Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the 31st Judicial District and Hope Unlimited brought Child Abuse Prevention Month in April to a close by hosting a Pinwheels for Prevention poster coloring contest for kindergarten through third-graders in 12 area schools and four counties.
Age appropriate information regarding child abuse prevention was also presented to students at each school. More than 1,200 students colored posters for the contest. The pictures are now on display in merchant and government windows and public areas in Iola, Chanute, Erie and Thayer.
David Toland, Thrive Allen County director, Dina Morrison, chief court clerk for District 31, and Christopher Phelan, assistant county attorney, served as judges at Iola; Lyle Key, chief of police, Mardelle Pringle, treasurer’s office, and Lisa Page, District Court clerk, were judges at Yates Center; and Jane Brophy, director of the Chanute Chamber of Commerce and Office of Tourism, Raymond Hale, interim chief of police, and Angie Walters, District Court clerk, picked the winners at Chanute.
Morrison said, “This was a very hard job. All of the pictures were so creative and colorful and you could tell the children tried hard to do a very good job. They were all winners to me.”
Winners of the contest and their grade levels, listed first, second and third, were:
Iola: Carmen LeGrande, first grade; Michaela Riebel, kindergarten.
Humboldt: Morgan Sterling, third grade; Raegan Trester, third grade; Karley Wools, third grade.
Marmaton Valley: Janae Granere, second grade; Kaitlyn Drake, third grade; Korbyn Stinnett, kindergarten.
Yates Center: Abigail Weber, second grade; Canon Cavender, third grade; Hannah Sterling, second grade.
Crest: Jaci Coberley, second grade; Julia Malloy, second grade; Kamryn Luedke, third grade.
Chanute: Neveah Jones, second grade; McKinzie Daniels, first grade; Mahysei Anderson, kindergarten.
Erie: Joey Vincent, third grade; Kira Coover, second grade; Mark Tenebro, kindergarten.
Altoona-Midway: Olivia Goodwin, first grade; Alaura Maple, third grade; Kieran Ames, first grade.
St. Pat’s (Chanute): Natalie Holmes, kindergarten; Ella Gahagan, second grade; Brady Dyke, second grade.
Thayer: Averee Hicks, kindergarten; Shelly Raida, second grade; Trevin Elam, third grade.
The winners all received coupons for free meals and drinks.
