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Rodio Vasquez breaks a confetti-filled decorated eggshell over the head of her niece, Ellie Cardenas, then 9, on Easter Sunday at Reynolds Park in Fort Dodge. The family’s Easter celebration included a picnic lunch of grilled chicken. Sunday was Ellie’s ninth birthday, and an eggshell broken over the head is both tradition and good luck, so her birthday was doubly special.