Photo by Kathy Browning (Left to right) Trevor Wingfield, Joslyn Kendall and Mia Cowan received recognition for entering the VFW’s “Just Say No” Coloring Contest. The third graders are from Hotchkiss. Cowan won first place, Kendall second, Wingfield third and Hector Elizalde (not pictured) won fourth.
The Black Canyon Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary Post 9333 in Hotchkiss annually recognizes students who have excelled in writing Voice of Democracy speeches and in the "Just Say No" Coloring Contest.
Commander Michael R. Davis welcomed the young winners and their families to the VFW Post.
The Ladies Auxiliary prepared a pot luck dinner.
Gwen Carpenter, youth activities chairman, introduced each of the winners.
The "Just Say No" Coloring Contest was for kids in grades one through four in Crawford, Paonia and Hotchkiss. Only Hotchkiss third graders participated. The winners were first place Mia Cowan, second place Joslyn Kendall, third place Trevor Wingfield and fourth place Hector Elizalde. The winners received crayons, colored pencils,
Photo by Kathy Browning
The Black Canyon VFW and Ladies Auxiliary Post 9333 presented prizes to the winners in their Voice of Democracy Speech Contest. Winners from Paonia High School are (left to right) Tyler Rapke, second place; Derrick Heinerger, first place; and Chelsea Reed, third place. Gwen Carpenter (right), youth activities chairman, presented the awards on Thursday, March 1.
markers, a bag and gold dollars. Wingfield received two gold dollars, Kendall three gold dollars and Cowan four gold dollars.
Carpenter said Paonia High School had a number of entries for the Voice of Democracy Speech Contest. All were members of Diane Hurst's speech class. "This was the best, most rewarding speech class ever," Hurst said.
Photo by Kathy Browning Reed Hubbell of Hotchkiss High School won first place for his Voice of Democracy speech and placed third at the district competition.
Paonia's first place winner was Derrick Heinerger, Tyler Rapke second place and third place went to Chelsea Reed.
Hotchkiss High School's Reed Hubbell won first place at his school and then went on to win third place at the district contest.
