Keith Bryant
The Weekly Vista
The annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Property Owners Association at Metfield Park drew an estimated 1,000 people to mostly-green fields full of colorful plastic eggs.
Dean Rawling, aquatics and facility manager with the POA, said he was involved in setting up the event, which was held at Metfield for the first time this year.
"It was amazing," he said. "It was more than I expected."
The buildup for this event, he said, included roughly one month of ordering toys, eggs and candy, and spending whatever time possible stuffing eggs.
Sections for the hunt, he said, were roped off in the week leading up to the hunt, and all that effort gave each age group a few minutes of thrills.
"It goes fast," he said. "Going into it, I thought we put down too much and it turns out you can never have enough."
One family showed up and managed to be regulars and first-timers simultaneously.
Bella Vista resident Jessica Mendoza said she's been taking her daughter, Isabelle Mendoza, 8, every year, but it was the first time her son, Ryker Mendoza, 1, has gone on the hunt.
"We have a lot of fun," she said. "It's probably one of our favorite POA events."
Isabelle Mendoza stood at the starting line for the first group, ages 0 to 3, so she could help her little brother.
There was some practice, she said, but he still might benefit from the assistance.
"I have a bunch of plastic eggs and we test him on how good he hunts," she said. "He found one and he just put it in his mouth."
General News on 04/19/2017