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Oktoberfest button revealed
Artist Kim Vaughter won button-design contest
Oktoberfest is still more than six months away, but we know what the 2016 fest button will look like.
The design by local artist Kim Vaughter was revealed at the Forks and Corks fundraiser Thursday night at the La Crosse Center.
It shows the hands of two people toasting the festival, but not with mugs of beer.
“I thought an interesting way to twist that around was to give each person a pretzel to toast, instead of the stein,” Vaughter said. “So, I thought the clink added some movement to the picture.”
The Stevens Point, Wis., native who’s lived in La Crosse two years says she had submitted a similar design for last year’s button contest but it didn’t win.