Article: Coloring his world

Winning effort turns a Topeka boy into a Toys 'R' Us kid

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANN WILLIAMSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Trent Johnson, a 11-year-old sixth-grader at Pleasant Hill Elementary, practices his drawing skills at his home. Johnson won a Burnett Automotive stores coloring contest.

Trent shows off the bicycle he bought with his gift certificate from Toys 'R' Us.

By Phil Anderson

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

f you don't play, you can't win.

Trent Johnson, 11, found that out recently when he entered a coloring contest sponsored by Burnett Automotive stores.

"I went with my dad to get our car tuned up and saw there was a coloring contest," Trent said. "My dad told me to get an entry form."

Although it was in ...

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