Latest from Laker Weekly

• Column: Lake Tails - Don't neglect teeth in overall pet care
• Stories her great-grandmother told her - Connie Lapallo recalls her Jamestown Colony roots in a series of historical-fiction novels.
• Column: Just add water - Sometimes, imagination is the name of the game
• Column: Shorelines - Can they build it? Yes, they can
• Volunteers needed to package food for the hungry - Stop Hunger Now has been sending meals around the world since 1998.
• Playful nomads - Otters follow the food supply, which often leads them to Smith Mountain Lake.
• Column: Shorelines - Superstitious? You're not the only one
• Column: No-wake zone - Sexual assault survivors need help to heal
• Column: Just add water - Making room for Bud proves problematic
• Whatever happened to ... - Following are updates of some of the newsmakers and events featured in 2011.

Latest from Smith Mountain Laker Magazine

• Lake & Garden: A wealth of books for garden dreaming - Columnist Catriona Tudor Erler's recommendations
• Spirits: Knock off the chill - Lake-area establishments offer drinks to warm you from the inside out
• 2012 SML Wedding Guide - Profiles on three couples who chose SML as their dream wedding destination, plus our annual vendor guide
• 2011 Gift guide -
• 10 Most memorable Lake & Garden features -
• Behind the scenes of "Lake Effects" - Producers share their favorite stories from the making of the film
• Hooked on the holidays - Mariners Landing residents Jim and Barbara Ottinger are crazy about Christmas
• 2011 November/December recipes -
• 2012 Wedding Guide - If you own an SML-area business that provides products or services in the wedding industry, click to find out more about getting in our FREE Wedding Guide, which will be published in the January/February Laker.
• Treasuring our trees - Discover the many varieties native to the SML area