Teighan Voss, 2, left, and her sister, Madison, 1, of Zelienople, look over some of the treats they picked up at the Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt at the Zelienople Community Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

ZELIENOPLE — Candy treats and model trains were the twin attractions of the Zelienople Lions Club 2023 Easter Egg Hunt Saturday morning.

After hundreds of children scrambled for eggs and candy in Zelienople Community Park, they could walk a half-block to the Model Train Club of Zelienople’s model train display at Masonic Lodge, 330 E. Beaver St., which ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Elliott Hilton, president of the Zelienople Lions Club, said his members had been planning for this year’s Easter egg hunt for a month. Club members had been in the park beginning at 9:30 a.m. to scatter plastic eggs and candy for the free event for children up to 12 years old.

“We chartered in 1949. Our main focus is to serve the blind and the hearing-impaired. We also work with (Lions) District 14 on hunger, global environmentalism and childhood cancer,” Hilton said.

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