News : Easter Egg hunts fill Riverside, Rodgers park

The hunt begins at Riverside Park, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

A girl races across Rodgers park with her basket.

Bunnies Taylor Wheeler and Hannah Haisman at Rodgers Park.

Chantel King with her eggs at Rodgers Park

Easter legs: Kids run every way at Riverside Park, racing to the eggs.

Rodgers Park: Kids cover the area as they hurry to find the eggs.

Kids find eggs near the Riverside Park castle.

The Haisman family captures the day with their camera.

Molly Haisman

Many posed for photos with the Easter Bunny.

A high five from the little Easter bunnies at Rodgers park.

Liana Gates with two of the eggs she found.

Nash Davis gets a good look at the Easter Bunny at Riverside Park.

Children begin finding eggs at Rodgers Park.

Nash Davis gets a good look at the Easter Bunny during the Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt.

Riverside Park in Vinton and Rodgers Park northeast of Vinton were briefly filled with hundreds of people for the annual Easter Egg Hunt events.

The Vinton Kiwanis Club (and Windsor Manor residents) filled hundreds of eggs and club members placed them at Riverside Park for the event the club has been sponsoring annually for a half century or more on Saturay morning. The hunt began a minute or two after 10 a.m., and was over in a minute or two, as children quickly covered the park grounds, picking up eggs. The Easter Bunny was there for photos.

The Benton County Conservation Board and Ehlinger's Vinton Express sponsored the second event, at Rodgers Park. Fareway and McDonald's also donated. The Easter Bunny, and a couple of her baby bunnies, were there for photos, as well.