Button Winner Announced!

Cosette Nelson

The Winona Steamboat Days Festival Committee unveiled the 2014 Button Design and announced its designer at Winona Middle School Wednesday afternoon. This year’s design winner is Cosette Nelson, an 8th grade student at Winona Middle School. Cosette is the daughter of Bunny Novak and Charles Nelson.

As the Design Winner, Cosette will received a plaque with her winning design, a ride in the Kiddie Parade and Steamboat Days Grande Parade, personalize button to wear during steamboat days, t-shirt with her design on it, drinking glasses, and carnival armbands for her family.

Steamboat Days also awards prizes to the Second Place Zachary Schmidt, 8th grade student at Winona Middle School and and Third Place to Mady Koehler, an 8th grade student at St Mathews School.

Steamboat Days buttons will be available for sale at most Winona convince stores, retailers, restaurants, Midtown Foods and HyVee beginning Saturday, May 17th. With your advance button purchase of $5.00 you can register to win many great prizes donated by a variety of area merchants including a new Kayak from Wenonah Canoe!

Your Steamboat Days button purchase help provide FREE events and activities for the festival such as the new Water Ski Show, Ho-Chunk Native American Dancer performance , the Grande Parade and the Fireworks Show!