SPD Drone Coloring Contest Winners Announced

The winners of this year’s Sedalia Police Department’s drone coloring contest have been announced with a personal visit at the various participating elementary schools by Det. Nick Camirand, who is also a certified drone pilot himself with the SPD’s Drone Unit.

The top three winners from each school were awarded a drone of their own to fly, along with a medal to wear.

The cost of the drones for all schools except St. Paul’s Lutheran, was covered by W-K Chevrolet-Buick-GMC.

The cost of the drones at St. Paul’s Lutheran was covered by Don Weaver of Don’s Truck Towing.

All medals were paid for by Central Bank of Sedalia.

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The winners at each school were:

Washington – Tucker Nelson, Ryker Brandes and Braelyn Smith

Sedalia Area Co-op – Samuel Griess, Van Schenewark and Piper Butts-Hittle

Skyline – Samuel Bevzyuk, Yelysei Oshurko and Sofia Vargas

Parkview – Miguel A. Lopez, Ismael Bedolla and Alyana Petrashishin

Sacred Heart – Audrey Booth, Colt Bredehoeft and Charlotte Miller

Heber Hunt – Calvin Gentry, Keagan Burks and Jonathan Garcia Valadez

St. Paul Lutheran – Abbi Cogdill, Emilia Romenskiy and Ella Denyshchych

Horace Mann – Hazel Broadbent, Isai Alejo and Daniel Chehorskyi

All of the pages the students colored showed an SPD officer  with a mustache waving as Libby the Squirrel (from Sedalia Parks & Rec) pilots a drone that is hovering above them.

The coloring sheet was designed by Lindsey Batson, program specialist for Sedalia Parks and Recreation.

This is the fourth annual coloring contest, according to Det. Camirand.

Accompanying Det. Camirand to some of the presentations were Stephanie Kilby with Central Bank of Sedalia and Carson with W-K Chevrolet Buick.