Lunch, limo for best button

Madelyn Pickens, who has the winning button design for the Sequim Irrigation Festival, joined friends from Greywolf Elementary in riding in a limo on April 30 and get a free lunch at the Black Bear Diner.

Madelyn Pickens, who has the winning button design for the Sequim Irrigation Festival, joined friends from Greywolf Elementary in riding in a limo on April 30 and get a free lunch at the Black Bear Diner.

Moments before stepping into a limousine, Pickens, 11, got a standing applause from her fifth-grade teacher Nathalie Maynock’s class on April 30 in the parking lot at Greywolf Elementary.

Her art featuring Sequim’s elk welcome sign won over 485 other drawings from Sequim elementary school students for the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s button design contest. For winning, she received the fancy ride from 7 Cedars Casino and a free lunch to the Black Bear Diner from Liz Parks, owner/designated broker for RE/MAX Fifth Avenue.

She got to bring along some of her Greywolf Elementary friends including Alyssa Bonheyo, Hannah Hampton, Kaely Henning, Taylor Heyting, Marley Reader and Lauren Sundin.