2009 Civic Award Winner Mal Hepburn

Friends, family, supporters and board members of the Greater Cedarburg Community Foundation filled the Cedarburg Cultural Center on February 19th as Mal Hepburn was honored as recipient of the 2009 Civic Award. The event, held annually to honor an outstanding...

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2008 Civic Award Winners Don & Janet Levy

Janet and Don Levy were honored February 28th as the recipients of the 2008 Civic Award. Don and Janet have worked with unselfish enthusiasm to enhance the Cedarburg community in many ways. As a team they were instrumental in campaigns which made it possible to build...

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2007 Civic Award Winner Ed Rappold

Edward A. Rappold, whose collection of historic Cedarburg photographs has kept Cedarburg’s pioneers, their buildings and their lifestyles alive and available for the future, received the fifth annual Civil Award of the Cedarburg Foundation on February 1, 2007. More...

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2006 Civic Award Winner Bob Armbruster

Bob Armbruster, whose family has operated Armbruster Jewelers on Cedarburg’s Washington Avenue since 1884, received The Cedarburg Foundation’s fourth annual Civic Award at the foundation’s annual civic celebration February 19, 2006. Armbruster was recognized for his...

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2005 Civic Award Winner Ralph Huiras

Lawyer, retired banker and philanthropist Ralph J. Huiras received the third annual Cedarburg Foundation civic award at a banquet held in his honor at the Cedarburg Cultural Center February 17, 2005. About 200 persons attended the celebration, which included an annual...

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2004 Civic Award Winner Carl Edquist

More than 200 persons gathered at the Cedarburg Cultural Center on February 26, 2004 to honor Carl W. Edquist, the recipient of the 2004 Civic Award of the Cedarburg Foundation. All his children, some of their spouses, two brothers and several grandchildren were in...

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2003 Civic Award Winner Merlin Rostad

On February 27, 2003, the Greater Cedarburg Community Foundation presented Merlin G. Rostad with the first annual Cedarburg Civic Award. The award was presented at the Foundations Civic Celebration held at the Cedarburg Cultural Center. The Civic Award recognized...

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Accepting the Civic Award from GCF President-Elect Joe Fazio were: (front row left to right): William Hintz, Fire Chief Jeff Vahsholtz, Kim Gordon and Scott Matusewic; (back row left to right): Richard VanDinter, William Koeppen and Jeffrey Boerner. The Fire Department requested that the $1,000 grant that goes with the award be split between Heartsafe Wisconsin for CPR training and the “Burn Camp” put on each year by the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin to help children who have suffered burn injuries.

Photo courtesy of Ozaukee County News Graphic: Art Dahlke, photographer