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1. PATTI O’BRYAN AND LIB WALKER

2. ALTHEA AND GARY STANLEY

3. ROGER MUELLER AND TOM NICHOLLS

4. CHRISTINE WATSTROM, MISS BLUE RIDGE OUTSTANDING TEEN

5. SUE GARRECHT ASSISTS WITH YOUTH JUDGING PROGRAM

6. GENE AND EMILY CHIANELLI

7. CHUCK MISTELE PILOTS MISS AMERICA IX

SML ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC BOAT SHOW

AND FESTIVAL Chilly weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of the hundreds of boating enthusiasts who turned out for the 21st SML Antique and Classic Boat Show and Festival on Sept. 17 at Mariners Landing. A record 52 antique boats were on display at the show, including Miss America IX, the speedboat racing great Gar Wood used in 1931 to set the world water speed record. Photography by Andie Gibson.

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1. SCOTTIE THOMPSON

2. RON CANADA

3. KRIS AND RON WILLARD

4. JANE, SARA ELIZABETH, SUE AND BILL TIMMINS

5. KATRINA GARIBALDI AND CHINAH JEWELL

6. BEN SAVAGE

7. MANLEY AND TRICIA JOHNSON, BRIDGET LYNCH AND KENNY RILEY

Cast and crew members as well as investors and invited guests walked the red carpet at Westlake Cinema on Oct. 7 for a screening of “Lake Effects,” an independent movie filmed at Smith Mountain Lake in the fall of 2010. Photography by Huong Fralin.

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Big crowds were on hand for the 23rd SML Wine Festival Sept. 24-25 at LakeWatch Plantation. A fundraiser for the SML Regional Chamber of Commerce, the festival featured 26 Virginia wineries, 85 craft and food vendors as well as live music by Barefoot West and The Worx. Photography by Matt Brown.

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1. ANDREW HIGGINS, ASHLEY SPENCER LEXI SCHJONNING, STEVE ANDREWS

2. APRIL WYATT AND BRENT HELMS

3. CHANCE PHILLIPS AND LAUREN WOOLDRIGE

4. NORMA SAFERIGHT, JACKIE AND JARRETT GRAHAM, CANDICE JONES, FREDDY GRAHAM, KAREN HODNETT AND WYATT JONES

5. NOELLE PERKINSON, RILEY HODGES, KATHRYN AND JASON TURNER

6. JESSICA GIBSON, COURTNEY CLARK, HEATHER WESTON

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