Here's a look at some local winners of the 2010 Metra safety poster and safety essay contests for school-age children.

First place in the poster category was first-grader Rachael Yoo from Hoffman Estates. Second place went to kindergartner Aayush Desai of Naperville, sixth-grader Jennifer Barrera of West Chicago and ninth-grader Jacob Pollack of Batavia. Third-place finishers were second-grader Margarita Ruiz and seventh-grader Kevin Rezek, both of Lombard; ninth-grader Emilio Tenuta of Batavia, and 10th-grader Leslie Michaelchuck of Cary. And, 12th-grader Katie Finlon of Cary won first place in the safety essay contest.