Smith Motors to End Easter Egg Hunt …

Dealer Ken Smith called Huckleberries Online a few minutes ago to say that he’s ending his annual Easter egg hunt in Coeur d’Alene. He said he’d made the decision before the two articles appeared this week in Huckleberries print b/c the thing has gotten too big. He guesstimated that 8000 adults and children attended the event Friday evening at the dealership’s service lot at Fourth and Locust. The dealership bought 550 prizes besides bikes to give away for the event. Ken said he saw one woman in the 0 to 4 age group without a kid shoveling hundreds of eggs into a large garbage sack in quest for the prizes. At one point, he said, “I was afraid an adult was going to run over a kid.” It was the sixth Easter egg hunt staged by the dealership. Ken ended by expressing thanks to those who supported the hunt, with the right attitude, and have supported his business in town.