WV Farm Bureau Magazine March 2016 | Page 2

bytes Harrison County Farm Bureau Scholarship Available WV Farm PAC Endorses Beth Walker for WV Supreme Court The Harrison County Farm Bureau is offering a $1000 scholarship to children or grandchildren of active members in good standing of the Harrison County Farm Bureau. Follwing a special meeting, West Virginia Farm Bureau PAC has endorsed Beth Walker as a candidate for the Supreme Court of West Virginia. The scholarship will be awarded for the use of accredited college or technical schools tuition costs, books and other fees. Applicants must be enrolled or accepted to a post-secondary school in an agricultural field of study including but not limited to animal and veterinary science, agricultural sciences, agricultural economics, agricultural education, wildlife and fisheries management, plant or soil sciences, forestry, wood industries or related fields. Other conditions may also apply. The application submission deadline is May 1, 2016. To obtain an application or get more information about this scholarship, contact David Hill, Scholarship Committee Chairman at 304-7821977 or email [email protected] Articles for NewsBytes must be submitted by 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]. “This is an extremely important race for West Virginia,” said WVFB President Charles Wilfong. “We felt we needed to get this endorsement out now. Beth Walker is strong on business and her views parallel the values of Farm Bureau. She’s been endorsed by the WV Business and Industry Council, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and many other like-minded groups. We need someone with her wisdom and sense of fairness on our Supreme Court.” Walker, from Morgantown, is Associate General Counsel for the West Virginia University Health System, which is the state’s largest healthcare system and second largest private employer. Prior to that, she was a partner in the law firm of Bowles Rice, where she concentrated her statewide practice on labor and employment law for more than 20 years. A 1987 summa cum laude graduate of Hillsdale College, Beth earned her law degree in 1990 from The Ohio State University. She is admitted to practice in the U. S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits, District Courts in West Virginia and Ohio and the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.