OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – At its Annual Technical
Conference and Exposition held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Oklahoma
Rural Water Association (ORWA) presented Boyd Hughes with the
2009 Man of the Year Award for his efforts in the development
and advancement of rural water in rural Oklahoma.
Hughes is a farmer/rancher from Freedom,
Oklahoma. His father, Oscar Hughes, helped organize Woodward
County RWD #1 in the 1960s.