The New Braunfels Evening Lions Club received the 2012 E.P. “Pete” Nowotny Award for Civic Organization of the Year.
The award began in 1936, when the New Braunfels Jaycees, under the leadership of Pete Nowotny, successfully negotiated the sale of Landa Park to the City of New Braunfels. The New Braunfels Jay-cees and Mr. Nowotny were responsible for turning out the vote in order to pass a bond that funded the park purchase. In…