A Sierra Sun Times Special Edition 2009 Annual Coulterville Easter Egg Hunt

About 50 kids enjoyed the Annual Coulterville Easter Egg Hunt, held this year on a bright and sunny Easter Sunday morning in the county park. Two large colorful signs created by local artist, Bob Jobe, made it easy to find the entrances to the starting gates. The area set aside for the under foursomes looked like a chicken piñata had burst and spilled its contents… with colorful eggs all over! Thanks to the past week’s rain and the county skipping a mowing or two, there were loads of grassy clumps and wild flower clusters in which to hide the eggs for the two older groups. “I was worried that the 4-8 year olds would have a hard time finding some of the eggs, we had such wonderful ground cover…” commented Melynda Morey, president of the Coulterville Community Club which organizes the free event, “… but by the time the kids has scoured the area…not a single egg was left behind!.”

There were plenty of colorful plastic eggs stuffed with candy to fill the incredible variety of baskets the kids had brought with them. Most of the eggs were filled with candy, but other treasures were discovered by many of the avid hunters, including coupons donated by the Moonshine Café for free ice cream cones, others exchangeable for candy bars at the Coulter Café & Grocery, as well as coupons for free kids meals at both the Northern Mariposa County History Center’s Monthly Breakfast and the VFW Auxiliary’s Wednesday dinner.

Each area had one special egg, a silver egg for the toddler group exchangeable from the giant Easter rabbit for a crisp $5 bill, and golden eggs in the other two areas, one exchangeable for a $10 and one for a $20 bill. The Coulterville Chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows donated the cash prizes. Avid egg huntress Tru Scofield quickly spotted the shiny silver egg. The golden eggs took a bit of serious hunting. Sharp eyed Layliana McDonald finally spotted the golden egg in the 4-8 yr. old area, and after some serious sleuthing, Marissa Rivera tracked down the elusive golden egg in the 9-12 yr. old area. Within minutes of the mad dash at each of the three entrances, every basket in sight was brimming with eggs.

Article submitted by Dale Silverman