Bohrer Takes
Home the Bacon
at WVFB Speech
Competition
Katie Bohrer, a junior at Musselman High
School, took the top prize in the 2012 WVFB
Youth Speech Contest in November. Bohrer
spoke on agricultural child labor laws and
their effects on West Virginia agriculture.
Bohrer’s love for agriculture was instilled
by her grandparents, Carolyn and Ed Bohrer.
It is said that Katie was helping to bottle feed
orphaned lambs before she could even walk.
She began riding and showing horses at the
age of six on her parent’s farm, and went on to
raise and show sheep, competing in the Berkeley
County Youth Fair and the Maryland Sheep and
Wool Show. She has been an active member of
FFA and 4-H, where she currently serves as her
club’s president.Congratulations, Katie!
Legislators Discuss Anticipated Focus of the 2013 Legislative Session
A number of legislators joined WVFB President Charles Wilfong and WV Forestry Association Executive
Director Dick Waybright at the annual Farm Bureau - Forestry Association Legislative Dinner in January, at
the Wood County 4-H Camp.
Front row, left to right: Senator Donna Boley; WVFB President Charles Wilfong; WVFA Executive
Director Dick Waybright; Brooke Fletcher, field representative for Congressman David McKinley. Back row,
left to right: Delegate Bill Anderson; Delegate Steve Westfall; Senator Mitch Carmichael; Delegate “Woody”
Ireland and Delegate Tom Azinger.
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