Scrambling for Easter eggs

Tess Ware, The Petoskey News-Review
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Ellie McMullen, 1 1/2, prepares to grab eggs as she waits for the Egg Scramble to start on Saturday, April 8 at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Ellie McMullen, 1 1/2, prepares to grab eggs as she waits for the Egg Scramble to start on Saturday, April 8 at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.

PETOSKEY — On Saturday, local kids collected around 4,000 eggs placed around the Emmet County Fairgrounds by Emmet County Parks and Recreation staff for the Easter weekend Egg Scramble.

This is the second year the scramble has taken place since being shut down due to COVID-19.

Kids search for eggs in a field during the Egg Scramble on Saturday, April 8, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Kids search for eggs in a field during the Egg Scramble on Saturday, April 8, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.

The fairgrounds were broken up into zones by age group; zero to five, six to nine and 10 to 13. Parks and recreation staff also prepared about 400 candy bags to hand out in case there were kids that weren’t able to get eggs.

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Kids look around for eggs during the Egg Scramble on Saturday, April 8, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Kids look around for eggs during the Egg Scramble on Saturday, April 8, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Jaxson Lownsberry, 2, drops an egg into a bag during the Egg Scramble on Saturday, April 8, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.
Jaxson Lownsberry, 2, drops an egg into a bag during the Egg Scramble on Saturday, April 8, at the Emmet County Fairgrounds in Petoskey.

The event was sponsored by the City of Petoskey, Emmet County, Corktown Pizza and Pub, Stafford’s Pier Restaraunt, Meijer, Walmart, Health Department of Northwest Michigan, Wilson Insurance, Great Start Collaborative​ & Parent Coalition of Charlevoix, Emmet and Northern Antrim Counties, Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency and Emmet County 4-H.

— Contact reporter Tess Ware at tware@petoskeynews.com. Follow her on Twitter, @Tess_Petoskey.

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