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Annual Farm Bureau Meet the
Candidate Cookout in July
Loyd Awarded Lewis County FB
Scholarship
The Annual West Virginia Farm Bureau
Regional Cookout and Meet the Candidate Night
will be held on Saturday, July 30 at the marina in
St. Marys, West Virginia.
Anna Loyd has been awarded Lewis County Farm
Bureau’s educational scholarship for 2016.
The event is a great opportunity for voters to
become informed and learn where candidates stand
on the issues important to families, agriculture and
our state.
The Pleasants County Farm Bureau is hosting
the event. Social hour starts at 5:30 pm. The meal
begins at 6:30 pm.
Bring a chair and a covered dish to share. Meat
and cutlery will be provided.
For more information, contact Don Fleming
at (304) 464-4261 or Audra Cunningham at (304)
684-3077.
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the 15th of the month prior to publication. Timesensitive announcements must be submitted no
less than 8 weeks prior to the date of the event.
Electronic submissions, including photos, are
preferred. Send to [email protected].
Loyd, salutatorian of her Lewis County High
School graduating class, will be attending West
Virginia University this fall where she plans to
obtain a degree in
Animal and Nutritional
Sciences. She will be
a part of the Honors
College and the DavisMichael Scholars
Program at WVU.
Anna will be a member
of the Pride of West
Virginia, the WVU
Marching Band.
Anna has been a life-long 4-H member, annually
exhibits outstanding project work, is active with
community service projects and has provided
leadership in the 4-H program. She is a member
of the Youth Livestock Club and annually exhibits
market hogs, lambs and a steer at Jamboree at the
Mill. Anna has also participated on the WV Beef
Expo stockman’s contest judging team.
Anna is the daughter of Bruce and Kaye Loyd of
Horner. Her grandparents are Jim and Alice Leach of
Parkersburg and John and Betty Loyd, Philippi.