Beautification award winners announced

DOWNEY - The 2009 Home and Business Beautification Award winners were recently decided upon by the Keep Downey Beautiful program and the City of Downey.These awards are given annually to individuals who dedicated their time to maintaining, improving and beautifying their homes and businesses. The Business Beautiful award winners include the Corner Church, Vaca Preformance & Dyno Inc., Unsworth School, Unique Auto Spa and Calvary Chapel of Downey. Home Beautiful award winners include Henry E. Foster, Jim Actkinson, Mary Arseneau, Ed Knebl, Darcy McLeod, Kendra and Patrick Hunter, Dr. Carl W. Stewart, and Dr. and Mrs. Ritchard Fishman. Home Improvement awards were given to Valentine Herron Jr., the Secord Family, Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Torres, and Gene & Monica Gonzales. The last award category, the Multi-Family award, included recipients Shady Lane Apartments, Pinebrook Villas Apartments, Arizonian Apartments, Marco Polo Apartments, Rancho La Paz Apartments, and the San Lucus Apartments. Keep Downey Beautiful meets the second Monday of each month 3p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Downey City Hall. --Stephanie Cobau

********** Published: August 21, 2009 - Volume 8 - Issue 18