LAPLACE — The towns of Wallace, Garyville and Reserve will be judged in May’s Cleanest City Contest contested following their wins on the district level.

LaPlace and Edgard were chosen as runners up, according to Parish President Natalie Robottom.

The Cleanest City Contest is sponsored by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation (LGCF) with the goal of increasing civic pride and improving the visual appeal of towns and cities throughout the state. Each spring, federation members tour various parishes throughout the region scoring the municipalities on cleanliness and community involvement to promote beautification.

State judging will take place in May when judges will again tour the selected areas of St. John for cleanliness and beautification.

Residents and businesses are encouraged to beautify their properties in advance. “Beautification is a community effort and we ask residents and business owners to help us with this initiative by participating in the upcoming Clean Sweep event that will be held on (Saturday),” Robottom said.

Sponsored by the Keep St. John Beautiful Committee, this event is a community effort to clean up St. John and make it a more beautiful place to live, work and play. The event will kick off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Thomas F. Daley Memorial Park. To register your group, visit sjbparish.com or call 652-9569.

Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day takes place that same day in the New Wine Ministries Parking Lot from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.