Allie Larson of the Ellendale Lions Club announced last week that Sadie Mortenson’s first-place Veteran’s Day Peace Poster won top prize at the district level.

Sadie’s poster was chosen as the winner out of 65 different Lions Clubs. The district includes all Lions Clubs from Winnebago to Blue Earth and Worthington to the Iowa border. Sadie will be recognized at a brunch for the District Lions Club in Mankato on February 12. Sadie’s Peace Poster will go on to be judged at the national level, competing against Lions Clubs all the way to the North and South Dakota border and up to Manitoba and Ontario, Canada. If Sadie’s poster wins, she will advance to Washington D.C. where she’ll be recognized.

“We are so proud or her,” said Holly Mortenson, Sadie’s mother. “She is such a talented little artist. Her work is impeccable. She puts her heart into everything she does. We wish her the best of luck as her poster moves on to the national level for judging.”