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9/22/2018 0 Comments

Smith Lake Product - SPOTLIGHT - "Kurt -n- Cathy" "BIG BRIDGE, SMITH LAKE" T-shirts for Great Causes

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Kurt & Cathy Bowden (w/Todulz) at Big Bridge on Lewis Smith Lake, 2018. Photo by Jenny & Carl Beckman (JWB Photography)
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The Lakeside Life celebrates the ultimate Smith Lake love story of Big Bridge mural fame—Kurt & Cathy Bowden—with a ​limited edition t-shirt featuring a custom print of a painting, a watercolor with line and wash, of Big Bridge designed by local artist Scott Brown (see link below for our previous blog on the artist ) & printed by Nogginhed of Huntsville, AL.   

Please read below how proceeds will benefit our local area.  ​ (Also, find the articles on Kurt -n- Cathy in links at the bottom of this blog). 
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PictureKurt & Cathy Bowden (w/Todulz) at home on Lewis Smith Lake, 2018. Photo by Jenny & Carl Beckman (JWB Photography)
The Answer - Smith Lake's Famous Romance, Kurt & Cathy Bowden
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If you read our article titled "The Answer - Smith Lake's Famous Romance, Kurt & Cathy Bowden" in the Spring 2018 Issue of our magazine (see links below), then you know a little about our good friends for whom this project came about.  We have had the pleasure of getting to know the Bowdens much better since doing the article, and have had the joy of spending lake time with them as well.  And, by the way, they are no strangers to watersports.  We've already had Kurt Bowden riding a Slingshot Wake Foil for quite some time now, and honestly, we can't find a watersport that he can't master, including our Sky Ski Hydrofoil.  Kurt and Cathy are such a fine example of the best in lake people - fun, outgoing, welcoming, kind, open and sharing - they remind us how we all feel as though we meet no stranger on the lake.  Where our boat docks are like backdoors in this neighborhood that shares one common backyard we love and cherish, and it binds us together - Lewis Smith Lake.  We feel lucky to have met these new friends & neighbors who we now share a very special bond with, as we identify with so many of their life experiences in a profound way with incredibly deep empathy and caring. 

(beautiful wedding photos below - the wedding was right here on Lewis Smith Lake near Big Bridge)

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Proceeds from the new Big Bridge t-shirt will be donated 50/50 to the following entities:  
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1)  Winston County's Meek Schools in Arley, AL "The Heart of Smith Lake" (for art supplies) in memory of the Bowdens’ beautiful daughter Dianna Bowden.
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2)  The Humane Society in memory of the Bowdens’ Yorkipoo, "Todulz."

Shirts will be available to pre-order through late fall 2018. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own or gift one of these buttery soft thin and comfy Bella Canvas t-shirts made for us by Nogginhed Tshirt Co. of Huntsville, AL - also a Smith Lake business owned by Smith Lake residents Allison and Darren Sackett.  Join us in celebrating Smith Lake's infamous couple, Kurt & Cathy Bowden, while doing something wonderful for our lake community.  

To order these limited edition shirts, go to the SHOP tab on our website and click the external link for the shirts, OR click the link in the BIO on our Instagram & Facebook, OR just click Nogginhed's site for this shirt here:  http://lakesidelife.nogginhed.com/lakeside_life/shop/home
FUN READS:  Here is the former blog on artist, Scott Brown, and feel free to check out the articles on KURT & CATHY in our previous issues as outlined below:
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See this link for the former blog on Scott Brown, the artist:  
​http://www.thelakesidelife.com/blog/smith-lake-local-and-small-business-spotlight-artist-scott-brown​
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2017 - 4th QUARTER - The Lakeside Life
pages 36-37 - - - Kurt -n- Cathy article
LINK:  https://issuu.com/lakesidelife/docs/tll_digital
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2018 - 2nd QUARTER - The Lakeside Life
pages 52-55 - - - Kurt -n- Cathy article 
​LINK:  https://issuu.com/lakesidelife/docs/tll_qtr2_final_web​​​
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