Keep St. Mary Beautiful receives awards

Keep St. Mary Beautiful was one of 20 Keep Louisiana Beautiful affiliates to receive the 2016 KLB Circle of Excellence Award. The St. Mary organization fulfilled seven “Good Standing” requirements. Keep St. Mary Beautiful also was the recipient of $500 at the 2016 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Conference Awards Banquet in Baton Rouge on Sept. 28. Top photo from left are Didi Battle, Keep St. Mary Beautiful board chair; Rodney Grogan, Keep St. Mary Beautiful project director; and Lea Hartman-Hebert, Keep St. Mary Beautiful board member. Bottom photo from left are Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, Grogan and Andrew R. Johnson IV, an attorney for board of director’s executive committee.