The public cast more than 2,000 votes in an online contest, choosing the top 14 photos to be featured in Lake County’s 2020 Adopt-a-Lake Calendar. The top-scoring photograph of Lake Harris submitted by C Kay Johnson is featured on the calendar’s front cover.
The runner-up photos are included in a special section on the back of the calendar. Participants submitted more than 500 photos of Lake County waterbodies in the increasingly popular Adopt-a-Lake photo contest. A committee narrowed those down to 39, that were then placed in an online gallery for voting.
The Adopt-a-Lake calendars are available for a suggested donation of $5 at the Lake County Water Lab, 12923 County Landfill Road, and the Solid Waste Administration Office, 13130 County Landfill Road. Calendars may also be ordered by mailing a check to: Adopt-a-Lake Program, P.O. Box 7800, Tavares, FL 32778. If requesting a calendar by mail, an additional $1 should be included for postage and handling.
The Lake County Adopt-a-Lake Program encourages local civic organizations, individuals, fraternal and business groups to adopt a segment of a lake’s shoreline. The program is comprised of three separate components: Water-quality monitoring, public education and pollution prevention. Volunteers can select which aspects of the program best fit their level of interest.
