Cathy Akins Receives 2020 Poe Award
The Harrodsburg Herald/Robert Moore
Rebecca Hardin, left, and Kim Yazell, right, with the Kentucky Department of Public Health, present Cathy Akins, center, with the 2020 John W. Poe Award.
Robert Moore
Herald Staff
Cathy Akins, the environmental program manager and interim director of the Mercer County Health Department, has received the 2020 John W. Poe Award.
The award was presented to Akins last Friday. It recognizes an environmentalist who has done an outstanding job in preparedness or public health response in Kentucky.
“It is an honor to be recognized,” Akins said.
A wonderful honor.