Smith Mountain Lake’s current claim to fame, the production of the movie, “Lake Effects”, has reached a turning point. The filming has been completed (on schedule) and is currently in the final editing process in Los Angeles. You can see a list of cast/crew credits and other details at Life Out Loud Films website. The [...]

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It’s not every day you have a chance to win $500 at Smith Mountain Lake. But if you or your friends (or your company) have any artistic design ability, you can enter the contest to design the advertising poster for the upcoming film “Lake Effects” and win $500! Here are the basic details (link for [...]

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Do you own or manage a business at Smith Mountain Lake? Then you will appreciate these business related helps and seminars being offered in April. All kinds of issues will be covered, from taxes to getting your employees to perform at their top potential. Turning Talent into Performance” Manager’s Seminar. It’s FREE on April 5th, [...]

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More people at Smith Mountain Lake and all over the country are learning the benefits of eating raw food. Eating your food raw (unprocessed and not heated above 115 degrees) helps your body to expel toxins slowly without using harsher methods sometimes needed to get rid of accumulated poisons. Raw foods are also chock full [...]

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If you are seeing green at Smith Mountain Lake this week, it may not be just signs of spring. The wearing of green on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17th, has become an international tradition. But why do we wear green and who exactly was Saint Patrick? Interesting questions with interesting answers. Bottom line is that [...]

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A certain male member of our family keeps fanatical track of the number of days until Spring comes to Franklin County and Smith Mountain Lake. In our house we are always educated as to the longest day of the year and the shortest, the dates of the changing seasons and of course Daylight Savings Time. [...]

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I know many of us are alike in that if someone does not remind us ahead of time about special events at Smith Mountain Lake, some we’d like to participate in are forgotten until it’s too late. So here is a list of some of the big events and activities coming up in the next [...]

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