Praise to all of the volunteers with Maryfest for putting on such a wonderful Marysville Strawberry Festival in 2016.

Praise to the community for turning out and supporting all of the Maryfest events.

Raze to the weather, for not only raining on our parade, but also many other festival events.

Praise to the high school graduates from all eight of our local high schools. We know it hasn’t been easy for some of you, and we are proud you stick with it.

Praise to volunteers like Tom King, who give so much of their time to help those less fortunate.

Praise to the Marysville City Council for taking its time with the backyard public nuisance law. Any law that affects personal property rights needs to be well-thought out.

Praise to seniors from many of our high schools for returning to grade schools for the first time this year to encourage those students to succeed in life.

Praise to Paige Billiot for spreading the message that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and forms. Her birth mark truly is a mark of beauty that others can learn about.

Praise to Arlington for making Jonathan Ventura police chief. We love to see the city promoting from within.

Praise to those who put on the eighth annual Marysville Healthy Communities Challenge Day. What a great event for kids.

Praise to Morgan Ginnis of Arlington for qualifying for the Olympic trials in swimming. Pretty amazing for a young girl who went to a school that didn’t have a swim team.

Praise to all of the local students who made All-Wesco North teams for the spring sports. Congratulations. All your hard work paid off.

Praise to the Marysville School District for connecting with local businesses for its first Trade UP event.

Praise to all of our local veterans. We truly honor them on Memorial Day especially.

Praise to Marysville School District for feeding kids in need this summer.

Raze to Arlington and Fire District 21 for not coming to some kind of an agreement. We hope the fire commissioners and Mayor Barbara Tolbert can get it done.

Praise to Arlington’s Leader in Me program at President’s Elementary for teaching students how to get along.

Praise to Arlington’s new superintendent, Chys Sweeting of Puyallup. We wish you the best.

Praise to the Rookaird’s family in Arlington. We agree employers, no matter how big, need to treat their workers with respect.

Praise to Jim Baker, the finance director for the Marysville School District. Enjoy your retirement.

Raze to United Way for cutting spending to senior centers.

Praise to Steve and Lynn Reid for their Women at the Well ministry. We hope others in the community step up to help.

Praise to the Snohomish County Hall of Fame for picking Kayla Burt of Arlington to join its ranks.

Praise to Kellogg Marsh for providing students with reading opportunities for the summer. We hope others schools join in next summer.

Raze to BNSF for not settling earlier with former conductor Curtis Rookaird. Not only did it ruin their lives, but it will cost BNSF much more than it should have. That is not the way to treat employees or to do business.