FREE
VISIT US ONLINE:
at almost 300 locations around Lake Lanier
www.lakesidenews.com Search: Lakeside on Lanier Become a Fan of Lakeside News!
See page 14.
Please recycle
March 2011
3292 Thompson Bridge Road #250, Gainesville, GA 30506 Phone: (770) 287-1444 Fax: (770) 287-1445 E-mail lakesidenews@mindspring.com
Vol. 17 Issue 3
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Building boat models Donald Smith spent hours steaming and bending small wooden boards, tacking tiny nails, and stringing intricate lines making a model of the C.W. Morgan. It took him six months, about a month less than it took the original ship’s builders in 1841. Page 44
Lease of Bethel Park to proceed A federal court decision in mid-February has paved the way for the YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta to finally break ground on a facility at Bethel Park in Forsyth County. The battle among Forsyth County, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the YMCA has continued since 2003. Page 2
Magnificent Budapest The old Hungarian city of Budapest can give you a day-to-day feeling of a large, modern metropolis, or it can take you back to medieval times with a simple turn of the head. Page 54 Also inside: Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Break from the lake . . . . . . . .Page Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Captain’s comments . . . . . . . .Page Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page COE column . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Cruising Wilsons . . . . . . . . . . .Page Dining guide . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Fishing report . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Glenn Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Lake Lanier Association news . .Page Lake Lanier Olympic Venue . . .Page Lake levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Lanier map . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Marinas information . . . . . . . .Page Marine crossword puzzle . . . . .Page Outdoor activity calendar . . . .Page Power Squadron column . . . . . .Page Sailing calendar . . . . . . . . . . .Page Shore lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page Steve Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . .Page US Coast Guard Auxiliary . . . . .Page
58 62 35 18 63 59 26 53 10 24 61 16 24 56 52 61 42 25 40 44 59 15
PHOTO CREDIT: DUTCH WALTERS PHOTOGRAPHY
Participants of the second annual “Polar Plunge” at Lake Lanier Islands hit the water for a good cause. Special Olympics Georgia received more than $70,000 from the fundraising event. Story, page 6.