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Beef Papusas with Curtido Slaw

From the The National Beef Cook Off Recipes
(by Lisa Huff)

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About The FCW

Founded in 1961 as the Florida CowBelles, Inc., the Florida CattleWomen, Inc. (FCW) conduct and participate in a variety of activities that can be summed up in our Purpose: To foster the well-being of the beef industry through education and promotion, in cooperation with the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and Florida Beef Council. We are also an affiliate of the American National CattleWomen.

 

Events and activities are chosen for their ability to assist in accomplishing our priorities, namely:

• Promote Beef Consumption
• Educate the public about the Beef Industry’s Environmental and Animal Welfare Practices
• Promote Legislative Awareness
• Educate the FCW membership

At the present time some of the major activities are: Southern Women’s Show, Florida State Fair Booth and Beef Day, the Beef Consumer Representative Contest and activities, Ag In the Classroom, education and health conferences, Beef Shortcourse, March legislative visits, providing promotional and educational materials to county groups, the Youth Beef Exhibitor T-shirt program, and recognizing outstanding members. Additionally we support the Agricultural Youth of Florida through UF Scholarships; and 4-H, FFA, and FJCA sponsorships.

 

A note from the FCW President, Melissa Montes DeOca

Welcome to the Florida Cattlemen Website and our Florida CattleWomen page.  We hope you find information here that will both answer some questions you might have about the CattleWomen and spark some new ones about our activities.  Within the site you can find officer and committee chair information, brief descriptions of our regular activities, newsletters, monthly magazine articles, and details of coming events.  Let me hear from you about what you think and if you have any suggestions for the future.  Thanks for visiting.

 

2012 FCW Clay Fun Shoot

Thank you to the many CattleWomen and sponsors who helped make the 2012 Clay shoot a huge success. Check out this pdf for photos of the event, the winning team and a list of our sponsors.

 

Officers are left to right: Melissa Montes DeOca, Sarabeth Barthle-Simmons, Denise Colgan, Reyna Hallworth, Lindsey John, Jan Dillard, Wendy Petteway, Kathryn Metcalfe-Thomas, Megan Murphy-Bronson and Kari Ramsey

 

FCW Officers and Executive Committee

President Melissa Montes DeOca Okeechobee, FL 34974 Tel: 863-634-7712 Email: melissasmdo@earthlink.net	President-Elect Sarabeth Barthle-Simmons Lake City, FL 32025 Tel:352-585-2130 Email: sarabeth@cse-lc.com
1st Vice President Denise Colgan Okeechobee, FL 34972 Tel: 863-763-6575 Email: c215denise@aol.com	Treasurer Kari Ramsey Kissimmee, FL 34746 Tel: 407-791-1476 Email: kariramsey@gmail.com
Secretary Reyna Hallworth Ona Email: rdspeckmann@hotmail.com	Parliamentarian Kathryn Metcalf-Thomas Winter Haven Email: khm1376@earthlink.net
Chaplain Megan Murphy Sebring, FL  33876 Tel: 863-368-0477 Email: megan_murphy_7@yahoo.com	Senior Beef Consumer Representative Robbie Dry P. O. Box 595 Durant, FL 33530 Tel: 813-737-5036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding CattleWoman of the Year

Patty Barthle - Pasco County

 

Patty Barthle, was named Pasco County Outstanding CattleWoman for the year 2011 and then elected the 2011 Outstanding Florida CattleWoman. Patty Barthle was raised in Atlanta, GA and moved to Dade City when she married Randy, a Pasco County rancher in 1972.

 

Patty has worked as a Pasco County School Nurse for 32 years. Patty and Randy have three children. Clint is a DVM and his wife Christin works with him in the practice. They have 2 girls, Madelyn and Margo live in Kissimmee. Brant is a Pharmacist and lives in Baltimore. Their daughter, Sarabeth is an Animal Feed Consultant and her husband James is a Territory Sales Manager. They live and work in Lake City. Patty became involved and has remained an active member on the County, State and National level. On the County level, she has held the offices of Secretary, Vice President and President at least twice.

 

Working with the Pasco County Cattlemen’s Association, Patty was an integral part in conception of a $1,000 scholarship that is awarded to a member, son or daughter of the Pasco CattleWomen or Cattlemen. Recently, Patty has worked as a liaison with the Cattlemen and the school nurses. To develop a program which provides families with beef gift certificates and children with dental and medical services. Keeping in mind that education in the classroom is important, Patty has spent many hours in the schools teaching nutrition, and promoting the cattle industry through Great American Teach In, Ag. In The Classroom and Farm City week. These activities always include reading a book about the cattle industry and a beef recipe sampling. Hosting ranch tours with the Pasco CattleWomen and her husband Randy has been a way to educate 4-H groups, school children and Masters students. These tours have provided the opportunity to educate groups about the importance of animal agriculture and beef in their diet, One of Patty’s objectives is to integrate beef education kits in the classroom. She accomplished this by working with the Florida Beef Council to provide 37 nurses, hundreds of elementary, middle, high school, and culinary arts teachers in Pasco County with curriculum.

 

Knowing promotion is equally important; Patty has worked as the county and state level on hundreds of projects. She as been involved on the county level in Beef for Father’s Day, All-American Beef Round Up, Kumquat Festival, Cattlemen’s BBQ, Pioneer Museum Festival, Fishing Tournament and fund raiser, distributed T-shirts at the county fair, Steer Buyers dinner and Cattlemen & Women’s Food Booth at the county fair. On the state level, Patty has worked at the Ranch Rodeo Concession Stand, FCW’s Clay Shoot, participated in Beef demos and helped with sampling during the Taste of Florida Breakfast at the Florida State Fair. On the national level, Patty participated in the ANCW/NBCO in store demos at Publix.

 

Besides her CatleWomen involvement, Patty has a sense of responsibility to family, community and church. She is a member of St. Anthony Church and serves as a canton and choir member. Patty has assisted with activities of the Outback 4-H club and Dade City FFA chapter. She has also served as a church youth group sponsor, Pasco County CattleWoman are proud to nominate Patty as our 2011 Outstanding CattleWoman for her many years of service and dedication to the Beef Industry.

 

 

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Eligibility

Membership in the Florida CattleWomen is open to all women who are interested in the purpose of the organization.  Membership in the FCW is a prerequisite to serving as FCW committee member, on the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.  Contact the State Membership Chair (see committee list) for information.  State dues are $15.00 per year.  Hit the Join Now button to go to online membership form where you can pay online.  Membership in the American National CattleWomen is encouraged but not required.  Pay through your county or go to the ANCW website (ancw.org).  Currently new members pay only $35.