Wind can’t deter egg hunt planners

Posted 6/7/15

Marie Cavanaugh said she got out her Rosary beads on Good Friday.

After weeks of planning and putting up with a home filled with plastic eggs, candy and prizes, forecasters were calling for heavy …

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Wind can’t deter egg hunt planners

EGG DASH: Kids at the Oakland Beach hunt charge onto the school field.

Warwick Beacon photos

HE KEPT HIS HEAD: The Easter Bunny gives Madeline Wozny a hug at the Conimicut Point hunt. The bunny confessed the wind had nearly taken off his head more than once.

EGG EARS: Marie Cavanaugh gets a kick out of the egg earrings worn by Lori Eaton. Cavanaugh of the Oakland Beach Association and Eaton of the Elks Lodge teamed up to run the Oakland Beach hunt.

ENOUGH FOR AN OMELET: Tyler Manco wears a smile after a successful hunt at Conimicut Point.

LOOK WHAT HE FOUND: Sixteen-month-old Brayden Delfino was delighted with his find.

EGGS ON THE BEACH: About 100 kids joined in the hunts for eggs at Conimicut Point Saturday.

PEDALING EGG HUNTER: Skyler Coughlin was one of two lucky egg hunters in Oakland Beach to win a Benny’s gift certificate for a bike.

Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2015 12:12 pm

Marie Cavanaugh said she got out her Rosary beads on Good Friday.

After weeks of planning and putting up with a home filled with plastic eggs, candy and prizes, forecasters were calling for heavy rains Saturday morning. It was starting to look like it might be a soggy Easter egg hunt at Oakland Beach School. It was time to pray.

Across town similar concerns had to be going through the minds of Stephanie Shuster and Virginia Barham. The Riverview Association and the Conimicut Village Association had teamed up to host the Saturday’s egg hunt at Conimicut Point.

Cavanaugh hasn’t exactly kept count, but she believes she’s run the Oakland Beach hunt for the past 10 years. The hunt has been conducted for the past 30 years by the Oakland Beach Association, and this year the association got a hand from the Tri City Elks Lodge on West Shore Road.

As they have done for years, Council President Donna Travis and Beverly Sturdahl were there to help. Sturdahl made a complete Easter dinner with ham, vegetables and dessert as one of many raffle items. There were also gift certificates courtesy of Top of the Bay and Han Palace.

At the Oakland Beach hunt 142 of the 2,214 plastic eggs dotting the schoolyard had numbers that corresponded with a prize. Two of the eggs contained the word “bike” that entitled the lucky child to a Benny’s gift certificate to be used on a bike.

“I had the Rosary beads for the rain, but I don’t know what to do for the rain,” Cavanaugh said with a laugh.

And there was wind both at the point and the school…lots of wind.

And if the wind didn’t send things flying, then the allure of eggs and prizes did. When the word was given the kids dashed onto the field of eggs. Both hunts were over in less than 10 minutes. Then came the fun of opening the eggs and, if luck was with you, winning a prize.