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	The Manchester Enterprise A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Snow, cold donít stop fun

Manchester Menís Club annual Easter egg hunt draws hundreds

By Edward Freundl, Heritage Newspapers

PUBLISHED: April 12, 2007

It took days to prepare for, but it was over in minutes.

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Bundled up against the stiff wind and blowing snow Saturday, several hundred Manchester-area children participated in the annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Manchester Men's Club at Carr Park.

Ranging in age from toddlers to fifth grade, they spread out across Carr Park to find literally thousands of dyed, hard-boiled eggs placed on the ground every few feet.

"We started with 210 dozen eggs," said event co-chairman Bob Kellogg. "We boiled and colored them Wednesday, refrigerated them and put them out this morning."

Kellogg said based on past participation, the Men's Club expected 400 to 500 children for Saturday's hunt.

They were separated into age groups, and the youngest got a bit of a head start to give them an edge against their older and faster counterparts.

They collected the eggs in buckets and baskets, at all times keeping a sharp eye out for the "prize eggs," randomly marked with dollar amounts.

"There are two $5 winners and 10 $1 winners per age group," Kellogg said, handing out greenbacks from an envelope as excited children brought him the ovoid treasures they found.

Kellogg said the egg hunt has been a Men's Club tradition for many years, but it reaches back even further into Manchester history.

"We've been doing this for more than 20 years, ever since the Men's Club was formed, and we took it over from the Jaycees," Kellogg said.

The bitter, unseasonable weather probably kept more than a few home, but an estimated 300 or so still showed up.

Dave Booker brought his daughter Charlize, 2 1/2, to Kellogg to collect on a $1 egg.

"Last year I was out here, but she's having more fun with it this year," Booker said.

"I think the weather kind of held people back, but everybody had fun and that's the main thing."