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CONTENTS November/December 2015
Editor’s Note
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Love the Lake
LAKE HOMES A growing number of SML residents are using the sun as a power source, installing solar panels on the roofs of their homes and docks.
Take the Laker With You
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Main Street Solar works on a project.
Trugs help carry flowers and produce.
SHORELINES
LAKE & GARDEN Columnist Catriona Tudor Erler offers gift ideas sure to please gardening enthusiasts.
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TELEVISION A project that Roanoke-based Black Dog Salvage worked on at the lake will air on the DIY Network.
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DENTISTRY Dentists from as far away as Seattle visited Blue Ridge Dental Group in Westlake as part of a study club that uses mentoring as the cornerstone of its training regimen.
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FIT & HEALTHY GUIDE Laker presents the annual guide to lake-area health and wellness service providers. There is information on physicians, dentists, assisted-living facilities, medical suppliers and more.
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Seasonal
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CHARITY For the eighth year in a row, members from the area’s model railroad club are opening their homes to the public and putting their layouts on display. Money raised during the event goes to Lake Christian Ministries.
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Layouts took many years to build.
FEATURES
MUSIC Trinity Ecumenical Parish will host its annual Wiley-Bouknight holiday concert.
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GIFT GUIDE Lake-area businesses have a treasure trove of gifts for holiday shoppers.
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SAVOR Local chefs discuss their favorite seasonal dishes — and reveal the recipes.
Many gifts can be found locally.
Social Seen
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CALENDAR Best bets for SML-area events happening in November and December.
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DOCK TALE HOUR Humor columnist Kimberly Dalferes goes through the trials of holiday packing. 10 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
Some succulent seasonal delights.
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The holidays are a time of togetherness for loved ones. The bond is felt physically, as the chilling breezes send people indoors; emotionally, as memories are rekindled and feelings deepen; and spiritually, as houses of worship teem with happiness and anticipation.
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It is a wonderful time of year to reflect on why our days are to be cherished and how blessed so many of us at the lake are. It wasn’t long ago that we were exposed to an evil that undermined the sanctity of life — one that brought feelings of sadness, sickness and vulnerability to many of us.
CREATIVE AND PUBLICATION DESIGNER
Janette Saviano janette.saviano@smithmountainlaker.com PHOTOGRAPHER
Huong Fralin huong.fralin@smithmountainlaker.com
In the wake of the Aug. 26 shootings at Bridgewater Plaza, which cut short the lives of WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward and injured SML Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vicki Gardner, there is no better reason — or timing — to promote the togetherness of our families and our community. It’s already a crucial part of the holidays, and for many people, the need to show love is more urgent than ever. It’s healthy to let go of anger, to be free of guilt and animosity and grudges. Find ways to make grief into a strength, your strength, and be a better person because of it.
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Alicia Lovern alicia.lovern@roanoke.com SALES EXECUTIVE
Mishelle Brosinski mishelle.brosinski@smithmountainlaker.com SALES EXECUTIVE
Carol Craighead carol.craighead@smithmountainlaker.com
In just two short months, the 50th anniversary year of Smith Mountain Lake will begin, and it will be a time for celebration. We will honor the past, enjoy the present and wonder about the possibilities for the future. Most of all, we will be doing it together.
SALES EXECUTIVE
Tim Dye tim.dye@smithmountainlaker.com ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE
Ryan Tipps, Editor
Erin Stanley erin.stanley@roanoke.com
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ON THE COVER
The beef braciole at Bootlegger’s Cafe will help to keep you warm and happy going into the colder months. This recipe, along with three others, was shared by local chefs starting on page 80. Photography by Huong Fralin
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Cynthia BeMent | Catriona Tudor Erler | Natalee Waters DISHING UP
DELIGHTS LOCAL CHEFS OPEN UP WITH SOME SEASONAL RECIPES
Holiday Gift Guide
Dental Study Club
Fit & Healthy Guide
Charity Chug
Solar Panels
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WEEKEND’S TOP PICKS Thursday-Sunday Lyrics on the Lake SML Songwriters Festival Local musicians and over 20 singersongwriters from Nashville will partake in a series of musical performances. The event will raise funds and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Where: Smith Mountain Lake area venues When: Times vary Cost: Free Contact: www.lyricsonthelake.com, 804-243-6177
Friday-Saturday Yard Sale (rain or shine) Breakfast and lunch available. Chili fest on Saturday. Where: Smith Mountain Lake Community Church, at the corner of Burnt Chimney Road and Lovely Valley Road When: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: Prices vary by items Contact: 721-1816
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The Willard Companies has announced plans to sell The Water’s Edge, a 712-acre development that includes a private, 18-hole PGA Championship course and country club along 13.5 miles of shoreline in Penhook. The golf course and country club will be packaged with the 12,000-square-foot home owned by Ron Willard Sr., president of Photo courtesy of The Willard Companies The Willard Companies. The The home of Ron Willard Sr., president of The Willard Companies, is properties are listed by Berkshire included in the $25 million asking price. Hathaway HomeServices Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate, a Wil- opers at Smith Mountain Lake, determining a succession plan last lard subsidiary, for $25 million. Willard announced plans to start fall. He has spent the last 40 years As one of the leading devel- implementing his retirement and transforming the lake into a resort
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Saturday Scruggs Fire, Rescue and Dive Chicken Barbecue Live music by the Commonwealth Bluegrass Band. Meet the volunteers who serve you. Where: 2090 Bluewater Drive, Moneta When: 3 to 7 p.m. Contact: 719-3547
Wednesday Wildlife Wednesday Cruise Join us and a park ranger from SML State Park for lunch while the ranger discusses the wildlife in and around SML. Reservations required. Where: Virginia Dare, 3619 Airport Road, Moneta When: 11:30 a.m. boarding, noon to 2 p.m. cruise Cost: $45, $22.50 children 10 and younger, $41 group rate (30 or more) Contact: 297-7100
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Roanoke Children’s Theatre: “Fancy Nancy” Bring your friends and family and enjoy the show. Call to register. Where: Moneta/SML Library, 13641 Moneta Road, Moneta When: 10:30 a.m. Cost: Free Contact: 425-7004 Roanoke Children’s Theatre: “Fancy Nancy” See above. Where: Bedford Central Library, 321 N. Bridge St., Bedford When: 2 p.m. Contact: 586-8911 Rockabye Reader Songs and rhymes, unison reading and toy time for ages 0-35 months. Where: Bedford Central Library, 321 N. Bridge St., Bedford When: 10:30 a.m. Cost: Free Contact: 586-8911 Ronnie Reno and The Reno Tradition With The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show and Fiddlin’ Billy Hurt. Bluegrass, music of the Crooked Road. Where: Harvester Performance Center, 450 Franklin St., Rocky Mount When: 7 p.m. Cost: $20 ($1 handling fee per ticket) Contact: 484-8277; sheila@ rockymountva.org, www.harvestermusic.com
Thursday Paint Night with Ed Gowen Artist and teacher Ed Gowen will guide you through the process of painting a piece of art. Includes two glasses of wine and all supplies necessary to create your work of art. Where: The Little Gallery, 16430 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta When: 6 to 9 p.m. Cost: $65 Contact: 721-1596, www. littlegallerysml.com Dare to Draw Club Love to draw? Meet artists like yourself and show off your work. Play drawing games, polish your skills in workshops and admire the art of professionals. Bring your own supplies or use some of ours. Ages 18 and younger. Where: Bedford Central Library, 321 N. Bridge St., Bedford When: 4 to 6 p.m. Cost: Free Contact: 586-8911
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Lisa Newell, principal at Dudley Elementary School, sets out food prepared for students enrolled in summer school. The school is also an open site in the Summer Food Service Program, which provides a free meal to any child from 2 to 18.
Summer food program feeds kids while school’s out
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By Karen Dillon Power Up for Summer Fun, 16 sites in Frank- County has offered the free meals. Last year, karen.dillon@smithmountainlaker.com lin County have been opened, for a limited Lee Waid Elementary School was the only 721-4675 (ext. 407) time, for kids to get a free meal. open site offering them. This year, in addi“Anyone 2 to 18 can go in and say, ‘I’m tion to 14 schools, there are two other open For many kids from low-income families, hungry,’ and we’ll fix them a meal,” said sites, one at Candlewood Apartments and summer can mean missing out on regular Heather Snead, Franklin County Public another at Inner-Faith Ministries in Rocky meals they’d otherwise get if school were Schools’ coordinator of food and nutrition. Mount. in session. “The meals are hot and we try to fix some of Open sites are exactly that — sites that Thanks to the USDA’s Summer Food the favorites from the school lunches.” Service Program, known as School’s Out, This is the second year that Franklin See FOOD, 2
Toxicology tests showed that Erica Hall was under the influence of drugs when the minivan she was driving struck and killed dentist Cleo Smith. By Neil Harvey
Circuit Judge Clyde neil.harvey@roanoke.com Perdue, but her dad 981-3376 answered anyway. Trina Folkenberg “He always picked said that before the up the phone,” she said. death of her father, Cleo “Till that night.” Wellsley Smith, she That night was Sept. spoke with him on the 25, when Smith was telephone at least once killed in a wreck on a day, sometimes more. Virginia 670 in FrankA call from her once lin County, and Folkeninterrupted Smith in berg’s testimony came midstroke while he was playing golf, she told See CRASH, 2
STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS The Roanoke Times
Erica Hall, 24, was driving without a license when she crashed into another vehicle, killing the driver.
Police charge man in ‘major’ heroin seizure Jesse Ray Little’s arrest was tied to the largest heroin bust on record for the sheriff’s office.
said they found 2,800 “hits” — or doses — of heroin. He is charged with one count of By Eleanor Roy possessing Jesse Ray The (Lynchburg) heroin with Little News & Advance the intent to distribute, a Class 5 misdeBedford County authorities meanor, Brown said. seized nearly $85,000 worth Little was the target of of heroin this week when a drug investigation that they arrested a Huddleston started two months ago man believed to be a “major when the sheriff ’s office dealer” in the area, Sheriff received information from Mike Brown said June 9. New Jersey, where Brown Jesse Ray Little, 56, said the heroin originated. was arrested June 8 in “He was a major dealthe Chamblissburg/Stew- er,” Brown said. “Well, you artsville area in a rental car, where investigators See HEROIN, 3
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Hotels, B&Bs, resorts and more
Home Tour Garden Boat Show Guide Sculpture at 25 Years
Physicians World-Class Home Tour on a Mission Wakeboarder Guide
Landscape Stroll Down Fall Events Real Estate Fall Festival Water Breakfast Red Carpet Contest Winner Pottery Lane Landscape Roundup Revival? Safety Tips Contest Breakdown Cinema Roundup Winner
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Great View from Home and only a few steps to the WATER! One Level Living with a Open Floor Plan. MLS# 817292 $449,900
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NEW CONSTRUCTION IN QUIET COVE One level living, Convenient to Westlake. Just steps from the lake and Gentle Slope. Covered Boat Slip and PWC lift. Wall of Windows facing the lake in Great Room w/ Cathedral Ceilings, Custom Cabinets, Granite Counters, Hardwood Floors. Room to expand in the Full Walkout basement w/ Rough In for another bath. MLS# 817779 $489,000
QUALITY ABOUNDS IN THIS WHITE BRICK CONTEMPORARY Spacious open floor plan. Lower level perfect for entertaining with 12 ft ceilings. Private and peaceful setting. Triple boathouse. MLS# 817247 $699,900
WATERFRONT COTTAGE Great Location Near Hales Ford Bridge, Completely Remodeled,New Kitchen, Granite, Flooring Throughout, Woodburning Fireplace, Large Floating Dock, Roof, HVAC. Room to Expand in Unfinished Basement, Established Rentals of $25K+ per year income. MLS# 818027 Priced to Sell $299,900
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Kathi and Ken Britske brought the March/April issue of Smith Mountain Laker magazine with them to Kauai, Hawaii. They are posing at the Smith family luau with one of the men who unearthed the roast pig (on the cart behind them) from the pit. “What a beautiful island and a wonderful once-in-a-lifetime trip,” they said. “So many delightful plants, flowers, sights and flavors.” They said the Hawaiian vacation was partly to celebrate a milestone birthday and party to honor the couple’s 30th wedding anniversary this year.
In May, Dewey and Marsha Chitwood visited the French Riviera, a visit that included Cannes, Antibes, St. Paul, Eze, Nice, Grasse and Monaco. They took the Laker magazine to the Opera House in Monte Carlo.
Colorado Virgin Islands Moneta residents Cass and Nancy Tucker and Chris Orem enjoyed an eight-day boating trip through eight British Virgin Islands in June. They went scuba diving, snorkeling and boating with friends and family, including Lindsay Orem, Dave Lundgren and Dave and Carol Glanville, and proudly flew the Smith Mountain Lake flag and displayed Laker magazine.
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Laura Snyder and husband Don (not pictured) took the Laker to Colorado Springs to see their nephew, 2nd Lt. Christopher Boulanger, graduate in the top 5 percent of his class at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Also pictured is his girlfriend, Christie Glavic, who graduated that day as well.
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Italy In June, Barbara Stecker of Wirtz took the trip of a lifetime to Sicily, the home of her ancestors — and she took a copy of Laker magazine with her. During the 12-day tour of the island, Stecker and some of her cousins were able to visit Baucina, the tiny hometown of three out of four grandparents, including the church where they were baptized nearly 150 years ago.
France Danielle Settles of Huddleston made her way through hundreds of people at The Louvre museum to get a photo with the July/ August Laker magazine near the famous “Mona Lisa” painting. Her family traveled to Europe after her mom, Jalenda Settles, won the McGlothlin Award.
California Mark Clarke and Angelo Capobianco show off their copy of Laker magazine at Torrey Pines Golf Course and the Junior World Golf Championships in San Diego, California. “They both played extremely well but were disqualified due to age restrictions,” Clarke quipped. “Oh well. At least we got to show off our Laker and let the world know about SML.”
Czech Republic John and Ann Yearick of Christiansburg and Union Hall recently cruised the Danube River. Boarding the boat in Budapest, Hungary, they enjoyed port stopovers in Bratislava, Slovakia, and in Vienna and Durnstein, Austria, before disembarking in Linz. From Linz, they traveled north by bus through the Czech Republic to Prague, stopping along the way at picturesque Cesky Krumlov. SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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Above: This year, Bill and Anneliese Piatt, who live in Mountain View Shores, had 20 solar panels mounted on their dock house roof, joining three installed earlier on the main-house roof.
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unshine is a big part of the lake-enjoyment equation here at SML: being on or in the water is always more appealing when the skies are blue and sun worshipers can get their rays while swimming, sailing, skiing, paddleboarding and boat riding. But for a growing number of SML residents, the sun is for more than just recreation — and, for that matter, vital to more than just the summer season. We’re speaking of the lakers who are using the sun as a power source — and not just for solarcharged pathway, landscape and dock lighting. They’ve installed solar panels on their home and dock roofs to collect the sun’s energy and feed it into their home electrical systems to power HVAC units, lights, appliances and device chargers. What’s more, when the wattage being sun-generated exceeds what is being consumed, their system sends excess electricity back to their provider. The “sell back” takes the form of electricity credits that serve to reduce the amount of energy for which they are billed in any given period. “Think of it as running the meter backwards,” said Bill Piatt, who with wife Anneliese operates SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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A crew from Main Street Solar installs solar panels on the roof of the Wetter/Sayre home prior to it being featured on the 2015 Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour in October.
Solar panels aren’t cheap — a typical home installation will run upward of $22,000 — but 30 percent of the cost is recovered via federal tax credit. Sans Souci Bed and Breakfast, which overlooks SML’s power-producing dam from Mountain View Shores near channel marker W-1. In early 2015, the Piatts had 20 solar panels mounted on their dock house roof, joining three installed earlier on the main-house roof that heat domestic water. An app on Bill’s phone lets him check the dock system’s energy production real time, tracking his net energy consumption for the past hour, day, week or month. “The dock panels are generating an average of 650 kilowatts a month,” Piatt said. “And the hot water panels have reduced our propane consumption by about 35 percent.” Loa Herbert of Huddleston is another lake resident who’s gone solar. She had 42 panels installed on the long-sloping front roof of her home, and she’s thrilled with the savings on her electric bills. “Since my panels were installed,” she said, “my bills have decreased 50 to 70 percent per month. 22 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
Over the same period [May to July] in 2014, they averaged $240 a month; since my system went ‘live,’ they’ve averaged $95 per month. That’s a significant decrease from the same period in 2014.” Both installations, plus several more around SML, were done by Saving Sunshine of Clinton, West Virginia (and more recently Newport, North Carolina). Owners Gary and Nellie Holliday handle the rooftop and control wiring work themselves, passing through the equipment at wholesale and charging only for the labor involved. A customer’s power supplier also pays a visit to install new metering equipment that takes on-site energy generation into account. “We’ve been doing this for 10 years, but have really seen interest surge recently,” Gary Holliday said. But even with demand increasing, lead times are reasonable. “We can get panels shipped in about two weeks and install them in three to five days,”
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Andrew Brenner, who, with his father, operates Fincastle-based Main Street Solar, estimates the payback period of solar panel installation at seven to 10 years.
he said. “The panels and inverters [necessary for integration with the electrical grid] have 25-year warranties to produce up to 80 percent of their original capacity.” Solar panels aren’t cheap — a typical home installation will run upward of $22,000 — but 30 percent of the cost is recovered via federal tax credit (set to expire in 2016, but there’s a fair chance the program will be extended). “We also set customers up to sell solar renewable energy credits to the open market to offset carbon footprint from use of regular fossil fuels,” Holliday said. “This happens automatically as part of a national marketplace, based on each customer’s energy production totals. A typical customer might earn $600 to $1,200 per year from this program depending on the size of their system. This is in addition to their utility savings.” “Payback period is typically five to seven years,” Holliday said. “From then on, the numbers get really attractive.” Alan Brenner, 63, works with his son, Andrew, to operate Main Street Solar out of Fincastle and serves customers within a two-hour radius of Roanoke, including SML. “Solar at the lake is doing quite well,” Brenner said. “We’re finding that lakefront installations rank high in energy production — perhaps due to reflection off the water and relative absence of cloud cover. Whatever it is, it’s making the
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customers happy.” Brenner estimates the payback period more conservatively at seven to 10 years. But recent customers Bill and Sandy Ohlerich of Hardy are already seeing satisfying results from their installation of 27 panels on their home’s lakeside roof: Electric bills for each of their first two months of rooftop generation were just $9.85. “That’s as low as it goes,” Bill Ohlerich said, “because even if you produce more watts than you consume, you have to pay a distribution fee and tax. SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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Monthly electric bill savings with solar panels Loa Herbert of Huddleston had 42 panels installed on the long-sloping front roof of her home on May 4, 2015. Her average monthly electric bill since the installation has been $95. $300 $250 $200
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The Ohlerichs didn’t set out to become solar energy mavens. “Originally we were looking at installing a wholehouse generator system for emergency power,” Bill Ohlerich said. “In that exploration, I learned that Tesla has begun marketing a new wall-mounted storage battery system, designed to work with solar panels, that looks like an ideal future solution for emergency backup. It’s still brand new, but we decided to go for the requisite solar collection system now and consider the storage backup once it’s been proven.” The couple expects to ultimately recoup their initial investment of $24,000 (which Bill Ohlerich points out was discounted by about half with the 30 percent federal tax credit and the renewable energy credit revenue). “I figure you end up making about 10 percent on your money — better than most investments,” he said. “Plus, it feels good to be part of the green revolution.” “The Brenners were wonderful, very customer focused, very helpful in understanding what we would be buying,” Sandy Ohlerich added. “And the neighbors? Well, they’re curious. Several are anxious to hear how it plays out over the longer haul.”
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Beautiful level lot, Full Length Covered Veranda, Newly remodeled Kitchen with New applicanes, Granite, Counter tops and tile floors, Great room with Fireplace and wood floors, Family room down $1,050,000 MLS 806101
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Beautifully designed with Large Open Great Room, Towering Windows with 180 degree views, Gourmet Kitchen Entry Level Master, Fire Pit MLS 812660
Well Maintained, Great Remodeled Kitchen, Lower Level Family room with Wet Bar, Party Deck Boatdock. Sweeping Mt Laurels, Detached Oversized Garage. $569,500 MLS 815416
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Gorgeous Views of Pond and Golf Course, Great Rm with Hardwood Floors, Sunroom Den, Family Rm, Entry Level Master,3 Guest Rooms, Custom Kitchen with Granite Tops MLS 813681 $375,000
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Nestled on 3.68 Acres, Fantastic Kitchen, Wide Water Views, Lots of Room for Family and Friends, Huge Garage with 576 Sq Ft Loft and Lower Level Workshop, Sandy Beach, Boatdock, 2 lake lots MLS 810955 $639,900
Great for your Weekend getaway, Rental Investment or Full Time Lake Living. Large Sunroom, Covered Boatdock, Custom Paver Patio and Firepit, Dbl. Garage $395,000 MLS 809349
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Large Country Kitchen with Breakfast Nook Huge Great Room with lots of windows and Open Dining area, Entry Level Master Suite Family room, Covered Dock $650,000 MLS 808255
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Beautiful Lakefront home for $569,500 Large double slip party dock with cabana Great room and entry level master suite large family room with entertainment kitchen Great Rental potential MLS 806525
Over 4000 Sq Ft of Open Design with Entry Level Master Suite, Great Room with Hardwood Floors and Fireplace, Gourmet Kitchen with Island Prep Bar, New SS Appiances, Large Sunroom, Covered Boatdock with Storage Cabana and Jet Ski Lift Large Family Room, 4 Bedrooms Plus Office/Den Gorgeous Wide Water Views MLS 817550
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3 Bedrooms and 3 Baths, Guest Suite with 2nd Kitchen, Party Deck boatdock, Great Rm with Hardwood Floors MLS 815937
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Beautifully maintained Ranch with 1900 Sq Ft, One Level Living, Great Rm and Family rm, Screened Patio, Lake Access MLS 806364
Unique Lakefront Home with huge Dock Entry Level Master Suite and Great room along with Study and Guest Bedroom suite. Upper Level Guest Suites and Den Plus Lower Guest bed and Entertainment Room with Theater and Game area, bar, HUGE Boatdock $575,000 805787
Beautiful gentle lot, Contemporary Lake Home, Great Room with Stone Fireplace, Family Rm with Bar, Covered Boatdock, MLS 813412 $649,500
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Nestled on 2.23 Acres you will find your Dream Home. Great Room with towering windows Gourmet Kitchen, Sunroom,Fantastic Gazebo Entry Level Master Suite, Family Room, Covered Dock. MLS 813269
Custom Craftstyle Lake Home with Dock Gourmet kitchenquartz counters, farmers sink, Huge Sunroom w/heated floors and a wall of windows, Fantastic Views Great Room w/fireplace,Only $675,000 819580
19 Waterfront Acres with 361’ of Shoreline Lots of Potential for this Acreage Waterfront tract Great location Investment potential Only $525,000 Beautiful Tract Build Your Future MLS 817260
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A trug for all seasons No self-respecting British gardener would do without a traditional trug, so why should the gardeners in your life? Trugs, which are wooden garden baskets designed for carrying your harvest of flowers, fruits and vegetables, date to the 1500s. They got a big boost in trade when they were displayed at the Great Exhibition (the first-ever international exhibition of manufactured products) that was held in London in 1851. Queen Victoria ordered several for members of the royal family, ensuring their popularity. The two-handled Joseph Bentley trug is made of slender, strong wooden slats finished in a dark hue. Wooden feet keep the curved basket from teetering when it’s set down. Available online for $24.95.
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Books to beguile The many authors of “101 Tried & True Plants” know whereof they speak. Written by the Franklin County Master Gardeners, each writer speaks from his or her own personal experience growing the plant here at the lake. The color photographs of each plant, some with the lake in the background, give readers an idea of what each looks like. Available at Foster’s Greenhouse in Rocky Mount (call first to confirm the book’s in stock: 540-483-4500) and through the Franklin County Cooperative Extension for $20. Garden lovers who also are fans of Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the “100 Aker Wood” will delight in reading “The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk Through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood.” Author Kathryn Aalto begins by delving into the life and work of A.A. Milne and the illustrator of the Pooh books, E.H. Shepard. She then takes readers to the places in the real 5,000-acre Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England, that inspired the Pooh stories. The book concludes with a guide to the flora and fauna of the remarkable Ashdown Forest. The book is rich with historic and contemporary photographs of Cotchford Farm, Milne’s house on the edge of the forest, the Ashdown Forest and nearby villages, as well as reproductions of Shepard’s beloved illustrations. The book retails for $24.95, hardcover. “Seeing Seeds: A Journey into the World of Seedheads, Pods, and Fruit”
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A DIY Network crew filmed an episode of “Salvage Dawgs” this past summer. Black Dog Salvage had purchased a vessel that was taking on water.
Swain spoke with Whiteside about an old boat that was taking on water. The vessel had been signed over to Swain, and he said he thought his longtime friend, Whiteside, would be the perfect person to make something out of it. According to the website for “Salvage Dawgs,” the company salvages a variety of vintage pieces from homes and other locations. The company then provides them to a wide range of clients who use them to restore historical buildings and add character to newer structures. Swain said the boat, which Black Dog Salvage purchased, will ultimately be turned into a bar and will be featured during an episode. While an initial air date is unclear, reruns of the episode are expected to air throughout the late fall and winter. “We love going to Smith Mountain Lake,” Whiteside said. SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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Drs. Fred Eichmiller (left) and William “Rusty” Morris work on a gold foil filling at Blue Ridge Dental Group at Smith Mountain Lake this past summer. They are part of a study club that gathers a couple of times every year for hands-on clinical sessions in some of dentistry’s latest techniques. This is the third time in six years that the club has come to the lake.
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F i t & H e a lt H y Above: Drs. Forrest Norman III (from left), David Greenlee and Warren Johnson talk about a dental technique at blue Ridge Dental Group. Johnson was one of the senior members of the group and has taught and mentored other dentists all around the world. AT LeFT: Patient Louise Crews gets a direct filling put in by a member of the study club.
his office to the study group, whose formal name is a mouthful: The Hollenback-Medina Operative Dentistry Seminar of the Academy of R.V. Tucker Study Clubs No. 71. By being a part of the professional club, “I knew that I could raise my game,” Morris said. “None of us are perfect, but what we should do, and this goes for any profession, is that we’re striving to get better. This was a way we could do it professionally.” The original Hollenback-Medina group was founded in 1962, and Morris has been involved for more than 30 years as it has gone through a couple of name changes. It is now under the Tucker umbrella, which includes about 80 clubs internationally. Their gathering from July 30 to Aug. 1 was focused on hands-on work, with older dentists advising younger ones and the group hoping to build off of the 46 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
collective experience. “Dentistry is a very individual sport. On a daily basis, you’re not talking to other dentists,” said Stephanie Price, a U.S. soldier and recent dental school graduate who was a newcomer to the group. “And even if you are in a practice, there’s a very stagnant thought process that goes on because those people work together all the time and do the same things. To have someone completely outside that circle is a great blessing.” The two biggest names on site were Drs. Cleve Smith and Warren Johnson. In recent years, Smith created a technique to improve the way traditional waxing and casting has been done for fillings. His method no longer requires wax to be pulled away from a metal die, a step in which parts of the wax could bend or be stripped. The focus wasn’t just on eliminating a step in the laboratory and avoiding distortion in the creation of a cast, it was also on using better materials so that a cast fit more perfectly in a patient. The ideal was to use gold to, so to speak, set a new gold standard. “When you have these really intricate preps, and you pull the wax off of there, it flexes or bends just a little bit and it’s permanently deformed,” Robbie Bridgeman, a fourth-generation dentist from Boone, North Carolina, said of the old technique. “Now, if you had cast that deformed wax pattern into gold and you go back to that same tooth to try to put it on, it’s going to have a wobble or won’t fit as perfectly.” So finding a way to perfect the flawed technique was
Gold, which isn’t used often these days, requires a higher-degree of skill to work with, and the technique the dentists were training on helps to make that attainable.
important. Gold, which isn’t used often these days, requires a higher-degree of skill to work with, and Smith’s technique helps to make that attainable. Additionally, the longevity of a gold filling can’t be matched, Johnson said. “We’d rather do it once well rather than do it over and over and over again,” the veteran of the group said. “Because each time you do it, you lose tooth structure. And if you lose tooth structure, you weaken the tooth.” As the dentists worked on their volunteer patients each day, Johnson and other senior members of the group went from station to station, discussing the procedure, offering advice and imparting wisdom. Though it would be natural to believe that having so many onlookers could be intimidating, participants said that the atmosphere is a comfortable, collegial one. Smith and Johnson “have so much experience and they’re so willing to share it. They don’t hold back, and they answer questions,” said Price, who was an Army helicopter pilot before entering dental school.
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Above: Dr. Craig bridgeman (left) and Dr. David Greenlee place a direct gold foil into a patient’s tooth. Dentistry can be an individual profession, so training and learning with colleagues has been benefitial to members of the club. AT LefT: Gold foil is heated over a flame before placement during the study group session.
The age range of the attendees went from mid20s into their 70s. Johnson called dentistry “a hand skill” and spoke highly of the need for coaching and practice. He has been a dentist for more than five decades and has taught sessions in the United States, Japan, Peru and parts of Europe. “I think that’s part of being a professional, to share your ideas and to help make the profession better,” he said. “There should be no secrets.” He said he appreciates the kind of interaction mentors get with people through the study club — 48 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
a facet that gets missed on the lecture circuit. He equates the study club to raising a family. “Over time, you get to see them get better and more confident and grow up,” he said. Morris, who lives in Southside and is in his ninth year at the lake, enjoys hosting the dentists at Smith Mountain Lake. But he admits that each day was a long one for the group. Even so, it’s rewarding. He said that many in the younger generation of dentistry prefer computer-based learning and that it’s important to keep an apprentice-type format available for those who seek it out. “It elevates your game, and it keeps you accountable,” he said. “It’s a wonderful learning experience.” Bridgeman, the Boone dentist, was in attendance with his father and uncle, who are also in the profession. He said that there’s clear value in the study club’s gatherings. He noted, “We’re working hard to find a better way of doing something to get the most exquisite dentistry that a person can deliver.”
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A 200-acre assisted-living facility with a 230-resident capacity. Among the amenities is an “aging in place” structure that brings health care to residents so they can stay in their chosen room as long as possible.
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6200 Jubal Early Highway, Hardy 540-525-2160
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A residence for senior adults who wish to maintain their independent lifestyles but may need some assistance to do so. Memory care services are provided for residents with Alzheimer’s or related dementia.
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A private home offering long-term, personalized care for the elderly with experienced staff. It specializes in nutrition and uses institution-grade technology to enhance the lives of patients.
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1035 Franklin St., Rocky Mount 540-489-1300
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Chiropractic, acupuncture and nutrition services; a family-oriented business serving infants through seniors.
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16483 Moneta Road, Suite I, Moneta 540-297-3440
Gary B. Garst, D.C.
Treatment of painful nerve, musculoskeletal and joint conditions.
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45 Marketplace Drive, Rocky Mount 540-483-3678 | cornerstonecompletecare. com
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Treatment of lower back pain, headaches, neck pain, auto injuries, sports injuries, adjustments, subluxations.
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546 Pell Ave., Rocky Mount 540-483-7620
K.N. Skillen, D.C., Marlene Skillen, D.C.
Treatment of injuries caused by auto and work accidents as well as headaches, arthritis, chronic pain, lower back pain, extremity injuries, shoulder/neck pain; accepts patients newborn to adult.
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15388 Moneta Road, Moneta 540-297-1085 | smithmountainlakechiro. com
James A. Schaible, D.C.
Treatment of headaches, arthritis, hand and finger numbness as well as back, leg and neck pain.
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Trochim Family Chiropractic
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Providing quality family chiropractic care that is patient-centered and focused on getting practice members well and maintaining good health. Resources and counseling in all aspects of health including exercise, nutrition and stress management.
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301 W. Main St., Bedford 540-586-1105 | tuckclinic.com
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1533 Franklin St., Rocky Mount 540-483-4444 | tuckclinic.com
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Treatment of lower back pain (with and without leg, knee and foot pain), neck pain (with and without arm and hand pain), headaches (with and without neck pain).
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70 Scruggs Road, Suite 106, Moneta 540-721-0044
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Preventive dental therapies, cosmetic dentistry, endodontic therapy, replacement of missing teeth, surgical, orthodontics, emergency care and trauma.
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12925 Booker T. Washington, Highway, Suite 202, Hardy 540-721-2448 | blueridgedentalgroup.com
Sheila Hardee, D.D.S., William Morris, D.D.S.
Brian S. Alexander, D.D.S.
1656 N. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-483-3368 | alexanderdds.com
Brian S. Alexander, D.D.S.
Full-service dentistry, including crowns and bridges, implants, some root canals, call-porcelain crowns and veneers, sealants and fluoride treatments, comprehensive exams and regular check-ups, composite (tooth-colored) fillings, full and partial dentures, extractions, teeth whitening.
Charles Burt, D.D.S.
1175 Franklin St., Rocky Mount 540-483-7577
Charles Burt, D.D.S.
General dentistry with an emphasis on treatment of patients with dental anxiety.
Crooked Road Family Dentistry
40 Tanyard Road, Rocky Mount 540-483-5544
James K. Cornick, D.D.S.
Family, cosmetic and restorative dentistry provided with gentle service and personalized attention.
Franklin Dental Associates
490 S. Main St. Suite 201, Rocky Mount 540-483-5241
Charles Clemens, D.D.S, Kristn D. Roberts, D.D.S.
Prevention care and cleanings, fillings, extractions, cosmetic dentistry, tooth whitening, crowns and bridges, root canals, partials, dentures, veneers, periodontal care, implant consultations.
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423 E. Main St. Suite 2, Bedford 540-586-3215
Garrett E. Hurt, D.D.S.
General dentistry.
Millard N. Radford, D.D.S.
740 Old Franklin Turnpike, Suite 3, Rocky Mount 540-489-8191
Millard N. Radford, D.D.S.
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4860 Rucker Rd. Suite 3, Moneta 540-297-7737 | monetadentistry.com
Vishal Shah, D.D.S.
Thomas M. Richardson, D.D.S. & Frank L. Sherman Jr., D.D.S.
308 E. Main St., Bedford 540-586-8080
Thomas M. Richardson, D.D.S. Frank L. Sherman Jr., D.D.S.
Smith Mountain Lake Dental Practice
15 Westwind Road, Moneta 540-721-3800 | lakedentist.com
Bryan G. Sicher, D.M.D.
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Cosmetic and general dentistry, hygiene, teeth whitening, porcelain veneers, bondings, white fillings, dental implants, crowns, porcelain inlays and bridges; restoration, Invisalign and PerioLase non-surgical laser periodontal treatments.
Crowns and bridges, dentures and partials, cleanings, sedation dentistry, extractions, root canals, sapphire whitening, implant dentistry, gum disease and Lumineer veneers. General dentistry, dentures.
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From basic checkups to complex reconstructive work for senior citizens, adults, and children; extractions, root canals, and dental implants; located next to Dairy Queen at Westlake.
Dentists - OrthODOntics M.R. McCorkle Jr., Orthodontist
490 S. Main St. Suite 202, Rocky Mount 540-483-7946 | mccorkleortho.com
M.R. McCorkle Jr., D.D.S
Board-certified orthodontist offering a wide variety of treatment options ranging from traditional appliances to the latest orthodontic advancements; traditional metal and clear ceramic braces, along with the Clear Correct or Invisalign systems.
Wheelock Orthodontics
12925 B.T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-721-2913 or 540-989-5621 | wheelockortho.com
Franklin Wheelock, D.D.S., M.D.
Services include metal and clear braces for children, teens and adults, Invisalign clear aligners and Invisalign teen and SureSmile innovative technology.
Bedford Area Family YMCA (Main)
1111 Turnpike Road, Bedford 540-586-3483 | bedfordymca.org
Mary Jo Boone
Fitness equipment and classes, aquatics, basketball, ropes course, indoor climbing, youth and childcare services.
Bedford Area Family YMCA (Moneta Branch)
1039 Mayberry Crossing Dr., Moneta 540-296-1059 | bedfordymca.org
Mary Beverly
Fitness equipment and classes, gymnastics, youth and childcare services.
Cabana Fitness Center at Mariner’s Landing
1011 Mariners Village Dr., Huddleston 540-297-9393 | mlcalm.com
Rebecca Carroll
Water aerobics and fitness classes, 24-hour access, fitness trails. Participants do not have to be owners or residents at Mariners Landing to join.
Curves YMH Fitness for Women Inc.
400 Scruggs Road, Suite 1200, Moneta 540-721-7032 | curves.com
Franklin County Family YMCA (Rocky Mount Branch)
235 Technology Drive, Rocky Mount 540-489-9622 | franklincountyymca.org
Fitness centers
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Fitness equipment and classes, aquatics, basketball, walking track, youth and childcare services.
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Franklin County Family YMCA (SML Branch)
293 First Watch Drive, Hardy 540-721-9622 | franklincountyymca.org
Lauren Acker
Fitness equipment and classes, tennis, racquetball, basketball, walking track, youth and childcare services.
Jazzercise
13105 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-721-1988 | jazzercise.com
Jill Muccino
15 exercise classes per week with memberships available.
SML Zumba
13455 Booker T. Washington Highway, Suite 104, Moneta On Facebook
Jennifer Davis
Zumba classes offered by certified Zumba fitness instructors.
The Centre at VitaZen
12787 Booker T. Washington Highway, Suite 103, Hardy 540-721-9365 | vitazen.net/yoga or thecentreatvitazen.com
Glenda Wynne
Hatha Yoga sessions held Monday to Saturday. Session tickets may be purchased individually; see website for schedule.
Underground Fitness
400 Scruggs Road, Suite 1600, Moneta 540-352-8994 | undergroundfitnesssml. com
Kathleen Davidson
Large variety of strength-training equipment, separate cardio room with wireless entertainment, full locker rooms for both men and women, keyless entry, open seven days a week 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Weatherford Performance Training
Smith Mountain Lake and Danville 434-251-1095 | weatherfordperformance. com
Carlton Weatherford
A training business specializing in speed and strength training for athletes of all sports and ages with a focus on injury prevention and ability enhancement.
Hearing SpecialiStS Bedford Hearing Aids LLC
810 Blue Ridge Ave. Suite E, Bedford 540-587-0036
Steve Kuhns
Free hearing test, multiple brands of hearing aids available, service on new and used hearing aids.
Beltone Audiology & Hearing Aid Centers
SML, Rocky Mount and Bedford locations 276-632-7725 or 800-632-6196 | beltone.com
Carl McCurdy
Hearing evaluations, hearing aid fittings, care and service. Call for details and directions.
Connect Hearing Centers
272 Westlake Road, Suite 2, Hardy 540-721-7798 | connecthearing.com
Brad Nunley, A.S., H.A.S.
Free hearing screening, hearing aid evaluation, hearing aid fitting, hearing aid sales, lifetime care program, diagnostic audiology services available, tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing, video otoscopes, Bluetooth technology, hearing aid batteries, assistive listening devices, custom ear molds, hearing aid repairs, accessories.
SML Hearing Center
1100 Celebration Ave., Suite 210, Moneta 540-297-9111 | smlhearingcenter.com
Lisa McArdle
Locally owned, full-service hearing aid center dedicated to bringing the community the latest in hearing technology. Free hearing evaluations and a full range of digital, programmable hearing aids.
A Nurse’s Touch Home Care
110 Starling Ave., Martinsville 540-238-5056 | anursestouch.net
Trivinia L. Hairston, RN, BSN
A personal home care agency offering services with personal care, grooming, meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping, medication, supervision and more.
Carilion Clinic Home Health Care
390 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 1621 Whitfield Dr., Bedford 540-489-6503, 540-719-3140 | carilionclinic.org
Lisa Sprinkel
Skilled nursing, wound and ostomy care; disease management education; occupational, speech and physical therapy; medication education; social services, telehealth, home health aides and IV therapy.
Home Instead Senior Care
75 Westlake Road, Suite 109, Hardy 540-297-1900 | homeinstead.com
Mary Brown
An in-home care agency, which may include assistance with trips to the doctor, reminders to take the right medication at the right time, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errands, shopping and Alzheimer’s and dementia care.
Home Recovery-Home Aid Inc.
205 South St., Bedford 540-587-8600 | hr-ha.com
Deborah Haynes
Providing personal care in the home; private pay and Medicare accepted.
Team Nurse Inc.
265 Franklin Street, Rocky Mount 540-483-3555 | teamnurse.com
Chris Linn
In-home medical staffing service providing certified nursing assistants, nurse aides, personal care aides, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and a personal care aide certification class.
390 S. Main St., Rocky Mount, 1621 Whitfield Dr., Bedford 540-489-6503 | carilionclinic.org
Mary Riddle
Offering skilled nursing, spiritual counselors, bereavement support and volunteers. A community nonprofit hospice serving the needs of all terminally ill adults, children and their families.
Home HealtHcare
HoSpice ServiceS Centra Hospice
HoSpitalS & clinicS Centra Bedford Memorial Hospital
1613 Oakwood St., Bedford 540-586-2441 | bmhva.com
Patti Jurkus
Carilion Clinic - Westlake
35 Medical Court, Hardy 540-266-6000 | carilionclinic.org
Susan Irby, M.D.
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital
390 South Main St., Rocky Mount 540-483-5277 | carilionclinic.org
Bill Jacobsen
A wide range of medical and surgical services, including outpatient and emergency department services.
LewisGale Physicians Westlake
400 Scruggs Road, Suite 2300, Moneta 540-719-0424 | lgphysicians.com
William Blaylock, M.D. - Rheumatology, Brent Chapman, M.D. - Cardiology, Douglas Dorsey, M.D. - Pulmonary, Jeffery Werchowski, M.D. - Pulmonary
General and interventional cardiology, pulmonary medicine, arthritis and rheumotology care and sleep medicine.
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A 50-bed hospital operated by Centra Health. Imaging, sleep center and cardiology services.
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Velocity Care Urgent Care by Carilion Clinic
13205 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-719-1815 | velocitycarebycarilion. com
Curtis Cornell
For urgencies that aren’t emergencies; no appointment necessary; physicals for sports, employment and more; Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Massage TherapisTs / spas
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Massage Works
13455 Booker T. Washington Highway, Lake Center, Suite 107, Hardy 540-721-5528
Trish and Candi Ahlbrandt, massage therapists
Massage therapy, Tai yoga massage, hot stone therapy, deep tissue massage and pregnancy massage.
Miracle Hands of Massage Therapy
180 AMT Tech Drive, Suite 202, Rocky Mount 540-489-4263 | miraclehands. massagetherapy.com
Lorrie A. Witcher, CMT, Julianne Griswold
Full-body Swedish and deep tissue massage; hot stones, couples massage, seated chair massage, castor oil packs, foot scrub, ear candling, reflexology, ionic foot bath, home visits and prenatal massage.
True Organics LLC
13105 Booker T. Washington Highway, Suite A8, Hardy 540-300-0398, 434-429-5464 | trueorganicsspa.com
Jenniferalise Patterson
Holistic, organic spa offering massage modalities,spa services,facials,dermab rasion,detox and slimming body wraps and advanced skincare. Gift cards and online booking available anytime. Also offers organic teas, gluten-free products, therapeutic grade essential oils, holistic skin care and personal care items for sale.
Trendz Full Service Salon
580 Pell Avenue, Rocky Mount 540-482-0500
Debbie Nichols, Ashley Nolen
Massage therapy, prenatal, hot stones and Swedish massage.
Westlake Massage & Spa
70 Scruggs Road, Suite 106, Moneta 540-525-9106 | westlakemassage.com
Cyndi Maitri
Located inside Westlake Chiropractic, Swedish massage, biotone spa treatments, deep tissue massage, hot stone massage and reflexology.
Westlake Salon & Spa
84 Westlake Road, Suite 112, Hardy 540-719-4247 | westlakesalonandspa. com
Shawna Benson
Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, hot stone massage, reflexology; facials, manicures, myofascial release, pregnancy, personal injury, athletes and chronic conditions.
Franklin Respiratory & Medical Inc.
45 Westlake Drive, Hardy 540-721-5555
Karen Hicks
24-hour on-call emergency service, delivery to your door, free shipping for monthly supplies, insurance billing, free training and set-up for equipment, certified ostomy, mastectomy and compression hose fitters on staff.
Lincare Inc.
800 Blue Ridge Ave., Suite C, Bedford 540-586-5743 | lincare.com
Joy Mason
Provides respiratory care, infusion therapy and medical equipment to patients in the home, including CPAPs, sleep and oxygen therapy and nebulizers; respiratory therapist on-call and available for home visits.
Medi-Home Care
400 Scruggs Road, Suite 800, Moneta 3096 Forest Road, Bedford 540-719-2572, 540-586-9636 | medicalservicesofamerica.com
Michelle Corbin
Total home health care.
Medical supplies
MenTal healTh specialisTs East Mental Health
453 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-482-0600
John Hurt, M.D.
Supportive strength-based skill training for patients with mental illness; outpatient counseling, crisis intervention, stabilization, equine program, psychiatric services; promotes independence to live and function in community.
Hope for Tomorrow Counseling
155 W. Main St., Bedford 540-586-8146 | hopefortomorrowcounseling.org
Janie Mantooth
Treatment of depression, anxiety, marital issues, anger management and substance abuse for patients ages 4 and up, teens and adults; mental health counseling with individuals, couples, families and groups.
Unbridled Change
Off of White Oak Road in Boones Mill 540-334-2171 | unbridledchange.org
Michelle Holling-Brooks
Individual, group and family services utilizing equine-assisted psychotherapy and equine-assisted learning.
Angle Eye Center
395 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-483-0284 | angleeyecenter.com
Lisa Hodges
Licensed opticians; no-line bifocals, hundreds of frame styles to fit every budget; sunglasses; eyeglass repairs and adjustments; outside prescriptions filled; no appointment necessary.
Blue Ridge Optical
13295 Booker T. Washington Hightway, Hardy | 540-721-7200
Kristin Calhoun
Full-service optical shop.
Key Health Care Optical Center
801 Blue Ridge Ave, Bedford 540-587-4095 | keyhealthcareoptical.net
A vision care facility providing prescription eyewear and contact lenses; term billing through MedKey Vision Benefits and free frames through the Key Health Care Discount Program.
Visionary Optical Center
1100 Celebration Ave., Moneta 540-297-5393 | visionaryopticians.net
Full-service optical shop; frames and lenses.
OpTicians
OpTOMeTrisTs Angle Eye Center
395 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-483-0284 | angleeyecenter.com
Al N. Angle, O.D.
Complete eye exams, treatment of eye disease and injury, glaucoma and diabetes eye care, cataract and lens implant co-management, PRK and LASIK co-management; full-service optical department.
Bedford Family Eyecare
13295 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-721-4433 | eyecaresurgery.com
William Thompson, M.D., Kevin Coolbaugh, O.D., Shari L. Coolbaugh, O.D.
Eye exams, cataract surgery, macular degeneration, LASIK and PRK, diabetic and glaucoma/diagnosis and treatment, pediatric exams, contact lens fitting; full-service optical shop.
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Gary Klink, O.D.
550 Old Franklin Turnpike (at WalMart), Rocky Mount | 540-484-1164
Gary Klink, O.D.
Complete eye exams.
Rocky Mount Family Eye Care Center
365 Tanyard Road, Rocky Mount 540-483-5256 | karteszeyecare.com
Andrew C. Kartesz, O.D., Neysa A. Allen, O.D., Ashley Veloso, O.D.
Eye exams; treatment of injury and disease; glasses, contacts.
Bedford Family Eye
1332 A Lowry St., Bedford 540-586-3560 | bedfordfamilyeye.com
Thomas Unterbrink
Eye exams, prescription eyewear, contact lenses.
Pharmacies Benzer Pharmacy
4860 Rucker Road, Suite 1, Moneta 540-297-8640 | benzerpharmacy.com
Full-service pharmacy; free delivery, free flavoring, compounding.
CVS Pharmacy
12935 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-721-6169 | cvs.com
Full-service pharmacy; vaccinations.
Kroger Pharmacy
80 Westlake Road, Hardy 540-721-4277 | kroger.com
Rx Care Pharmacy
4860 Rucker Road, Suite 1, Moneta 540-297-8640 | therxcare.com
Locally-owned full-service pharmacy.
Walgreens Pharmacies
290 Old Franklin Turnpike, Rocky Mount 540-482-0206 | walgreens.com
Full-service pharmacy; immunizations.
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Full-service pharmacy offering $4 (30-day supply) or $10 (90-day supply) generic prescriptions; accept all major medicare Part D plans; refills available by phone or internet; vaccinations.
Physical TheraPy / rehabiliTaTion sPecialisTs Carilion Clinic Rehabilitation & Therapy Services
390 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-483-5277 | carilionclinic.org
Michelle Fireball
Physical, occupational and speech therapies; incontinence services; aquatics.
Equine Therapeutic Center Inc.
108 Riverwood Lane, Moneta 540-721-4545 | equinetherapeutic.com
Ruth Mitchell-Golladay
Physical therapy, equine massage therapy.
Franklin Health & Rehabilitation
720 Orchard Ave., Rocky Mount 540-489-3467 | mfa.net
Oakwood Health & Rehabilitation Center
1613 Oakwood St., Bedford 540-587-3336 | bedfordmemorial.org
Professional Therapies Inc.
13307 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 300-B Pell Ave., Rocky Mount 4860 Rucker Road, Ste. 2, Moneta 540-721-4199, 540-484-1456, 540-297-7867 | professionaltherapies.org
Ron Greer
Physical therapy, occupational therapy, pediatric and early intervention therapy (Rocky Mount site only), speech therapy, industrial therapy, sports medicine, balance therapy.
Rehabilitation Associates of Central Virginia
3 Cedar Hill Court, Suite C, Bedford 540-586-1138 | racva.com 12281 Moneta Road, Moneta 540.296.3203 | racva.com
Catherine Beuerle
Physical therapy.
Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Rocky Mount
300 Hatcher St., Rocky Mount 540-483-9261 | covenantdove.com
Admissions Office
Physical, occupational and speech therapy; bariatric, respite and long-term care.
Comprehensive treatment plans for all levels of rehabilitative care.
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The 111-bed unit provides intermediate and long-term care, inpatient rehabilitation and recovery care.
Physicians - cardiology Carilion Clinic Cardiology - Westlake
35 Medical Court, Hardy 540-982-8204 | carilionclinic.org
Rodney Savage, M.D., John Starr, M.D.
Providing services in all aspects of heart and vascular care.
Carilion Clinic Cardiology - Franklin
390 S. Main St,, Rocky Mount 540-224-1041 | carilionclinic.org
Philip Bushkar, M.D., John Lystash, M.D., Stephen Phillips, M.D., Rodney Savage, M.D.
Providing services in all aspects of heart and vascular care.
Carilion Clinic Cardiology - Bedford
1613 Oakwood St., Bedford 540-982-8204 | carilionclinic.org
David Sane, M.D., Stephen Phillips, M.D., Matthew Schumaeker, M.D.
Providing services in all aspects of heart and vascular care.
1039-C Mayberry Crossing Drive, Moneta 540-297-7840 | stroobantscardiovascular. com 1613 Oakwood Ave., Bedford 540-425-7540 | stroobantscardiovascular. com
Moneta: Jason Hackenbracht, M.D., Tom Meyer, M.D., Brian Schietinger, M.D., Justin D. Anderson, M.D., Edward Bonyak, M.D. Bedford: Chad Hoyt, M.D., Jason Hackenbracht, M.D., Tom Meyer, M.D., David B. Truitte, M.D.
Providing services in all aspects of heart and vascular care.
400 Scruggs Road, Suite 2300, Moneta 540-719-0424 | lgphysicians.com
Brent Chapman, M.D.
Providing services in all aspects of heart and vascular care.
Centra Medical GroupStroobants Cardiovascular Center
Chapman Cardiology & Associates, P.C.
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Physicians - Family and internal medicine and Pediatrics
F i t & H e a lt H y
Burnt Chimney Family Medicine
6675 Booker T. Washington Highway, Wirtz 540-721-2118 | burntchimneyfamilymedicine.com
George Chaconas, M.D. Eric Bourhill, M.D.
Family practice; board-certified lipidologist providing early detection services and treatment of cardiovascular risk.
Carilion Clinic Family Medicine
390 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 195 Maple Ave., Rocky Mount 540-484-4800, 540-483-5168 | carilionclinic.org
Vergel S. Atienza, M.D., Sonya Bohon, M.D., Kimberly Dulaney, M.D., Lindsay Sherrard, M.D., Robert Strong, M.D., Anil Suw Al, M.D., Jack Bumgardner, M.D.
Family practice and internal medicine.
Carilion Clinic Internal Medicine
35 Medical Court, Hardy 540-266-6000 | carilionclinic.org
Susan Irby, M.D.
Specializing in the prevention and treatment of adult diseases.
Children’s Clinic
681 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-483-2849
Rene Bamenta, M.D., Alise Magnuson, M.D., Angela Bowman, P.A.
Pediatric care; accepts a wide range of health insurance.
Physicians to Children
276 Westlake Road, Suite 3, Hardy 540-344-9213 | physicianstochildren.com
Adam Sarbin, M.D.
Pediatric and adolescent care.
Roanoke Family Medicine
13423 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-772-1006
William Ball, M.D.
Family practice.
Smith Mountain Lake Family Practice
70 Westwind Road, Moneta 540-721-7333
Steven Lewis, M.D., Susan Funk, M.D., Tiffany A. Powell, M.D.
Family practice.
Village Family Physicians
4830 Rucker Road, Moneta 540-297-7181
Virginia Blanks, M.D., Brandon Cox, M.D., Todd Dehli, M.D., Kathryn Humphreys, M.D., Janice Luth, M.D.
Family practice, urgent care and by appointment.
Physicians - Obstetrics and GynecOlOGy Carilion OB/Gyn Associates
390 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-484-4836 | carilionclinic.org
Robert L. Agee, M.D., Paul Schuellein, M.D.
Female reproductive health issues; gynecological health issues.
OB/GYN of Bedford
1615 Oakwood St., Bedford 540-586-6818 | carilionclinic.org
Samir Ghobrial, M.D.
Female reproductive health issues; gynecological health issues.
Physicians - OPthamOlOGy Eye Care & Surgery
13295 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-721-4433 | eyecaresurgery.com
William Thompson, M.D., Kevin Coolbaugh, O.D., Shari Coolbaugh, O.D.
Eye exams, cataract surgery, macular degeneration, LASIK and PRK, diabetic and glaucoma/diagnosis and treatment, pediatric exams, contact lens fitting, full-service optical shop.
Vistar Eye Center
280 Westlake Road, Hardy Westlake Professional Park 395 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 548 Blue Ridge Ave., Bedford 540-855-5100 | vistareye.com
Chad Albright, M.D., Jon Brisley, M.D., Craig Hartranft, M.D., David Kinsler, M.D., Charles Pegram, O.D., Amber Hurley, O.D.
Services include comprehensive eye exams for adults and children, outpatient surgery, cataract implant surgery, LASIK, NearVision CK, PRK, glaucoma treatment and surgery, fittings for glasses and contact lenses.
Randy Clements, D.P.M., John Clements, D.P.M., Douglas Kells, M.D.
Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
Physicians - OrthOPaedics Carilion Clinic Orthopaedics
35 Medical Court, Hardy 540-266-6000 390 S. Main St., Suite 103, Rocky Mount 540-489-4541 | carilionclinic.org
Physicians - POdiatry Carilion Clinic - Podiatry
390 S. Main St., Rocky Mount 540-489-4541 | carilionclinic.org
Randy Clements, D.P.M., John Clements, D.P.M.
Specializing in fractures, sprains, strains and surgical intervention related to foot and ankle care.
Roanoke Foot & Ankle
1545 Franklin St., Rocky Mount 540-483-5110 | roanokefootandankle.com
Peter F. Kelley, D.P.M.
A laser-based surgical practice, advanced non-invasive treatments.
Dean Clower, M.D., Robert D. Cook, M.D., Ron Fisher, M.D., K. Finnie Green, M.D., Christopher J. Stands, M.D., Corey M. Passman, M.D.
Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with conditions affecting the male and female urinary tract as well as the male genital and reproductive system.
Physicians - urOlOGy Seven Hils Urology
1039 Mayberry Crossing Dr., Suite C, Moneta 800-894-3787 | centrahealth.com
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Herbert Cosby has spent several years building a model train set in the basement of his home in Waverly. Each piece of his expansive set is hand-created and placed, from the shingles on each roof to the telephone wires to the real vegetation throughout.
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The sculpting of the mountains, the use of real vegetation, the network of telephone wires and the daily lives of people represented all feed into the belief that this tiny world is organic.
has taken the root balls off of real trees and turned them upside down to create the appearance of dead trees throughout his layout. “You have to have dead trees to make the live ones work,” he observed. Cosby has built several layouts over his lifetime, and for a lot of years, he wouldn’t show them. After moving to the lake (and with a little nudging from his wife), he got involved with the Smith Mountain Lake Model Railroad Group. The group puts on an annual benefit known as the Charity Chug, in which members open up their homes to let people see their models. The weekend-long event is free to the public, but donations are accepted and given to Lake Christian Ministries. Cosby is the coordinator of this year’s Charity Chug, the group’s eighth. He said the railroad group likes helping the charity, and the annual event is an excuse to spruce up a layout. And it can help boost membership. There are about 60 members, 30 of whom are active regularly. Most are on the Franklin County side of the lake. He said he enjoys being a part of the group because members mentor each other; Cosby is good at scenery but comes up a little short with the tidiness of his electrical wiring. Cosby is particularly enthralled at building trestles. Several of them highlight his layout and function to connect otherwise distant pieces of track. His set is in HO scale, which is at a ratio of about 1:87.1. The popular scale is named “HO” because it is roughly half that of O scale, a size made famous by the Lionel toy manufacturer. For HO scale and smaller ones, “You have to learn to work with tweezers,” Cosby said. Cosby admits that it’s easy for people who are new to model railroads to get frustrated trying to attain the necessary precision. “If it doesn’t look right, you can tear it up and do it again. That’s what I tell the guys who are just getting started,” he said. Knowledge of construction is necessary, as is an understanding of proportions. Even despite some early failures, success with a layout can be right around the bend. Bottom line, he said, “When you build this level of buildings, you better read the instructions.” Model railroads are a way for Herbert Cosby, who is retired from the advertising industry, to tell stories that are visually appealing. The setup at his home in Waverly is built to resemble the 1950s and ’60s. SMITHMOUNTAINLAKE.COM
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B. B Herbert Cosby, 15 Lake Forest Terrace, (Waverly), Moneta, 721-5773
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C C Ken Salley, 1470 Dudley Amos Road, Moneta 721-9542
3. 3 Bob Ford, 135 Osprey Lane, Moneta, 721-3958
D. D Steve Holic, 329 Mallard Cove, Moneta, 719-7176
4. 4 Jerry Hale, 1015 Oakshire Lane, Wirtz, 721-7222
E. E Bob Longman, 316 Mapleridge Drive, Wirtz, 721-3881
5. 5 Bob Longman, 316 Mapleridge Drive Wirtz, 721-3881
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CHARITY CHUG LAYOUTS 10 A.M.-5 P.M. DEC. 5 Tom Huhn, 1074 Lake Oaks Lane, Goodview, 525-9384. O-gauge layout with five MTH Digital Command locomotives and Lionel cars features scenery based on the Roanoke Valley, including drive-in movie theater, saw mill, sandlot baseball game, junkyard, ponds, illuminated Mill Mountain Star and downtown Roanoke roof-top signs, all set against area backdrops painted by Tom's wife, Mary. Herbert Cosby, 15 Lake Forest Terrace (Waverly), Moneta, 721-5773. Multiple HO loops and sidings, mountain tunnels and overpasses, highly detailed village scenery, about 250 hand-crafted buildings (one is even on fire!), trestles and bridges, realistic lakes and streams. Over 600 feet of ballasted track amid breathtakingly-realistic buildings and scenery created by a superb craftsman with an eye for impeccable detail. Ken Salley, 1470 Dudley Amos Road, Moneta 721-9542. A large hobby room loaded with a remarkable collection of operating HO, O-Gauge and Z-scale locomotives and cars on display shelves and highly realistic layouts. Incredibly detailed scenes of small towns and surrounding countryside representing early 1950s. Complete sets of 50 statelogo boxcars in O and Z gauges. Steve Holic, 329 Mallard Cove, Moneta, 719-7176. Over nine years of painstaking construction have gone into Holic's display, a favorite last year when it made its Charity Chug debut. This layout shows the lasting railroading interests of someone whose working career revolved around locomotives. With untiring scenery/decorating/ landscaping help from wife Leah, Steve has created an eye-popping O-Gauge display that spans 19 feet by 21 feet with more than 300 feet of track and 30 switches. Visitors will see dozens of operating accessories, many of which are operated with buttons at kid's-eye level, plus turntable, roundhouse, sliding "transfer platform" and multiple loaders and unloaders. Bonus features include surrounding floor-to-ceiling display shelves countless additional locomotive
sets from Lionel, MTH, K-Line, Williams and Atlas; a second complete layout on which rare Lionel Standard Gauge trains run; a carnival with operating rides and skill games; a model of Mill Mountain Zoo complete with N-gauge zoo train and animals that move in their pens, and multiple separate under-table layouts that kids can easily view without being lifted. Bob Longman, 316 Mapleridge Drive, Wirtz, 721-3881. Lionel O-Gauge "Lost Mountain Railroad" includes multiple trains and working saw mill, plus lumber and scrap yards and a new amusement park. Look for the trolley in town, a cop chasing a hobo, and an angry bear in the mountain cave. Hans Weidig, 652 Mallard Point Road, Wirtz, 721-4797. The outdoor G-Scale "Gills Creek Rail Road" winds over trestles and through forests of live landscaping. Many interesting scenery features include buildings crafted from bird houses, a saw mill, farms and cabins. There's even a Dudley Saloon and Burnt Chimney Station.
1-5 P.M. DEC. 6 Tom Huhn, 1074 Lake Oaks Lane, Goodview, 525-9384. O-gauge layout with five MTH Digital Command locomotives and Lionel cars features scenery based on the Roanoke Valley, including drive-in movie theater, saw mill, sandlot baseball game, junkyard, ponds, illuminated Mill Mountain Star
and downtown Roanoke roof-top signs, all set against area backdrops painted by Tom's wife, Mary. Jim Caskie, 1015 Pierpoint Court, Moneta, 588-1541. Post-war Lionel locomotives and rolling stock operate on four separate loops with working accessories; other more modern engines as well. Also an 8-foot-by-8-foot G-scale layout with passenger and freight trains. Bob Ford, 135 Osprey Lane, Moneta, 721-3958. Highly-detailed HO layout featuring miniature forests of hand-made trees and even a picnic on the hillside. Work-in-progress sections show some of this craftsman’s tricks for achieving such realism. Multiple digitally controlled locomotives run on several operating loops plus additional unique running stock displayed around the room. Jerry Hale, 1015 Oakshire Lane, Wirtz, 721-7222. Several Lionel and MTH O-Gauge sets running on multiple loops through mountain scenery. American Flyer, G-scale trains and some antique trains also on display. Bob Longman, 316 Mapleridge Drive, Wirtz, 721-3881. Lionel O-Gauge “Lost Mountain Railroad” includes multiple trains and working saw mill, plus lumber and scrap yards and a new amusement park. Look for the trolley in town, a cop chasing a hobo, and an angry bear in the mountain cave. — Jerry Hale
Steve and Leah Holic check the lower tier of their model train set operated with a Lionel digital command center. The Holics’ display was a favorite at last year’s Charity Chug.
STEPHANIE KLEIN-DAVIS, THE ROANOKE TIMES
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Sounds season OF THE
The Wiley and Bouknight families will come together for a concert to capture the spirit of Christmas at Trinity Ecumenical Parish. STORY BY RYAN TIPPS
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he sounds of the Christmas season will resound throughout Trinity Ecumenical Parish for the annual Wiley-Bouknight holiday concert. “Our concerts allow participants an opportunity to break from the hustle and bustle of the Christmas rush and remember what Christmas is about,” said Trinity’s pastor, the Rev. Dr. Philip Bouknight. The performance features Roanoke Symphony Orchestra Music Director David Stewart Wiley, Bouknight, and his wife, Tara. This year, Wiley’s children will also be performing, said Mike DeGiorgi, board member with the Smith Mountain Arts Council. Wiley and the Bouknights have partnered together for several types of concerts, including Valentine’s Day celebrations and a show focused on popular music from operas and musicals. But if you’ve heard them perform before — even at Christmastime — expect a different flair when they come together this year on Dec. 11. “We have offered three different Christmas concert programs; each with a different array,” Bouknight said. “We may repeat one or two numbers because of popular demand, but the vast majority of each program is unlike any other.” The music is a blend of traditional Christmas carols along with more complex arrangements of lesser known Christmas hymns. And, DeGiorgi notes, they usually have some funny stuff mixed in — for example, the performers did a reading from “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” a couple of years ago.
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“David seems to have a special chemistry with the Bouknights that really comes across in these performances,” DeGiorgi said. “Because all three are so well known and loved within the SML community, there is a lot of warmth and comfort in the church for this show. It really is like coming home for the holidays.” Bouknight said it’s a blessing to be amid such musical talent, and he appreciates how supportive the lake community has been of the concerts. “We have a phenomenal time getting together around music, and we all share the joy of using music to transform the lives of those around us. A Christmas program affords us the opportunity to share our faith and our love of music,” Bouknight said. “Getting together has become just as much of a tradition for our families as it is for those who come to hear our concert.” Trinity holds more than 400 people, and the performance has been a sellout every year. The show is promoted by SMAC, and tickets are on sale now. Prices are $17 for SMAC members and $20 for nonmembers. There is special pricing for kids. Tickets are available on SMAC’s website: www.smithmountainartscouncil.com.
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Goodwill industries of the VAlley 13697 Booker T. Washington Highway, Suite 100, Moneta 540-719-1503, goodwillindustries.com Thrift store offering discount used clothing, shoes, accessories and home decor items
70 Scruggs Road, Suite 103, Moneta 540-719-2600 Embroidery, direct-to-garment printing and heat transfer services, embellishments
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ART GALLERIES & SHOPS
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ART VISIONS GALLERY AND STUDIO
7005 Booker T. Washington Highway, Wirtz 540-798-0313, artvisionsstudio. blogspot.com Art gallery by local artists; art classes and painting parties
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JOLLY JEN PHOTOGRAPHY
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SER ART STAINED GLASS 16483 Moneta Road, Unit D, Moneta 540-769-9719, serartstainedglass.com A full-service stained glass studio; concept, design, build, repair and restoration; mixed media art
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KITTy’S LITTLE BOOK SHOPPE
11858 Moneta Road, Moneta 540-297-7740 New and used books for everyone; collectibles
LIGHTHOuSE GIFTS AND BOOKS
84 Westlake Road, Suite 106, Hardy 540-721-4438, on Facebook Gifts, jewelry, candles and more
LEO GRANDE VINEyARDS AND WINERy 1027 Wingfield Drive, Goode 540-586-4066 Locally produced wine
Gifts & Souvenirs BERNIE’S GIFT SHOP AND GENERAL STORE
775 Ashmeade Road, Moneta (At Bernard’s Landing) 540-420-0584 Gift items, home decor and signs, T-shirts and sweatshirts, bathing suits, cover-ups, rafts and floats; Boars Head meats and cheeses
BREW KNOWS
1100 Celebration Ave., Suite 216, Moneta 540-296-2102 Craft beer, wine, gourmet foods and sodas
BROOKS MILL WINERy
6221 Brooks Mill Road, Wirtz 540-721-5215, brooksmillwine. com Tastings of locally produced fruit wine; gift shop with winethemed products
GIFTS AHOy
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HIcKORy HILL VINEyARD AND WINERy 1722 Hickory Cove Lane, Moneta 540-296-1393, smlwine.com Locally produced wine, gift shop
HOMESTEAD cREAMERy 7254 Booker T. Washington Highway, Wirtz 540-721-2045 Virginia-made foods and products, toys, T-shirts, dairy items, meats, produce
JAKE’S PLAcE
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13699 Booker T. Washington Highway, Hardy 540-721-0092 Fresh and silk flower arrangements, greeting cards, fruit, gift and gourmet baskets, plants
PEAKS OF OTTER WINERy
2122 Sheep Creek Road, Bedford 540-586-3707, bedfordwine. com Locally produced wines; gift shop
RAMuLOSE RIDGE VINEyARDS
3061 Hendricks Store Road, Moneta 540-314-2696 , ramuloseridgevineyards.com Locally produced wines, fine cigars
SEVEN DOORS WINERy
5800 Johnson Mountain Road, Huddleston 540-589-9530 Locally produced wines; gift shop
SMITH MOuNTAIN FLOWERS
14477 Moneta Road, Moneta 540-297-6524, smithmountainflowers.net Floral arrangements and accessories
SML MAGIC AND SCIENCE SHOP
1152 Hendricks Store Road, Moneta 540-297-1220 Hundreds of magic tricks and science-related items
STACY’S SWEET SPOT
1035 Mercantile St., Suite 101, Moneta 540-297-5683, stacyssweetspot.com Artisan gourmet chocolates, truffles and confections, custom order pastries, cakes, cheesecakes, breads and cookies
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THE COTTAGE GATE
THEN AND NOW SHOPS
THE GENERAL STORE
TOMAHAWK MILL WINERY
84 Westlake Road, Suite 113, Hardy 540-721-5622, thecottagegateonline.com Home decor, women’s boutique, seasonal gift items, popular brand items, jewelry, gourmet food samples, toys, games 213 Scruggs Road, Moneta 540-721-3009, generalstoresml. com Virginia-made foods and products, personalized gift items, gift baskets, fabric, local art, toys, quilts, books by local authors.
40 Brewery Drive, Hardy 540-420-0476, sunkencitybeer. com Beer-themed gift items including T-shirts, hats, mugs, glasses and growlers
14176 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta 540-721-3005 Mini-mall with a variety of shops selling antiques, quilts, furniture, glassware, paintings, jewelry, small collectibles, baskets, holiday items, local honey
9221 Anderson Mill Road, Chatham 434-432-1063, tomahawkmill. com Locally produced wine
UNION HALL GENERAL STORE 12126 Old Franklin Turnpike, Union Hall 540-576-3333 Carhartt and other clothing, hardware, grocery items, boating, fishing and hunting gear, crafts and candles, Southern States feed and ammo
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12787 Booker T. Washington Highway, Suite 103, Hardy 540-721-9365, vitazen.net Health and nutrition products, including skin and hair care items, vitamins, minerals, herbs, nutritional oils, super juices, sports nutrition, cleansing, homeopathic remedies, weightmanagement products, pet products, bath and body items, candles, organic coffee and tea; yoga studio and yoga gear
WHITE HOUSE CORNER STORE
11674 Smith Mountain Lake Parkway, Huddleston 540-297-6857 SML souvenirs, beach towels, Emerson Creek pottery
WHITE ROCK VINEYARDS & WINERY 2117 Bruno Drive, Goodview 540-890-3359, whiterockwines. com Locally produced wines
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Home & Garden a sHaDe BrigHter anD aFForDaBle Home outlet 1123 Celebration Ave., Moneta 540-297-6440, affordablehomeoutlet.com Home decor, furniture, gift items, children’s items, pet products, clothing and accessories
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1123 Celebration Ave., Suite 103, Moneta 540-871-0321, downtownmoneta.com Antiques, art, repurposed furnishings
Black Horse manor antiques
40 Village Springs Drive, Suite 10, Hardy 540-721-0181, on Facebook Antiques, finery for the home, art and antique rugs
tHe caBinet gallery
66 Builders Pride Way, Hardy 540-719-0128, cabinetgallerysml.com Custom designed cabinetry, countertops, and custom closets
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13700 Booker T. Washington Highway, Moneta 540-721-2276, shopcapps.com Building supply center offering a full range of products, including Christmas holiday gifts, wreaths and holiday lighting, grills and outdoor furniture
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Four Smith Mountain Lake chefs open up about their careers, share their favorite holiday recipes and express their desire to get to know you — and your taste buds — in every season. It’s holiday time at Smith Mountain Lake, and that means gathering to make merry with family and friends from far and wide. Whether you’re dining out around the lake or hosting festivities in your home this season (or a little of both), these four lake-based chefs can help you decide what should be on your table. Read on to get to know these leaders of the local culinary scene and find out how they make their patrons feel at home when dining out year-round. Then, try their favorite dishes in your own kitchen this season and bring new life to your holiday menus.
more than three decades of kitchen culinary and managerial experience, and it all began on the shores of SML when she was 16, at the Cove restaurant. Her resume includes sous chef at Bernard’s Landing, banquet manager at The Water’s Edge Country Club and executive chef and catering manager for the Detroit Tigers’ Lakeland, Florida, baseball spring training facility.
Cooking philosophy: A concessions partnership with the neighboring Harvester Performance Center, an upcoming catering venture and seasonal events like block parties and dinner theaters is propelling Bootlegger’s into a burgeoning social and culinary hub of Franklin County, and the restaurant is just a year old. Proctor is involved in all of the above and keeps the same attitude: Be true to local roots, but stay creative, try new things and collaborate with your patrons. In short, if you want it, she’ll try to make it for you. “I talk to a lot of our customers to pick their brains and see what they’d like,” she said. “I also try to remember that I am in Franklin County, and a lot of people here want down-home country food. We try to provide that as well as for our guests from across the street [at the Harvester] who come from out of 80 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
town and like something different.” Having fed everyone from locals to pro baseball players to Oprah Winfrey, Proctor considers her work an art form, and believes “complicated” has no place in the drive to create delicious food, and that with proper planning, anyone can pull off a great meal. “You really have to think through everything that you do thoroughly. What might sound great on paper may not be practical in the kitchen,” Proctor said. What to expect in the restaurant: The Bootlegger’s menu is a blend of simple, approachable dishes, smoked and grilled meats (like the Double-Smoked Fatty — beef and pork wrapped in bacon, stuffed with pulled pork, two cheeses, onions and peppers, topped with gravy and served over smashed potatoes) and even vegetarian and vegan selections. “We wanted to gear some of our menu toward local folks, who like the simple things in life, like our chuck steak with mashed potatoes — it doesn’t get much simpler than that. We also have crab cakes, and we wanted to try something different with the DoubleSmoked Fatty because we like to smoke meat,” Proctor said. She shows her creativity in weekend specials on Thursdays to Sundays, and always listens to customer suggestions.
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Background: Agnes Proctor has
“Two heads are always better than one,” Proctor said. “You may not be a chef, but if your grandmother used to make this awesome dish and it’s great, well, let’s try it.”
About the recipe: Beef Braciole
is a traditional Italian dish that is easy to prepare, isn’t expensive to source, looks elegant and is highly customizable, Proctor said. “You can use any kind of beef you want — but the better cut of meat, the more tender it will be.” As with any kind of beef, “low and slow” is the way to Braciole perfection. Proctor wrapped the sliced beef around flat-leaf parsley and arugula prosciutto, but also thinks cream cheese and spinach, even the accompanying risotto, would work well as stuffing for this dish. As the sauce reduces in the oven, taste for salt content and dilute if necessary.
h Agnes Proctor, Bootlegger’s Cafe, Rocky Mount: Local heritage with a twist.
Beef Braciole Ingredients: 1 lb. thinly sliced beef (top round steak works well) ½ cup chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley ½ cup chopped Arugula 1 cup shredded cheese (Proctor prefers parmesan but any variety can work) 1 cup plain bread crumbs ¾ cup milk ½ lb. crimini mushrooms, diced 3 cups beef stock 3 tsp. tomato paste 2 cloves garlic ½ small onion, diced ½ cup red wine
Preparation: g Preheat oven to 325 degrees. g Pound beef and cut into 2x3inch strips. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
g Drizzle a large skillet with olive oil and place on high heat. Sear each wrapped piece of beef on all sides until brown, remove and place in an oven-safe baking dish. After searing and removing all meat, add mushrooms and garlic. Crush garlic cloves into the pan then let cook for two minutes. Add red wine, simmer two additional minutes. Add beef stock and tomato paste, reduce sauce for about five minutes. Pour over beef. Place in oven for about 45 minutes. Serve with risotto, rice or potatoes. Serves 4.
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g In a medium bowl, combine bread crumbs, parsley, Arugula, onion, cheese and milk (for variation, add a small number of additional vegetables such as chopped spinach or shredded carrot). Stir until thoroughly combined. Divide filling into small portions and wrap beef strips around filling. Secure with toothpicks.
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h Mike Jones, Jonathan’s Restaurant,
Near Westlake: Classic American grill, with something for everyone.
Background: Mike Jones is new to restaurant ownership but not to the area. Born and raised in Roanoke, Jones started cooking at Bojangles at 18, apprenticed at The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center for four years and has spent his career holding general managerial positions at area restaurants such as Texas Steak House, Libby Hill Seafood and Jersey Lily’s. Chef was his obvious path from an early age. “Saturday mornings, instead of going out to play, I’d stay in to help my mom cook breakfast. Once she explained to me that I could make my own French toast — here I was, just a little kid — I was like ‘What?’ That’s what caught my eye — making breakfast food with my mom on Saturday mornings.”
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After Jones, who lives in Roanoke, and his business partner, SML resident Walter Grossheim, decided to buy their own restaurant in 2014, they shopped around, considering a dozen area restaurants for purchase before finding Jonathan’s in early 2015. “We just happened to stumble across the restaurant next door, which came up for lease. It was a little too small for me. All of a sudden, the owner of Jonathan’s called us up with an idea [to trade ownership]. We worked out a deal and bought it.” After just a two-day shut down this past May, Jones and Grossheim reopened Jonathan’s on May 20 with a brand new menu and a 82 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
complete reorganization of the kitchen and staff workflow.
Cooking philosophy:
Prepare thoroughly, organize your workspace for efficiency, have a specialty, but never stop learning new things. Jones claims the grill as his personal forte. “If you can grill it, I’ve done it,” Jones said. “Steaks are my favorite.” What to expect in the restaurant: Jones and his staff take pride in American classics with a wide variety, including a daily salad bar, and nightly specials, including half-off burger Tuesdays and all-you-can-eat crab legs on Thursdays. A comfortable atmosphere, great food and reasonable prices are what Jones hopes will sustain and widen the following at Jonathan’s. “I want people to come here and feel comfortable and want to come back. When someone visits you, you aren’t going to take them somewhere you’re embarrassed to go. I want the lake to be proud that we’re here.”
About the recipe: “It’s a
familiar dish that everybody knows, it’s not difficult to make, it tastes great and looks good on the plate,” Jones said. For best flavor, hand-select a cut of ham with a bit of fat on it and have it sliced in the deli. Serve with any green vegetable for great color. Experiment with provolone or bleu cheese instead of Swiss.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Ingredients: 4 6 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts 8 slices Swiss cheese 8 thin slices smoked ham 2 eggs, beaten 2 cups Italian bread crumbs 4 Tbsp. butter 1 cup chicken broth 2 cups heavy whipping cream
Preparation: g Preheat oven to 350 degrees. g Pound chicken breasts to 1/4inch thick. Sprinkle both sides of each breast with salt and pepper. Place two slices of cheese and two slices of ham on each breast. Roll up each breast, using toothpicks to secure if necessary. g Place our in a medium bowl. Place egg mixture in another me-
dium bowl. Place bread crumbs in a third medium bowl. g Dredge each breast in our; shake off excess. Dip in egg. Roll in bread crumbs, then place seam side-down in a baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Place one tsp. of butter on top of each breast. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until internal meat temperature reaches 165 degrees. (Alternatively, place in a fryer for 10-12 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.) g While chicken is cooking, in a sauce pan, combine broth, heavy cream and salt, pepper and granulated garlic to taste. Simmer on low, stirring frequently until sauce thickens. Pour over chicken and serve. Serves 4.
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h Alice Westfall, The Blackwater Cafe,
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Background: Alice Westfall arrived at SML’s Blackwater Cafe in June 2014 after four years at The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs. “I wanted somewhere where I could be more creative and have more freedom” to experiment with different dishes, Westfall said of her decision to seek a change of pace. The mother of two young children first realized the kitchen was her calling while at college in New York, where she spent more time at her kitchen job than she did in class. This prompted her to enroll in the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Atlanta. “My parents weren’t too happy at the time,” Westfall said. Cooking philosophy: Push the envelope with new ways to prepare approachable dishes. “We always want to keep trying and 84 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
learning new things,” said Westfall, who totes three completely filled, handwritten notebooks with recipe ideas to work daily. To date, she has more than 1,000 additional recipe screen shots saved on her smartphone.
International influence is also a feature, with dishes like Curry Shrimp and Maple Leaf Farms Peking Duck Breast. Westfall’s own specialty is French cuisine, which shows up in dinner specials that correspond to the season.
“We’re trying to get the folks here to be more receptive to different foods and flavors, and there are patrons here that are willing to try anything new and expect new things.”
About the recipe: It’s a classic
What to expect in the restaurant: Blackwater Cafe is known for its upscale atmosphere on one side, and casual grill on the other. Westfall, along with her executive chef, aim to blend simple dishes that everyone recognizes, like her Bone-In Pork Chop (recipe to follow) with little unexpected touches, like her pear chutney, which is a variation of her personal favorite combination, pork and apples.
combination that looks great, and while it involves some extra passive prep time, is simple to make and the bone-in cut delivers rich flavor. Westfall is confident that her twist on pork will impress guests. “I recently had my family here and my sister turned to me and said, ‘Tell me, is this pork chop worth it?’ I said, ‘Absolutely!’” As for her choice for the chutney fruit, Westfall said, “Pears hold up better during cooking than apples and retain their texture. They won’t turn to pear-butter unless you really over-cook them.”
Bone-in Pork Chop with Pear Chutney Pork Chop Ingredients:
Preparation: g In a lidded container, whisk together water, vinegar, red pepper flakes to make brine solution. Place chops in brine, top with rosemary sprig and marinate for a minimum of 2 hoursovernight.
4 8-oz. bone-in pork chops ½ cider vinegar 3 cups of water Pinch of red pepper flakes 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
Pear Chutney Ingredients:
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½ of one medium red onion, minced 1 stick butter ½ cup honey (or to taste) 1 ½ cups apple cider vinegar 1 cinnamon stick 1 ½ tsp. Garam masala 1 Tbsp. madnas curry powder ½ tsp, red pepper flakes ½ cup dried cranberries 1 sprig fresh rosemary 1 1-inch piece of fresh ginger 8 fresh pears, peeled and medium-diced Salt and pepper to taste
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g In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter and saute red onion. Add honey, vinegar and spices. Simmer 15 minutes on low. g Add pears, cranberries, rosemary and ginger. Cover and simmer an additional 20 minutes on low. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour over individual pork chops and serve warm with potatoes and green beans.
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h Gil Smith, Casa di Amici, Downtown Moneta
Background: In his estimation, Gil Smith has eaten in 50 percent of the best restaurants in the world. The staffing company executive and self-trained chef uses his culinary experiences and time with other chefs to perpetuate a love affair with food that manifests itself in his moonlighting job as Casa di Amici’s head chef. Before opening the Moneta restaurant — the name of which is Italian for “house of friends” — in 2009, Smith and his wife, Karen, previously owned and operated Fallon’s, a steak house once known as the Pilot House, also in Moneta, and for a time ran both restaurants simultaneously. They closed Fallon’s to focus on growing Casa di Amici once it became clear that running both wasn’t going to help Smith fulfill his life’s goals. “At the time, I had three things on my bucket list,” Smith said. “The first was to hold my grandchildren; the second was to walk my youngest daughter down the aisle; and the third was to create something that if anything happened to me, my family could go on in perpetuity.”
Cooking philosophy: Keep it simple and season food with restraint. “My mantra is ‘don’t overdo it.’ I think often people try to be too creative and try to overdo it with different flavors and spices, and you end up not being able to taste the food,” Smith said. “I try and use as few ingredients as I can, in order to bring the flavor out of the food.” What to expect in the restaurant: Casa di Amici features a full Italian menu (parmesans, pork osso buco, free-flowing marinara sauce) that includes several seafood dishes, such as his seafood sizzler — a personalsized skillet of scallops, shrimp and mushrooms, topped with a lobster tail, over which a buttery lobster sauce is poured, tableside — both on the menu 86 November • December 2015 | SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKER
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and as specials, which are run Friday and Saturday. Smith prepares prime rib in a special oven those nights, as well, and keeps his philosophy in mind with each dish. “I keep it simple, straight-forward and hearty, so that anyone can find something on the menu that they’re going to like. We make everything from scratch. We don’t use anything frozen, and we make it to order.” Desserts are a priority as well: tiramisu,
banana French toast made with banana bread, topped with ice cream, hot maple syrup and whipped cream, and a skillet-baked chocolate chip cookie with ice cream and chocolate syrup anchor their after-dinner temptations.
About the recipe: Chilean sea
bass is a whole fish, grilled, with minimal spices — just enough to bring out the true flavor of the fish. The key, Smith said, is not to overcook the bass.
Chilean (Whole) Sea Bass with Bruschetta Ingredients:
Bruschetta: 2-4 whole tomatoes, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced One onion, diced Fresh parsley, to taste 2 TBSP Olive oil Lemon juice, salt and pepper, to taste
Whole sea bass (2-4) Nonstick cooking spray One fresh lemon Fresh basil
Preparation: g Preheat grill to high heat. g Clean and gut whole fish cavity. Place 3 slices of fresh lemon and 4 fresh basil leaves inside fish cavity. Spray fish with nonstick spray pan coating and place on a hot grill for approximately 4 minutes each side. g Topping: Bruschetta g Chop tomato, onion, garlic and parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper (to taste). Cook in a skillet on medium heat for 5 minutes. g Serve fish on top of fresh greens and top with bruschetta. Serves 2-4. CYNTHIA BEMENT
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A DECADE OF CABERNET SAUVIGNON | Nov. 6, 13, 20 | Cabernet sauvignon tasting at Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery, Moneta. 6-8 p.m. $15 per person. 540296-1393, smlwine.com LONG STRANGE NIGHT | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $14
7 SML FALL CHILI & CRAFT FESTIVAL | Music, crafts and a competitive chili cookoff presented by the SML Regional Chamber of Commerce. $5, ages 6 and under free. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Bridgewater Plaza. 540-721-1203, visitsmithmountainlake.com JERRY STEINBERG & HIS DIXIE BLUEGRASS BOYS | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 7 p.m. $12
PAUL THORN | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $31.50 HARVESTER DINNER THEATER AT THE CAFE PRESENTS UNDERHILL ROSE | Hosted by Harvester Performance Center at Blackwater Cafe. 8:30 p.m. $49.50
8 THE HIGH ROAD | Live music at the Hot Shots. 7-10 p.m.
10 MARINE CORPS’239TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION | In honor of the Marine Corps’239th birthday, all active duty Marines and veterans will receive free admission to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. dday.org WINE DINNER | At The Blackwater Cafe, Moneta. 6-9 p.m. 540-721-4333, theblackwatercafe.com
11 VETERAN’S DAY OBSERVANCE | Special event honoring all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces at the National D-Day Memorial, Bedford. Special music, guest speaker and recognition of all veterans. Free admission from 10 a.m.-noon. dday.org
best bet 12 PAINT NIGHT | Paint Night with Ed Gowen at Little Gallery. 7-9 p.m. 540721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com
13 HARVEST JAMBOREE | Nov. 13-15 | First annual Harvest Jamboree at Mariners Landing Resort. Arts, crafts, and instrument vendors. Bluegrass competition at 3 p.m. Nov. 14 with winners announced prior to evening performance by High Voltage. smlharvestjamboree.com
14 LIVING HISTORY EVENT | 100th anniversary of Booker T. Washington’s death special event. Booker T. Washington National Monument, Hardy. 540-721-2094, nps.gov/bowa HARVEST HOEDOWN AT AVENEL | Cocktails, heavy hor’s d’oeuvres, dancing and music from The McKenzies at Historic Avenel in Bedford. 6-8:30 p.m. $40 in advance, $45 at the door. visitbedford.com
17 DANCE LESSON | Rumba. Hosted by SML Ballroom dancers at New London Ruritan Club, Forest. $10 USA Dance members, $12 nonmembers, $7 students. smithmountainartscouncil. com MARTINSVILLE HORRORFEST INVADES THE HARVESTER | Nov. 13-15 | At Harvester Performance Center. Times and prices will vary. Visit harvester-music.com or martinsvillehorrorfest.com DON & SILAS DALTON & FRIENDS IN CONCERT | Live music at Bedford Musuem & Genealogical Library. 7-9 p.m. AFTER JACK | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $12
THE WOOD BROTHERS | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $26
18 HOLIDAY TREE DISPLAY | Nov. 18Dec. 31 | The Bedford Festival of Trees will feature trees decorated by various organizations on display at the Bedford Welcome Center. This year’s theme is “DIY (Do It Yourself) Christmas. “Visitors can vote on a favorite tree for $1 per vote with proceeds donated to charities. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 540-5875681, visitbedford.com
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Dec. 5 | A lighted SMLboat parade that kicks off the holiday season at SML BuSineSS and facilitates the donation of toys expo to Lake Christian Ministries. The flotilla 7 p.m. at Virginia WHENstarts l Aprilat26, noon-6 p.m. Dare Marina, cruises to Bridgewater Plaza (arriving aroundMoneta 8), circles WHErE l Downtown back by the SML State Park (approximately 8:45) and returns to WHAT l representatives the about Anyone who frommarina more at than 1009.area participates watches the flotilla businesses in willoranswer is encouraged to their donate a new toy, questions about which Lake Christian Ministries will services, demonstrate distribute directly to children in need products and hand out in Bedfordsamples and Franklin literature, and counties. promotional items. The Flotilla for Toysisboxes areopen located event, which free and at DareisMarina, SMLbyVisitor to Virginia the public, organized Center, Moosie’s, SML/ the SMLChopsticks, regional Chamber Moneta Library,Food Westlake of Commerce. and Library, Capps Home Building for Center, drink will be available Dollar General stores atmay Westlake, purchase and visitors Moneta, anddoor Union Hall,to Hot register for prizes beShots, Moneta & Home Center, The awardedFarm hourly. General Store, Westlake Automotive Service, Seal Tow, Hometown IF YOU GO Parking is Bank Westlake, Stellarlike One Bank plentiful, but if you’d Moneta, Salonservice, One, and door-to-door theSugar and Slice. For more information on how Chamber runs golf-cart to place a donation box at your shuttles from outlying business location, a boat, parking areas. Theenter event become a sponsor, donate toys takes place completely or make aunder monetary donation, outdoors large tents, call 540-297-7100 rain or shine. or visit vadarecruises. com. WANT MOrE INFO? l Pick up a copy of the April 26 Laker Weekly, which is available for free in racks around the SML region. Visit lakerweekly.com for exact locations. For information on participating or volunteering at the Expo, contact the Chamber at 540.721.1203 or e-mail lauren@ visitsmithmountainlake.com.
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20 WINERY OPEN HOUSE | Nov. 20, 21, 22 | Peaks of Otter Winery, Bedford. Noon-5 p.m. 540-586-3707, peaksofotterwinery.com SML HARMENEERS CHORUS | Nov. 20-21 | Live music. visitsmithmountainlake.com
21 THOMAS JEFFERSON WINE FESTIVAL | Wine tasting from more than 15 Virginia wineries, local food, crafters and artisans and live music. Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door; $10 nontasting. 434-534-8120, poplarforest. org
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ARTS, CRAFTS & MORE | Annual craft show at Bedford Elementary. Area artisans, crafters, authors and musical artists. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $2. visitbedford.com
HOLIDAY LIGHTS DISPLAY | Dec. 1-31 | Drive-through holiday light display at the Elks National Home, Bedford. 5:30-10 p.m.
THREE DOG NIGHT | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $62
BEER DINNER | At Jake’s Place. 540-297-4732, jakesplace.com
SOCK HOP | Mariners Landing, Huddleston, 7 p.m. 540-297-4900
WESTLAKE TREE LIGHTING AND HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE | Westlake Towne Center’s free, family-oriented event will feature live music, light refreshments, tree lighting, and photo opportunity with Santa. Toys will also be collected for We Care of Franklin County. 5:30-8 p.m. with the tree lighting at approximately 7:30 p.m. 540-7215288, westlaketownecenter.com
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22 HACKENSAW BOYS | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $22
27 WINERY OPEN HOUSE | Nov. 27-28 | Tastings at Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery, Moneta. Noon-5 p.m. 540-2961393, smlwine.com CHRISTMAS TRAIN EXHIBIT | Nov. 27-Jan. 30 | Model trains on display at the Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library, Bedford. 540586-4520, bedfordvamuseum.org
28 SANTA AT BRIDGEWATER PLAZA | An SML tradition, Santa will arrive by boat to pose for photos and hear wish lists. 1-4 p.m. at Bridgewater Plaza Free. 540-721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com
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MADELEINE PEYROUX | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 7:30 p.m. $52
4 PARADE & TREE LIGHTING | Moneta Volunteer Fire Department and Moneta Square Association will sponsor a Christmas parade through Downtown Moneta starting at 7:30 p.m., followed by the lighting of the development’s tree. Free. Craft vendors, music and more. To participate in the parade or as a vendor, call 540-871-0321. downtownmoneta.com
10 CANDLELIGHT TOUR OF THOMAS JEFFERSON’S POPLAR FOREST | Dec. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 | Candlelight tours of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. 5:30 p.m. $20. Reservations required. 434-534-8120, poplarforest. org JETHRO TULL’S MARTIN BARRE & BAND | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 8 p.m. $23.50
5 SANTA AT BRIDGEWATER PLAZA | Dec. 5, 12, 19, | Noon-4 p.m. LIVING HISTORY EVENT | “An Old Virginia Christmas of 1864” at Booker T. Washington National Monument, Hardy. Guided lantern tours, volunteers dressed in period costume, music and holiday refreshments. Free. 540-721-2094, nps.gov/bowa
PAINT NIGHT | Paint Night with Ed Gowen at Little Gallery. 7-9 p.m. 540721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com STEEP CANYON RANGERS | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 7:30 p.m. $29
13 JUDY COLLINS | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 6:30 p.m. $47
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WINE DINNER | At The Blackwater Cafe, Moneta. 6-9 p.m. 540-721-4333, theblackwatercafe.com
DANCE LESSON | Waltz. Hosted by SML Ballroom dancers at New London Ruritan Club, Forest. $10 USA Dance members, $12 nonmembers, $7 students. smithmountainartscouncil.com
SANTA’S CRAFT CORNER | At Smith Mountain Lake State Park. 1-3 p.m. www.dcr.virgina.gov/state-parks/smithmountain-lake.shtml
RALPH STANLEY | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 7:30 p.m. $37
WINERY OPEN HOUSE | Dec. 5, 12, 19 | Tastings at Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery, Moneta. Noon-5 p.m. 540-2961393, smlwine.com
CHRISTMAS IN SEDALIA | Santa’s workshop at the Sedalia Center, Big Island. Local hand-crafted gifts, gift wrap station, Christmas carols, live music, food. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. sedaliacenter.org
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16 LIVE JAZZ| Live jazz with a holiday theme at The Blackwater Cafe, Moneta. 6-9 p.m. 540-721-4333, theblackwatercafe.com
18 BRASS 5 | Live music at Harvester Performance Center. 7 p.m. $10; Free for town of Rocky Mount residents with copy of water bill.
23 WINERY OPEN HOUSE | Peaks of Otter Winery, Bedford. Noon-5 p.m. 540-586-3707, peaksofotterwinery.com
31 NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION | Mariners Landing, Huddleston, 540297-4900, ww.marinerslanding.com
GALLERY OPEN HOUSE | Open house with Santa. The Little Gallery, Bridgewater Plaza. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 540-721-1596, thelittlegallerysml.com
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4. Garland Simmons (from left), Carolyn Simmons, Chad Simmons and Michelle Rose of Spring Valley Farm in Moneta were operating pony rides and a petting zoo. 5. Working the information table were (from left) Matt Baumgardner with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kelsey Proehl of Moneta, Hunter Wimmer of Moneta and Joy Powers, cosuperintendent of the fair. 6. Nathan Tuck (from left) of Huddleston, Chad Simmons of Moneta and Mackenzie Steele of Rustburg.
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“I’m a veteran in loss,” Jane Amelia Smith said. The author lost her husband in a boating accident on Smith Mountain Lake in 2007, just a year after the couple moved here from New York. Smith’s father died about 10 years ago, and her mother, for whom she was caretaker, two years ago. “It was part of my healing process, to write. … For me, it was therapeutic, and it helped me to deal with the issues more objectively,” Smith said. The author has published two novels, “Finding Amelia” in 2012 and, more recently, “A Soul for Amicus.” “Finding Amelia” begins with a 14-year-old girl losing her father in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and follows her journey into her family history. “A Soul for Amicus” centers on the widow of a Marine dog handler, who died while on deployment in Iraq, and his surviving German shepherd who comes home to live with his family. Smith said dealing with loss is a process, and while individual circumstances might dictate exactly how loss is approached, there are many similarities in how people
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Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget By Sarah Hepola The fuel Sara thought she needed was draining her spirit: cocktail parties, bars, book clubs with rivers of wine. Then Sara stumbles into a new adventure — the sober life. This is an honest, laugh out loud, poignant book about a blackout drinker. Hepola looks at what booze cost her — and what she discovered at the end. Read it. I dare you! — Linda Kay Simmons
The Great War of Our Time By Michael Morell Morell, who served in the CIA for 33 years and rose through the ranks to become deputy director, has written a fascinating insider’s account of the War on Terrorism. He provides valuable insights on 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, terrorist groups al-Qaida and ISIS, Edward Snowden, enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, what happened in attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi and the perceptions of threats to the U.S. today. Readers will learn about what it is like to serve in the CIA and top-level U.S. officials. — James Morrison
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deal with it. Faith, she noted, is one important cornerstone to working through grief. “It never will go away, but we learn through the years how to deal with it,” she said. “Hopefully, as we go along, we deal with it better than when we started.” The military connection of Smith’s second book is important to her — she was an Army reservist for a decade and has better understood the significance of military service as she’s gotten older. “Amicus” has helped her to raise money for her two favorite charities: the U.S. War Dogs Association and Wounded Warrior Project. “With all the turmoil and all the strife” around the world, Smith said, “it makes you realize how much service people sacrifice for all of us and how much their families sacrifice.”
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The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle By Sara Wheeler My honeymoon to Norway several years ago fueled my interest in the chilly northern reaches of the planet. The culture and hardiness of Arctic Circle inhabitants was lauded in Norwegian lore. There was lofty sentiment surrounding the exploration and conquests of that region. Wheeler, however, quite bluntly dispels any romanticism with the modern-day Arctic. She paints a vivid scene of an indigenous people under cultural attack and a region that is a magnet for the world’s pollution. Cast under the umbrella of global warming, she weaves science into a narrative that follows her to the nations she visits and the people she encounters.
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