Smith Mountain Lake’s newest Labor Day entertainment will be at Mariners Landing. If you don’t have plans for this holiday this promises to be one of the most fun events of the fall. The folks at Mariners Landing don’t do things half-way.
On Saturday, Sept. 5th,2009 from 11am. till 9pm. you can come out to the  [...]

[Read more →]

Labor Day celebrations are just around the corner at Smith Mountain Lake. I talk to people young and old every day, who do not know what many of our national holidays are really about. See how good your memory is when it comes to this important day…
1- When is Labor Day?
September 25
2nd Friday in [...]

[Read more →]

Most of us who live at Smith Mountain Lake appreciate nature, it’s fascinations and feasts of sight, sound and smell. But perhaps an area we don’t often consider are the tremendous life lessons that the natural world has to offer if we but open our eyes.

THE BUZZARD:
 
If you put a buzzard in a pen that [...]

[Read more →]

A close friend of ours who lives near Smith Mountain Lake went for a doctors appointment earlier this year and found out the worst. His cholesterol and blood sugar levels were so high that the doctors wanted to admit him to the hospital on the spot. They said the fact that he was alive at all was [...]

[Read more →]

The Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber and Virginia Western Community College, are again offering Social Networking 101: Tips for Small Business Owners in August and September at Smith Mountain Lake. 
Participants in the seminar will learn how  to use social networking (ie. Twitter, Facebook) to grow their business, understand how social media can impact customer relationships, and evaluate social networking sites to determine which [...]

[Read more →]

Our family recently departed the lovely Smith Mountain Lake area for a visit to relatives in South Carolina in a borrowed van. Needless to say the temperatures that far south could be a challenge for the cooling elements in any vehicle, but we felt the lack of really cold air in this van might be a fixable problem.
After doing [...]

[Read more →]

The Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce is looking for a local business to sponsor a fun addition to the 2009 Chili Festival in November: a petting zoo.
The November Chili Festival is very much a family oriented event that would be even more fun for the younger members of the family if it also contained a petting [...]

[Read more →]

I recieved this in an e-mail from a young friend named Hannah, who lives near Smith Mountain Lake. I felt it was well worth the time it would take anyone to read it.

A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by his little girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the United States looked [...]

[Read more →]

There are a million and one ways to spend money at Smith Mountain Lake and most of us toss away dollars frivolously every day. Why not consider putting some of your money to a better use.
If someone you love has been affected by cancer, you may find your heart drawn to the American Cancer Society’s [...]

[Read more →]

Smith Mountain Lake is close to Southwestern Virginia’s only professional opera company: “Opera Roanoke”.  Not everyone is interested in this amazing form of storytelling, but those who are will be impressed with these performances.
One of America’s most sought after and respected conductors, Maestro Steven White has conducted most of the company’s productions since 1999, and [...]

[Read more →]