Retiree stays cool at fair

Cook worked with DuPont for 26 years before he retired. He and his wife, Liz, both of Staunton, started up Botali's about two years ago after attending the American Youth Soccer Organization games at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind.

"They needed someone to supply refreshments for the games on Saturdays," he says.

Now he will be spending his first year at the fair serving smoothies, iced coffees, and of course, some deep-fried fair food read more