Ritzville Easter Egg hunt set for April 1

RITZVILLE – The Ritzville Eagles Auxiliary and Aerie will host this year’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 1, at the Ritzville City Park.

The event will start at 9 a.m. on the park’s Columbia Street side. Children ages 12 and younger may participate.

Easter Egg hunts are also slated for Saturday, April 1, at the Keppler Memorial Park in Ralston and the Lind City Park on Saturday, April 8. The Ralston event starts at 9 a.m .; the Lind event at 11 a.m.

The Eagles have scheduled the event for the week before Easter every year, according to organizer Peggy Crossler.

“We’ve done it since the beginning of time,” she said. Crossler noted that the hunt will include cash prizes, candy and toys.

In recent years, pandemic shutdown mandates curtailed such outdoor activities.

As reported in the March 30, 2021 edition of The Journal, the Eagles did not hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt in Ritzville due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. In Ralston, the 2022 Easter Egg Hunt returned after a two-year hiatus due to gubernatorial coronavirus mandates.