Discover SML Spring 2011

Spring 2011

¤ Revisiting how the Lake Grew¤ Tips for Landscaping the Lake

¤ Rocky Mount’s Center for the Arts¤ Volunteering at its Best

¤ Stalking the Striper¤ Recipes from Country Club Chefs

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let us hear From you:send comments on editorial content or storysuggestions to [email protected] Website: www.discoversml.netCover: Jeanette Mitchell Childress at Mitchell’s Point Marina,where her grandfather started Mitchell’s Snack Barin early days of lake Photo by Barry Wright

Landscaping Projects 4

Rocky Mount Center for Art 14

Discovery Shop 17

Growing up with the Lake 18

Sportfishing 30

Writer’s Corner 33

Epicure 34

Events 38

Advertisers Index 40

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Landscaping any home requires careful planningwith an eye for year-round appeal and anunderstanding of maintenance. Landscaping

property in a lake community comes with an additionalset of challenges.

Beautifying Within The Rules

Like it or not, owning a home in a lake community meanshaving a place on display to many visitors. Owners wanta lake property to look good—and private—from thewater. They also want to make certain nothing obstructstheir view to the lake and nearby mountains. In addition,


at Smith Mountain Lake landscaping work must becompatible with the guidelines of the ShorelineManagement Plan developed by the lake’s owner, AEP.

To these requirements add the trend toward outdoor livingspaces, and any landscaping project becomes a majorcomponent of lake living, saysMarkMaslow, co-owner ofSouthern Landscapes in Evington.

Maslow and his partner DavidMoon, both Virginia Techgraduates, established their presenceat the lake a decade ago. They haveseen their business evolve to meet thenew trends and changing restrictionson what can be accomplished near thewater.

In 2005, the Shoreline ManagementPlan was adjusted to establish newguidelines for the type of landscapingappropriate below the 800-footcontour of a property. The 800-footcontour is measured from the centerof the lake; where this “line” crossesproperty, making changes to thatportion below the contour mustadhere to some restrictions. A steeplot doesn’t extend much into thiscontour, but a gently sloping lot canmean the contour is measured wellinto the homeowner’s yard.

Within the 800-foot contour, no sandy beachesor retaining walls can be constructed. Pathwaysare not allowed, and plants and trees cannot beremoved without a permit that includes a planfor restoring the area.

Requirements also have been set for the kinds ofplants and trees that can be used within thecontour. Mainly, this means native plants andtrees. While the Smith Mountain Lake BufferLandscape Group, of which Maslow is amember, hopes to persuade AEP to expand thelist of acceptable plantings as part of a currentrevision of the plan, the current restrictions arein place. The projects featured here addressthose restrictions, as well as homeowner needs.

In the 800-Foot ContourAn example of a landscaping project within the 800-footcontour guidelines is the home featured here. The ownerhas an office on the lower level and wanted anunrestricted view to the water and the mountain. Thehouse is close to the lake, which meant its vegetativebuffer along the shoreline had to feature native plants.

The solution? An uncluttered plan that made use ofnatural stone along the water and native plants such asVirginia sweetspire, clethra, juniper and crape myrtle.


Terracing for Steep BackyardThe outdoor plan for this home had to satisfy several needs. The home wasbeing expanded (the two A-frame sections) and an upper terrace was neededto accommodate the project. That terrace was added first and included aretaining wall made from dry-stacked segmental (interlocking) stone. Thepavers of interlocking concrete allow the use of ice melts.

The border and circle designs use different color pavers to break up theexpanse.

The plan also called for a seamless transition from the upper terrace down to thewater. The intent was to avoid hard turns, so this section was heavily plantedto create softness. Closer to the water, shorter plants were used to avoidobstructing the view.

Plantings in the project included knockout rose. sedum, coneaster, Virginiasweetspire, juniper, calamagrostic (ornamental grass), English ivy, andboxwood.

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Adding aLandscape Water Feature

The homeowner wanted a koiwater pond at the front entranceof the house that also included awater element down the slope.Thewater pump in the back pondrecirculates the flow to the frontkoi pond. This pond also collectsrun-off from the side of the house.

Plantings here include weepingJapanese maples, iris, juniperand Karl Foerster ornamentalgrass. Here, too, annuals areplanned to add seasonal color.Petunias and impatiens arereplaced in the fall with pansies.

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Permit Needed for Tree RemovalThis project involved the removal of multiple trees larger than12” diameter below the 800-foot contour. In order to bepermitted to remove those trees, Southern Landscape designershad to develop a remediation plan that met or exceeded AEP’srequirements according to the Shoreline Management Plan.

“After some extensive design work and involvement with AEP,we were able to create a riparian landscape buffer along the lakeshore that not only complemented the home, but met AEP’srequirements for replacing the trees,” says Mark Maslow. Thelandscape also created a natural buffer that will prevent sedimentand run-off from entering the lake. The vegetative buffer, whichhelps keep the water clean, was planted with:

Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster), Betula nigra “Dura Heat” (River Birch), Calamagrostis acutiflora “KarlFoerster” (Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass), Coreopsis tinctoria (Tickseed),

Echinacea purpurea “Kim's Knee High” (Coneflower), Ilex glabra “Shamrock” (Shamrock Inkberry Holly),

Ilex verticillata “Red Sprite” (Winterberry Holly), Ilex verticillata “Southern Gentleman” (Winterberry Holly), Irissiberica (Caesar’s Brother), Iris versicolor (Blue Flag Iris), Itea virginica “Henry's Garnet” (Henry's Garnet VirginiaSweetspire), Panicum virgatum “Shenendoah” (Red Switchgrass), Phlox paniculata (Fall Phlox), Rudbeckia hirta(Black-eyed Susan).


Smith Mountain Lake is an area of great naturalbeauty, a jewel among East Coast lakes. Thosewho live on its margin are blessed indeed. But with

that blessing comes the responsibility of stewardship.One way we can exercise that responsibility is bycreating home and gardens that are in harmony with thelocal environment. That doesn’t mean that your lakesidegarden has to be the botanical equivalent of a retro hippygranny gown, but it does mean we need to be aware ofthe consequences, both visual and ecological, of the“improvements” we make to the land.

We are not living in a slice of suburbia, nor are we in theFrench countryside orCapeCod.Designyour outdoor livingspaces to celebrate the intrinsic native beauty of the region.

Here are some tips for do’s and don’ts to create a lakesidelandscape that is in harmony with the setting, giving yourgarden the benefit of a sense of place.

Stairways to Heaven

straight line to the water’s edge or dock. The resultusually looks like a scar on the landscape, and lackingvariation or change in pace, the journey up and downbecomes exhausting and tedious.

DON’T choose prefabricated stair flights. They standhigh above ground level, dominating the landscape.Because these stairs generally are more than 30 inchesoff the ground, the building code requires that you alsoinstall a handrail, another intrusive element.

DO follow the contours of the slope and insert a landingwhen the steepness changes to vary the journey, providea resting point and allow for a change in the step rise.

DO spend the extra money to finish the face of the stairriser so you don’t see the structural underpinning. Thefinished look is much more attractive.

Native trees thinned, but many left to frame view.Loblolly pines in silhouette create a Japanese ink drawing look.

Stairs that follow the contour of the slope and hug the slope aremore harmonious, avoiding the look of an ugly scar on the landscape.

Top Tips for SmithMountain Lake GardensStory and Photos by CATRIONA TUDOR ERLER

On steep lots, the stairs from the house to the dock are amajor landscape focal point. For those who are up anddown steps to the water several times a day, it’s also animportant thoroughfare. You want to get it right.

DON’T run a set of stairs down a steep slope in a (continued on page 12)


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have found to get to the water. You’ll get lots of goodideas for aesthetically pleasing as well as ergonomicsolutions to the staircase problem.

Cooperate With NatureIt takes 10minutes to cut down a small tree and decades toregrow it. Lawns that sweep from the house to the water’sedge are a monoculture that does not thrive in the heavy,clay soil that surrounds much of the lake, and lawn andgarden fertilizers pollute the water. There’s a better way.

DONT cut down every tree on your property on thetheory that you’ll have more view. The result is stark andecologically damaging to the lake.

DO thin out trees, removing some as necessary toenhance the view and open windows to the water. Leavesome trees to frame the view and to provide a foregroundthat adds a pleasing sense of depth.

DO prune trees that have branches that are blocking theview. A pattern of bare tree trunks can create a pleasingcomposition, enhancing the overall vista from yourproperty to the lake.

DONT strip the land of all native vegetation. It isimportant for erosion control, wildlife habitat, andkeeping the lake water unpolluted.

Next time you ride around the lake on your boat orpersonal watercraft, notice the different ways people

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DO follow the time-honored custom of landscapingimmediately around your outdoor living spaces, thenallowing the landscape to become more informal andmore native as it moves further from the house.

DO plant a lawn if you wish, but do it with design intentas a special feature in your landscape, not as the defaultground cover all the way down to the water.

DO plant a riparian buffer zone if the native vegetationhas been stripped away from the water’s edge. A 12-footto 25-foot deep border that runs along the shoreline andis planted with a variety of native perennials, grasses, andshrubs - or even non-native ornamentals - helps to filterrunoff water before it gets into the lake, in the processremoving excess fertilizers, pesticides, and otherchemicals that contaminate the water. They also are animportant habitat for shoreline wildlife and butterflies.

Plant to ThriveOne of the most direct ways to have an easy-care gardenthat looks good is to choose plants that are going to thrivein their environment with little care. After all, even themost avid gardener wants time to enjoy the lake.

DO improve the soil before you plant, especially forperennials and annuals. With a strong, healthy foundationof good soil, the plants will grow better, be more drought,disease, and pest resistant, and look prettier.

DO choose plants that deer are less likely to eat (in apinch they’ll eat just about anything). Check with yourfavorite nursery, online, or with the local CooperativeExtension for lists of plants that local deer avoid.

DO notice what other people are growing that does wellat the lake. Among the many possibilities are crapemyrtle, butterfly bush, iris, and daffodils.

DO consider introducing native plants into your garden.Many, such as cardinal flower, perennial phlox, and JoePye weed are extremely attractive and garden worthy.

DONT plant trees, shrubs, perennials, or annuals thatrequire frequent pruning or dead heading, that require aregular regimen of spraying for pest and disease control,and that require lots of water (unless you’ve got a low-lying wet area in your garden). All these factors translateinto lots of time, money, and possibly poisons spent onlooking after them.

Pots for the DocksEnliven your dock or patio and give the gift of floral colorto passersby on thewater with large pots and planters filledto overflowing with flowers and vegetation.

DO use large pots that will hold more potting mix, thusmaking them more drought tolerant as well as making abolder design statement.

DO use a mixture of small shrubs, perennials,ornamental grasses, and annuals in your pots for avariety of textures and a succession of bloom.

DO add water absorbent polymers (also known as hydrogels, polymer crystals, or water gels), to your potting mixto enhance water retention.

DO use time-release fertilizer in your pots to give acontinuous feed to the plants during the growing season.

DO mix in peat moss to container potting mix to helpprevent the containers from drying out.

With a little care and planning you can have a beautifulgarden design that is in harmony with our lake setting,enhances the value of your home, and makes spendingtime outside all the more delightful.

Catriona Tudor Erler, a freelance garden writer and photographer, is the authorof nine garden books. Her most book recent is Landscaping for your Home(Creative Homeowner Press, December 2010). She makes her home in Char-lottesville and at Smith Mountain Lake. Her website is catrionatudorerler.com.


The Grainery, Center For Arts Expand Opportunities For Artists

Joan Rogers, founder of The Grainery and the RockyMount Center for the Arts

Glass Art at The Grainery

CommunityArt gains a foothold in downtown Rocky Mountwith the opening of galleries, studios

ROCKY MOUNT -- The inlaid mirror pattern in thewalkway into The Grainery announces something special isgoing on in this building. And, indeed it is. Inside are displaysof fine arts from furniture to blown glass.

Joan Rogers of Ferrum, long a breeder of Arabian horses,spent two years renovating the former mill into a gallery andthe Rocky Mount Center for the Arts. The Center hasworking space for artists and is equipped for classes inconjunction with Patrick Henry and Virginia WesternCommunity colleges and Ferrum College.

Classes are planned in ceramics, acrylic and watercolor painting,batik, screenprinting, charcoal andcartooning.TheCenterwill alsooffer instruction inworkingwithglass (stainedglass, lampworking,fusing), jewelry andmetalsmithing.

Rogers’ daughter Carolyn, a glass blower, was theinspiration for the center, which includes glass blowingequipment built by Tim Burke, who has his studio,Vitroyoyo Glass Studio, in Floyd.

The non-profit Center represents a creative use of theold Franklin Grocery &Grain building at 220 FranklinStreet. Artists can show for free, and alreadyparticipants include a variety of talents. Among themare Karen Aneris, whose glass, copper and polymersculptures, some life size, have been sold all over theworld; Nell Fredericksen, who creates jewelry, potteryand stained glass; MimiMcHale, who mainly works inacrylics, and furniture maker Douglas Alan Terrill ofEndicott.

Carolyn Rogers, a graduate of the University of theArts in Philadelphia and co-director of the center, hasa variety of works on display. She also is seekingapprentices in glass blowing. (continued on page 16)


Leslie Santapaul of Smith Mountain Lake on a recentday was working over her drawings in a second-floorstudio. She said the Center is a great opportunity forlocal artists and a powerful encouragement toparticipation in the arts community.

“I felt that having an artist's studio was always such a‘pipe dream,’” she said. “When I saw the studios at theCenter, it suddenly became possible. Now I'm focusedon my art and meeting creative people every day. This isone of the most self-affirming things I've ever done.”

The Center is next door to The Artisan Center along theCrooked Road, which also features a variety of artistsand their creations. It is next door to the Antiques &Collectibles of the Crooked Road. Both were establishedas private enterprises by Jim and Mary Wray.

The collection of art and antiques is not far from theFarmers Market in the heart of Rocky Mount’sEnterprise Zone, and it is near the Visitors Centerhoused in a former railway station.

To contact The Grainery and the Center for the Arts,visit www.rockymountarts.org or call 540-483-1317 tosign up for classes. To reach the Artisan Center, visitwww.theartisancenteratcr.com or call 540-482-0005.

The Artisan Center along the Crooked Road will hold anarts and craft show May 7. Display at The Artisan Center along the Crooked Road

Leslie Santapaul at work in Center studio

Old mill timbers create interest as backdrop at The Grainery


VolunteerLake area residents thriveon giving back to the community

If ever there was an example ofperfection in volunteering, it mustbe the Discovery Shop at Smith

Mountain Lake. This retail store,housed at The Plaza, is not only ameeting center for cancer supportgroups, it is the only such shop in thecountry operated entirely byvolunteers.

Andwhat a group of volunteers! Seventyof the 150 men and women who givetheir time in the shop to raise money forcancer research have been there from thebeginning. The shop was six years old asof last October. Its sales hit $1 million inDecember, according to Debbi Thomas, one of thefounders and co-manager for its first two years.

The shop operates under the supervision of three co-managers, one of whom rotates out of the position each

Discovery Shop shows what volunteers can do

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LifestyleGrowing up with the LakeWas its Own Adventure

For those who came from the lake and grew up inthe counties surrounding it, life was a quiet, ruralexistence where grocery shopping was a trip into

town, farming was the way of life, and the cash crop wastobacco. That is, until Appalachian Electric Powerconceived and then executed the plan to build SmithMountain Dam for hydroelectric power.

Once the dam was built, the land was flooded, reaching“full pond” onMarch 7, 1966, when the 20,600-acre SmithMountain Lake was 795 feet above sea level. Even then, ittook a good 15 years before the placidness of the areapicked up to a frenzy of property buying and developing.

Lake Relocated Childress Family, But Not FarBy SARAH COX

Jeanette Childress, born in 1952 at the family home onthe banks of Craddock Creek (now about 80 feet underwater), was eight years old and in the fourth grade atHuddleston Elementary School when her father soldAEP the right to flood his land. More than 70 acres weretaken by water as it crept higher and higher, proving aspectacle to those who drove for miles to see the lakeform over two years.

Childress remembers the dust created as cars drove tothe end of road, past their new home at the upper end ofher family’s remaining farm land. People would stop towatch the water lap at the edges of what is now

Jeanette Mitchell Childress visiting Mitchell’s Point Marina, where grandfatherstarted Mitchell’s Snack Bar in early days of lake. Family homesite now 80 feet underwater in area over her right shoulder.


Jeanette Childress withgranddaughter, Abigail Woodford

Mitchell’s Point Marina, which her father developed from thewaterfront property he retained.

At first, the marina was a collection of docks and a small store – “whatwe called Mitchell’s Snack Bar,” said Childress. “He sold gas at thedock and gas for cars. The people would come up and buy hot dogsand ice cream. We were open from six a.m. to 10 p.m. during thesummer. It was long hours and hard work, because we ran itourselves,” she recalled. The entire family pitched in – all six children,mom and dad, doing all the cooking and cleaning. Her father wouldallow people to moor their boats in the cove, and then he’d fetch themin his jon boat to come to shore. When they were ready to return totheir boat, he’d take them back out.

March to October the Childresses worked, closing the business andresting in the winter. But, like the other lake residents, they were alsolearning to swim and water ski, many for the first time in their lives.“We all had to learn how to be lake people,” said Childress. “It wasgreat fun.”

The original Childress home is now at the bottom of a huge cove, butthere are no regrets. Childress remembers that her father was “prettyopen-minded about it, welcomed it, but did not sell his land outrightto the power company.” He gave AEP the right to flood the land, so

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This issue takes note of a family that saw its property floodedas part of the project, but who grew its own lake businessjust as did many locals who became the lake's strongestsupporters.

I'd like to thank our advertisers for supporting the magazine,the writers who have produced our stories and the readerswho have told us they enjoy reading them. I hope for manymore issues together.

If you have suggestions for changes, let me know [email protected]. If youhave a question about advertising,contactme orBonnieHorne at [email protected]. If you haveideas for stories or photos you want to share, send them along toEditor Sandra Kelly at [email protected].

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that if the dam did not happen, he would get his farmback. “We, as a family, still own the land under the water,and you’ll find that is true for various families.” The familysold the marina many years ago.

Childress said she recalls that the general atmospheresurrounding the building of SmithMountainDamwas one ofexcitement, not resentment, but the dam changed everything:the gravel roadswere paved, carswere plentiful, people camefrom all over the country, and the economy grew.

At first, she said, no would see another person all day longon the lake. That changed in the 1970s and early ‘80swhen developers started cutting up pieces of land. “It justcaught on and really took off in the 1980s,” she said. RonWillard of The Willard Companies developed TheWaterfront Country Club. Dave Wilson, who boughtproperty from the Bernard family and wrote the contracton a paper napkin on the hood of a car, built Bernard’sLanding. “Then, the whole East Coast opened its eyes tothe lake. It was on a national scale.”

When Childress, broker of Lake Retreat Properties inHuddleston, first delved into real estate, her first lot salewas for $40,000. This would now go for about$400,000.That was in 1986 and at that point, “it got fast

and furious. There was a snowball effect. Prices keptgetting higher and higher, and it seemed as if escalatingprices were not going to stop.”

At first, homes were used for vacations, said Childress,but that changed with the internet. Weekenders figuredout that they could work from their homes. “That hasreally boosted our area and made it a lake where you canbe here, communicate with the world, and run a companyfrom the shores of Smith Mountain Lake,” she pointedout. A community of clubs, churches, restaurants, andstores has formed into a “true melting pot. In anysubdivision, people who grew up all over the U.S. andforeign countries have moved here. This lake has been amagnet for a diverse group of people.”

Childress said people come to be inspired by the lake’s beautyand have discovered something else – a pace of life that setsthem back into an earlier time. Newcomers often ask

Older photos courtesy of Jeanette ChildressDistant shot of Mitchell's Snack Bar

(as it was called then); today it is known as Mitchell's Point Marina

Snack Bar looking out across parking lot; water is Craddock Creek

Patsy Mitchell, Jeanette’s sister

Early days of the marina; todayexpensive homes and expansive docks dot the shoreline


Childress what there is to doaround the area. “I say, ‘Don’tworry, you are going to spendtime on the lake, out on thewater,down on the dock, fishing andgrilling on your deck, and youmight go over to the state parkand take a hike. You’re not goingto a shopping mall, you’ll go toBridgewater or the state park.’ Iassure them theywill have plentyto do, but they will not bewalking around in a mall, andthey don’t seem to miss that.”

People have become protectiveof their new home. Col. LeoBourassa, who arrived in the1960s and built Cedar KeyResort, which was 10 fishingcabins and a lodge, became anadvocate for clean water. “He spearheaded the SmithMountain Lake Association and got people together towatch the water quality. He forced Roanoke, in the early1970s, to build a $1 million water treatment plant, becausewater sewage, dumped into the Roanoke River, was cominginto the lake. You didn’t do anything above the bridgebecause of the raw sewage. Nobody built or swam.”

Later, Bourassa (now deceased) donated land to theCommonwealth that became a 288-acre state forest andwildlife preservation.

To further protect the lake’s beauty, in 2009 AEPgave 5,000 acres of land in Bedford and Pittsylvaniacounties to the Commonwealth for a conservationeasement that is co-held by the Virginia OutdoorsFoundation and the Virginia Department of Gameand Inland Fisheries. The land contains more than 10miles of shoreline.

Another milestone happened about 15 years ago whenshort-term rentals in Franklin County were banned,said Childress. This forced investors looking for rentalproperty to come to Bedford County. “This means thatthe vacationers stay in Bedford County, primarily. Thiswas a huge boost to the county.”

Before the lake, Childress remembers a depressedeconomy in an area 35 miles from town lined with gravelroads. She remembers going to Cocke’s General Store inMoneta, where not only food but also shoes werestocked. She recalls the Smith Mountain Trading Post,

which carried groceries, fresh vegetables and, in thespring, tomato plants.

“It was a rural, country feel. Now we can get anything weneed up on State Road 122.”

Jeanette Childress


Captain Danny Dudley with 39-pound striped bassPhoto Courtesy of Danny Dudley

RecreationFishing is year-round recreation

and serious business atSmith Mountain Lake

In Search of the Striper


May, June and July are ideal times to bring thefamily to the Lake and a great time to use theservices of a qualified fishing guide. Having a

professional along, especially in a spacious boat, simplifieseverything for the vacationers and greatly increases thechance of bring home a box of fillets for a cookout.

For the vacationer the only responsibilities are to dressappropriately for the weather and bring your fishinglicense, available at numerous locations on the Lake. Boat,rods, bait, fish-finding sonar and knowledge of where thestripers go and when are the responsibility of DannyDudley, a Coast Guard-certified boat captain who hasbeen striper fishing more than 30 years and started hisguide service a couple of years ago.

Dudley, a local native and the owner of Striper Mountainfishing guide service, has seen the smiles and excitementof a young person or a beginner as they land that firststriper. Some of those fish can be large, but a 10 –15pounder is a common catch here. The Lake record is justunder 50 pounds, and there are almost certainly larger fishfinning silently about in its cool, deep waters.

Dudley says that if May temperatures at the surface arebetween 50 and 70 degrees, the most productive fishingmay be at the 15 – 20-foot level. As summer continues tomove in through June and July, the surface temperaturerises and the stripers seek deeper, cooler water. Then thebest level may move down to 35 – 80 feet. Average depthof the Lake is about 50 feet, with the deepest areas morethan 240 feet.

“There is a great deal of tree cover on the bottom andstripers love trees,” Dudley says. “It is good habitat and agreat place to find fish when the weather is hot. It takessome care and attention to bring a good striper up out ofthose trees, but it’s a lot of fun.”

Where is the next Lake striper record fish? “It may be inthe Roanoke River Arm, from Hales Ford Bridge toBernard’s Landing,” the guide says. “But, it could beanywhere.”

Getting the bait to the fish, which are usually visible onthe onboard sonar, is done with a downfishing rig using atwo or three-ounce sinker, or a planer board, which drivesthe bait to further depths and can cover more area thandownfishing. Live bait is preferred in fishing for stripers;Dudley often uses gizzard shad and alewives from 5 to 13inches in length. These silvery baitfish that can beirresistible to stripers.

“Just the size of the bait tells you the potential size of thefish you may catch,” Dudley says. “In the last three years,we have caught citation fish on every July 4th weekend.”

Anglers often ask Dudley for a one-hour tour of the lakeat the end of the fishing day, just to soak in its beauty. Atthe end of the year, Dudley sends a DVD of anglers withtheir catch to each charter group, just in case yourneighbor doesn’t quite “believe” your fishing story.

Dudley can be reached at StriperMountain.com.

Other Smith Mountain Lake fishing guides,some listed athttp://www.smith-mountain-lake-visitor-center.com/fishing_guides.htm, includeThe Shad Taxi at http://theshadtaxi.comand Spike’s Primetime Fishing atwww.spikesprimetimefishin.com/smithmtlake.html

Other guides includeToby Tester at www.outcastadventures.comCaptain Mike Snead at www.virginiaoutdoorsman.comDale Wilson at www.captaindalewilson.comTravis Fitzgerald at www.pointrunners.comand Daniel Berthiaume at www.captainbert.com.

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Current managers (from left) Dotty Agee, Margot Realmuto andSuzie Tornatore with Ann Shelton and Debbi Thomas, two of the shop founders

year. Currently, Dotty Agee, Margot Realmuto andSuzie Tornatore have those roles. Dee Kropf is thevolunteer financial person, and JoAnne Haymoreoversees shop displays.

Part of the success in sales can be attributed to thevolunteers’ ability to get donations from participants inthe Southern Furniture Market, an internationalshowing of new designs held twice a year in High Point,N.C., area about an hour from the lake. Samples of newdesigns are displayed in room settings, and volunteersvisit the wholesalers in person to ask for the samples forDiscovery Shop. A team will travel tothe market in April, and merchandisethey secure should be on the storefloor a couple of weeks after themarket ends.

An electronic newsletter compiled byDarlene Bowen tells about newacquisitions and specials. It goes topersons who add their names to amailing list and is also online at awebsite, www.discoveryshopsva.com,which the Lake shop shares with theDiscovery Shop in Roanoke. Many ofthe volunteers at the lake have beenaffiliated with the Roanoke shop. AnnShelton was one of the founders forDiscovery in Roanoke and at the lake.

The lake facility is a satellite of theRoanoke one.

JoAnne Haymore serves as shop decorator

Dee Kropf, here with Dotty Agee, handles finances

Volunteer Kris McKenzie, alake newcomer, prepares a rug for customer

The shop’s addressis 400 ScruggsRoad,Moneta, lessthan a mile downVirginia 616 fromits intersectionwithVirginia 122. Itsphone number is540-721-0050, andhours are 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Monday-Fridayand10a.m. -4p.m.onSaturday.


Writer’s Corner

Wartime MemoriesRelived inFlamm Book

It has been only slightlymore than a year sinceMarshall Flamm, the 85-

year old Bedford writer andformer U.S. Marine aerialphotographer, published “TheCrystal Well.” The bookaffirmed that what is best inus will last forever andpresented the story as a moral fable. Flamm has nowpublished “Before The Tide Runs Out,” 358 pages ofEuropean wartime memories relived in the late 1960s byprotagonist Neal McKenna.

McKenna travels back to Normandy to keep a vow. Hewants to find the woman who saved him from certaindeath when he had parachuted into Normandy with thevaunted U.S. 82nd Airborne Corps 25 years earlier.

At 75 pages, “The Crystal Well” was impressive. But“Before The Tide Runs Out” is Flamm at full-bore onplot and character development and will prove time wellspent for readers of this genre. The book was designedand typeset by R.P. Publishing of Salem, with a coverconcept by Margaret Sue Turner Wright. Flamm’s ownimprint, Silver Dolphin Press, published the book. It isavailable at www.amazon.com.

Mushko PensAnother BookFor Young Readers

Veteran Lake writerBecky Mushko hasdone it again, pub-

lishing yet another book foryoung people. This one is titled“Stuck.” Cedar Creek Publish-ing, which brought outMushko’s retelling of theRumpelstiltskin tale in the formof “Ferradiddledumday” last year, published the book. Itwill be availability in April. Mushko is a retired Englishprofessor who has been a freelance writer since 1990.

“Stuck “is the story of Jacie, an 11-year old girl whocannot shake the grief left by her mother’s death; she is“stuck.” And she’s more than a little riled that her fatherplans to remarry just six months after her mother’s death.Then she encounters Callie, a ghost who is “stuck” onearth and – well, let’s not spoil the story but suffice to saythat it has a variety of memorable characters (includinga wicked stepmother, a bully, a horse and a dog), a locketwith a history, a mystery, and much of the locationbackground is here at the Lake.

The book is written for 9 to 12-year olds, but Mushko saysit will probably make good reading for mothers andgrandmothers who would like to share the book with theirdaughters and granddaughters. The book provides asensitive presentation of issues often faced by young people,such as loss, adjustment to a stepparent, and leaving home.

The book is available from [email protected].

Featuring local talent

Join Lake Writing GroupLake Writers meets at 10 a.m. on the second Friday of each month at the Moneta/SML Library on Virginia 122 inMoneta. The group also meets 10 a.m. until noon on the fourth Friday of each month at the Westlake Library inWestlake Center.

For more information, contact Jim Morrison, president, at 540-721-1991. The writers’ group is the literary branchof the Smith Mountain Arts Council.


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From corned beef and cabbage to Lobster Shepherd’s Pieand Pan Seared Scallops, diners at the private Water’sEdge andWaterfront country clubs at the Lake are used togood eating. And, it can only get better, says JohnHanek,the new corporate executive chef for the WillardCompanies, which owns the two golf communities.

Hanek, previously executive chef at theWaterfront, nowoversees two club chefs—Bob Koester at TheWaterfrontand John Kim at Water’s Edge. Each club chef has thefreedom to develop signature dishes, but that does notmean Hanek is completely out of the kitchen. Heregularly makes the 23-mile trek between the two golffacilities helping out with special menus or lending ahand where needed.

In addition to overseeing food services at the two clubs,Hanek also teaches a course in Purchasing andProcurement in the Culinary Program at VirginiaWestern Community College and classes in AmericanRegional Cuisine at Patrick Henry Community College.The father of three also is a regular on the career daycircuit for local schools and recently teamed with an areacardiologist to present a heart healthy program atWestlake Library.

He is also planning a "Lunch with the Chef" at theWaterfront Country Club, which will be a cooking/democlass with him, Chef John.

Cooking has changedmuch in recent years, saysHanekwhobegan his career with Walt Disney at the Grand Floridian.From there, he helped design the kitchen and opened theprivate country club, Grandezza in Estero, Florida. WhenHurricane Charley swept cruelly through the area in 2004,Hanek and another executive chef from the same companyorganized food services for volunteers, helping the area backfrom the damage caused by the storm.

That storm, and others that hit the area, also promptedHanek’s in-laws, who lived in Blacksburg, to beginlobbying for him and wife Amy to leave Florida. When

they sent him a clipping about a chef’s job at Water’sEdge in Penhook, Hanek applied. The family, includingEmma, now 14; Cameron, 12, and Madison, 10,relocated to the area in 2006.

Now storms may be less of a concern for the chef, butthe public’s increasing interest in food – largely fueled bymultiple cooking shows on television – keeps himchallenged. “The public is more curious. The showsexcite the palate,” he says.

Hanek, who grew up on Julia Child and “FrugalGourmet” cooking shows, still watches some of theprograms on Food Network. He also regularly visitsepicurious.com and recommends that website to others.

Responding to the energized interest in food,Hanek and theclub chefs are developing new menu items, some of whichthey have shared with Discover SmithMountain Lake.

Enjoy!

John Hanek, Corporate Executive Cheffor The Willard Companies, gives a

food demonstration at Westlake Library

Country Club ChefsShare Some Favorites


CHEF BOB’S FAMOUS FRIED OYSTERSIngredients:

Medium Size Fresh Oysters, Flour,Jack’s Breading, Buttermilk, Oil for frying

Start by making a seasoned flour mixture. If Jack’sbreading is not available, a seafood breader will suffice.Mix equal amounts of plain flour and seafood breadertogether in a large pan. You will need room to roll theoysters around. Take the oysters directly from their ownliquid and place into buttermilk. Oysters can dry outquickly. They can sit in the buttermilk for severalminutes.

Preheat oil either in a deep fat fryer or a large heavy pan.Remove oysters from buttermilk and put them into theflour mixture. Using your fingers, roll the oysters in thebreading for several seconds. Make sure to coat well anddo not squish the oysters. Let the oysters fall throughyour fingers as you roll them. When oysters are wellcoated, carefully drop them into frying oil, and cook for2-3 minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Removefrom oil and let drain. Oysters are best when servedimmediately.

GRILLED CHICKEN BASIL MELTChef Bob—The Waterfront

Char grilled chicken breast- 1 per sandwichVine-ripe TomatoPesto Mayonnaise1-2 slices provolone per sandwichFresh Basil leavesFoccacia or Ciabatta Bread

Cut your favorite crusty foccacia or ciabatta bread intosandwich size and then in half. Brush with olive oil andlightly grill until golden brown. Season a 6 oz. chickenbreast with salt and pepper and place on grill. Chickencould be pan-grilled if a char grill is not available.

While chicken and bread are cooking pick four to fivefresh basil leaves per sandwich. When chicken is almostdone, place basil leaves evenly to cover chicken andcover with 1-2 slices of provolone cheese. While cheeseis melting, slice your tomatoes. Build your sandwich bystarting with bread bottom, a light spreading of pestomayo (recipe below), the chicken basil and cheese, slicesof fresh vine ripe tomatoes, and the top bread with a lightspreading of pesto mayo. Cut in half and enjoy.


THAI BEEF SATAYChef John Kim of The Water’s Edge

Ingredients:

1 ½ lbs. Top Sirloin cut into flat strips

¼ c. soy sauce

¼ c. fish sauce

½ c. brown sugar

2 T. vegetable oil

1 T. ground coriander

1 tsp. each of ground cumin, ground turmeric,ground ginger, Asian chili paste, minced garlic

1 yellow onion cut into strips

Bamboo skewers

Soak bamboo skewers in water for 1 hour. Mix allingredients in a non-reactive dish. Cover and refrigeratefor 3-4 hours

Wipe excess marinade off beef and skewer the meat.Grill beef on flame grill for 2 min on each side. Garnishwith green onion and toasted sesame seeds and enjoy.Serves: 4

PESTO4 oz fresh basil

3-4 garlic cloves

3 T. grated parmesan cheese

Pinch of salt and pepper

2 anchovies

¼ cup pine nuts (pignolias)

½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Place all ingredients except oil into a food processor. Pulseto mix. Then slowly pour oil into mixture while runningprocessor. Mixture should be smooth. Scrape sides ofprocessor if necessary.

PESTO MAYONNAISE1 part Pesto

2 parts Mayonnaise

Mix well in bowl. Store in glass jar.

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A Spot to Visit

Bits of green are already popping through the ground in theHeirloom Garden at Booker T. Washington NationalMonument in Hardy. The garden is planted annually andradishes, horseradish, turnips, kale, spinach, asparagus,onions, garlic, snowpeas and strawberries are already in theground. Tours are offered when growth reaches its peak.

Already scheduled on May 28 is a “Food, Fiber andFlowers Garden Tour” at 10 a.m. Visitors will see thegarden and learn about gardening techniques andcultivated plant varieties of the 1850’s, when Booker T.Washington lived on the plantation as a slave.

Washington was born on the 207-acre farm of JamesBurroughs on April 5, 1856. His mother, Jane, was theBurroughs’ cook. After the Civil War, his family wasfreed and he grew up to found Tuskegee Normal andIndustrial Institute, now Tuskegee University, inAlabama. Washington was the most influential African-American of his time, and the Hardy park is a center ofhistory of his time and his life.

Other upcoming events at the park:April 23: Blue RidgeWildflower Society Hike, 10 a.m. –12:30 p.m.; join a guide from the Blue Ridge WildflowerSociety and walk the Jack-O-Lantern Branch trail todiscover the bounty of wildflowers in the park.

May 8: Mother’s Day program, “Women’s Mid-19thCentury Etiquette” begins at 2 p.m. and features a tea partysimilar to the custom of tea taken on farms and plantationsin the 1860s. See a display of the original silver plated teaset owned by the Burroughs family and watch etiquette inaction as volunteer living historian and costume expertMeg Carter talks about women and girls clothing, socialpastimes and tea customs in southwestern Virginia.

May 14, 15: “Seeing Through the Eyes of Booker T.Washington,” 2 p.m. Join ParkRangerMelissa Johnson inawalking tour of the oldBurroughs plantation and discoverthe life and times of one greatmanwho rose up from slavery.

May 21:Have you ever wondered what happened to theBurroughs family from Hales Ford community after theCivil War?We knowmuch about Booker T.Washingtonafter he left the plantation, but what about his family—his mother, Jane, his sister, Amanda and brother, John?What happened to them? Hear the answers beginning at2 p.m. from Ranger Janet Blanchard who will present aprogram on Booker’s family and the 14 Burroughsoffspring.

June 4: Book Review of “Booker’s Books”; read thebook, “Giants, The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglassand Abraham Lincoln” by John Stauffer, a HarvardUniversity professor and award winning author. Cometo the park at 2 p.m. to discuss the two famous people ofthe 19th century who had a huge impact on endingslavery.

JUNETEENTH, June 18: Special event, 11 a.m. – 4p.m.; features gospel music, Tears of Freedom Tour andfood vendors.

BeginningMemorial Day, weekend tours or orientationsare offered at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily, staff and weatherpermitting. Contact the park at 540-721-2094 or checkinformation on the website at www.nps.gov/bowa.

Got a favorite lake area place youwant others to see? Tell us about it.

Plants become part of story-telling at historic parkPhoto Courtesy of Booker T. Washington National Monument

A Garden Grows at Booker T. Washington


EventsLet us hear from you

about upcoming gatherings.

April 30Rockin’ Brews & BBQs, Downtown Moneta, site ofSML Business Expo on Route 122; sponsored by theSML Chamber of Commerce. Noon – 5 p.m.; varietiesof BBQ include North Carolina and Kansas City.Music with Corey Hunley, Justin Prilliman and C.U.and the Kidd. Activities include YMCA’s inflatable playarea for kids, a local magician, balloon art and a Rockin’Corn-Hole Tournament. Admission $5, children 12 andunder free.

May 714th Annual SML Triathlon, swimming, biking andrunning events at the beautiful Smith Mountain LakeState Park.

May 724th Annual Take Pride in Smith Mountain LakeCleanup Day; volunteers can register individually, as agroup or organization. Call the Smith Mountain LakeVisitor Center for more information at 540-721-1203.

May 13-15Pigg River Ramble; May 13, night float on theBlackwater River with the “Blackwater Blackout“; May14, 10 a.m. competitive style float down the Pigg River,with canoeists/kayakers from all over the East Coast;May 15, 7 a.m. breakfast on the Blackwater and onemore float down the Blackwater River. Info:www.franklincountyva.org/parks, 540-483-9293.

May 20The Kings & The Eberly Brothers, Mango’s Bar & Grill,Downtown Moneta, 7:30 – 11:30 p.m.

June 1Wildlife Wednesday Cruise sponsored by SML StatePark and Virginia Dare Cruises. Enjoy a family lunchwhile hearing about the local wildlife. Noon – 2 p.m.;boat boards at 11:30 a.m. at Virginia Dare Marina, 3619Airport Road, Huddleston. For reservations, call 540-297-7100, or visit www.vadarecruises.com.

June 4VISA Yacht Club; 9:30 – 11 a.m. board meeting; 5:30 –6:30 p.m., social with Commodore Cathy Hurst.

June 4Youth Fishing Clinic, ages 6 to 14; learn to cast, identifyfish, choose bait and tie it on the line. Tackle and lunch freeto participants; lunch for parents $3 per person. Parents

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welcome and may be assistant group leader. Castingcontest judged by age level. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Register atBedford County Parks & Recreation 540-586-7682.

June 10-12School’s Out Weekend! with kid’s movie night, boattours of the Lake, pool games and family sandcastlecompetition; call (540) 297-4900 or visitwww.marinerslanding.com

June 11Aspiring Anglers Tournament open to young peoplethrough age 14; sponsored by The Friends of SmithMountain Lake State Park. Take your own pole andbucket and come to the Boat Ramp; bait is free. Agegroup competitions plus a “lunker” trophy for the largestfish. Pre-register from 8 – 8:45 a.m.; continues to noon.540- 297-6066.

June 18Juneteenth Celebration at Booker T. WashingtonNational Monument; emancipation celebration; tourthe Burroughs Plantation – music by local gospelgroups. Free admission. www.nps.gov/bowa, 540-721-2094.

June 25Great American Backyard Campout at SML StatePark; meet the interpreter at Campsite #48 foractivities including “Dueling Dutch Ovens,” fling &steel campfire lighting, marshmallow roasting.Programs run 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and are free. Regularparking and camping fees apply. Register atwww.greatamericanbackyardcampout.org. 540-297-6066.

June 26Great American Backyard Campout, same as abovebut from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

July 4Fourth Annual Independence Day Celebration &Fireworks Display, Mariners Landing ResortCommunity & Conference Center, 5 – 10 p.m.

Discounted overnight accommodations available; call540-297-4900, or visit www.marinerslanding.com.

Independence Day CelebrationJuly 2 (Raindate-July 3), Parkway Marina inHuddleston; no pets allowed on the Point!

July 7Wildlife Wednesday Cruise; See June 1 listing.

July 9-10Region 4 Federation Open Fishing Tournament; SMLState Park Open Bass Tournament, 7 p.m. Saturdayuntil 7 a.m. Sunday. Entry fee $80 per boat, five (5) fishlimit. For information, contact Chuck Hart at 540-314-7354 (cell) or email him at [email protected].

Aug. 3Wildlife Wednesday Cruise; See June 1 listing.

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Salad Method:

• Cut lettuce, half the watercress, chicory and romaine infine pieces and arrange in a large salad bowl.

• Cut tomatoes, bacon, chicken, eggs, and avocado insmall pieces and arrange, along with the crumbledRoquefort cheese, in strips on the greens.

• Sprinkle finely cut chives over the Cobb salad andgarnish with the remaining watercress.

• Sprinkle finely cut chives over the Cobb salad andgarnish with the remaining watercress.

• Just before serving mix the salad with the Cobb saladdressing.

Salad Dressing Method:

• Blend all ingredients together, except oils.

• Add olive oil and salad oils.

• Mix well and blend together again before mixing withthe salad.

Original Cobb SaladFrom Corporate Executive Chef John Hanek

Salad Ingredients:

½ head of lettuce1 bunch of watercress1 small bunch chicory, about 2 ½ cups½ head romaine, about 2 ½ cups2 med. Peeled tomatoes6 strips of crisp bacon2 breasts of boiled chicken3 hard cooked eggs1 avocado½ cup crumbled Roquefort cheese2 tbsp. Chopped chives1 cup Original Cobb Salad Dressing

Salad Dressing Ingredients:

¼ cup of water¼ cup red wine vinegar¼ tsp. Sugar1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice2 tsp. salt¾ tsp. freshly ground black pepper¾ tsp. Worcestershire sauce¼ tsp. dry English mustard1 small clove garlic, finely minced¼ cup full-flavored olive oil¾ cup salad oil

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