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Best and Brightest: National Finalists Named in Deck the House Contest

Thank you to all the Puget Sound Patch readers who shared their holiday lights with us. Check out the local winners, and vote for your national favorite.

As the holiday season winds down, you may be getting out for one last look at the holiday lights in town.

You can also see how your neighbors around Puget Sound, and across the country, dolled up their houses this year for Patch’s Deck the House contest.

Congratulations to local winners Tami Dunn of Enumclaw; Morgan Horne of Kirkland; Thomas Uhr of Sammamish; Tomi McGhan Budd of University Place; and Dana Lewis of Woodinville. Although they weren't chosen as national finalists, you'll want to see their beautiful home displays in the attached photos.

You can check out the 24 National Finalists and vote for your favorite on the site here

Each Top 24 Finalist is guaranteed $500 to help pay those holiday-sized electric bills and a shot at winning a $100,000 donation for their public school district.

A special thank you to everyone who entered.

National voting started Friday morning, Dec. 30, at 9 a.m. ET. You can vote once a day, every day, for your favorite. Voting ends at midnight ET on Jan. 8.

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William Kratz May 20, 2013 at 05:36 pm
I'll be a bit more direct than Jerry. The new site is a mess. Visually it's extremely cluttered.Read More It's slow, very slow. There appear to be no RSS feeds, a major negative. Following a few links sometimes sends you to a different community's Patch site. And what happened with the editing staff. Unless I missed something, suddenly there are new editors without any warning. No matter what the circumstances, normally such a move would be accompanied by an announcement of some sort. Venice may be the greatest editor ever, but it looks like she is splitting her time among several Patch sites, so the odds are stacked against her. Her "latest activities" list even suggests that she is editing a Patch site down in the San Francisco Bay area. With all due respect, Patch sites should be hyper-local, and the best route to that is a local (i.e. Mercer Islander) editor.
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The Jury is still out. I liked the "Old Patch". J
MIHS Baseball April 25, 2013 at 01:58 am
Thanks for your support tonight! See everyone on Friday for Senior Night!!