Applefest T-shirt design winners announced

Warwick — The Applefest 2011 Committee recently announced the names of all the winners of this year’s T-shirt Design Competition. In the adult category, first-place prize was awarded to Giselle Morell-Marin, whose design will be printed on the Applefest 2011 T-shirts and sold at Applefest on Sunday, Oct. 2. She will also receive a $50 Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce gift certificate. Morell-Marin is a professional designer who lives in Warwick with her husband, Jeffrey, and their two children: Joshua, 8, and Gianna, 7. Her Web site is gigidesignstudio.com New for this year are tote bags featuring the winning design, which will also be sold at Applefest. The second-place prize winner is Julie English, who will receive a $25 chamber gift certificate. Third prize winner is Erin Clark, who will receive a $10 gift certificate. Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce gift certificates may be used at a wide variety of stores, restaurants, and businesses throughout the Town of Warwick. In the student category, first place was awarded to Kat Hamling, who will receive a $20 chamber gift certificate. The second place prize student winner is Lauren Brandt, who will receive a $15 gift certificate. And third-place prize student winner Phenecia Davis will receive a $10 gift certificate. Before Applefest, all T-shirt design contest submissions will be displayed in the window of Akin’s Pharmacy on Main Street. After Applefest, all entries will be available for pickup at the Chamber of Commerce Caboose on South Street until Nov. 6. Additional information about the upcoming Applefest may be found at www.warwickapplefest.com.