Gone in seconds: Kids scoop up 6,000 eggs

Creekside Park was dressed to its best in sparkling colors of the rainbow on Sunday, with 6,000 shiny plastic eggs "hidden" on the lawn, in pine needles, behind trees, bushes and some out-of-the-way nooks and crannies for hundreds of young treasure hunters to seek.

Earlier on Easter morning, Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire department volunteers divided the park up into four areas by age from infant to 11, scattering the brightly colored eggs for the annual Sisters Easter egg-stravaganza.

At exactly 1 p.m. the sound of the siren from a Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department truck marked the start of the Easter egg hunt. Hundreds of children charged through Creekside Park. The kids fanned out across the park scouring the grounds and filling their baskets with yellow, blue, orange, red and green plastic eggs filled with candy.

Within a few short minutes, they cleared the area of all 6,000 eggs.

Some eggs were marked for a special prize, and there were shrieks of joy as lucky hunters found a golden egg.

"The areas for each age group have about eight golden eggs hidden among the rest, and the winners get to pick from our special prize tables," fire department volunteer Angel Thorsvold said. "The community donates all the prizes."

Sisters-Camp Sherman first-year fire student Mons Rolls organized this year's egg hunt.

"I've enjoyed working with all the staff involved in this event, and I think it's really a great thing to go out there and to do something that benefits the community," Rolls said.

The Easter Bunny was on hand to delight the children as they waited in line to greet him and receive a treat from his basket.

The Easter Bunny was not alone. There were three bunnies in the park this year - two were of the smaller four-legged variety hopping around on leash greeting folks. "Buttons" was in tow with pet parent 11-year-old Holly Madron, and her mom, Jessica, had "Pumpkin Spice."

"I brought my bunnies because they like attention and they like to run around so I thought this would be perfect for them," Holly told The Nugget.