River Reporter production manager and design guru Amanda Reed was doodling images for tattoos and thought, “Wouldn’t it be funny to have a haunted lava lamp that’s caught spirits and stored them inside?”

So she did a more detailed version and here it is, ready to be colored by you, child or adult! Yes, O stressed readers, even adults can enter, and coloring is a relaxing thing to do. 

To enter, simply color the image at right and drop your entry at the River Reporter office on Erie Avenue in Narrowsburg, NY by the end of the day on Saturday, November 7.

Alternatively! Mail it by Wednesday, November 4 to PO Box 150, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, or take a very clear picture and email it to sales@riverreporter.com.

Either way, be sure to include your name and contact information with your entry.

The winners will be announced in print and online in a future edition.

Lava lamps, not haunted

Looks like there’s some space to fill, so let’s fill it and inform our readers at the same time. The Google (as Jonathan Charles Fox would say) tells us that the lava lamp was invented by a Brit, Edward Craven Walker, back in 1963. The “Astro Lamp,” aka a “motion lamp,” was spotted at a trade show by Americans, who bought the U.S. rights, took one home, renamed it, and set up the LAVA Manufacturing Corporation. You can learn more at lavalamp.com.

Wikipedia has lots more detail and pretty pictures of lava lamps (also known in the U.S. as Lava Lites). Try searching on “lava lamp commercials” too.