2016 Allen County Farm Bureau Legislative Dinner
Allen County Farm Bureau invited local, state, and national officials to its 2016 Legislative Appreciation event on Thursday, June 30th. This annual tradition is a way of thanking board members and local, state, and national legislative representatives.
During the evenings events Sarah Jones presented Tyler Ausbrooks, son of Eddie and Susan Ausbrooks, an Allen County Farm Bureau scholarship in the amount of $500.00.
Diane Bewley, daughter of the late Ralston Bewley who had served on Allen County Farm Bureau board of directors for 19 years, donated the remaining $8,325.11 of her late mother’s estate to be used for scholarships.
KFB Spotlight
- President's Column: Exercise Your Right to Vote
- September 14, 2020
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Unless you haven’t been watching television or listening to the radio for the past several months, you have undoubtedly seen or heard the many political ads that are currently filling the airwaves, not to mention all the print ads in newspapers and magazines, and the many social media posts related to the upcoming election.
- Comment Column: The Family Farm, A Classroom Like No Other
- September 14, 2020
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I’m blessed to have grown up on our family farm in Clark County. It taught me the benefits of hard work as I learned through hands-on activities that took place every day. I discovered how to grow crops, care for animals, and to be a good steward of the land. It was a classroom like no other and my parents set an example that I carry with me daily.
- Down the Backroads: The First Day of School
- September 14, 2020
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I remember well my very first day of school in 1966. I was terrified. There is no other way to describe it except to say it was sheer terror. In those days, at least where I lived, preschool and kindergarten were not an option, or at least not something included in my little country school.