NEWS

Garden Club observes Arbor Day

Staff reports

Plaquemine Garden Club celebrated Arbor Day by planting a Natchez Crepe Myrtle along the median of J. Gerald Berret Blvd. (entrance way to the Parish Library and the Civic Center) last week. Standing in front of the young tree are club members, from left, Gail LeJeune, Club President Madeline Kessler, Arbor Day Chairman Patsy Ray, Brenda Blanchard, and representing the Parish Library staff Elizabeth Hanes.