Vermilion Voice Celebrates Third Annual Halloween Colouring Contest

The Vermilion Voice continued a fun Halloween tradition this year, hosting its third annual Halloween Colouring Contest and giving local children a chance to show off their creativity while competing for a Halloween goodie bucket.

The contest, featured in the newspaper’s October 13 issue, invited children to participate in two age categories, ages 2 to 7 and 8 to 14, with a different Halloween-themed colouring page for each group. Young artists had until October 23 to submit their completed entries to the Vermilion Voice office.

Helping select this year’s winners were Peter Clark of the Royal Canadian Legion Field Marshal Alexander Branch No. 11 and Lieutenant-Colonel Jocelyn Roy from CFB Wainwright, who was visiting the Legion to give a presentation. Both generously took time out of their day to help judge the colourful creations.

“It was a hard decision because all the entries were so well done. In the end, it came down to those little special touches that made the winning colouring pages stand out,” said Clark.

After the judging was complete, the winners were contacted on October 26. Archie Newberry was selected as the winner of the 8-to-14 age category, while Bohdi Elkow took home the prize in the 2-to-7 age category.

Both winners visited the Vermilion Voice office to collect their Halloween goodie buckets and have their photographs taken.

The buckets were filled with a variety of Halloween surprises, including treats, stickers, a book, glow sticks and other festive goodies. The glow sticks were included as a fun way to help make the children more visible while out trick-or-treating on Halloween night.

Now in its third year, the Halloween Colouring Contest has become a fun tradition for the Vermilion Voice, providing an opportunity to celebrate the creativity of local children.

The Vermilion Voice would like to thank everyone who participated, along with Clark and Lt.-Col. Roy for taking the time to judge the entries. Congratulations to Archie and Bohdi, and Happy Halloween to all!