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Cub alumni sought for anniversary

Cub Scouts from Cary Pack 457 are looking for alumni scouts and leaders to help celebrate the pack's 50th Anniversary during various scouting activities throughout 2008.

The oldest Cub Scout pack in Cary, Pack 457 was formed June 27, 1958. Since then, hundreds of children and adults from Cary have participated in scouting activities through the pack.

The pack wants these alumni to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the pack by participating in 2008 pack activities, including the 50th Pinewood Derby and the 50th Blue and Gold Banquet.

Those who have previously participated in Cary Cub Scout Pack 457 as a scout or a leader are urged to contact Teresa Sheehan, Chairman of the Pack 457 50th Anniversary Committee, at (847) 639-3601 or Sheehan.scouting@comcast.net.

Here's how to enter snapshot contest

"Your work should be hanging in a gallery."

If that's the type of compliment you're used to hearing, we'd like to see your photos.

Our Snapshots Contest is open to amateur photographers of all ages in Kane and McHenry counties.

Photos will be judged by our staff photographers who will select three winners for publication each week. Once a month, a grand-prize winner will be chosen.

To enter, send your photos in a digital JPEG format, sized at two megabytes if possible (minimum size 300 dpi), to foxcontest@dailyherald.com. Put "photo contest" in the subject line. Include your name, phone number and address. Please also include information about where the photo was taken and who or what was in the picture.

Photos received by 5 p.m. Mondays will be considered for Saturday publication. Only one photo a week per photographer, but you can enter as many weeks as you'd like.