Lines to the Ladies
JoEllen Blair, WVFB Women’s Leadership Committee Chair
Thanks
to everyone
who helped
us make
Food CheckOut Week a
tremendous
success. Each year it seems like it
just gets bigger and better. There
may be some changes coming down
this year, but I will let you know later
if that is the case. Again, thanks!!
WVFB Field Representative Bill
Aiken accompanied nine ladies to the
2013 National Women’s Leadership
Conference in Las Vegas, April
6-8. It was a great conference and
there were many excellent seminars
and mini-sessions. Topics included
“Exercising Our Influence”; “What
Change Means”; “Budget Impacts
on Agriculture and You” and one on
“Older Farmers: Assessing Risks”.
The latter one was very interesting,
especially when we learned that
many problems start in our early
years, even before we begin thinking
about skin problems, hearing loss or
bone and muscle deterioration.
We also went on some wonderful
tours, which introduced us to a
whole different climate, landscape
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and vegetation. It was beautiful, but
there’s no place like home!
The posters for the Agriculture
in West Virginia contest have
been judged, and the winners are:
First place, Eva Marie Valentine,
Monongalia County; Second
place, Mackenzie Myers, Jefferson
County; Third place, Andrea Miller,
Greenbrier County. All of the posters
were great, as usual, and made
judging difficult. Many thanks to all
the schools that participated, and to
all the children who entered.
We are holding our annual Safety
Days now, and have approximately
13 camps scheduled at this time.
We wish all of you a successful
year. Please let us know how many
students participated so we know
how many youth we reached.
Don’t forget about Ag in the
Classroom. As I have mentioned
before, the end of the school year is
very busy, and you may have better
luck getting into the schools at the
beginning of the school year before
the teachers get too busy.
Please continue to work on the
Flora Turner Youth Speech Contest.
The topics for this year are: “How
Government Regulations Help and
Hinder Agriculture”, “Impact of
Technology on Agriculture” and
“Genetic Engineering in Crops and
Animals”.
Don’t forget the tickets for the
Gun & Quilt Raffle. The quilt is
finished and commemorates West
Virginia’s 150th anniversary. It
was made by Joyce Ferrebee of
Parkersburg.
It is almost Fair time, when
everything gets so busy! Have a safe,
happy and fun time this summer.
God bless!!
JoEllen