Widmans bag buttercup prize again

Angelina and Reed Widman of Rosalia claimed the 2011 Gazette buttercup sweepstakes prize with this beauty they discovered Saturday. This is the fourth straight year the Widmans have claimed the prize with buttercups that appear on a south slope near their place on Babb Road north of Rosalia. Angelina, 6, and Reed, 3, are children of Allen and Emmy Widman. Angelina’s kindergarten teacher, Amber Marsh, is a former buttercup winner. In the spirit of better times ahead, the Gazette’s prize committee Monday opted to award each youngster with a dollar, a de facto doubling of the standard reward.