WV Farm Bureau Magazine March 2013 | Page 16

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. 16 West Virginia Farm Bureau News