Hall of Fame nominations
Nominations for the 1997 Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame will be accepted until the end of July 1996.
Nomination forms can be picked up from any district agriculture office or from the communications division at the Alberta Agriculture offices in the J.G. O’Donoghue Building, 7000 113 St., Edmonton, T6H 5T6.
Any Albertan who has made an exceptional contribution to agriculture at the local, provincial, national or international level is eligible for nomination.
Those chosen to be inducted into the Hall of Fame will be honored at a ceremony during Agriculture Awareness Week next March.
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New FCC board member
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