Easter Bunny

Grace Academy plans dodgeball tournament Grace Academy will host the Washington County Dodgeball Tournament Saturday, May 23, starting at 10 a.m. at the school at 13321 Cearfoss Pike in Hagerstown. The team entry costs $450 for a maximum 10-person team or $45 per player. Each team must be comprised of at least two women. You must be 18 or older to participate. Businesses, organizations and churches are encouraged to enter a team. The top two teams will win prizes and trophies.

Eggs galore There will be a veritable abundance of Easter eggs in Widmeyer Park Saturday. Tri-State Community Health Center will sponsor an Easter egg hunt beginning at 10 a.m. with prizes, candy-filled eggs, special golden eggs and the Easter Bunny. Then, stick around for the Community Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. sponsored by the Hancock Lions Club, Hancock United Methodist Church and Hardee's Restaurant. Children from toddlers through age 12 are welcome to participate in both of these events.

The following egg hunts are planned: o An Easter egg hunt for Hancock-area children on Saturday, April 4, at 2 p.m. will feature 3,000 plastic eggs hidden in Widmeyer Park in Hancock. Sponsored by the Hancock Lions, Hancock United Methodist Church and Hardee's, the hunt will begin with registration at 1:30 p.m. at the park. Those ages 12 and younger are invited. Rain date is April 11. o An Easter egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m. at Faith Christian Fellowship, 16726 Lappans Road, Williamsport.

Sniff, sniff, sniff. I smell an egg. Possibly an egg with candy in it. The annual egg hunt at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center south of Hagerstown doesn't have any spaces left, but there are many opportunities for egg hunting in the Tri-State area. Here are some upcoming egg hunts: Maryland Faith Christian Fellowship will host an Easter egg hunt and Resurrection Eggstravaganza at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4. Includes clowns, balloon animals, puppet show and more.

When I was growing up, the Easter Bunny left me some pretty disappointing baskets. While the neighbor kids got chocolate bunnies, jellybeans and marshmallow chicks, my basket was filled with nutritious snacks. My mom was a health-food nut, and she rarely let us have sweets. In fact, for years she had me convinced those chalky calcium tablets were candy. So you can imagine how incredibly jealous I was the year Mom gave my friend Pam the biggest chocolate bunny I had ever seen. A few days before Easter, Pam and I were horsing around in the yard when I accidentally fell on her, breaking one of her arms.

Spring arrives Be sure to think happy spring thoughts and wishes for warmer weather. Friday will mark the first official day of the spring season. Easter Bunny at mall The Easter Bunny will arrive at Valley Mall Saturday at 10 a.m. Children will have the chance to sit with the Easter Bunny and have his or her photos taken. The Easter Bunny will be at the mall's center court area through Saturday, April 11. Each child who visits with the bunny will receive a gift.

On March 15, the Easter Bunny visited Golden Living Center (formerly Beverly Living Center) on Dual Highway in Hagerstown. The yearly Easter egg hunt was held for children and grandchildren of the residents and staff.

Ah, let's go to the hunt Let's go to the hunt, oh baby. Well, you can rock it, you can roll it You can bag it, you can hoard it at the hunt. Hunters at Hagerstown Community College Student Government Association's Easter egg hunt earlier this month were too young to remember Danny & the Juniors, but they still had a hoppin' good time searching for 2,500 candy-filled plastic eggs. More than 200 children attended the March 8 hunt around the College Center, said Heather Barnhart, HCC's student activities coordinator.

Might there really be a secret bunny land were the Easter bunny rounds up pastel-colored eggs to drop into the baskets of good little boys and girls? Those wondering where the Easter bunny came from can look to ancient history for clues. Early Christians introduced Christian beliefs by adopting and transforming customs and ancient beliefs that non-Christians were already familiar with, said the Rev. Mark Oldenburg, professor of worship at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.