Recently, Springfield Elks Lodge #1560 held their annual “Drug Awareness Poster Contest” awards assembly at Union St. School with Chairman Jim Kirkwood making the presentations. The theme of this years contest was, “Just Say No” to Drugs.
Each year the Elks Club asks the students at Union St. School to make posters and color them and the Elks make a contest out of them. Some of these posters will be published in a Elks coloring book that will be included in the Halloween bags in the fall which the Elks present to all elementary students in Springfield. This year sixty-one students participated in the contest from grades three through five.
The winners are as follows, overall 1st place winner was fourth grader Michael Coleman who was awarded $25 and a new bicycle with a helmet. For the girls, the 1st place winner was Hollee Martinez and she was awarded $25. There is only one bike given out each year to the top contestant. 2nd place for the girls was Summer Steinberg and Alexander Moye for the boys. They each received $15 for their effort. 3rd place for the girls was Jaydah Rogers and Cameron Page for the boys. They both received $10 each.
Pictured are the winners of the recent Springfield Elks Lodge #1560 Poster Coloring contest held at Union St. School. Frt. l to r; Cameron Page, Alexander Moye, Michael Coleman, Hollee Martinez, Summer Steinberg and Jaydah Rogers. In back are Elks members Gloria Gunn, Chairman Jim Kirkwood, Exalted Ruler Vicki Siliski and Eugene Siliski.
News item submitted by Mike Gunn