The 2011 Great Pumpkin Contest will be featured at the Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, October 22nd. This is a BYOP (bring your own pumpkin) event! Decorating will take place at the Riverside Park Oval from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., IHS Art Works students will be on hand with lots of paint, glitter, glue and other crafty things to assist your child with the decorating. Awards will be announced at 12:45 p.m. Age groups are: preschool and kindergarten, 1st  and 2nd grade, 3rd through 5th grade, middle school homerooms and high school advisory classes. Prizes for the elementary divisions will be: 1 st place ? an arm band for the carnival, 2nd place ? a gift certificate to spend at a downtown food vendor of choice and 3 rd place ? a treat filled basket. There will be one winner from the middle school division and one winner from the high school division. The winning middle school homeroom and the winning high school advisory class will receive a traveling trophy and a classroom cookie party. Each age group will also have various certificates for scariest, funniest, most creative, etc.