Good morning, Clermont.

The Clermont Garden Club taught children to pot chrysanthemums at Head Start’s fall festival, donated garden books for classrooms, and provided plant cuttings to Minneola High’s FFA after its greenhouse was renovated; the club also rents its clubhouse at 849 West Ave.

Lake County Animal Shelter is waiving all pet adoption fees today through Nov.

1 to help match animals with homes; adoption counseling is available today and Friday from 1 to 6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Every adoption includes spay/neuter, initial vaccinations, a microchip, and a personalized ID tag.

Cock’D Firearms celebrated its grand opening with a South Lake Chamber ribbon-cutting and Coffee with the Chamber recently (70 W.

Center St., Minneola), and the locally owned shop will offer firearm sales, transfers, accessories, and training focused on safety and responsible ownership.

Montverde Academy third graders made vision boards and chose a Word of the Year as part of their Word Study and Second Step lessons, then presented definitions, synonyms, and plans to put their words into action at an assembly (even basketball buddy Oneal Delancy picked “passion”).

Lake County commissioners voted unanimously this week to sue Hubbard Construction, operator of Mid Florida Landfill, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over years of sulfur-like odors tied to the landfill off Robie Avenue (a 2025 Mount Dora study identified the site as the source), with residents citing air and drinking-water concerns.

The Big 12 fined UCF $100,000 on Oct.

28 after students were found chanting discriminatory slurs during the UCF-BYU game, and the conference issued stricter conduct rules and fines effective immediately.