to carry the eggs they collected, but they had to move fast because the event was over within seconds. Rod’s Harvest Foods donated the eggs again this year, local businesses donated prizes, and the Easter bunny dropped by to see the kids.
Fifth grade Charlo Elementary School students hid about 900
plastic eggs all over the school playground for younger children to find on Thursday before school let out for the holiday break. The eggs were divided up and spread out at different times during the morning for each age group.
This is the first year Payton Smith, 11, hid the eggs with fellow classmates. She said it was just as exciting to watch kids look for the eggs as it was to find them when she was younger. The Charlo Parent Teacher Association filled the plastic eggs with candy.
Easter morning dawned right on cue with a colorful hues, observed by people worshipping at Lighthouse Christian Fellowship’s outdoor sunrise service on top of Rocky Butte.
At St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Polson, a baptism added to the joy of Resurrection Sunday as little Simon Brenner’s service was streamed live on Face Time to relatives in Kentucky. The congregation also celebrated with Jean Raptke, who turned 90 years old on Easter.
