Steva Bowers is the owner of Novel Designs. Steva and her family (Kraig, Mallory & Brayden) also operate a club lamb business, Bowers Club Lambs, on a small farm outside of Mentone, Indiana.

Steva grew up on a farm in southwest Wisconsin where her passion for livestock was ignited at an early age.  While growing up she devoted herself to sheep and cattle projects and exhibited at the Wisconsin State Fair as well as several national shows across the nation. Hard work and dedication allowed her to be successful in exhibiting livestock. Some memorable accomplishments include Reserve Grand Champion at the 2005 Wisconsin State Fair, Reserve Champion Hampshire at the 2006 NAILE, as well as the Premier Exhibitor at the National Western Stock Show.  This passion would lead to pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science at Iowa State University. 

While in college, Steva exemplified abilities as a leader in the Block & Bridle Club from planning every aspect of a sheep show to designing the club’s annual yearbook.  These activities attracted a quick interest to adding a second Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business. Enthusiasm for agriculture and marketing landed her a marketing internship for Case-New Holland, marketing equipment on a large-scale basis.  Creating company newsletters, event promotions, and daily communications with dealers across the country are some of the tasks Steva provided for this company.  In 2008, Steva launched Novel Designs to provide top-level marketing to livestock producers. Within a year, Novel Designs took off and became Steva's full-time job and the rest is history!

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As many of you can attest, the growth of Novel Designs and Championdrive.com has been exceptional.  With this growth comes the need for expansion, and we’ve done just that by adding a new team member to our Web Updates Department.  The newest member of our team is Nicole Allen.

When we had the need to add another position for web updates, we knew Nicole was just the person for the job.  Her creativity, livestock knowledge, and attention to detail make her a great fit at Novel Designs.  Nicole’s duties will include website updates and assisting with the growth of championdrive.com.  We’re certain her knowledge of the agriculture industry will benefit our clients, and in particular our show lamb clients as Nicole’s knowledge will help to uphold our standard of efficient, accurate, and timely web updates.

For those of you who don’t already know Nicole here’s a little bit of background:
Nicole grew up on a farm in southeast Iowa, where she helped her family raise club lambs. From a
young age, Nicole was captivated by the livestock industry. She traveled the country selling and showing club lambs and from there a passion for the lamb industry was established that is still infused in her today.

Nicole graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She
taught at the junior high level for two years before moving to Oklahoma with her husband, Ty. Nicole
then taught at the elementary level for another two years while pursuing a masters’ degree in School
Counseling at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.  Currently, Nicole and her family (Ty and Sayde) reside in Elk City, Oklahoma where they operate Allen Show Lambs and Treadmills.

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