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Coweta County Cattlemen’s Association Wins Big at 2025 Georgia Cattlemen’s Convention
The Coweta County Cattlemen’s Association celebrated a triumphant showing at the 2025 Annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention, held in Augusta, Georgia, from March 12-14. With the theme “Raising the Steaks,” the association took home three prestigious awards: the Chapter of the Year Award, the Highest Membership Percentage Award, and the 3rd Quarter ’24 Top Membership Recruiter Award.
In addition to the accolades, the Coweta County Cattlemen’s Association received several prizes, including three plaques, ¼ mile of pasture management fencing supplies (sponsored by Pasture Management), and a mobile Priefert chute (sponsored by Priefert).
President Penny Bowie expressed her pride in the accomplishments, saying, “These awards demonstrate that the Coweta County Cattlemen’s Association is the most active, largest, and fastest-growing chapter in Georgia, out of 159 chapters across the state.”
She credited the growth and success of the association to its members’ enthusiasm for learning about and promoting beef, stating, “We’ve more than doubled our membership simply by having fun, learning, and sharing our passion for cattle and BEEF.”
The association is also proud to recognize Junior Cattlemen Coweta member Audrey Courtney, a student at Berry College, who won a Georgia Cattlemen Scholarship.
Bowie also introduced the association’s new motto: “If you eat BEEF, you need to join the Cattlemen’s Association.” She stressed the importance of educating the public about the challenges and rewards of ranching, as well as the health benefits of beef. “Our meetings provide an opportunity for both ranchers and non-ranchers to connect, learn, and enjoy great beef meals in a fun and welcoming environment,” she added. “Come to a couple of dinner meetings, and you’re on the trail to membership.”
Looking ahead, the association is excited about the upcoming 33rd Annual Rodeo, which will take place from May 15-17 at the Coweta County Fairgrounds!
2025 Membership Meetings
Arrive 6:30 PM – Meeting 7:00 PM
Location: Coweta County Fairgrounds, 275 Pine Road, Newnan, GA 30263
Come early at 6:30 to visit with friends before supper begins at 7:00. Cost for the meal is $10/person.
Contact Penny Bowie for more information at pennybowie@gmail.com or 770-328-1480.
Monday, January 6th
Director Host: Penny Bowie
Speaker: Ga State Representative David Huddleston, District 72
Vice President of Ga Cattlemen Association
Topic: Cattle Mooing at the Georgia Capital
Sponsor: Omni Advertising
Monday, February 3rd
Director Host: Penny Bowie
Speaker: Thomas Christopher
Topic: Fertilizer! (Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium)
Sponsor: Christopher Fertilizer
Monday, March 3rd
Director Host: Penny Bowie
Speaker: Amanda Baker, UGI Certified at Amanda Baker Beef Carcass Ultrasound
Topic: Benefits of Carcass Date and Sustainable Development
Sponsor: Tusker Livestock Water Tanks & Georgia Farm Bureau
Monday, April 7th
Director Host: Penny Bowie
Speaker: Jill Lancaster, DMV
Topic: Livestock Emergency Response Planning (LERP) – What can you do to help?
Sponsor: Neogen, Matthew Studstill 229.313.1129
Monday, May 5th
Director Host: Hall Gillespie
Speaker: CCCA Board
Topic: All Things Rodeo!
Monday, June 2nd
(at the Extension Office)
Director Host: Chris Baron
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sponsor: Luke Jacobs, West Way Feed
July: No Meeting
Monday, August 4th
Director Host: Lowell Kissinger
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
Sponsor: Kiwanis, White Oak Golden K
Tuesday, September 2nd
Director Host: Brian Garrett
Speaker:Hailey Partain, GCWA | Ex-Officio
Topic:Meat Science
Sponsor: White Hawk Ranch
Monday, October 6th
Director Host: Ron Chamberlain
Speaker:Susie Berta
Topic: The wife of Dr. Rick Berta will be sharing her book, “The Veterinarian’s Wife, a Memoir.” and her thoughts on their life together, as Dr. Berta himself provides color commentary and his trademark humor.
Sponsor: Georgia Farm Bureau
Monday, November 10th
Director Host: John Callaway
Speaker:Jason Duggin, UGA
Topic: TBA
Sponsor: TBA
Monday, December 8th
Director Host: Board
CCCA Christmas Party!
Susie Berta Biography
Susie Berta and her ever-patient husband, Rick, a retired veterinarian, have lived in Newnan since 1977, where they raised two boys and have 2 grandchildren. She is retired from a long career as a vocalist/performer, having sung for many years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus under the direction of Maestro Robert Shaw, touring Europe with the chorus. She performed in many venues, including Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theatre in “The Music Man,” and the Rialto Theater where she wrote and starred in her one-woman cabaret show, “All Grown Up.” As an empty nester at the age of 53 she returned to school and in 2007, at age 57 graduated from Atlanta College of Art and SCAD, earning a BFA degree in Art, Summa Cum Laude.
Susie is now a full-time freelance writer. She maintains a weekly opinion column in The Newnan-Times Herald. She is a member of The Author’s Guild, Atlanta Writing Club, Hometown Novel Association, 3-Hearts Writing Group, and a small but discerning book club, “Carpé Diem!” You can find her on social media on Facebook. Twitter, and Instagram, and on her website www.susieberta.com
In January 2022, “The Veterinarian’s Wife, a Memoir” was published. In this often funny, sometimes revealing, and always honest memoir, Susie writes about her life over the past decades: her music, her art, and of course life with her husband Rick, the veterinarian.
She tells her story movingly and wittily in a compilation of essays as she muses on life, marriage, therapy, and horses, dogs, cows, pigs, and cats. And she even used her hard-earned art degree to design the book’s cover.
Most recently, in February 2024, her second book, “Something I Said” was published. It is full of her trademark witty and sometimes touching newspaper opinion columns, with observations on life – this time with recipes! Join her as she looks back on the last couple of years from August 2020-August,2023, and read about how she sees the world. She will never retire from writing.
Susie Berta Biography
Susie Berta and her ever-patient husband, Rick, a retired veterinarian, have lived in Newnan since 1977, where they raised two boys and have 2 grandchildren. She is retired from a long career as a vocalist/performer, having sung for many years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus under the direction of Maestro Robert Shaw, touring Europe with the chorus. She performed in many venues, including Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theatre in “The Music Man,” and the Rialto Theater where she wrote and starred in her one-woman cabaret show, “All Grown Up.” As an empty nester at the age of 53 she returned to school and in 2007, at age 57 graduated from Atlanta College of Art and SCAD, earning a BFA degree in Art, Summa Cum Laude.
Susie is now a full-time freelance writer. She maintains a weekly opinion column in The Newnan-Times Herald. She is a member of The Author’s Guild, Atlanta Writing Club, Hometown Novel Association, 3-Hearts Writing Group, and a small but discerning book club, “Carpé Diem!” You can find her on social media on Facebook. Twitter, and Instagram, and on her website www.susieberta.com
In January 2022, “The Veterinarian’s Wife, a Memoir” was published. In this often funny, sometimes revealing, and always honest memoir, Susie writes about her life over the past decades: her music, her art, and of course life with her husband Rick, the veterinarian. She tells her story movingly and wittily in a compilation of essays as she muses on life, marriage, therapy, and horses, dogs, cows, pigs, and cats. And she even used her hard-earned art degree to design the book’s cover.
Most recently, in February 2024, her second book, “Something I Said” was published. It is full of her trademark witty and sometimes touching newspaper opinion columns, with observations on life – this time with recipes! Join her as she looks back on the last couple of years from August 2020-August,2023, and read about how she sees the world. She will never retire from writing.
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