City announces winners of art and balloon fest drawings

[August 24, 2011]  Tuesday evening, prior to the committee-of-the-whole workshop meeting of the Lincoln City Council, Mayor Keith Snyder, Alderman Jeff Hoinacki and Chief Mark Miller of the Lincoln Fire Department drew the names of all the winners of this year's Art & Balloon Festival giveaway from the city of Lincoln.

Snyder said there were 189 entries in the adult and children's drawings combined. In the category of 12 years of age and under, 33 kids' names were entered, with four names drawn out as winners. In the category of age 13 and up, 156 entries were submitted, and six names were drawn.

In the children's category, the prizes given to each child are two admission wristbands for the airport, a collector pin and a festival T-shirt. The winners are Kaylee Thomas, age 3, Denver Nodine, 4, Emma VanFossan, 7, and Paige Raymond, 6.

In the category for 13 and up, there was one grand prize, one first place, two second places and two third-place prize packages.

The grand prize consists of a free balloon ride on festival weekend, two wristbands for the airport events, two collector pins and a festival T-shirt. The winner is Amie Kenney of North College Street.

The first prize consists of $100 in Art Bucks to be used at the art festival, two wristbands for the airport events, two collector pins and a festival T-shirt. The winner is Brett Slater of North Jefferson Street.

The second prize consists of $50 in Art Bucks to be used at the art festival, two wristbands for the airport events, two collector pins and a festival T-shirt. The winners are Delores Hurley of Delavan Street and Cindy Ayars of Ninth Street.

The third prize consists of two wristbands for the airport events, one collector pin and a festival T-shirt. These final two winners are Emile Lowe of Allison Street and Duane Moore, who lives on Northgate in Mayfair addition.

Qualifications for the drawing included that the winners be a residents of Lincoln and that the balloon ride winner needed to be 18 years of age or older.

[By NILA SMITH]