Button Design Contest Category Winners:

Dan Malacarne, a Taconic High School Senior, has won the 2001 Winter Carnival button design contest. His design was chosen from more than 280 entries submitted to the Winter Sports Committee by children from the city's elementary, middle and high schools.

The button depicts the Winter Carnival Queen on a toboggan followed by a snowman on another toboggan. (One of the Winter Carnival events is the Toboggan races at Osceola Park in January)

Category winners:

Kindergarden thru 2^nd grade Nicole Chaves Egremont school

3^rd thru 5^th grade Ricarda Huthinson St. Mark school

6^th thru 8^th grade Anna Rennie St. Mark school

9^th thru 12^th grade Elizabeth Rogers Taconic High school

The Button Design Grand Prize is a $100 Berkshire Mall Gift certificate

The Category Winner Prizes are a $50 Berkshire Mall Gift certificate