Rain Doesn’t Dampen Fair Enthusiasm
There seemed to be no lack of excitement for folks attending the 2014 State Fair of West Virginia, despite
several days of cloudy skies and rain at the beginning of the ten-day event.
This year’s WVFB booth centered around the “Ditch the Rule” campaign - an effort to halt an attempt by
EPA to vastly expand its jurisdiction through the Clean Water Act. Many of the people stopping by expressed
their frustration with EPA, and several said they were unemployed directly because of EPA policies.
Two winners of the statewide Agriculture in West Virginia poster contest sponsored by West Virginia Farm
Bureau stopped by the booth as well. Soon-to-be fifth graders Kate Gorrell of Sistersville and Bryn Tronco of
Morgantown are pictured above.
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