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HOMES Jon and Jean Wisnieski’s home is one of eight on this year’s Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour. It’s been a multiyear labor of love for Jon, who has been called a “resident perfectionist.”
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CALENDAR Don’t miss what’s happening in and around the lake area with our comprehensive calendar of events.
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DOCK TALE HOUR Our humor columnist has declared that hanging out and talking smack will be in full effect at the lake this summer.
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DEVELOPMENT After the mid-2000s, real estate sales at the lake dropped dramatically when the economy crashed, but experts say they’re seeing an upswing again.
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July at the lake is one of my favorite times of the year, just for the sheer enjoyment of all the warm-weather activities the lake has to offer — boating, floating, paddling, picnicking with family and friends and watching Fourth of July fireworks.
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This issue of Smith Mountain Laker magazine is the third in our four-part series that celebrates the lake’s 50th anniversary. We’ll take you on a journey from the early 1990s to the lake we all know and love today.
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This was a critical time in our community’s history — when many began discovering the lake and moving here. Lindsey Wagnon explores the evolution of our area’s arts and culture scene with the creation of the Smith Mountain Arts Council, while Rich Ellis details the founding of the Smith Mountain Lake Partnership.
Alicia Lovern alicia.lovern@roanoke.com saLes exeCUtiVe
Mishelle Brosinski mishelle.brosinski@smithmountainlaker.com
And of course, we can’t talk about the lake’s growth without exploring how real estate development has had its share of ups and downs over the past 25 years.
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We’ll also wax nostalgic about the movies that have been filmed here — “What About Bob?” in 1991, a movie that featured veteran actors Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss and Julie Hagerty, as well as the 2012 movie, “Lake Effects,” starring Jane Seymour, and most recently, the documentary produced by Blue Ridge Public Television about the building of Smith Mountain Dam.
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It’s been fun to look back and see how our lake has been transformed into the thriving community it is today, and I consider myself grateful for being a part of it.
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Caribbean Scott and Cindy Thomas and Laura and Jerry Ahern celebrated the Thomases’ 35th and the Aherns’ 40th anniversaries with a trip to St. Lucia in the Caribbean. They enjoyed a fun-filled week, including many types of water sports, boating excursions and beautiful scenery.
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Costa Rica Bo and Nancy King and Anita Kirkhaefer of Moneta, along with Steve and Linda Worman of Hardy, and Bill and Gale Taylor of Union Hall hiked with tour director Aaron Garber to the continental divide in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica. The trip also included the El Toledo Coffee Tour, the La Paz Waterfall Garden and time in San Jose and several other towns.
Ned and Sue Coryell spend several months each winter in Honolulu to be near family. Jim and Catriona Erler were in Honolulu to give a talk on photography to The Garden Club of Honolulu and lead a photography workshop. The couples enjoyed a delightful day together on Oahu’s North Shore watching big waves at Sunset and Banzai Pipeline beaches and exploring Haleiwa, where this photo was taken. Aloha!
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Gwen and Tom Hard of Moneta stop at China Beach (My Khe Beach) in Da Nang with the Laker during a 12-day tour in Vietnam. The couple also visited Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An, Hue, Ha Long Bay and Hanoi.
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“I paid attention to what Bowman’s did,” Jon said. “Then I was able to make the cabinets for the downstairs bar using similar techniques.” Off the foyer is an office that uses Jean’s funky matchbook collection, strikingly displayed and illuminated by recessed LED lighting, as a backsplash between the office’s desk and overhead cabinets. On the main level are two guest bedrooms and a bathroom. Jon completed all the tile work, cutting 18-inch by 18-inch tiles to achieve a pattern designed by Jean. The master suite, with a lovely lake view, features a sitting area with a fireplace and 50-yearold Niagra recliner. It was Jon’s dad’s, with built-in heat and vibration units that still work. Well-suited to casual entertaining, the home’s lake level features ceramic tile floors installed by Jon to present a convincing wood-plank floor illusion. An oversized 11-person semi-circular sofa —“with seven recliners,” Jon noted, “so there’s no quarreling over who gets the best seats in the house”— is centered around the TV and another unique fireplace. Jon also designed and built the shelving along the fireplace wall — just before he tackled the downstairs craft room and bar. We already know that Jon is a handy guy, but his
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Men will drool at the size of Jon’s downstairs shop and envy his array of machinery, self-built sturdy cabinetry with near-decorator workbench tops, first-class lighting and enough outlets to plug most everything in at once!
top. The master bedroom sitting area includes a fireplace and TV. above. A workshop that will delight any home handyman.
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workshop — sprawled under-garage with Metwood beams that allow for a large, open space without supporting posts — clearly shows that he likes his tools. Men will drool at the size of Jon’s downstairs shop and envy his array of machinery, self-built sturdy cabinetry with near-decorator workbench tops, first-class lighting and enough outlets to plug most everything in at once! Jean’s own craft and sewing workshop — which she used to make the home’s unique double-sided bed coverings — was outfitted with cabinets found on Craigslist. “We just bought assorted kitchen cabinet sections that had been used in a photo shoot. Jon redesigned, re-assembled and added on in order to make a cohesive-looking cabinet system. He’s really clever,” Jean said. “He also made a very handy work island in this room.” Another guest suite that Jon’s daughter, Laura, enjoys when visiting, rounds out the home’s lower
level. Those attending the Charity Home Tour in October will readily see what spectacular entertaining spaces the Wisnieski home provides. In fact, the 5,500-squarefoot space was large enough to accommodate Laura’s rehearsal dinner, wedding and reception for 100 people last fall when Hurricane Joaquin, a category 4 storm, blew through the SML area and upset Laura’s original wedding plans. With predicted strong winds and torrential rains, tents that had been ordered for a wedding at Bernard’s Landing would have certainly toppled. Instead, everything was catered to the Wisnieski home by The Landing Restaurant. “We just stashed away a bunch of the furniture in the garage and Jon’s work room,” said Jean. “And we had plenty of room.” Jon and Jean have volunteered as hostess and parking attendant for the Charity Home Tour during the five years they’ve lived at SML. For three years, Jean was a home liaison, coordinating the relationship between a chosen charity and a home’s owners. So when asked if their house could be on the Charity Home Tour, the couple happily agreed.
A custom-made stained-glass panel above the front door provides a colorful welcome into the Wisnieski’s Waverly home.
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“It’s finished now, and we can enjoy using and sharing it, though I’m not sure that my favorite handyman will ever be content to stop tinkering,” Jean said. Two years ago, while Jon was immersed in the finishing the home, a visit to his dentist eventually led to a diagnosis of an unusual mouth cancer. Jean and Jon are no strangers to cancer: each had lost a spouse to the disease. Jon’s cancer specialist was at the University of Virginia, and Jon was told he’d have to be in Charlottesville five days a week for a six-week radiation regimen. Within one day of that news, the couple’s Waverly neighbors had organized rides for Jon (Jean drove him on Tuesdays when Jon had doctor appointments as well). The cancer was treated and, after reconstructive surgery — “Part of my wrist is now in my mouth,” he said — Jon’s health has returned to normal. While Jon’s cancer diagnosis certainly delayed his ability to work on their home, the Wisnieski’s are now happy that it’s finished and will be part of the lake’s 50th anniversary edition of the Charity Home Tour. top. Jean’s craft and sewing room was outfitted with cabinets found on Craigslist. LeFt. The home’s lake level living area includes an 11-person circular sofa with seven recliners “so there’s no quarreling over who gets the best seats in the house,” Jon says.
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Cruising speed A new generation of boats can produce surfer-supporting waves on Smith Mountain Lake.
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The Stark family has a MasterCraft outfitted so that Dylan can go wakesurfing.
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ime was when someone with a passion for wave riding had to find a beach on the country’s east or west coasts, where ocean waves were rolling ashore. A new generation of boats, however, is capable of producing surfer-supporting waves on inland waterways, and SML families are finding a new good-time, get-wet sport for making memories on the water. This latest tow sport evolved as boats being used for wakeboarding were modified to generate larger and larger wakes for big-air wake-to-wake jumps, flips, spins and combinations thereof. Someone noticed that, at displacement speeds and with passengers crowded to one side, heavily-ballasted wakeboard boats generated a mongo first wave with enough power to propel a rider on a surfboard behind the boat without a towline, trailing about 5 feet back on the face of an “endless wave.” The freedom of riding with no tow rope, of being close enough to the boat to interact with an audience on board — plus the absence of pain from falls at surfing’s slow speeds of 10 to 11 mph — appealed to riders ages 7 to 70. It became a cool
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water sport three generations could share in during a single outing. That’s exactly what attracted the Stark family — Dan, Cathy and Dylan, a rising sophomore at Leesville High School in Raleigh, North Carolina — to the sport in 2011. “We all surf — it’s a family thing,” Cathy Stark said, “though I must confess Dylan has become the teacher. It’s sort of weird to be taking lessons from your kid!” The Starks have had their Union Hall waterfront property since 2002, when Dylan was just 3 years old. “SML is our life,” Cathy Stark said. “We’re here as much as we can be.” Like a lot of laker kids, Dylan started out tubing, then graduated to knee-boarding and water skiing. As he hit his teen years, he became enthralled as neighbor Wally Clark got more and more passionate about surfing. Clark initially used a relatively small MasterCraft wakeboarding towboat — from which he coaxed serviceable surfing wake by adding several “Fat Sac” ballast bags, including a cubeshaped bag lashed to the corner of the boat’s swim platform — to a larger and purpose-built surfing
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Above. The Stark family lives at the lake part-time and in Raleigh, N.C., part-time. Left. Dylan Stark doesn’t need a tow line to ride a wave on Smith Mountain Lake.
“Surfing is a low-speed, low-impact way to feel like you’re walking on water. Dylan took to it like the proverbial duck to water. He’s got a great power slide down the wave and has mastered the very tricky ‘360’ spin.” Wally Clark
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machine with trim tabs, huge built-in ballast tanks and an elaborate filling/emptying pump system. “Surfing is a low-speed, low-impact way to feel like you’re walking on water,” Clark said. “Dylan took to it like the proverbial duck to water. He’s got a great power slide down the wave and has mastered the very tricky ‘360’ spin.” Dan Stark saw the surfing bug attack Dylan, got bitten himself, and decided the family should do it up right. He sprung for a 2013 MasterCraft X25 that carries 2,500 pounds of ballast, has aft-facing speakers for the sound system and, well, just looks cool on the water. Clark has helped the Starks “sculpt their wake” with a combination of precise speed (maintained to the tenth of a mile per hour by the Perfect Pass speed control, similar to cruise control in a car), ballast, passenger position and trim-tab settings that produce the sweetest wake for surfing. Surfers call the process “dialing it in,” and even with an experienced consultant like Clark, it takes a bunch of trial and error. “It’s not unusual for one of our sessions to last three glorious hours or more,” Dan Stark said. “Dylan’s a bit of a ‘board hog,’ but that’s fine with us. Cathy and I know of no other way we’d score this kind of quality family time with our teenager. We’re making wonderful memories that will be with all of us forever.”
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By Duncan aDams This story was originally published in The Roanoke Times on Oct. 3, 2014. Clint Shay is a resident at Runk & Pratt Smith Mountain Lake Retirement Village.
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wo champions of the revolutionary glassmaking process died before it yielded anything but failure. And when mechanical engineer Clint Shay retired from Corning in 1986, the “fusion draw” process he helped develop remained a breakthrough in search of a money-making product. It didn’t work out for windshields. Corning’s venture into sunglasses flopped. Kirk Klingensmith, an engineer with Corning, said Thursday that his mentor and friend continued to have faith that the process would someday deliver a return on Corning’s substantial investment. “This guy never gave up,” Klingensmith said. “He always believed in this process even when Corning turned to other things.” He said Shay’s life is an example of the sort of American ingenuity and innovation long celebrated by the world. He said his work demonstrates that innovative ideas often experience failure before success. Shay, 92, and his wife, Kathryn, live now in a retirement village in the Westlake area of Smith Mountain Lake. As recently as last year, Corning still consulted regularly with Shay via teleconferencing. Today, most people interact daily with devices whose thin but strong glass enables their connection to the digital universe — smart phones, laptops, computer tablets, flat screen TVs and more. Thus the pioneering research and development work of Shay, colleague Stuart Dockerty and others — with much of that early work occurring at Corning’s
plant in Blacksburg during the 1960s — touches nearly every life in some fashion. And the glassmaking process they developed helped Corning, a pioneer of fiber-optic cable, survive the meltdown in 2001 and 2002 of the global telecommunications market, according to Joseph Dunning, a spokesman for Corning. “The fusion draw process, a proprietary method for manufacturing flat panel glass, was essential to Corning’s emergence as a world leader in display technologies,” Dunning said. During Corning’s last fiscal year, its global sales totaled about $7.8 billion and the display technologies segment sales were about $2.5 billion. That figure does not include the Corning segment that features the company’s Gorilla Glass, which also relies on the fusion draw method. Corning offers this description of the process: “Molton glass flows down both sides of a tapered trough and rejoins, or fuses, at the bottom to form a single sheet of flawless glass.” Dockerty died in the mid-1970s. Corning’s chairman emeritus Amory Houghton, a descendant of the company’s founder and a believer in the fusion draw process, died in 1981 — roughly two decades before the surge in liquid crystal display products that relied on flat glass that is both thin and strong. Shay’s key role in developing the glassmaking process that helps undergird the digital revolution will be recognized by a committee of suppliers to glass manufacturers during a banquet Friday night at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. Shay will
OPPOSITE PAGE. The pioneering work of engineer Clint Shay and colleagues at Corning help link people to the digital world. Shay, 92, will be honored Friday at the Hotel Roanoke with the Phoenix Award, presented annually by suppliers to glass manufacturers to people who have helped transform the industry. Paul Boscarine from Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.; Paul Guttman with U.S. Silica, from Falling Waters, West Virginia; Wally Evans, chairman of the Phoenix Committee, from Birmingham, Alabama; and Clint Shay, a retired Corning engineer who with colleagues developed a process to make thin but strong glass that today is used in devices such as smartphones, laptops and flat screen TV. Much of the early work happened at Corning’s plant in Blacksburg during the 1960s.
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receive the prestigious Phoenix Award in recognition of his contributions to the glass industry worldwide. David Morse is Corning’s chief technology officer. “Clint is one of the true process research legends at Corning,” Morse said in an email. “His belief in fusion and drive to improve glass forming technology has never wavered.” On Thursday morning, Shay said he felt humbled to receive the award and attributed the ultimate success of the fusion draw process to a combination of tenacity exhibited by the champions of the process, patience, perseverance and luck. Two industry journalists from the United Kingdom traveled to Shay’s retirement village Thursday to interview him on the eve of his receipt of the Phoenix Award. One asked whether Shay was surprised by the contemporary omnipresence of flat glass devices, including the TV in his retirement village’s dining room. “Holy mackerel! Yes, of course,” Shay replied. “I don’t believe it sometimes.”
me going with mechanical drawing,” Shay recalled. At the age of 13 Shay made 25 cents an hour packing groceries. During World War II he served in the South Pacific with the U.S. Navy. He said he once lost a poker game with Naval officer Richard Nixon. After the war, Shay earned a master’s of science in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University. He said he joined Corning Glass Works in 1955 “because they offered me a job.” Shay said his career at Corning came during “a very productive time for innovation and risk-taking by corporations.” He said many corporations today seem focused on making money with low risk, an approach he said can hamstring innovation. Klingensmith agreed. “American ingenuity is still here and we are still attracting people from all over the world to do technology here,” he said. But innovation can require significant investment, he said, and does not always follow a straight path from research and development to money-making products. Shay said Corning often reaches out to retirees for their knowledge and experience. Klingensmith said that is generally true but said Shay is uniquely capable of sage advice. “In his 80s this guy was schooling PhDs coming out of Stanford,” he said. On Thursday morning, Kathryn Shay joined a group of glass industry veterans and journalists seated around tables while Klingensmith provided a presentation about her husband’s career. When Klingensmith finished speaking, people began to stand. From her wheelchair, Kathryn looked up at her husband with an expression of affection and admiration — feelings others in the room clearly shared. “I love you,” she said.
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G. Clinton Shay was born in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1922, and grew up in Madison, New Jersey. His father, Ralph Shay, was a railroad signal engineer and a major influence on his son’s career path. “When I was 7 years old he sat me down at the kitchen table with a T-square and a triangle and got
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This 1966 photo from Blacksburg shows, in Clint Shay’s words, “the team that made fusion happen.” Shay is in the front row, second from right, in the gray hard hat appropriately marked “Shay.”
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In the third of a four-part historical series, Smith Mountain Laker magazine takes a glimpse into life at SML over the past 25 years. SML continued to grow in myriad ways — businesses, residential developments, cultural entities and tourism.
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PhotogRaPhy The photographers listed below helped in telling an important part of Smith Mountain Lake history for this issue of Laker magazine. While there are other photographers who, because of incomplete or imprecise records, could not be identified, the majority of the historical images in this issue have been attributed with accuracy and transparency in mind.
46: Revisiting the ups and downs of development 54: Seeing the lake on the big screen 60: Enriching lives through arts and culture
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Road to recovery Real estate agents are seeing bright spots again. By Casey FaBris | PhotograPhy
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or a time it seemed that all Smith Mountain Lake could do was grow. When the lake reached full pond 50 years ago, a rural farming area slowly transformed into a community with luxury waterfront homes. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the lake swelled with new people, houses and developments. In 1990, Gills Creek and Union Hall — the two magisterial districts that include the majority of Franklin County’s portion of the lake — had a combined population of 9,736. By 2010, that number climbed to 17,736, an increase of more than 82 percent, according to census data. Then that growth slowed and the lake community discovered it was not invincible. TOP. View of a neighborhood along Dudley Amos Road (Virginia 601) across from a large $10 million undeveloped lot on Gills Creek owned by Pete Jones near Scruggs. TOP LEFT. Ron Willard, who owns The Willard Companies and helped develop much of the lake, owns the largest commercial property, Westlake Towne Center. He stands along the dock at The Boardwalk, a Nantucket cottage-style property he developed. LEFT. The docks at Bridgewater Pointe are empty in the winter months. 48 July 2016 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
TOP. Sunken City Brewing Company is located beside Westlake Towne Center in Hardy, along Virginia 122. ABOVE. The Westlake Towne Center near Westlake Corner, along Virginia 122, includes a grocery store, several restaurants, a yogurt shop, gift shops, movie theater and other businesses.
In 2009, developer Trey Park filed for bankruptcy and had two developments, including LakeWatch Plantation in Franklin County, repossessed. The remaining LakeWatch properties were sold at auction last year. Meanwhile, Bridgewater Pointe Partners defaulted on a multi-million dollar loan for condos near Hales Ford Bridge in 2008. The condos sold far below 2007 asking prices in a 2010 lottery. Smith Mountain Lake grew as it did because it appealed to many people: retirees, families looking for a weekend or summer getaway, northerners looking to head to a warmer climate. But when the economy crashed, those markets shrank or vanished. “The person up north couldn’t sell what he has to come here,” said developer Ron Willard. “The smallbusiness person’s business was so bad he couldn’t venture to buy a second home. And the person that was going to retire, that was going to buy the lot and build his house in three years, can’t make that long-range plan anymore because he doesn’t trust what the economics are of the country. So all that has affected what I call the housing sector of Smith Mountain Lake.” But things are picking up again. Not at the pace of 2004 and 2005, but that might be a good thing. Bruce Shelton, manager of Capps Home Building Center near Westlake Corner, said then that there was more going on at the lake than the population
could sustain. People were building and flipping relentlessly, because it seemed like the boom would never end. Vicki Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, cited several indicators of recovery: more real estate agents at the lake, extended store hours, new businesses, fewer “for rent” signs and more people coming into the visitor center. Willard said his real estate company’s sales are on the rise. If the economy continues to improve, he said, he hopes to build a town center at Southlake in Union Hall. His plans to develop about 100 acres were put on hold when the market crashed. Willard said he thinks lakefront senior living will be the next big thing at the lake. “I feel that 2016 is going to be the most promising year we’ve seen in eight years,” Willard said.
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Last year was probably local real estate agent Penny Hodges’ best year. She said she hopes that carries through this year. She said the lake has a shortage of inventory, especially homes in the $500,000 to $600,000 price range. She knows of someone who has built two “spec homes,” homes specifically built to sell, but otherwise, the houses on the market are primarily SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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TOP. Windlass Point townhomes at The Waterfront include two bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths, with a single car garage, and are priced about $339,000, on the Roanoke River arm of Smith Mountain Lake. ABOVE. An older home about to go on the market with a lakefront view of the Blackwater River arm of the lake near Scruggs will be listed close to $369,000. The waterfront lot is often more valuable than the home itself.
those people bought and fixed up or those owned for years by people now ready to move on. Unless new houses start popping up, Hodges said, she wouldn’t be surprised to see prices start rising, given the demand and lack of inventory. Property values aren’t necessarily on the rise but have been holding steady for the past few years, Hodges said. Hodges has witnessed the evolution of the lake economy and real estate market. She started in real estate in 1981, and the first lake house she sold went for $66,000. About 2006, things started to taper off, she said. Eventually, houses that would have sold for $700,000 to $800,000 were going for $550,000 to $650,000. Many people were “just totally upside 50 July 2016 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
down on their mortgages,” Hodges said. Retirees continue to flock to the lake. Hodges said she’s seeing a lot of people buying now, looking to retire in the next three to five years. She estimates that 60 percent to 65 percent of the market is made up of retirees. Dave Gresham of Smith Mountain Lake Realty has high expectations for this year; he believes 2016 will be the end of declining prices at the lake. “The lake is coming back,” he said. “In fact, it’s slowly been coming back for a couple years.” However, Gresham said, there’s too much property on the market, particularly undeveloped lots. Gresham said it’ll probably be a few years before those prices improve. Gresham staunchly opposes Appalachian Power Co.’s shoreline management plan outlining regulations the company enforces as manager of the hydroelectric project. Featuring stipulations about recreational activity, such as building a dock, the plan is a point of controversy among some lake residents. Hodges said it has led some to abandon the lake. “I have lost some sales — thank you, Lord, not many — from people that have said, ‘Wait a minute, I’m not buying a property and letting them dictate to me what I can and cannot do. We’ll look elsewhere,’ ” she said. Gresham said the plan hinders some people from moving to the lake. Still, he said, “The sky is not falling. The lake is a wonderful place to live.”
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The economic downturn provided time to think about the future of the lake, Gardner said. Although the lake has seen significant growth in its 50-year existence, there is room for more. The question is, what does “more” entail? Franklin County seeks to answer some of those
A waterfront home like this one in the Park Place development fronts the waters of the Roanoke River arm of Smith Mountain Lake near Scruggs.
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questions through its village plan covering the area from Westlake to Hales Ford Bridge. An advisory committee made up of local leaders, business owners and residents has worked to put their vision for the future on paper. Gills Creek District Supervisor Bob Camicia, who organized the advisory committee, said one of the big questions is whether more steps will be taken to foster a suburban environment at the lake with things like walking trails, an expanded library and a community center. Because the lake attracts so many retirees, it becomes more important to ensure the area continues to draw people, Camicia said. Amenities could help. The community center has been an area of focus. Area businesses such as Kroger and Capps have become unofficial meeting places in lieu of a center, where people could gather, clubs could meet or classes could be offered, Camicia said. A committee recently formed to explore the financial feasibility of opening a community center, likely in the Westlake area. The panel plans to hire a consultant, said committee Chairman Jim Laseter. It would be another change after 50 years filled with them. “The economy has changed. The landscape has changed. Everything has changed because of the lake,” said Gardner, who moved to the lake 30 years ago. “And it has taken five decades to get to where we’re at, and I would probably say that in five years or in 10 years from now, it will have again changed substantially. We’re this lump of clay, and we’re just morphing into lots of different things.”
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Lights, camera, action! Filmmakers have sought out SML for works in cinema and on television.
A film crew descended on Smith Mountain Lake in 2010 for “Lake Effects.”
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In the movie “What About Bob?,” Bill Murray plays Bob Wiley, a new needy patient of psychoanalytical psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin, played by Richard Dreyfuss.
came together perfectly, SML and its residents found themselves rubbing elbows with movie stars in 1990. Bobby Middleton rented condos at Bernard’s Landing to everyone involved in the film. Although Middleton said he was not a fan of Bill Murray, he added, “Mr. Dreyfuss and I got to be good friends.” Lynn Swain, who owns a dock-building business at the lake, remembers the movie well. He worked every day on the set for Oz. “I set up barges on the lake to do the filming on the water,” Swain said. “They hired me from the start of the movie to the end.” Swain’s wife, Alice, got to be part of this movie, too. She was a stand-in for Julie Hagerty, and had a small role as the makeup girl with the “Good Morning America” television crew that arrived toward the end of the film. When asked about his favorite experience from working on the set, Swain revealed that it was watching the house blow up. “When the house blew up I actually got to be out there [on the barge] with them,” he said. He explained further that the actual house where the TOUcHSTONE pIcTURES
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP. Actress Jane Seymour gets a ride on a Sea Doo from lake resident and member of the She Doos DeeDee Bondurant. “Lake Effects” producer Sara Elizabeth Timmins attends a red carpet showing of the movie at Westlake Cinema. Madeline Zima and Scottie Thompson play daughters to mother Jane Seymour in the movie. Ben Savage also made an appearance at the movie’s premiere at Westlake Cinema.
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movie had been filmed was not blown up, but a three-fourths sized-replica on an adjacent lot had been destroyed for this part of the movie. Where is the “What About Bob?” house now? It’s quietly hidden among thousands of other normal lakeside homes and — like so many other residents — is living its retirement with a view of the lake and a daily dose of serenity. Almost 20 years later, Smith Mountain Lake found a starring role in its next film, “Lake Effects.” Sara Elizabeth Timmins, executive producer for the film, found Smith Mountain Lake while visiting her parents, Bill and Sue Timmins of Union Hall. She was taking a break from her career as a filmmaker and actress in Los Angeles. After discovering the lake, she decided to give it a starring role. “I never ever visited a lake that was as beautiful
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as Smith Mountain Lake,” Timmins said. “There is just a unique topography that gives it a small town, yet vast and majestic feel, which is wonderful on camera.” The movie “Lake Effects” might have had small beginnings, but it finished big. Not only were there big names such as Jane Seymour, Ben Savage and Richard Moll in the film, but this independent film has also played on the Hallmark Channel in more than 30 countries. The uniqueness of this film was that Timmins insisted on using the name Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, as the locale in this movie. This not only gave credit to our little jewel but also exposed people all over the world to its beauty. Last fall, the lake found a new starring role in the documentary “Smith Mountain Lake: Generating Power, Creating Memories.” The film
has been shown on Blue Ridge PBS for the past several months; it not only showcases our area but goes back to its beginnings, too, when there wasn’t a lake to speak of. Even though this film is all about Smith Mountain Lake, more importantly, it’s about the people in the community who helped make it what it is today — those who were involved in the building of the dam, and those whosaw this hidden jewel for its possible development into what it is today — a vacation and retirement destination. For many actors in the movie business, this may be a satisfying end to a long and fruitful career. But there is always the possibility that movie crews may still descend on SML. When Timmins was asked if she would ever come back to film at the lake, she said that she has an upcoming project or two that might be done here. Timmins went on to explain that it’s more than the beauty of this area; it’s the local community that makes this place special. “There is the beauty of the lake, but also the passion of the community,” she said. “I think it really comes down to the community. You want people that want you there.”
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TOP. The Lake Players presented “An Evening of Lighthearted Fun and Foolery” that included skits and play readings in April. LEFT. For the lake’s 50th anniversary, Smith Mountain Arts Council presented “Across the Cove” dinner theater in May. OPPOSITE PAGE LEFT. Held in October, the SMAC Art Show attracts artists from across the region. SMITH MOUNTAIN ArTS COUNCIL
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ver time, Smith Mountain Lake has become known for its iconic Blue Ridge Mountains, water activities and exciting attractions. What may not be as well known, however, is SML’s thriving artistic culture. The success of that culture can be largely attributed to one of the area’s longest and most active organizations, the Smith Mountain Lake Arts Council, or, as some call it, SMAC. In 1989, when SMAC became an official nonprofit, development at the lake was just beginning to take off, according to SMAC President Kathryn Orth. The local population had yet to boom, but it was rich in artistic talent and appreciation. Interest groups emerged such as the Lakeside Singers, a community concert choir, seeking to promote year-round performances and foster a better local music scene, Orth said. Those efforts led to SMAC’s founding. “Lakeside Singers was really the genesis of
SMAC,” Orth said. “As more artistic groups formed and more events and activities were organized, group members wanted to promote their own events, support one another and host performances by outside talent. SMAC became the umbrella organization for those types of activities at Smith Mountain Lake.” Over the decades, the council evolved into a popular feature of lake life, supporting dozens of artistic organizations and hosting hundreds of events. “Our mission is to bring together the artistic communities in and surrounding the lake and encourage participation in the visual, performing and literary arts. We do this by supporting local interest as well as bringing in outside talent,” Orth said. SMAC operates according to three tenets: create, celebrate and connect — creating a platform for residents to express their creativity, celebrating SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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The Lakeside Singers is a large mixed chorus of local singers who perform popular and traditional music in four-part harmony.
the arts through events and activities, and making the arts accessible to everyone. Groups including the Lakeside Singers, Lake Writers and the Lake Players drama team are overseen by SMAC, Orth said. It also boasts more than a dozen regional affiliates, including the Smith Mountain Lake Harmeneers Barbershop Chorus, SML Ballroom Dancers, Sway Katz Jazz Orchestra and the Bald Knob Artists. “SMAC has about 400 members but each committee runs itself,” Orth said. “Our members are kept up to speed on what is going on and get reduced ticket prices, but you don’t have to be a member to come to our concerts or participate in the shows.” Membership is an annual fee of $35 per family, which goes toward event costs and educational scholarships. Fundraising covers anything extra. Longtime member Lois Spencer joined SMAC in the late 1990s. “I have held the offices of president, vice president and secretary, and been part of some of the committees,” Spencer said. “As the lake has grown, there have been more groups and activities for people to be involved in. We sponsor an annual photo show, art show, three singing groups, an acting group and an annual scholarship for high school seniors that are interested in continuing a career in the arts. All of these allow the public to try their hand in the arts and have their interest validated.” SMAC members are interested in cultivating young, local talent. They provide funding for a chapter of the Junior Appalachian Musicians, which teaches middle school students how to play 62 July 2016 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
heritage music on instruments, including the banjo, fiddle or guitar, and offers them opportunities to perform. Karen DeBord, a member of Lakeside Singers, said being a part of the group is about moving beyond being entertained and getting involved. “Retirees are not the only ones in Lakeside Singers,” she said. “We have high schoolers as well, and it gives them a chance to build their singing resume. SMAC has always been a great support for anyone at the lake who enjoys music and singing.” Writing is another art that has flourished at the lake because of SMAC, according to Susan Coryell, a published author and longtime member of Lake Writers. “Lake Writers has sponsored writing contests for students and adults in our area. We’ve published three anthologies containing works by our writers and the community at large,” Coryell said. “Comedy cafes, play productions, book signings and book talks performed here have been widely attended and supported. Many of our participants have been successfully published and are well-known in the arts world far beyond our lake shores. SMAC and Lake Writers have enriched the lives of so many.” Because of that enrichment, Spencer is certain the group’s founding members wouldn’t be surprised that the organization has flourished for more than 25 years. “I am sure they thought the sky was the limit then as we do now,” she said. For more information about the Smith Mountain Lake Arts Council and upcoming events, visit smithmountainartscouncil.com
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Promoting the lake The SML Visitor Center and Regional Chamber of Commerce continue work that began decades ago when there was little to promote. By Rich Ellis
TOP. Members of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce staff include Barb Nocera (from left), special projects manager; Vicki Gardner, executive director; Lauren Parcetich, event manager; Annette Stamus, marketing and communications manager; and Terry Jones, assistant event manager. OPPOSITE PAGE. Each year, the SML Visitor Center receives more than 50,000 requests for information and is a staterecognized visitors’ center and the chamber’s headquarters. 68 July 2016 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
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t was 1978 or ’79 and the Moneta gossip mill was in overdrive, burning up the phone lines around the lake – a “shyster from up north” was buying up lake property and selling it for double and triple the original selling price, helped by grandiose promises of a planned community and accompanying amenities, and gifts to prospective buyers just for taking a tour. Someone needed to expose him and his goldchain and white-shoe wearing sales force, and Carol Leggett-Hommel’s mother — a willing participant in helping spread gossip about the alleged flim-flam artist — encouraged her to meet the man and write a story that would blow the lid off his perceived real estate scam. At the time, Leggett-Hommel was the owner of a Closer Look, a magazine focused on the Smith Mountain Lake area. The man turned out to be David Wilson, and
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he was not what the rumor mill was making him out to be. He was, in fact, one of the lake’s earliest property developers, and his real estate venture was indeed above-board as he was selling lots in a planned community he was developing — Beechwood Shores. “David Wilson was a great developer, and he did a lot to help put a lot of people to work here, and helped put this lake on the map,” Leggett-Hommel said. “All of his communities are still there, still beautiful, and everyone that bought property back then would have little regrets, I would imagine.” Wilson would go on to develop several more communities, during which time Leggett-Hommel moved away to work for a magazine in New York City, spending nearly every waking hour trying to figure out a way to return home because she hated city life. HUONG FRALIN SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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Necessity being the mother of invention, Wilson needed to sell lots, so he turned to her for help spreading the word, and the work of marketing Smith Mountain Lake was born. This was before there ever was a visitor center, regional chamber of commerce or even the Smith Mountain Lake Partnership. “David asked me if I wanted to come back home and handle marketing and advertising for his next project,” Leggett-Hommel recalled. “So I did, and we started marketing Smith Mountain Lake.” That “next project” was Bernard’s Landing, but back then, Leggett-Hommel said there wasn’t much for her to market. “Franklin County didn’t have any planned development,” she explained. “And there wasn’t even anywhere you could get liquor by the drink. There was nothing out there. People would drive out and ask, ‘Where’s the town?’ and I’d say, ‘Well, we don’t have one.’” That didn’t stop her and her team from marketing the area or visitors from coming. With an annual marketing budget that Leggett-Hommel estimated 70 July 2016 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
was about $150,000 in 1979 or ’80 and funded by Wilson, she and her team began promoting the area primarily by purchasing radio ads targeted to reach populations within a four-hour drive of the lake. Their efforts gained traction as more visitors began arriving. Bernard’s Landing condos were selling before they were finished, and it looked as though the area and its growing business community were poised for strong growth well into the future. Then the marketing dollars dried up. Wilson’s next two projects, Stripers Landing and Vista Pointe, went over budget, and he filed for bankruptcy, Leggett-Hommel recalled. “Articles began coming out about the ‘beleaguered’ lake,” she explained. “Everybody felt it when the marketing stopped — marinas, gas stations — everyone.” Leggett-Hommel said she remembers going to see Ron Willard and the two agreed they needed to get the ad dollars going again. If they didn’t, they feared the downturn would only worsen. “We decided to come up with events — a beauty
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LEFT. Held on the lower level of Bridgewater Plaza, hundreds attend the Smith Mountain Lake Fall Chili and Craft Festival each November. TOP. Teams compete to win a coveted trophy and bragging rights as champion of the chili festival. Hosting the festival in the fall is one way of extending the tourism season.
pageant, boat races, inner tube races — and needed a name so Ron suggested ‘partnership,’” Leggett-Hommel said. She would serve as the Smith Mountain Lake Partnership’s first director — an unpaid position — and was joined by a largely handpicked board that included representatives from the insurance and banking industries. Phil Hager, owner of the Phil Hager Insurance Agency in Moneta, also served as the organization’s president at one time when it still carried the dual chamber/partnership names. Hager explained that the partnership’s roots can be traced, in part, to the lake’s 20th anniversary celebration in 1986. “In addition to celebrating the anniversary, we were trying to do things to extend the season beyond just the summer and stir some traffic,” Hager said. “Then it came to our attention that we should do this all the time, and Ron Willard shared the idea to promote the lake outside the area by having businesses join together.” The Smith Mountain Lake Partnership set up shop at Bridgewater Plaza, where the SML Visitor
Center still is today, in space donated by Ed Waters, the shopping center’s developer, Hager recalled. “Around that same time, the wine festival made its debut, even though wine festivals in Virginia were rare at that time,” Hager said. “But it turned into one of the biggest draws and has sustained all these years.” Over the years, the partnership’s marketing efforts also included billboard advertising outside the area, as well as advertising in Washington, District of Columbia-area newspapers to increase awareness about what Hager referred to as “Virginia’s best-kept secret for years.” “The partnership had a tremendous impact on the lake’s development,” Hager added. The partnership and chamber joined forces, Hager recalls, because both organizations realized they were duplicating efforts, with neither organization viewing the other as a competitor. “Partnership” remained part of the organization’s formal name until 2006 when it was removed simply because the lengthy name was too difficult to print on just about everything, said Vicki Gardner,
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Held the last weekend in September, this year’s Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival is returning to the lake’s shoreline. It will be at the former Crazy Horse Campground in Scruggs.
the executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce. The chamber’s mission now aligns closely with those early efforts put forth by the lake region’s individual and organizational promoters — promote tourism and grow business. “Tourism is our largest industry here,” Gardner explained. “Our efforts unite and help our businesses grow.” Open seven days a week Memorial Day through October, the SML Visitor Center receives more than 50,000 requests for information annually and is a state-recognized visitors’ center, as well as the chamber’s headquarters. Marketing the area, Gardner explained, has changed from the lake’s early years, in part because of technology. Today, social media, an electronic visitor guide that complements the annual printed version, a robust website, and a way for people to request and receive information electronically all help bolster the chamber’s marketing and outreach efforts. “In the early days, it was really hard for a small
“Around that same time, the wine festival made its debut, even though wine festivals in Virginia were rare at that time,” Hager said. “But it turned into one of the biggest draws and has sustained all these years.”
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nonprofit to place ads in big publications — we didn’t have a lot of advertising dollars,” Gardner recalled. Instead, she said the group had to be nimble and pitch stories to publications, send out press releases and hope for blurbs in national magazines. When Gardner took the chamber’s reins in 2002, she was the only full-time employee, supported by a part-time bookkeeper and a handful of volunteers. Today, volunteers still figure largely in the chamber’s initiatives, but the paid staff has grown to include three full-time and four part-time employees. Reflecting on the lake’s existence and the early efforts to promote tourism here, Gardner said, “Fifty years isn’t really a long time. The area gained notoriety in due time due to so many factors, and also because as people found it and had that ‘a-ha!’ moment, it made them want to tell other people.” The SML Visitor Center still faces challenges when it comes to growing tourism, but Gardner said they look markedly different than those from 50 years ago — much like the area surrounding the lake and the companies and organizations that make up the business community today. “Back then there wasn’t GPS so we used little road signs to encourage and let people know they were getting close,” she said. Fast forward a few decades and one of the challenges the Visitor Center faces now is the need to expand because parking is tight for the more than 14,000 visitors who stop there annually – a problem Carol Leggett-Hommel, David Wilson and the lake’s other visionaries and early promoters would surely have welcomed.
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also in the number of people who rely on it. “The food part of LCM is the biggest part and it always has been,” Colleen said. In addition to regularly making the rounds to pick up items from area grocery stores, LCM has developed a partnership with area groups to receive fresh produce from the Giving Garden, an organic garden operated by the Rotary Club of SML, Franklin County Master Gardeners, Booker T. Washington National Monument and volunteers, as well as items donated from a group of gleaners at Trinity Ecumenical Parish. The SML Rotary Club has also been encouraging community gardeners and farmers to plant extra vegetables to share with LCM. Hot Shots near Westlake Corner is the drop-off location for those donations. “We were just so fortunate to fall into that,” Colleen said of the partnerships. Similarly, through its New Tomorrows program, LCM has developed partnerships with area businesses to pair those who need work with available jobs, Colleen said. New Tomorrows first began several years ago as a way to offer job interviewing and resume and cover letter writing skills, said Josselyn Gregory, who helped develop the program. Today the program has evolved into one that helps participants navigate other challenges that they also may be facing, such as transportation or childcare issues, by pairing them with a mentor.
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“The community has really embraced us over the past couple of years,” Colleen said. “We are totally getting there.” The McNultys typically volunteer four days a week, working in the food pantry when LCM is open — Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays — and picking up food donations from Wal-Mart on Tuesdays. On off-days, other tasks are fulfilled, but the McNultys are quick to downplay their role. It’s all the volunteers, working together, that makes LCM run as smoothly as it does, Colleen said. When she talks to other groups about what LCM does, Colleen always gets the usual response. “They’ll say ‘I can’t believe this is all volunteer,’” she recalled. Volunteers are always needed, too, Colleen said. “Whatever time you’ve got, we can train you or provide you with on-the-job training.” As for what the future might hold for LCM, there have been discussions about the area’s aging population, and how they’ll best be served, Colleen said. “We are thinking ahead to where we should be going.” In the meantime, the McNultys said they don’t see that they’ll be out of work anytime soon. In fact, the need for services has grown. Colleen estimates that there are twice as many neighbors in need than there were a decade ago. “It’s just keeping on, keeping on,” Colleen said. “It’s all about being there for the people that need us.”
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Becky and Charlie Rowe bought their lot in 1982, but it wasn’t until a few years later that they began construction.
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FAR LEFT. Kourtne Arrington, 10, volunteers at Booker T. Washington National Monument watering and feeding the pigs, horses and chickens on July 11, 2005. The monument hosts events throughout the year for all ages.
BELOW LEFT. Vic Hamblett (left) watches while his boat is washed by Sarah Jane Guthrie and Dana Marie Ayers at That Marina & Boat Wash on SML. Working in the background are Sacha Erb and Leanne Holley. BELOW. Annabelle Meadows (left), 12, and Jessica Brosnahan, 12, watch as boats pass by before the Smith Mountain Lake fireworks display on July 4, 2014.
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT. The Fourth of July Fireworks at Parkway Marina in Huddleston is a day-long event fundraiser for the Saunders Volunteer Fire Department. Kids play with bubbles in the YMCA Kids maze before the Smith Mountain Lake fireworks display at Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston on July 4, 2014.
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Lake history | photography CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT. Jim McMichael, of Alexandria, grandfather of Brendan McMichael, 5 ½, and John Ryan McMichael, 8, of Bowling, Kentucky, enjoy a boat ride on Smith Mountain Lake on May 25, 2007. At the time, high gas prices resulted in boaters such as McMichael buying his gas at Kroger and carrying it along. Participants gather for the start of the swimming portion of the Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon held at Smith Mountain Lake State Park in Huddleston, Virginia, on May 1, 2010. Jerry Hale makes a long low drop off his dock to get into his boat becuase of low-water levels at Smith Mountain Lake in October 2012. Over the years, lack of rain has caused the lake level to fluctuate several feet below full pond, which is 795 feet. Working from AEP’s skimmer boat, Asplundh employees Lmarka Casey (from left) and Thomas Elliott work with AEP employees Emmitt Thompson and Tommy Howard (in cab) while cleaning Smith Mountain Lake on the Blackwater River in Franklin County near channel marker B-46 on April 13, 2011. The skimmer was moved to Leesville Lake in 2015 and replaced with a new barge-like system that makes debris removal more efficient.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT. Kendell Smith, minister at Sandy Level Baptist Church, his wife, (right) Fran Smith; and Paul and Cindy Jamerson leave the floating dock following Sunday morning’s lakefront chapel service on Aug. 17, 2014. Vehicles traverse over Hales Ford Bridge, while a boat passes underneath it, on July 27, 2007. Traffic along the bridge that connects Franklin and Bedford counties has increased over the past quarter century. Jamie Hartberger with Franklin County Parks and Recreation installs a sign at the SML Community Park on June 6, 2007, before the park’s opening. Nine-year-old Dalton Lucas, from Goodview has a large carp splash its way out of his hands after he tried picking it out of the water at Bridgewater Plaza Marina on April 15, 2009. Fishermen gather before a tournament on an early fall morning Oct. 26, 2006. 92 July 2016 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
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TOP. For 18 years, boat captains volunteered to decorate their vessels for the Flotilla for Toys boat parade to raise toy donations for Lake Christian Ministries. The event, organized by Alice and Lynn Swain of Virginia Dare Cruises and Marina set sail for the last time on Dec. 5, 2015. LEFT. More than 145,000 youth, ages 9 to 18, from central, western and southwestern Virginia have attended summer camp at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center in Wirtz. Classes offered include basic horsemanship, riflery, swimming, canoeing, multimedia, robotics and performing arts. W.E. SKELTON 4-H EDUcATIONAL cONfERENcE cENTER
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CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT. Golfers hit the links during the 19th Smith Mountain Lake Invitational Golf Tournament at The Westlake. Conservation officers with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries patrol the lake. A crowd gathers Dec. 3, 2015 for the tree lighting at Westlake Towne Center near Westlake Corner.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP. A team competes during the 2014 Smith Mountain Lake Dragon Boat race. More than 100 kids enjoy a day of water sports and boat rides during the second Wake the World at Crazy Horse Marina in Scruggs. The event organizes groups of boat owners across the U.S. to provide water sports to abused or neglected children, people with disabilities and disabled veterans.
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The scallywags of Bay Roc’s Revenge patrol the lake in front of Jake’s Place near Hales Ford Bridge during Pirate Days. The Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire/ Rescue Department signals the start of the Tom Maynard Memorial Poker Run. Hot air balloons light up the night sky at Mariners Landing in Huddleston.
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1 JUNIOR RANGERS PROGRAM | July 1, 8, 9 | at Smith Mountain lake State Park. ages 7-12. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration required. (540) 297-6066 , jeanette. lawler@dcr.virginia.gov. dcr.virginia.gov/ state-parks/smithmountain-lake.shtml ART SHOW | JULY 1-17 | Connie logan featured artist at The little Gallery, Bridgewater Plaza. 1-3 p.m. (540) 7211596, thelittlegallerysml.com 4TH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL | 5 p.m., Cy dillon Stadium, Franklin County High School, rocky Mount. Free admission. (540) 483-9293, www.visitfranklincountyva.org
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2 AGAPE ANGEL FLIGHT WALK-ATHON | a walk-a-thon at Moneta Park (across from downtown Moneta) to raise toys and money for the annual Christmas Gift Shop for people served by The agape Center. $30 registration (in pledges or toys). 8:30-11 a.m. (540) 2391399. www.agapecentersml.org
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JEWELRY SHOW | JULY 2-3 | alicia Winalski featured artist at The little Gallery, Bridgewater Plaza. 1-3 p.m. (540) 721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com SUNSET SATURDAYS | July 2, 13, 23, 30 | acoustic music, family activities and wine tasting at Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery, Moneta. 7-10 p.m. $10 fee includes souvenir wine glass. Children admitted free. (540) 296-1393, smlwine. com MONETA FIREWORX FEST | Independence day celebration with live music by The Worx, Mason Creek, Untax’t Whiskey and The Urge; food, drinks and children’s activities at downtown Moneta. Gates open at noon. Music from 6 to 10 p.m. followed by fireworks. Cost is $10; children 10 and under admitted free. Proceeds benefit Moneta Volunteer Fire department. downtownmoneta.com FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION | JULY 2-4 | at Smith Mountain lake State Park dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/ smithmountain-lake.shtml SML LINE DANCE CONTEST | SMl inaugural line dance contest open to individuals, couples and teams from 4-7 p.m. at WTF Chocolat Cafe next to Joe’s Pizza. Must register to participate in contest. Family dancing from 10 a.m. to midnight; enjoy SMl fudge, waffle sundaes, chocolate, live music, indoor and outdoor cafes and food from Joe’s Pizza. no registration for family dance. Profits benefit Peace Schools of Promise and supporting Sweet Briar College students.
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FUNKY BONE | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. KEROSENE WILLY | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co.
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A family-oriented holiday tradition at Parkway Marina in Huddleston featuring food vendors, beer garden, live music, rides for the kids and displays of fire, rescue and military equipment. Gates open at 3 p.m. Live music from The Worx at 5:30 p.m. Fireworks launch at 10 p.m. No coolers, alcohol or pets permitted. Admission is free, but the event is a fundraiser for Saunders Volunteer Fire Company and donations will be accepted. A $10 per-car parking fee applies.
3 FUNKY BONE | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. DALLAS LEONARD | Live music at Sunken City
The SML Water Safety Council has declared the primary viewing area a no-wake zone for the evening, so those who plan to go by boat are encouraged to consult the SML Visitor Info Map for details on the boundary. The maps are available for free in Laker Magazine racks around the region, including the SML Visitor Center at Bridgewater Plaza. On the water, zone boundaries will be indicated by SML Sail and Power Squadron boats displaying flashing yellow lights. (540) 297-4412, smlfireworks.com
JASON RING | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
4 CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE D-DAY MEMORIAL | Tours offered throughout the day. Regular fees apply. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. dday.org ALMA HESSON | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
6 JUNIOR RANGER MONTH | July 6, 13, 20, 27 | At Booker T. Washington National Monument. Different programs each week. Preregistration is required. nps.gov/bowa LITTLE RANGERS PROGRAM |July 6, 13 | At Smith Mountain Lake State Park. Ages 4-6. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Preregistration required. (540) 297-6066, jeanette.lawler@dcr.virginia.gov. dcr. virginia.gov/state-parks/smithmountainlake.shtml
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THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $41.50, $54.50, $61.50, $74.50. 8 p.m. OUT OF SPITE | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. MONSTER ATLANTIC | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co.
9 HEALTHY PARKS/HEALTHY PEOPLE COMMUNITY WALK & TALK | Booker T. Washington National Monument. 10 a.m. Free. (540) 721-2094, nps.gov/bowa HORSE AND HOUND WINE FESTIVAL | Wine tasting, live music, arts, crafts and events throughout the day that incorporate horses and dogs. Johnson’s Orchards, Bedford. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (540) 586-3707, bedfordwine.com LIVE AT THE FILLMORE | Live music at the Harvester Performance Center. $26, $46. 8 p.m.
DENNIS THORNE | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
11 ANDREW HALEY/SML LIONS MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT | JULY 11-12 | Open to boys and girls ages 11-18. Monday at Mariners Landing, Huddleston; Tuesday at The Waterfront, Scruggs. Registration required. (540) 7212361, haleylionsjrgolf.com
15 SML PIRATE DAYS 2016 | JULY 15-17 | Family-friendly pirate-themed events all around Smith Mountain Lake. www. visitsmithmountainlake.com LAKE WRITERS’ COMEDY CAFE | Presenting original works, including “Nekkid Came the Swimmer,” a collaborative effort that claims to be the worst book ever written. Bethlehem United Methodist Church, Moneta. 7 p.m. Free. smithmountainartscouncil. com
PIRATE CRUISE | Dress in your pirate attire and cruise the lake aboard the Virginia Dare. Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Reservations required. (540) 297-7100, vadarecruises.com FAMILY DAY 40S FESTIVAL | Celebrate the allied countries that came together on D-Day at the National D-Day Memorial. Free for students 18 and younger; $6 for students 18 and older; $8 for veterans and active duty military; $10 for adults. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. www.dday.org THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $42, $62, $82. 8 p.m. DRAGONFLY | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. SEPH CUSTER | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co. KEITH MCFADEN | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
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EDDIE RAVEN’S ACOUSTIC COUNTRY GRASS SHOW | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $22, $42. 7:30 p.m.
SEAN BERA | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 2 p.m.
MASON CREEK BLUEGRASS | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co.
THE DIAMONDBACK | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m.
TIM PFEIFFER | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
TOMMY COX | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
STAR CITY | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co.
10 JODY ENSOR | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 2 p.m.
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20 WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY | Enjoy a cruise and lunch aboard the Virginia Dare while a ranger from SML State Park discusses wildlife at the lake. Noon-2 p.m. Reservations required. (540) 297-7100, vadarecruises.com
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21 PAINT NIGHT | With Ed Gowen at The Little Gallery, Bridgewater Plaza. 6-9 p.m. (540) 721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com JAMES MCMURTY | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $24, $44. 8 p.m.
22 PROJECT 4 | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. THE SEISMIC | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co., 2 p.m.
23 HISTORY ALIVE – A TASTING TOUR OF BEDFORD & FRANKLIN COUNTY HERITAGE | Tour several historic homes in Bedford and Franklin counties. www. visitsmithmountainlake.com ART DEMO | Joseph Burrough featured artist at The Little Gallery, Bridgewater Plaza. 1-3 p.m. (540) 721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com PAINT NIGHT CRUISE | Cruise on the Virginia Dare while you paint the Smith Mountain Gap. Painting led by Lisa Floyd of Floyd’s Artworks. Light hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar. 6-8 p.m. $50 per person. Reservations required. (540) 297-7100, vadarecruises.com
29 THE COUNTRY BOYS | Live music at Smith Mountain Lake State Park Beach Pavilion. $5, ages 12 and under free. 8-10 p.m. Food and drinks. Bring your own chairs. dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/ smithmountain-lake.shtml DAVE MASON’S TRAFFIC JAM VIP EXPERIENCE | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $127. 4:30 p.m. DAVE MASON’S TRAFFIC JAM | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $47, $62, $67, $82. 8 p.m. RUTLEDGE | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. BRESSON, HALL AND YOUNG | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co. RICK RIZZI | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
24 BARRY YOUNG | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 2 p.m. STEVE GUIDUS | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
26 SARAH JAROSZ | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $36, $56. 8 p.m.
SML CARDBOARD BOAT REGATTA PICNIC AND JAMBOREE CONCERT | JULY 29-30 | This inaugural event at W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center celebrates the lake’s 50th anniversary. Friday (5-10 p.m.) preview the boats and enjoy music and refreshments; races are Saturday (11 a.m.-3 p.m.) skelton4hcenter.org JOHN BERRY | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. $37, $52, $57, $72. 8 p.m. FUZZY LOGIC | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. FIVE MILE MT. ROAD | Live music at Sunken City Brewing Co.
30 JEWELRY DEMO | Ann McConnaughey featured artist at The Little Gallery, Bridgewater Plaza. 1-3 p.m. (540) 7211596, thelittlegallerysml.com FUZZY LOGIC | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 7:30 p.m. JODY ENSOR | Live music at Sunken City ZAC PRICE | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
31 MARIE ANDERSON | Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 2 p.m. JASON RING | Live music at Waller’s, 2 p.m.
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Franklin County resident Susan Parris didn’t set out to write a book or expect she’d be diagnosed with breast cancer. “Writing a book was not on my bucket list,” Parris said. “One thing I did from the very beginning is I journaled. It’s a healthy way to express your feelings.” The result of Parris putting her feelings to paper is “Cancer Mom: Hearing God in an Unknown Journey.” As a 34-year-old married mother to two young sons, Parris said she had a nagging feeling about a tiny lump she found on her chest. “This place was really high on my chest wall and it was smaller than a peppercorn,” Parris recalled. “Some days I could feel it, some days I couldn’t.” After undergoing an ultrasound and a mammogram and speaking with two different physicians, Parris was told she had nothing to worry about. “Every day, I would check that thing,” she said. “It started growing.”
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Me Before You By Jojo Moyes Louisa is a quirky, directionless 20-something girl living with her parents in a small British town. After losing her job at the local cafe, Louisa finds herself applying to be the caretaker of Will Traynor, a former fast-living young business executive for whom the world was a playground until a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed, wheelchair-bound, and hopeless. Louisa is wholly unqualified to be Will’s caretaker, but desperately in need of a job. Fortunately, Will’s mother thinks Louisa’s particular brand of unconventional cheerfulness is
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just what her son needs. She hires Lou, changing the course of Lou’s ho-hum life. Early on, Louisa realizes that caring for Will is not going to be easy. He is bitter at the loss of his glamorous, thrilling life and angry that he is dependent on others for everything. It is in the face of Will’s sullen demeanor that Louisa begins to find her strength and purpose. Will has lost his passion for life, and Louisa plans to help him find it. “Me Before You” is a witty, nontraditional romance that explores the nature of true love and the difficult choices people sometimes must make in order to fulfill the desires of the one they love, no matter the heartbreaking consequences. — Cara Jones
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A third physician told her it needed to be removed. “I tell people, ‘Listen, you know your body better than anyone else,’” Parris said. After talking with physicians and doing her own research, Parris traveled to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas where she was enrolled in a clinical trial and endured 32 chemotherapy treatments over 13 months. “Hearing God’s voice was so pivotal in that journey,” Parris said. While faith played an important role, Parris said she also relied on her husband, Stan, now senior pastor at Franklin Heights Baptist Church in Rocky Mount and CrossPointe Church in Burnt Chimney, throughout her ordeal, which earned him a chapter in “Cancer Mom.” “If you don’t read anything in my book, read his chapter,”
Parris said. “He gives people a lot of really good advice about being a caretaker. He was an amazing caretaker.” Now 12 years later, Parris is cancer-free, although she still travels to Texas for regular check-ups. “Cancer is not just a physical battle. It’s a mental battle,” Parris said. “All of us at times in our life face a crisis. When a crisis comes to you, you ask yourself if there’s hope.” Published in November 2015, Parris hopes the book will encourage women to advocate for their own health. “Eighty percent of women who will be diagnosed this year will have no family history [of breast cancer], because it strikes people of all ages, all backgrounds,” Parris said. “That’s why I tell women all the time, you need to know your body.” “Cancer Mom” is available at Lighthouse Gifts & Books at Westlake Towne Center and Virginia Office Supply and J&J Fashions in Rocky Mount. — Karen Dillon, Editor
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The Jezebel Remedy By Martin Clark Clark, a circuit court judge in Patrick County, writes about what he knows — Southwest Virginia and the law. He has a distinct voice all his own with compelling plots twists that integrate the world of law with the vernacular of region. Up for an annual Library of Virginia Literary Award, this story surrounds the life of husband and wife, Joe and Lisa Stone, who run a small law firm in Henry County. Their cases are the run-of-the-mill domestic disputes and personal injury settlements, until one of their clients, local eccentric Lettie VanSandt, dies in a questionable fire. While it’s assumed she was cooking meth in her trailer, puzzling questions emerge regarding her death. Her meager estate becomes ever-complicated as a secret formula is discovered and sought after by a unscrupulous billionaire. This was a fun page-turner that should be required reading if you live in Southwestern Virginia.
Gathering Blue By Lois Lowry While considered a social-science novel for young adults, my daughter got me hooked on this series during our nightly reading ritual. This is the story about a 13-year-old orphaned girl named Kira. Born with a deformed leg and considered weak by the hunter-gatherer society in which she lives, Kira finds herself in the fight of her life with a woman in her village who wants her land. Fortunately, Kira’s gift for weaving not only saves her but also affords her a new opportunity to be an important part of her community. Upon closer examination, however, Kira realizes that there are others with special talents who are being held against their will. — Karen Dillon
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National Pools
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Nationwide Insurance
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Pine Creek Structures
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Absolute Collision of SML
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Arant Enterprises
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Arrington Construction
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Atlantic Bay Mortgage
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Automatic Boat Covers
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Rocky Mount Tractor
Bartlett Tree Experts
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RSI Rentals
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Bayside Marina & Yacht Club
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Runk & Pratt
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Better Sofas
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Seven Oaks Landscape/Hardscape
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Lake & Garden
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Laker Profile | Restaurants
Turner’s Building
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Groundscapes
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Millehan, Vicki and Shelton, Debbie Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate
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Montgomery, Dana Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate
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Wainwright Real Estate
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Weichert Realtors
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Mid-Atlantic Timberframes
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Moneta Dentistry
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Moneta Heating & Air
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his Florida gal sure does love the beach. A recent trip south found me standing in the warm sand, listening to the surf and basking in the warm sunlight. I was transported back to my Florida youth where I spent many a day relaxing seaside with my teenage buddies. And, that was exactly what we did: we hung out. This got me to thinking: when did we give up on hanging out? Back on that Florida beach, we chilled out from daybreak to sundown. Time was measured by the traveling of the sun across the expansive clear blue sky. We played football in the surf, and we took walks down the shore, and we laid on our towels and listened to Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 emanating from the boom box. What I’ve noticed is that days spent gathered on the dock by our lake are anything but just hanging out. All this crazy multi-tasking is going on. Smart phones and earbuds and laptops – it’s a vast landscape of electronics. It’s no wonder we’ve already lost three cell phones to lakeside accidents. Perhaps SML is trying to tell us something? The great comedian Lewis Black – if you ever get a chance to see this beautifully angry social commentator in concert, I highly recommend it – riffs eloquently on the greatest gift of his boomer generation: the ability to hang out. He considers it high achievement to be able to converse and not fact-check each other. “If you take somebody from my generation and sit them on a couch and bring them food and plumbing, they’ll sit there and talk to you about anything you want until the day you die.” Not so long ago we could talk smack and argue about topics such as the greatest NFL team ever or the best movie director of all time, and there was no Google to confirm or deny our proclamations. Google, and its sultry side-kick Siri, have ruined our ability to emphatically make a point, even if the accuracy of our facts is somewhat questionable.
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I do believe there is a time and place for factchecking. For example, if I need to make a batch of Ina Garten’s amazing chicken curry salad, I love the ease of locating the recipe, with pictures, in less than a minute on the Internet. However, I’m beginning to entertain the idea that for the remainder of this summer our dock shall be declared a technology-free zone. I want to be able to talk trash. I want to pontificate without being challenged on my accuracies. I want to contemplate secrets of the universe without any reliance on the great and powerful Internet for a quick retrieval of answers. I’d like to ponder: do fish sleep? Why hasn’t someone invented a mammogram machine made from fluffy pillows that dispenses wine and chocolate during an examination? How can French fries be so terrible for you, and yet so damn delicious? Wishing everyone a happy, safe, and technologyfree Fourth of July. I wonder what makes fireworks explode? Discuss. Kimberly Dalferes is the author of “I Was In Love With a Short Man Once” and “Magic Fishing Panties.” Her humor blog, “The Middle-Aged Cheap Seats,” is online at kimdalferes.com.
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