By Brenna Wiegand It’s no surprise to learn that Jerry Lauzon has been awarded Mount Angel’s Lifetime Achievement award. He and the other awardees will be honored at the Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce First Citizen Banquet March 19 at the Mount Angel Community Festhalle. Lauzon has impacted nearly all aspects of Mount Angel life since taking up residence upon […]
Jerry Lauzon, known far and wide as “Mr. Oktoberfest,” is retiring from the Mount Angel Oktoberfest Board of Directors effective Jan. 26. Of Lauzon’s 20 years on the Oktoberfest board, he spent eight as president.
Our Town reporters Don Murtha and Brenna Wiegand interviewed several people about their memories of Sept. 11, 2001 when commercial jets commandered by terrorists took down the twin towers in New York City, smashed into the Pentagon, and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
The 2010 Northwest Festivals Conference Ovation Award Ceremony recognized Mount Angel’s Wurstfest 2009 as Best New Festival or Event in Oregon, Oktoberfest was honored as the Best Cultural and Heritage Event for 2009 and Oktoberfest Public Relations Director Jerry Lauzon is the Oregon Festival and Event Industry’s Volunteer of the Year for 2009.
