TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
STAY & PLAY
Lake Cumberland
Volume 10 Issue 1 • Summer 2025
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STAY & PLAY
Lake CumberLand
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Summer 2025 REGION
Big South Fork Scenic Railway
Diver’ s Den
Master Muscians Festival
Somersport Park
Villager Resort
Virginia Theater
Woodson Bend
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Jeslyn Weigart enjoys summer fun at Lee’ s Ford Marina.
Photo by Kayla Rider Photography
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Master Musicians Festival Making Somerset a More Musical Place
By Christopher Harris
INSIDE 5 | From the Editor 6 | The Virginia Theater
16 | Villager Resort on Lake Cumberland
20 | Woodson Bend Resort
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24 Somersport Park
Somerset’ s Spot to Get Fit By Bob Flynn
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30 Diver’ s Den Four Decades of Diving, Recovery and Community Service
By Steve Cornelius
34 | Big South Fork Scenic Railway 38 | Lake Cumberland Area Map
Publisher Mark Walker
CJ Editor Steve Cornelius
Magazine Editor Christopher Harris
Writers / Photographers Bob Flynn Jerrica Flynn Shane Morgan
Advertising Jessie Eldridge Brandon Gay
Design Editor Pam Popplewell
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