Big Splash April 16

Photos by Jim Kendrick.

Below: Palmer Lake Volunteer Firefighters help fill Palmer Lake while providing motivational assistance to a huge flock of rubber water fowl on Palmer Lake, during their "race" at the Big Splash fund raiser April 16. Hundreds of residents cheered throughout the rubber duck race after each helped fill Palmer Lake with water they brought with them. The Awake the Lake Committee has raised over $21,000 in just a few months and on May 2 the Board of County Commissioners approved a donation of an additional $20,000 toward the purchase of well water from the town water department. The committee will purchase 30 acre-feet (9.8 million gallons) of water initially, then continue fund raising until they can reach the lake’s capacity of about 90 acre-feet (29 million gallons).

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Below: The view from the duck race finish line.

Below: Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Department personnel use a portable pond to supply the fire hoses.

Below: Residents pour water into the lake.

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