The Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame Announces 2012 Honorees
The Arizona Farming & Ranching Hall of Fame will induct eight Arizona agricultural pioneers from across the state at their Fifth Annual Honoree Dinner March 3, 2012 at the Corona Ranch in Laveen.
The 2012 Inductees: Bill Baldwin, Parker Valley/Skull Valley; former Arizona Senator Jack Brown, St. Johns; former Arizona State Senator John Hays, Skull Valley; Carl G. Stevenson, Red Rock and Robert Van Hofwegen, Tolleson.
Posthumous honorees: Joseph K. Feffer, Dewey; Howard Warren Lydic, Peoria; and Kenneth B. McMicken, Litchfield Park.
As Arizona celebrates its Centennial in 2012, the Hall of Fame will publish Arizona Farming and Ranching Hall of Fame 2008-2012. The book will contain histories and photographs of each honoree along with essays on agricultural history and water issues past, present and future. The book will be introduced at the 2012 honorees dinner.
For more information, call 623-695-9614.
