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Pick your favorite holiday card

Who needs Hallmark when you have Photoshop?

A couple dozen families shared their homemade holiday cards with The Herald this season, showing how they put their own twist on the tradition. Readers can see the cards and vote for their favorite at www.heraldnet.com/holidaycards. Click on your favorite card and then hit the submit button at the bottom of the screen. Voting runs today through Monday at 2 p.m.

We’ll publish cards and a story Tuesday.

Elks are cooking breakfast Monday

Everett Elks No. 479 offers a public breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Monday at 2711 Oakes Ave. in Everett.

The minimum donation is $8 per person. All profits go toward the lodge’s Christmas food basket program for next year.

Past Exalted Ruler Al Greso and his crew will prepare and serve scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, scalloped potatoes, hash browns, sweet rolls and more.

Volunteers needed in Lake Stevens

The Lake Stevens Family Support Center needs volunteers to assist with a variety of jobs.

Types of duties include clerical, reception, program facilitation, special-event planning, committee work and child-program assistance.

For more information or to volunteer, call 425-397-7433.

Garbage schedule for holiday weeks

Rubatino Refuse Removal trucks will not be operating on either Tuesday or New Year’s Day. Service those two weeks will be one day late Tuesday through Friday. Friday pickups will be on Saturday both weeks.

Corrections

  • County spokesman Christopher Schwarzen’s name was misspelled in a brief that appeared on Page B2 Thursday.
  • A story about the 75th anniversary of the Civil Conservation Corps that appeared on Page B1 Tuesday incorrectly reported the number of states in the union during the years the Corps was active, 1933-42. There were 48 states at the time; Alaska and Hawaii were territories until 1959.

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