New Orleans  Public Relations Society of America PROFESSIONAL AWARDS     KATRINA RECOVERY INSPIRES AWARD WINNERS Ann Barks, APR,  and Ann Christian, APR Marion LaNasa, APR, Melissa Lee , APR, and John Deveney, APR Christina Blanco, Alexis Lalor and Courtney Fisher of Loyola University  Andrea Ganier  and Kirby Scelfo of Loyola University Just four days after the Public Relations Society of America New Orleans Chapter (PRSA NOLA) celebrated its 2005 Awards Dinner, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast .  Some 15 months later, PRSA members again gathered for an evening event to honor and recognize those public relations professionals who have not only stayed in New Orleans , but who have turned in award-winning work in every category from crisis communications to invitations to newsletters.             A total of 65 entries were submitted.  Of those, 54 entries won an Award of Merit, Award of Excellence, Best of Category or the highest award presented – the Anvil.  Entries included submissions from a number of PR/Advertising firms, independent consultants, private companies and non-profit organizations.  The entries were sent to Michigan where they were judged by members of the Western Michigan PRSA chapter.              The awards event, which was held at the Audubon Golf Club on November 16, closed the evening by handing out six Anvil Awards.  The Anvil Award recognizes those PR campaign entries that show a complete program incorporating research, planning, execution and evaluation. This year’s Anvil winners were: Loyola PRSSA Bateman Team 2006 for its entry titled: Get Back in the Habit Ann Barks, APR & Ann Christian, APR for their work with the Louisiana Family Assistance Center  Loyola Bateman PRSSA 2005 for its entry titled: Check Out My Ethics Lockheed Martin Space Systems for its Post Katrina Communications Continuity Audubon Aquarium of the Americas , FedEx & Ketchum PR for its work on Penguin Homecoming Deveney Communication for its work for the NOMCVB Post Katrina Media Center  Other award recipients this year were: Children’s Hospital, Xavier University , Boudrie Communications, Keating Magee, Peter A. Mayer Public Relations, Mouton Media, and the United Way of Greater New Orleans.   RIGHT:  Xavier University award winners:  Irving Johnson III, University photographer; Warren Bell, Jr., Associate V.P., University & Media Relations; Adrienne Brooks, Vice President, Institutional Advancement; . Germaine A. Williams, Marketing Manager; Carol Dotson, Media Relations Specialist.   Photos by Cheryl Gerber         The 2004 Silver Anvil Winners Winners of the New Orleans PRSA's 2004 Silver Anvils, the chapter's highest professional awards, were, from left to right: Joel Mandina, Katherine Goetz, Betsy Gambel, Amy Ferguson, Amanda Silversmith, Melissa Lee, Jeffrey Ory and Libby Waunch. The 2003 Winners   Here are the 2003 Anvil Winners at the New Orleans PRSA Annual Awards Dinner.  From left to right are Carroll Summerour, Terry Westerfield, Barbara Kaplinsky, Kay Brief, Amanda Silversmith, Melissa Lee, APR, Jeffrey Ory, APR, Tiffany Bleichner and Cathleen Randon 2002 Winners The 2002 Anvil winners: Jeffrey Ory, Mary Mouton, Bryan Bennett, Van Gallinghouse and the Loyola Bateman team--Ellen Brewer, Meg Courtney and Cheryn Robles. 2001 Winners   Winners of the 2001 Anvil Awards: Malcolm Ehrhardt, John Deveney and Chuck Dickey.