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IN THIS ISSUE

Contents

Editor’s Note 8

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Calendar 54

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Crossword 60

Mushrooms magnif icent

Stephen Kaplan, “The Mushroom Guy,” is on a mission to help you love our fungi friends. By Reed Dillon

IN THE GARDEN

The Quarry Garden 14 | A native plant refuge is

healing the earth in Nelson Co. By Catriona Tudor Erler

L AKE HOMES

One Creative Craftsman 30 | Unique finds and custom creations make the Waro home a must-see on this year’s SML Charity Home Tour. By Ferne Hale

HISTORY

Standing the Test of Time 40 | First part of a series

looking back at early lake businesses. By Jerry Hale

FUN , SAFE SUMMER

Fishing and Marina Guide Photo cOURTESY OF STEPHEN KAPLAN

48 | Charter a friendly fishing guide or set out on your own from one of the lake’s marinas.

WHERE’S DOCK TALE HOUR?

Kimberly Dalferes is on a break. Her column will return in the next issue.

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f you’ve just moved to the area or you’re visiting here for the first time, welcome! Smith Mountain Lake is as much a beautiful oasis nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains as it is a state of mind, where the phrase, “I’m on lake time,” can be heard regularly.

No matter what brought you here, we hope you enjoy all that the area has to offer. If you’re looking for a spot to eat, play, dine or stay, check out our free visitor guide, available at retailers around the lake. If you’re looking for a place to fuel up the boat or a fishing guide to take you to find citation striped bass you’ve read about, check out our fishing and marina guides, starting on page 48.

Also featured in this issue is the Waro home, one of eight homes featured on this year’s Smith Mountain Lake Charity Home Tour. Now in its 30th year, the tour has contributed more than $4 mil-

lion to area nonprofits.

If you’re more of an outdoorsy type, you might be interested in learning about the fantastic fungi that can be found right here in our own backyard. Stephen Kaplan of Kaplan Farms in Glade Hill shares his passion for edible mushrooms.

Check it out starting on page 22.

Finally, after six years of serving as Laker magazine’s editor, this will be my final issue as I’ve moved on to pursue another career opportunity. It’s been a pleasure getting to know all of you over the years, and please don’t ever stop the ideas from coming. As always, you are welcome to email them to editor@smithmountainlaker. com.

Laker Editor karen Dillon

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Bright pink geraniums bloom along the shore.

After 6 years as editor of Laker Magazine, Karen Dillon has moved on to pursue other opportunities. Thanks for everything Karen, and we’ll see you around the lake!

our contributors Summer is in bloom around the lake.

With the pandemic on the wane, residents and visitors are looking forwad to getting back to normal lake fun.

Photo by Jen Chaconas, JollyJen Photography

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Writers

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Kimberly Dalferes, Reed Dillon, Catriona Tudor Erler, Ferne and Jerry Hale

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SNOWY WEEKEND AT SML Snow covered the walkway and docks behind Bridgewater Pointe Condominiums early on Sunday. The first substantial snow of the year hit Smith Mountain Lake over the weekend, dropping more than 5 inches of snow in some areas. Snowfall started late Saturday evening and continued into Sunday before mixing into sleet and freezing rain in some areas. The weekend storm caused slick conditions on several of the area roads which led to multiple cancellations on Monday including both Franklin and Bedford county schools. The Virginia Department of Transportation crews spent most of Friday pretreating roads in preparation for the snow storm. Most primary and secondary roads were cleared by VDOT by Monday.

“At the new location, customers can expect the same level of service and dining experience they’re accustomed to,” Silva said. “We look forward to seeing many familiar faces, and we’re also excited about getting to know the Mariners Landing community, and sharing our unique culinary experiences with them. Providing dining and retail options to the more than 500,000 people who visit the nearby Smith Mountain Lake State Park each year is something Please see LANDING, Page R2

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The Landing Restaurant will be moving to the ground level of Building 1 at Mariners Landing overlooking The Pointe. The Landing Love Project will occupy the catering and event kitchen in the ground level of Building 3. current and future food and beverage offerings at Mariners Landing,” Perrow said. “They are experienced, professional, and have a comprehensive knowledge of the Smith Mountain Lake market in terms of dining, catering and overall coordination of special events such as weddings and conferences. We couldn’t be more excited about the partnership.”

Initially, while Virginia’s COVID-19 restrictions remain in place, Silva said service will be limited to takeout and dockside delivery.

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A bill to regulate wakesurfing at Smith Mountain Lake wiped out in the House of Delegates last week.

Del. Kathy Byron, R-Bedford, sponsored a bill in response to numerous homeowners surrounding Smith Mountain Lake agitated with wakesurfing boats — which create waves big enough for people to surf without the need of a tow rope — zooming around in the coves. The bill prompted passion-

ate feedback from wakesurfers and homeowners, who are divided on the issue.

Wakesurfing has been an increasingly popular water sport at the lake. Homeowners said the wakesurfers are sending large waves crashing into the shorelines, preventing them from enjoying the water and damaging their docks. Wakesurfers said they’ve been largely courteous and aren’t responsible for dock damage.

“This is creating big problems, and as you might imagine, a lot of division,” Byron said.

Byron’s bill would have kept wakesurfing 200 feet from the shoreline. She was going to try and change it to 150 feet from the

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eatery called Chubby’s. The Silvas’ plans also include opening a wine shop and gourmet market called Bottles & Bites.

“The wine shop will be open to the public and will feature wine and craft beer, a gourmet market with grab-and-go food items, and gifts,” said Tiffany T. Silva Silva, noting that she’s also working to organize a weekly farmer’s market starting in the spring.

“Bruno and I have cherished our time as part of the Bernard’s Landing community, but are excited about expanding our brand and our business offerings significantly by moving to Mariners Landing,” she said. “We are thrilled with the new direction the resort is heading, and this is an exciting opportunity for us, our family and our staff.”

Perrow said discussions began earlier this year to move The Landing to Mariners Landing. He said he keeps in touch with the Silvas and what started as casual conversations became a reality very quickly.

“Bruno and Tiffany are uniquely qualified to direct the

Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Christopher Finley announced his resignation effective Feb. 26 after having served in the role since late 2019.

Finley will leave the chamber’s top job to take a position as director of marketing and public relations at LewisGale Regional Health System, a part of HCA H e a l t h c a r e ’s Capital Division, based in Salem.

Finley The chamber’s

executive board has appointed a search committee led by Chairman Zach Wimmer to conduct a search for the organization’s next executive director. The board of directors has appointed Cheryl Ward to serve as interim executive director during the transition period. Finley will also continue to support the organization as needed to ensure a seamless transition.

“On behalf of the board, and the community, while we’re disappointed to see Chris step down, we wish him continued success,” Wimmer said. “Chris assumed his role at a time of transition and has done a great job leading our organization during a difficult year.”

Despite the challenges of 2020, Finley helped start the SML Leadership Academy with 14 participants in its inaugural class and secured $30,000 in grant marketing funds from Virginia Tourism Corporation. With that funding, the chamber launched tourism initiatives, including a monthly consumer e-newsletter, a destination travel blog, a new brochure and a commercial to market Smith Mountain Lake.

Additionally, Finley achieved enrolled the most-ever participants in the 2021 Chamber Champions program. He also developed the framework for two new tourism initiatives to launch this spring, including SML Restaurant Week and a SML Getaway Sweepstakes campaign.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to have served as executive director and I’m proud of the accomplishments and new initiatives we’ve executed during my tenure,” Finley said. “Backed by a

Landing Restaurant to move to Huddleston The Landing Restaurant, a longtime fine-dining establishment at Bernard’s Landing, will relocate to Mariners Landing in Huddleston later this year following an announcement last week.

Lake residents Bruno and Tiffany Silva, owners of The Landing Restaurant, will move to a waterfront location at The Pointe at Mariners Landing.

The restaurant will be open to the public and accessible by boat or car. An opening date has not been set, but Tiffany Silva said they hope to be operational by May 1.

This will be the most recent change at Mariners Landing following its purchase last year by real estate developer Waller Perrow and business partner Tom Branch. The two have spent the past few months reshaping the golf and lake community with several improvements and additions.

In addition to relocating The Landing, Perrow said the Silvas will oversee all catering and special events at the resort, will establish a private restaurant at the golf clubhouse called Bruno’s and operate a seasonal poolside

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On 40 acres of land ravaged by soapstone mining and trash dumping, Armand and Bernice Thieblot have created one of the state’s premier refuges for native Virginia plants. story and photography by

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Soapstone walls exposed by mining that began in the 1800s make for arresting and unique features at Armand and Bernice Thieblot’s Quarry Garden. Plants seen here include (from opposite page clockwise): Eastern red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis); reindeer lichen (Cladonia rangiferina); thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana); soapstone wall; turk’s cap lily (Lilium superbum); shaggy mane or lawyer’s wig mushroom (Coprinus comatus).

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ust a two-hour drive from the lake is an extraordinary garden that is worth visiting at any time of the year.

Called The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler, this 40-acre garden devoted to native Virginia plants was opened to the public in April 2017.

From the late 1800s until recently, a succession of mining companies made Schuyler the soapstone capital of the world. There were at one time more than 50 quarries in the immediate area. The quarries provided the raisons d’être for the small community of Schuyler (where Earl Hamner of “The Waltons” fame was born and raised).

Six of those quarries were on the land that is now The Quarry Gardens. Historians estimate that in the 20 years that those six quarries were active, some 800,000 tons of soapstone were removed from site, and 600,000 tons of quarried stone were discarded here. The workers left, but the great holes that were created in the earth by the quarrying remained as water-filled pools. These holes became a

preferred local dumping site, and the deserted woods a favored trysting place. The trash mounted and the non-native invasive weeds flourished.

In 1991 Armand and Bernice Thieblot purchased 440 acres of this neglected land as their weekend retreat from their busy lives in Baltimore, where they had a consulting business providing marketing communications for colleges and universities.

At the time they made the purchase, they never dreamt they would one day create a landmark garden on 40 of the acres, but they were able to see the land’s potential despite the mess. After they purchased the house and acreage, they spent time during their weekend visits clearing out the invasive plants and picking up the rubbish, which included unwanted, rusted appliances such as discarded refrigerators and washing machines, bedsprings, and smaller Giant soapstone staircases give debris such as empty bottles and cans, access to new areas and even discarded shoes. of the gardens.

The cleanup project picked up Left: An enormous momentum in 2013 when the Thieblots soapstone rock retired and moved to the property full marks the entrance.

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time. Since then, Armand estimates that they have collected 100 tons of trash.

They also have removed truckloads of invasive plants, including autumn olive and Miscanthus.

As they restored the land to a more pristine condition, the couple realized they wanted a project that would use this beautiful land while still conserving its nature. They mulled the question until they found their answer when they visited Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Butchart Gardens was created in the early 20th century by Jennie Butchart.

She restored the scarred land of her family’s exhausted limestone quarry by planting a series of garden rooms. She opened the gardens to the public; they now attract more than a million visitors a year.

The Thieblots had their quarry, including two pools with dramatic, sheer

soapstone faces that were formed as water seeped into the deep quarry pits.

They decided they also would create a garden.

Rather than creating a showplace of exotic plants like at Butchart, they wanted to celebrate the native flora and fauna as well as the quarrying history of their land. “We also thought our quarries had good bones, and we wanted to do something that showcased them,” said Armand.

They identified 40 acres of their property for the project and set aside 400 adjoining acres in a Virginia Outdoors conservation easement, thus creating a permanent buffer from development, and protecting the viewshed. In 2016, Virginia’s then-governor Terry McAuliffe designated that land a Virginia Treasure.

In 2019, the Thieblots added another 150 acres to buffer the south edge of the gardens.

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For the garden’s master plan, they hired the Charlottesville-based Land Planning and Design Associates (LPDA), a firm specializing in landscape architecture and land planning. The result of LPDA’s work was a map outlining trails and roads to circumnavigate the two quarry pools, viewing spots for overlooks, a parking area, and a proposal to repurpose the existing Quonset hut for a visitors’ center.

The Thieblots were delighted with the overall design for the paths leading visitors through the acreage, but opted out of the firm’s recommendation to bring in improved soil (Jennie Butchart had imported tons of topsoil for her quarry garden, transporting it into the quarry by horse cart).

They realized they would not achieve what they wanted if they didn’t pay attention to the geology and the native soil. Indeed, both are unusual. The local

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Funny Flora Unusual plants grown at The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler Hearts-a-bustin’ Top • The European cousin of hearts-a-bustin’, Euonymus europaeus, is called the spindletree because the hard, strong wood was used to make the sharp, pointed spindles on spinning wheels. The story of Sleeping Beauty pricking her finger on the spindle and falling into a deep sleep was based on the false belief that the wood was toxic enough to put you into a coma if you pricked your skin with it or inhaled the wood dust.

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Indian Pipe Right • The mystical look of the Indian pipe inspired a Cherokee legend. Looking down on the tribal elders, the Great Spirit saw them smoking the peace pipe before they had actually agreed to a peace. Irate that they had broken his law, he turned the disobedient smokers into the Indian pipe flowers. They are an annual reminder that sacred rules are not to be broken. The genus name is a combination of mono, Greek for one, and tropos, meaning to turn, referring to the fact that the flower turns once from looking downwards to skyward after pollination.

Once pollinated, the flower head becomes a woody seed capsule that looks like a poppy pod. When the seeds are ripe, the pod breaks open in five slits that allow the seeds to shake out. The seeds have almost no built-in nourishment to fuel growth. Like the parent plant, they must rely on fungus in the soil to grow. — CTE

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soapstone is composed of magnesium, talc, and other minerals. “The soapstone makes the soil pH alkaline, which is not typical of the Piedmont,” said Dorothy Tompkins, a retired physician who has served as president of both the Piedmont Master Gardeners and Rivanna Master Naturalists. “With slightly alkaline soil and the plant communities it fosters, the Schuyler Quarry Garden is the premier native plant garden in our area,” she added In May 2015, the Thieblots hired Devin Floyd, a geologist, naturalist, archaeologist, and founder of the Center for Urban Habitats (CUH) in Charlottesville, to conduct a survey of the existing biota. Floyd began cataloging the flora and fauna of the land, assisted by Rachel Bush Floyd and Drew Chaney, at the time a home-schooled high school student with a passion for botany.

The resulting surveys, which continued through late summer 2019, produced a consolidated list of more than 850 species—some 550 flora (503 native) and 300 fauna. They also found 56 species that were not previously reported in Nelson County.

With the information gleaned from the land survey, the team divided the land into 14 ecozones and seven conservation areas. In the ecozones, they used “indicator” plants to determine what would naturally grow in those areas. To enrich these ecozones, the Thieblots’ team have propagated and planted more of the indigenous flora, as well as adding about 100 other native genera and species that will thrive in those soil and microclimate conditions. Today, the garden is home to the largest documented number of Virginia native plants of any botanical garden in the commonwealth.

In the conservation zones the focus is existing plant communities, not introducing any new genera or species. Some of these plants found in the conservation zones are local genotypes so specific to this land they have yet to be positively identified.

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Recent surveys of the property found 850 species — some 550 flora (503 native) and 300 fauna. They also found 56 species not previously reported in Nelson County.

About 800,000 tons of soapstone were removed from the six quarries on the Thieblot’s land, creating large pools.

One is seen here in spring (top) and in fall (above). Opposite page: Eastern white shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia ‘Album’) (top) and birdfoot violet (Viola pedata) (bottom).

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more than 50,000 new plants in the garden, many grown for them from seeds and cuttings by The Nature Foundation in Wintergreen and the Center for Urban Habitats Nursery. Today with the indigenous and introduced species in the garden, there are more than 650 plant species growing in the gardens. As a result, walking the trails is a rich journey where visitors move through vastly different microclimates and terrains, each teeming with a wide assortment of well-known as well as rare native plants and animals.

In the visitor’s center, are rest rooms, exhibits on native plants, information about local ecosystems, and displays explaining the history of the soapstone

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Year of Wonder Explore every season at the Quarry

Winter • Even during the quiet of winter, there are wonders to see in the gardens. The huge colony of reindeer lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) is thought to be one of – if not THE – largest in Virginia. It is a sight to behold at any time of year, but a focal point in winter. The evergreen Christmas ferns (Polystichum acrostichoides) and the persistent red hips of the pasture rose (Rosa carolina) add color to the scene. More subtle is the shiny gray-brown bark and the pinecone like catkin blossoms appearing on the smooth alders (Alnus serrulata) in February. The male catkins droop in clusters; the female flowers stand upright.

Spring • Spring is a rich time of year in the

industry in Schuyler. Online, you can also explore the computerized database with the list of all the native flora in the gardens arranged by location. And to celebrate the history of the region, there is a charming scale model of the historic Nelson and Albemarle railroad, which transported soapstone products to market. The model, with a beautifully painted diorama background by Bret Jones of Rail Tales in Charlottesville, includes the small town of Esmont, a quarry site, the New Alberene Stone company shop, and Rockfish Junction.

Over the centuries, the Thieblots’ land has gone through many transformations from wilderness to soapstone quarry, to rubbish dump, and now to a garden that celebrates the region’s quarrying history as well as the unique local flora and fauna. Once best known as the “Soapstone Capital of the World,” then as the childhood home of Earl Hamner, creator of “The Waltons,” now Schuyler is known as the home of The Quarry Gardens, one of the most important native plant gardens in Virginia.

IF YO U GO

Visits to the Quarry Gardens are by appointment only. The Thieblots welcome visitors for tours on open days, typically Fridays through Sundays between April and November. A regularly scheduled guided tour is $10 per person, $5 per child 10 and under.

You also can schedule a private tour for $25 a person, $50 minimum.

Contact the owners at quarrygarden satschuyler.org/ contact-us/ (you’ll find the live link on the Quarry Garden website). Fees are refunded if a tour is canceled due to heavy rain (tours do continue in light rain).

gardens. In addition to fairly common and wellknown native plants such as wild ginger (Asarum canadense), moss phlox (Phlox subulata) and spring beauties (Claytonia virginica), you’ll find beauties such as the clematis known as curlyheads (Clematis ochroleuca), yellow trillium (Trillium luteum), and eastern shooting stars (Dodecatheon meadia). Mushroom hunters might find morels, one of the more than 40 species of fungus that have been found in the Quarry Gardens.

Summer • In the summer you’ll see butterflies as well as pretty little flowers such as thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) with its thimble-like seedhead; the orange, freckled Turk’s cap lilies (Lilium superbum); passionflowers; quill fameflowers (Phemeranthus teretifolius); ladies tresses (Spiranthes) and cranefly orchids (Tipularia discolor); and Indian pipes (Monotropa uniflora).

The eerie looking Indian pipes are also known as ghost or corpse plants because they are waxy white with translucent scale-like leaves, flowers and stems. It is one of 3,000 species of plants in the world that do not derive their energy from photosynthesis. The best time find them is after a summer rain when the plants spring up from the ground overnight.

Fall • Plants with evocative common names enchant in the autumn months. Look for the eye-catching fruit of hearts-a-bustin’, also called strawberry bush (Euonymus americanus), rabbit tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium), the yellow-flowered partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata), blue wood asters (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)

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A spiral of yellow and red chanterelle mushrooms are surrounded by black trumpets and indigo milkcaps, among other varieties. All are edible and can be found in Virginia.

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Many of us may not give mushrooms a second thought.

We walk right by them on our hikes and may wonder if they are poisonous or not, but keep going. We see them growing in our yards, on the side of trees and beside downed rotting tree limbs.

Mushrooms actually are vital to the earth’s ecosystem. Without mushrooms there would be no soil, only eroded soil and volcanic soot, and likely no grass or trees, either.

Stephen Kaplan, also known as “The Mushroom Guy” and owner of Welcome Home Farms in Glade Hill, is a true believer in mushrooms and all of their virtues.

According to Phys.org, scientists believe that the first mushrooms evolved on earth between 715 and 810 million years ago. Today there are around 15,000 identified species of mushrooms all over the world, with thousands that have yet to be identified.

Kaplan insists mushrooms are misunderstood.

“Most people come to my classes thinking that most mushrooms are poisonous,” he said. “Which is completely false.”

In fact, roughly 50% of mushrooms are inedible, but harmless, 25% of mushrooms are edible but not tasty, 20% are poisonous, but aren’t deadly, 4% are edible and tasty, and 1% will kill you, according to Kaplan.

Kaplan’s love affair with mushrooms began in 2015 when, after exploring in the woods, he came upon a large cluster of oyster mushrooms growing out of a downed log. He took a quick close-up picture with his camera and shared it to his Facebook Stephen Kaplan, page. A chef, who’s also a owner of Welcome friend, from Charlotte comHome Farms in mented that he would pay Glade Hill, holds indigo milkcap Kaplan $25 for them. After mhsrooms. Kaplan collecting all the oyster says the notion that mushrooms, Kaplan made most mushrooms $114 from the transaction. are poisonous is It was then that he realized “completely false.” he might be onto an enterOpposite page: prising venture.

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“Anytime it’s above 50 degrees, you can harvest.”

About 4% of mushrooms are edible and tasty, he said.

Left: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaplan was conducting mushroom foraging classes through the Franklin County Parks and Recreation and other organizations.

Below: The shaggy-looking Lion’s Mane mushroom.

With help from a family friend, Kaplan educated himself about mushroom varieties, cultivation and harvesting. He soon began cultivating mushrooms inside a humidity and climate-controlled storage building on his property, while also continuing to forage for mushrooms on his property and on others’ private lands with permission.

Kaplan sells his cultivated crop to both individuals and local restaurants, including The Water’s Edge Country Club, as well as River and Rail and Local Roots restaurants in Roanoke. While selling harvested mushrooms from the wild to individuals is allowed, selling to commercial entities requires certification from the Virginia Department of Agriculture, which Kaplan has yet to obtain. Once that certification is obtained, Virginia allows 20 mushroom species to be foraged.

Virginia turns out to be a terrific place to forage mushrooms, Kaplan said. “Anytime it’s above 50 degrees, you can harvest, so April through November, with summertime being optimum, are the best times to hunt for these fungi.”

When asked what attracted him to mushrooms, Kaplan said, “They are really fascinating.

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diligently digesting wood and the world around them.

They are the sanitation workers of the forest.”

A mycelial network, which is the root system of a mushroom, Kaplan said, is actually the largest living organism on the planet. One in Oregon is more than 2,400 years old and spans 2,400 acres (about 4 square miles).

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaplan was conducting mushroom foraging classes through the Franklin County Parks and Recreation and other organizations.

With the pandemic restrictions lifting he said he is ready to resume classes for groups and individuals.

In his classes, he educates his students on the myriad of edible mushroom species, including the “Virginia Big 20,” as he calls it. Those are the mushrooms the Virginia Department of Agriculture has deemed edible or that can be used for medicinal purposes.

Also, in Kaplan’s classes, he offers mushroom identification basics through a field guide. The field guide helps people identify mushrooms in a step-by-step observation process, which starts by identifying the cap, spores, gills and attachments. This simple observation technique can have you on your way to being your own amateur mycologist.

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hen cruising the Roanoke arm of the lake above the bridge near R32, you can’t help but notice a blue, Craftsman-style home with 300 feet of shoreline and large boulders holding back the hillside in front of the house. This is the Waro home that will be one of the eight homes featured on the SML Charity Home Tour, which will run from Oct. 8 through 10.

Before building their home, Marci Waro recalls her first instruction to architect Eric Buck: “When I walk in the front door, I want to see the lake.” That was achieved, with a lovely view from entryway through the great room and to the inviting screened porch. But don’t miss the massive oak armoire from 1800s England that serves as an entryway closet.

“It was built in England from American oak in nine pieces that fit together without the benefit of screws,” said Marci’s husband, Paul.

The home has clean, crisp Craftsman-style lines and details on the windows and doors. The interior walls are light gold, a perfect backdrop for the dark wooden built-ins and cabinets crafted by Rutrough Cabinets of Rocky Mount.

The dark-stained pine ceiling in the great room adds to the interest, as does the hardwood flooring that predominates in the main floor living areas.

Nestled between the built-ins, which were shaped using patterns from the rock edges that the cabinet edges adjoin, the floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace has a surprise in the middle: a rock that Paul shaped into a heart before it was installed. A bit of whimsy is added by bear carvings that seem to be climbing the fireplace. An interesting mantel of wormy

The darkstained pine ceiling in the great room adds to the interest, as does the hardwood flooring that predominates in the main floor living areas.

Below: An oak armoire from 1800s England serves as an entryway closet.

chestnut was custom made by Floyd woodworker Bill St.Pierre.

The kitchen, open to the great room, repeats the play of dark cabinets against light walls, and adds the contrast of black, leathered granite countertops and a glossy, white oversized granite island that is flecked with black.

“I love to cook, and I wouldn’t change a thing in this kitchen,” said Marci, who proudly displays what she calls her “baker’s pantry.” It’s a deep, floor-toceiling cabinet that hides appliances — everything

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Nestled between built-in cabinets, the floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace has a surprise in the middle: a rock that Paul Waro shaped into a heart.

A bit of whimsy is added by bear carvings that seem to be climbing the fireplace.

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“Most everything in this house has a story,” Marci Waro said.

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from toaster and coffee maker to large items like an air fryer and a mixer — that are stored in easyto-use pull-out drawers.

This functionally-designed home has the main living areas in the middle, flanked by a master suite with an enormous shower at one end and a comfortable guest suite at the other end of the house.

This pattern repeats on the lower level with guest suites on each end of a spacious entertaining area.

Descending to the lower level, the staircase features metal railings that were crafted by the couple’s son-in-law, who owns Elite Ironworks in Rocky Mount.

“Down here is where the house becomes western,” Marci said of the lake level that includes several western-themed paintings by Paul’s father.

Adding to the theme is a Colorado-made, 7-foot-long log sofa, an authentic life-sized cigar store Indian and the pelt of a 300-pound bear Paul

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bagged with bow and arrow in Idaho. Here, too, is where mementos from his career with Snap-On Tools are displayed in a case styled as an old-time gas pump.

Floors on this level are an eye-catching, stained concrete with a shiny epoxy finish. “Concrete can be cold, so we had hot water radiant heating installed before the concrete was poured,” Paul said.

The Waros found a huge Mexican bar in an online auction that they somehow moved into their lake level, where Paul resurfaced the top with shiny epoxy. He also built matching cabinetry and countertop behind the bar.

“He’s really creative,” Marci noted, “but also knows how to make things happen.” Paul’s DIYepoxy surfacing shows up again in the guest bathroom countertops on this level.

“Most everything in this house has a story,” Marci said.

The Waros found a huge Mexican bar in an online auction.

Paul resurfaced the top with shiny epoxy. He also built matching cabinetry and countertop behind the bar.

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The first major building at Dickie Dill’s Lakeside Marine takes shape in 1968.

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s Smith Mountain Lake has evolved into the recreation and retirement destination we see today, the businesses that serve its residents and visitors have changed, too. A precious

few have been here since the early days, when “grocery shopping” meant a quick trip down two aisles at the country store, and have morphed into larger operations that meet a wider range of needs. On the following pages are a few examples.

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nquestionably the lake’s oldest business, Diamond Hill Store dates back to 1857 — it had been here for 109 years when SML reached full pond in 1966! Current owners Christine and Carl Brodt, settling here from Long Island in 1991, purchased it at auction after it had stood vacant for eight years.

“We must’ve been crazy,” Chris reflects. Both had retired from Grumman Aerospace and were planning an easy life at the lake but decided the Diamond Hill area needed a place that sold milk, bread and eggs. “Easy retirement ... right!” she says sarcastically. Adds Carl: “26 years at Grumman and 28 here at the store! What’s with that?”

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is an engineer who had dabbled in carpentry — the Brodts operated the market out of the former Debo’s store building for 14 years. Then Carl spent a year building an addition that is now the main store. He brought in Citi Service gas pumps in 2003 and, with the help of arriving brotherin-law Robert Matzuga, added a garden shop a few years later. “Garden items grew to about 30% of our business and brought lots of people into the store,” Carl said.

History on Debo’s is a bit scant. There are some bullet holes in the old store ceiling that have rumored relationship to James Debo’s death in 1903, which ended a spat with a “friend.” Debo relative Betty DeLong still works at the store, but has no further details to offer. Discovered artifacts include several bottles

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labeled “Lithium Water — Buffalo Water from Lithia Springs,” crocks and liquor bottles. Some original store shelving is still used to display a broad selection of Virginia wines. Burlap, probably from feed bags, was the original “carpeting,” and an apartment had been built below the floor.

A small building out back housed the Diamond Hill Post Office, and was nicknamed “Jimbo” after James, who served as postmaster.

The store’s name changed from Debo’s to Diamond Hill due to the church of that name on the nearby corner. Virginia 655 was later named Diamond Hill Road after the store.

Currently, Diamond Hill General Store is known for a killer coleslaw which, Chris Brodt notes, “People come from Lynchburg, Salem and Rocky Mount to buy.

“We’re looking forward to life after the pandemic,” she added, noting that a surge in takeout business helped keep the store afloat the past 18 months. “We hope to begin offering wine tastings and music soon. Lots of musicians are lining up to again play on our deck.”

A small building out back housed the Diamond Hill Post Office (above), and was nicknamed “Jimbo” after James Debo, who served as postmaster. The store’s name changed from Debo’s to Diamond Hill due to the church of that name nearby.

Store founder Harry Debo (seated, right) with friends Homer McCain (left) and Grady Meador (center).

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Brownie’s original Bremble Drive location.

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akers in the Scruggs area often refer to Brownie’s, an unimposing brick building sitting alone at 2837 Scruggs Road, as “the place to find stuff you can’t find anywhere else.” You won’t necessarily spot your item on the shelves. But if you don’t, just ask at the back counter where David Saunders (a Brownie’s employee for 30 years), Annette Patrick (Glenwood and Agnes Brown’s daughter, also a 30-year veteran of the store) or Annette’s former husband John Patrick (21 years with Brownie’s) will guide you to the item you need. Sometimes it’s in the back room behind the counter, a mysterious labyrinth rumored to still stock parts moved over from Brownie’s original Bremble Drive location in 1978.

When one of the counter crew says, “Just a minute ...” and heads back there, they’ll likely return with the license plate bulb

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for your ‘76 Pinto in hand!

The store’s history actually predates the former Bremble Drive building.

Brownie — “Glenwood” by birth certificate only and deceased in 2012 from heart medication complications — had married Agnes more than 50 years ago.

Both were locals; she was sewing pockets on uniforms at a dress factory in Rocky Mount — “24 to a dozen,” she says of the two-per-uniform piece rate that determined her paycheck — and he worked at Bedford’s Rubbertex helping make hydraulic hoses, divers’ wet suits and the like. But Brownie was a motor head, and started a side business selling auto parts from the trunk of his car—taking orders from fellow Rubbertex employees and delivering them during shift changes. He quit the factory in the late ’70s and built the Bremble Drive store not far from the couple’s home.

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As lake-area customers began requesting hardware, marine supplies and lawn and garden items, the store’s inventory expanded. “Capps, after all, was all the way over in downtown Moneta at the time,” Agnes notes. The new, larger store Brownie built on Scruggs Road enabled the expansion: “Missed sales told us of new items we should stock,” she said. Today’s customers include lake property owners and visitors, of course, but also auto repair shops in the surrounding area.

“The new chain auto parts stores make it tough,” Agnes admits, “but we are one of two independents within 50 miles that have managed to survive. We stock hard-to-find items, are very competitive on price, and our knowledgeable people are willing and able to help. That’s the secret.”

As for the future, Agnes, 72, glances at the ceiling of the cramped office tucked behind the drawers of bulk nuts, bolts, screws, washers, cotter pins and assorted other fasteners at the back of the store: “I just don’t know what more the Good Lord has planned for me,” she says. “But He doesn’t let everybody live this long, so He just might have something in mind.”

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ickie Dill, trading as Penhook’s Lakeside Marina, started selling fishing lures and live nightcrawlers off of a picnic table on the dock while he was building the marina building on 40 acres at the foot of Smith Mountain — lakefront land he bought in 1967 for $1,000 per acre. “I slept under the table while I was framing the first shed,” Dill recalls.

“There were just two boats in the marina that first winter. I doubted I could make a go of it — especially when a spring storm in ’69 blew everything we had into the back of the cove. Neighbors helped me drag what was salvageable out of the water.”

But he was determined, and Lakeside is now home to some 80 boats and 35 mobile homes.

Dill also began driving pilings in 1967, one of just three dock builders operating on the lake at the time. He paid his first employee $30 a week plus primitive room and board. Retail sales ended in 1987, but Dill, age 77, is still dropping riprap and doing other waterfront improvement. Known in the industry for prowess with his barge crane and other heavy equipment, he really enjoys accomplishing a task that others consider “impossible.”

“There were just two boats in the marina that first winter. I doubted I could make a go of it.”

A few items on open air shelves comprised the “marina store” (right) until the first building was completed (above). Opposite page: The area before and during construction.

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Phone/Website 540-521-8235 540-521-1710 captainbert.com 540-297-5650 540-874-4950 captaindalewilson.com

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P.O. Box 673, Hardy 24101

Capt. Dale Wilson’s SML Guide Service

4185 Smith Mountain Lake Parkway, Huddleston 24104

Capt. Danny’s Striper Charters

65 Windsor Drive, Rocky Mount 24151

540-556-3170

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16525 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta 24121

800-388-9984 540-721-1175 smithmountainlakeboats.com

Dewayne Lamb

Guide service for striper and largemouth bass, with tackle shop on site

Capt. Tom’s Striper Guide Service

130 Hideaway Lane, Moneta 24121

540-855-4516 capttomsstriperguideservice.com

Tom Connor

Full- and half-day guide service that includes tackle, rods, reels, fuel, electronic equipment and your catch cleaned and packaged

Cats N’ Stripers Fishing Charters

Goodview, 24095

Travis Patsell

Striper guide service

Clint’s Smith Mountain Lake Striper Guide Service

2200 Old Salem School Road, Union Hall 24176 5714 Ferrum Mountain Road, Callaway 24067

Charters

Daniel Berthiaume

Dale Wilson

P.O. Box 356, Rocky Mount 24151 Magnum Point Marina, Union Hall 24176

540-580-3487 catsnstripers.com 540-493-9660 smlstriperguide.com 540-420-6892 hambricksstriperguideservice.com 540-529-4955 hookedupcarterssml.com 540-493-9541 kennysstriperguideservice.com 304-520-2100 patriotfishingcharter.com

Point Runner’s Striper Guide Service

176 Caldwell Lane, Fishersville 22939

540-836-0145 pointrunners.com

Pullin’ Drag Striper Fishing Guide

2050 Morewood Road, Hardy 24101

Rockfish Adventures

1093 Hannabass Drive Goodview 24095

Rock On Professional Fishing Guides

7449 Fernway Drive, Roanoke 24001

Rodbender Striper Guide Service

1093 Hannabass Drive, Goodview 24095

Spike’s Prime Time Fishin’

4067 Hales Ford Road, Moneta 24121

Stone Mountain Guide Service

P.O. Box 18, Huddleston 24104

434-665-6042 540-297-6898

John Goyne

Terry’s Guide Service

5188 Horseshoe Bend Road, Goodview 24095

540-309-3087

Captain Matt

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336 Indian Run Trail, Hardy 24101

540-797-2528 theshadtaxi.com

Todd Keith

SML Wicked Striper Guide Service

Ashmeade Road, Moneta

434-610-3255 On Facebook: SML Wicked Striper

Tommy Moore

Hambrick’s Striper Guide Service Hooked Up Charters SML

vKenny’s Striper Guide Service Patriot Fishing Charters

Near channel marker B10

540-493-8790 smlfishingguides.com 540-256-2571 rockfishadventures.com 844-347-4682 rockoncharters.net 540-246-4375 smlfishingcharters.com 540-297-5611 540-400-3465 spikesprimetimefishin.com

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Providing charters for up to five anglers, 365 days a year Striper guide service, specializing in live bait Half or full day; striper or bass; two fully equipped boats Striper guide service, specializing in live bait. Often fishes upper Blackwater

John Mathena

Striper fishing charter services on SML.

Travis Fitzgerald

Striper guide service and sport fishing, specializing in live bait; lead instructor of Blackwater School of Sport Fishing

Wendell Dudley

Striper guide service

Erik Fitzgerald

100 percent fish-on guarantee; kids under 10 free with adult (max 2)

Ken Trail, Ben Lucas, Currie Butler, Jason Shull

Fishing guide service for Southwest Virginia and high country of North Carolina

Steve Fitzgerald

Full-time, year round striper guide

Spike and Kathy Franceschini

Two fully equipped 22-foot deck boats, 27 years experience Full time, year round; 100 ton USCG Masters License; specializes in striper, large- and smallmouth bass with artificial lures Striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth guided tours; artificial baits, casting specialist; day and night charters available Featured in 2007 Game and Fish magazine Guided half- and full-day fishing trips; guided tour of the lake.

Reel ’Em In: Striper Fishing Striper fishing remains a popular pastime at Smith Mountain Lake for all ages. Anglers use a variety of methods, such as drifting live bait, trolling plugs and bucktail jigs or casting top water lures. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries limits SML catches to 2 per day in the aggregate. There is no length limit from June 1 to Oct. 31, though no striper between 30-40 inches may be caught from Nov. 1 to May 31.

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Bayside Marina & Yacht Club

500 Shoreline Circle, Moneta

540-721-3664 baysidemarinasml.com

R26

Mon-Fri 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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16410 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta

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16525 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta

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Daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Craddock Creek Marina

15826 Smith Mountain Lake Pkwy., Huddleston

540-297-7325 craddockcreekmarina.com

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Crazy Horse Marina

400 Crazy Horse Road, Moneta

540-719-0620 crazyhorse-marina.com

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1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta

540-297-1888 crystalshoresmarinaresort. com

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790 Fox Chase Road, Wirtz

540-721-2451 gillscreekmarina.com

G2

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Halesford Harbour Marina

1043 Campers Paradise Trail, Moneta

540-297-9000 halesfordharbour.com bwmarina.com

R28

Daily 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Hughes Marine Service

3815 U.S. 29 North, Danville

434-836-0052 hughesmarineservice.com

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Lake Haven Marina

15844 Smith Mountain Lake Pkwy., Huddleston

540-297-7347

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Lakeside Marina

629 Lakeside Road, Penhook

434-927-5380 On Facebook

B1

Varies; call for hours

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Lumpkins Marina

19 Lumpkin Drive, Penhook

434-927-5150

B1

Daily 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

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2031 Morewood Road, Hardy

540-719-2427 magnumboating.com

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Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Marina

2200 Old Salem School Road, Union Hall

540-576-4486 On Facebook

B37

Sun-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Mitchell’s Point Marina

3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston

540-484-3980 mitchellspoint.com

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16918 Smith Mountain Lake Pkwy., Huddleston

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60 Marina Point Lane, Union Hall

540-576-2019 pelicanpointyachtclub.com

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300 Locust Lane, Penhook

540-565-0222 On Facebook

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3619 Airport Road, Moneta

540-297-7100 vadarecruises.com

R21

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1229 Waterwheel Drive Office: 266 Rocky Shore Lane, Moneta

540-721-5668 waterwheelsml.com

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Thursday

Shine Runners Pub Run: A 3- or 5-mile run/walk. Free. 6 p.m. Chaos Mountain Brewing. Shine Runners on Facebook

2 | Friday Tate Tuck: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

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Dave & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

The Dundies: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Independence Festival Fireworks Show: Admission to the festival at Franklin County High School is free.

Live music by the Harwell Grice Band.

Fireworks will begin at dusk. Raffle tickets will be for sale with a chance to win cash prizes. Gates open at 5 p.m. Email: rockymountrotaryclub@outlook.com

3 | Saturday Noah Spencer: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Sunset Saturdays: At Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery. 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets required. Other dates are: July 10, 17, 24 and 31. smlwine.com Five Dollar Shake: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

4 | Sunday Jacob Doss & Dave Owens: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Karlee Raye: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Solacoustix: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 4 to 8 p.m.

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Chix with Stix: Knitters are invited to work together in self-guided sessions.

Bring your own supplies. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Piedmont Arts, Martinsville.

Social distancing and masks required.

Also July 27. $5 (free for members).

Reservation required. 276-632-3221

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The Embers: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7 to 10 p.m.

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Thursday

Shine Runners Pub Run: A 3-mile run/walk on trails. Leaving from Hammer & Forge Brewing. Free. 6 p.m.

Shine Runners on Facebook.

Rain Barrel Workshop: Harvest rain water for your garden by learning how to construct a rain barrel.

At Essig Recreation Center. $60.

Registration deadline one week before workshop. $60. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. playfranklincounty.com

Studio with Karen Despot: Spend studio time working with acrylic, oil or colored pencil. Bring your own supplies.

Registration, social distancing and masks required. Also July 22. 276-6323221

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Friday

Drive In Bingo: At Waid Park Baseball Field Parking Lot. 6:30 p.m. Enjoy 12 games of bingo without leaving your car by tuning your radio to an FM station, and if you get bingo, honk your horn and flash your lights to get your prize.

Bring your own dauber. $2 per person. playfranklincounty.com Concerts by Canoe with Seph Custer and Deep Creek: Live music at Twin Ridge Recreation Area on Philpott Lake. Bring your canoe, kayak, SUP, tube or float. Music begins at 6:30 p.m. Free, donations accepted.

Life jackets required for all watercraft. playfranklincounty.com

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Independence Festival Friday, July 2: Admission to the festival at Franklin County High School is free. Live music by the Harwell Grice Band.

Fireworks will begin at dusk.

Raffle tickets will be for sale with a chance to win cash prizes. Gates open at 5 p.m.

Email: rockymountrotaryclub@ outlook.com

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Percy Abell: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Eric Wayne Band: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Franks+Dranks: At Piedmont Arts Gravely-Lester Art Garden, Martinsville.

6 p.m. $20. piedmontarts.org

10 | Saturday Noah Spencer: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Tate Tuck: Live music at Mitchell’s

around the lake

Virginia Dare Pirate Days Cruise Saturday, July 17: Dress in pirate garb and search for other pirate ships. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets required. vadarecurises.com

Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Mended Fences: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Sunday

Chris Suter: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Ragtop: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

The Banjomites: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

12 |

Monday

Summer Art Camp: Through July 16, 9 a.m. to noon daily for grades 3-5. Complete art projects, take tours of galleries. $90 ($80 members). piedmontarts.org

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Dave & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Apple Butter Soul: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Tate Tuck: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Banjo Mites: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Jody Davis: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Tate Tuck Duo: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

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Thursday

Tate Tuck: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Compost Workshop: Learn how to

Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

develop compost that can be used as a soil amendment or to grow plants by constructing your own tumbler-style composter. Essig Recreation Center. $100. Registration deadline one week before workshop. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. playfranklincounty.com

Virginia Dare Pirate Days Cruise:

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Dress in pirate garb and search for other pirate ships. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets required. vadarecruises.com

Tate Tuck: Live music at Mitchell’s

Pizazz: Live music at Mango’s Bar &

Sunday

Shine Runners Pub Run: A 3-mile

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trail run/walk. Free. 6 p.m. Brooks Mill Winery, Wirtz. Shine Runners on Facebook

Marie Anderson: Live music at

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Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive,

Friday

Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Out of Spite: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Marie Anderson: Live music at

Ray Eanes: Live music at Mitchell’s

Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Bo & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s

Jody Davis & Dave Owens: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Vinyl Nation: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Keith McFadden: Live music at Drifter’s, 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Percy Abell: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Low Low Chariot: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

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Monday

STEAM Camp (grades 6-8): In partnership with New College Institute to combine science, math and engineering with the arts.

Advance registration required. $10 ($5 members). Also July 28. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. piedmontarts.org

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Dave & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Jared Stout: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Movies on the Move: Now showing: Angels in the Outfield, rated PG. Wear your favorite sports jersey and come for some outdoor fun. Bring a blanket, lawn chair. Free. Movie starts at dusk.

GUP Field, 14591 Old Franklin Tpke., Penhook. playfranklincounty.com

jackets required for all watercraft. playfranklincounty.com

Zac Burnette: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Loose Change: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Fuzzy Logic: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Sunday

Christian Quesenberry & Dave Owens: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Tate Tuck: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Marie Anderson: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

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Drive In Bingo: At Waid Park Baseball Field Parking Lot. 6:30 p.m. Enjoy 12 games of bingo without leaving your car by tuning your radio to an FM station, and if you get bingo, honk your horn and flash your lights to get your prize.

Bring your own dauber. $2 per person. playfranklincounty.com

Thursday

Shine Runners Pub Run: A 3- or 5-mile run/walk. Free. 6 p.m. Chaos Mountain Brewing. Shine Runners on Facebook

Roadmap to Planning for Your Future Workshop: At Essig Recreation Center. Learn about planning for future needs and wants with this panel discussion. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Free. Registration deadline is July 30.

540-483-9238

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Saturday

Marie Anderson: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

Bo & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Mended Fences: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Rain Barrel Workshop: Harvest rain water for your garden by learning how to construct a rain barrel.

At Essig Recreation Center. $60.

Registration deadline one week before workshop. $60. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. playfranklincounty.com

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Friday

Concerts by Canoe with Bill and the Belles: Live music at Twin Ridge Recreation Area on Philpott Lake. Bring your canoe, kayak, SUP, tube or float. Music begins at 6:30 p.m. Free, donations accepted. Life

Sunset Saturdays: At Hickory Hill Vineyards & Winery. 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets required. Other dates are: Aug. 14, 21 and 28. smlwine.com

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Sunday

Tate Tuck: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Keith McFadden: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

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Steve Guidus: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

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Thursday

Shine Runners Pub Run: A 3-mile run/walk on trails. Leaving from Hammer & Forge Brewing. Free. 6 p.m.

Shine Runners on Facebook

13 |

Friday

Dave & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Five Dollar Shake: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Saturday

Travis Reigh: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

trail run/walk. Free. 6 p.m. Brooks Mill Winery, Wirtz. Shine Runners on Facebook

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Friday

Zac Burnette: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

The Odd Fellows: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Saturday

Tate Tuck: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Banjo Mites: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

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Friday

Dave & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Solacoustix: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Movies on the Move: Now showing: A League of Their Own, rated PG. Wear your favorite sports jersey and come for some outdoor fun. Bring a blanket, lawn chair. Free. Movie starts at dusk. Franklin County Recreation Park, 2150 Sontag Road, Rocky Mount. playfranklincounty.com

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Saturday

Battle of the Bands & Cruise In:

Karlee Raye: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

Third annual event at Liberty Lake Park, 939 Burks Hill Road, Bedford. Featuring four bands, food trucks and vendors. 4 to 9 p.m. On Facebook

The Dundies: Live music at Mango’s

Vinyl Nation: Live music at Mango’s

Tate Tuck: Live music at Mitchell’s

Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Sedaliafest: Annual Sedalia Center fundraiser with pirates, parrotheads and prawns. 6 to 10 p.m. sedaliacenter.org

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Sunday

Annalyse Hasty: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

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Sunday

Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Dave and Jodie: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

19 |

Thursday

Shine Runners Pub Run: A 3-mile

S M I T H M O U N T A I N L A K E R | J U LY/AU G U S T 2 0 2 1

Bo & Co.: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 7 to 10 p.m.

The Jared Stout Band: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Jodie Davis: Live music at Drifter’s 1617 Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

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Annalyse Hasty: Live music at

Christian Quesenberry & Dave Owens: Live music at Drifter’s 1617

Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Percy Abell: Live music at Mitchell’s

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composter. Essig Recreation Center. $100. Registration deadline one week before workshop. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. playfranklincounty.com

Acoustic: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 3 p.m.

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Thursday

Sunday

Crystal Shores Drive, Moneta. 2 to 5 p.m.

Tate Tuck: Live music at Mitchell’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 3553 Trading Post Road, Huddleston. 2 to 5 p.m.

Jimmy Wilson: Live music at Mango’s Bar & Grill, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta. 2 to 6 p.m.

Compost Workshop: Learn how to develop compost that can be used as a soil amendment or to grow plants by constructing your own tumbler-style

PLENTY TO DO Find more events in Laker Weekly and online at smithmountainlake.com

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1 Seuss critter in socks 4 Singer with a Best Actress Oscar 8 Best-of-seven MLB semifinal 12 Put one over on 17 Cupid counterpart 19 Olympics event since 1964 20 Poi source 21 Aquafina alternative 22 *Editorial comment 25 Builds 26 Rainforest rodent 27 Channel with a gate 28 Onboard assent 29 Family tree fill 30 Last word in a popular drinking game 32 Completely wraps 34 “Well done!”

35 *Solid piece of security hardware 39 *Part of a school kid’s allowance 42 London driver’s unit 43 She’s no pro 44 Making a case for 45 Woman on the Sistine Chapel ceiling 46 Snowballs in a fight, e.g.

48 ‘60s protest gp.

51 Dashboard nos.

52 AL West team, in crawl lines 55 Doctor’s order 57 Belgian lager, familiarly 59 Bethlehem university 61 Jet Ski rival 64 Kaley who played Penny on “The Big Bang Theory” 66 One with dreads 67 Church branch 70 *Online dating coup 73 Govt. accident investigator 74 Shrinking retailer 76 All together 77 Mississippi River explorer 79 “That was a brutal workout!”

81 Solution measures 83 Paper-saving party announcements 87 “I guess not” 88 Space race initials 90 Pocatello-to-Provo dir.

91 One in a bust 93 Raisman with three Olympic gold medals 94 Advice from a loser?

97 Local bond, briefly 99 “__ Burr, Sir”: song in “Hamilton” 101 *Tough talk tension easer 104 *Offenbach output 106 Slack-jawed look 107 They might be holy 109 Removed 110 Family card game 111 URL addresses 113 Subject of a 2021 packet shortage 115 It’s been shortening for over a century 119 “Broken Arrow” co-star 121 *Fast talk from the on-deck circle 123 Marcus partner 124 It’s not butter 125 Vannelli of pop 126 NE syst. with 64 campuses 127 Bond’s car starter?

128 Night sch. awards 129 Exxon, formerly 130 Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues

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1 Greek salad topper 2 Wash. neighbor 3 Love letters?

4 Crossword constructor’s job 5 Group __ 6 They’re beaten in kitchens 7 Put back in a seat 8 Overhead storage 9 Secular 10 King known for his wealth 11 John David, to Denzel 12 Double-dog action?

13 Take advantage of 14 *Traveler’s aid 15 Lure 16 Man with a World 18 Fog 21 “L.A. Law” actress 23 Flintstones time 24 Orange soda brand 28 Songwriters’ org.

31 Glitzy genre 33 Break in the theater 34 Nice turndown 35 Winter transport 36 Pioneering DVR 37 Rd. map lines 38 Plastic __ Band 40 Webmaster’s code 41 Unlikely GoFundMe donor 47 Deli array 49 Orders 50 Run-down area 53 Movie industry reps: Abbr.

54 Queequeg’s captain 56 Intro to physics?

57 “Likewise” 58 Laundry units 60 Capital NE of Vientiane

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62 Part of una semana 63 Picketing 65 Mil. training site 67 Tattoo canvas 68 Watson who played Hermione 69 *Bank transaction 71 Rhinitis docs 72 Weed killer 75 More faithful 78 Studio picture taker 80 Uruguay’s Punta del __ 82 Guilty feeling 84 Works on a route 85 Wells race of the future 86 Match in a studio 89 Scoreboard figs.

91 SSW’s opposite 92 Snobbish attitude 95 “When Will __ Loved?”: 1975 hit 96 Sheet material 98 Sudden spike 100 Reviews of books 101 Dora the Explorer’s Isa, e.g.

102 French film festival site 103 Not for kids, filmwise 105 Cold sound 108 Four Holy Roman emperors 111 Caspian Sea land 112 Not a good review 114 Trident-shaped frat letters 116 Concert memento 117 Prefix with -zoic 118 Serengeti antelope 120 Word in a Latin love poem 121 Cranberry source 122 Brain and spinal cord, initially

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Arrington Construction

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Craye, Margaret Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate

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Lake Retreat Properties

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McDaniel, Glenda Long & Foster Realtors McDonald, Mary Lou ML Realty Millehan, Vicki and Shelton, Debbie Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate

Cathie Daniel 540.721.8659

12 Eric Fansler 540.871.8655

Jan McGraw 540.400.9882

Carolyn Pruett 540.493.1919

Michelle Turner 540.309.1265

sept./oct. 2021 Don’t miss the next issue of Laker magazine, filled with information on Smith Mountain Lake’s best events and

Carolyn Crabtree 540.520.2486

Margaret Crayé 540.484.3234

Van Casteel Daniel 540.493.8659

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Vicki Millehan 540.520.2401

Amelia Gerner 540.580.3510

Jane Sullivan Horne 540.493.1690

Sylvia McDowell-Kent 540.529.7631

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symbol are registered service marks of Columbia Insurance Company, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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*The map ID corresponds to the map on the following pages, as well as the larger, more detailed Laker Map produced each year by Laker Media. Laker Map is available in racks around the region, including the offices of Laker Media, 272 Westlake Rd., Hardy (behind Kroger) and online at lakermap.com.

PLUS: Lake Homes Lake & Garden Laker Profile | Restaurants Crossword | Social Seen Calendar | Map ... and more!

Deadlines Advertising scheduling and materials: July 31 Call or email for rates, circulation and distribution information: 540-721-4675 ads@smithmountainlaker.com Calendar of events submissions: July 24 Email complete details to calendar@smithmountainlaker.com.

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