Grab a basket, it’s time to hunt for eggs
The Easter bunny hopes lots of little kids in Rathdrum will grab their Easter baskets and join in the fun at one of the Easter egg hunts in Rathdrum this year.
•Rathdrum/Lakeland Kiwanis are sponsoring an Easter egg hunt at noon on Easter Sunday at Stub Meyer Park.
Get there in time to see the local fire department deliver the Easter bunny, which will preside over the activities. Several hundred kids attend this event each year, and the bunny has more than 1,100 candy-filled eggs and lots of prizes to give away this year.
The Easter egg hunt is divided into four groups: handicapped, ages 1 to 3, ages 4 to 6 and ages 7 to 9.
•The Rathdrum Citizens Committee is sponsoring an Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m., on Sunday at Lakeland High School.
The group has sponsored Easter egg hunts for the Rathdrum community for nearly 40 years.
The Easter egg hunt is divided into four age groups: up to age 3, ages 4 to 6, ages 7 to 9 and ages 10 to 12.
The prom detective
For the second time in Rathdrum history, “Meet Me at the Prom,” a play by James Reach, will be presented at the old Rathdrum High School, now Mountain View Alternative School.
The first production was presented by the junior class of 1959. Mark Gorton, a teacher at Mountain View, sees a lot of parallels between the school’s activities then and now. So, he decided to have his drama class, an elective class with about 15 students, present the comedy again.
Members of the original cast are being invited to attend. Cherry Heitstuman, one of the original cast members who has been looking for her fellow actors, has found 15 of 17 classmates. She still is looking for Elaine Bard and David Anderson of the graduating class of 1960.
If you have any information, please contact Heitstuman at 687-1212.
The play will be presented May 31, at 6 p.m. at the school.
Garwood Elementary sets a McRecord
For the past five years, the McDonald’s restaurant in Rathdrum has held its popular McTeacher’s Night fundraisers for local public elementary schools.
The principal and up to 10 school personnel “work” at the restaurant, greeting customers, working the registers and, in some cases, assisting with food preparation. The event is a one-night fundraiser, with a portion of the night’s proceeds being donated to the school.
McDonald’s owner Tim Skubitz reports that Garwood Elementary set a record for the highest sales during its recent McTeacher’s Night. Principal B.J. DeAustin and several teachers and staffers racked up sales that garnered $600 for the school – not bad for three hours’ work.
The next day, the school charged students $1 for the privilege of wearing a hat to school. Then the school donated the proceeds from both events to Spokane’s Ronald McDonald House.
Way to go, Garwood Elementary.