Children burst from the starting area in search if treat-filled plastic eggs during Saturday’s 44th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of children and their parents took part in the event, which also featured a visit from the Easter Bunny and a drawing for prizes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Children burst from the starting area in search if treat-filled plastic eggs during Saturday’s 44th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of children and their parents took part in the event, which also featured a visit from the Easter Bunny and a drawing for prizes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Let the Easter egg hunt begin

Children burst from the starting area in search if treat-filled plastic eggs during Saturday’s 44th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of children and their parents took part in the event, which also featured a visit from the Easter Bunny and a drawing for prizes.

Elizabeth Bales of Port Angeles offers an Easter egg to her son, Remy, 1, at the 44th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of children and their parents took part in the event, which also featured a visit from the Easter Bunny and a drawing for prizes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Elizabeth Bales of Port Angeles offers an Easter egg to her son, Remy, 1, at the 44th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of children and their parents took part in the event, which also featured a visit from the Easter Bunny and a drawing for prizes. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rose Cowden, 6, of Joyce gets a green egg Saturday during the 19th Kitchen Family Easter Egg Hunt held on the playground of Crescent School. The event drew a crowd estimated at nearly 300 kids, parents and grandparents with 2,200 plastic and real eggs for children in three age brackets. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Rose Cowden, 6, of Joyce gets a green egg Saturday during the 19th Kitchen Family Easter Egg Hunt held on the playground of Crescent School. The event drew a crowd estimated at nearly 300 kids, parents and grandparents with 2,200 plastic and real eggs for children in three age brackets. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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