Praise to Council Member Kamille Norton for bringing up the need for a compromise on a city fireworks ban.

Praise to Arts and Tech High School for having a class students like on fixing computers.

Praise to local students who are giving up their Martin Luther King Jr. Day to do community service.

Praise to the Marysville School District for reaching out to the community to hear what it wants in its schools.

Praise that Red Curtain Foundation of the Arts found a new home so it can continue to bring programs to our arts-starved community.

Raze to those involved in the robbery at our new bank in town, Coastal Community.

Praise to the Marysville and Arlington libraries for bringing entertaining programs to town during the Christmas break.

Praise to Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s leadership class for helping needy families with its Miracle on State Street.

Praise to Robert Smiley by organizing groups that help the homeless under one roof for a much-needed event.

Praise to Marysville’s walking evangelist Gary Haga, who made his mark on the community before dying of cancer.

Praise to the Marysville Rotary for starting to recognize outstanding youth volunteers with its Community Service award.

Praise to state Sen. Kirk Pearson for talking about struggles to success with students at Marysville Getchell High School.

Praise to those who donated to Layla Beckstrand and other worthy causes at GoFundMe.

Praise to Ivan Owen of Arlington who came up with an invention to help those in need of prosthetics.

Praise to Marysville School District for letting grade schoolers use computers to have fun learning.

Praise to the Tulalip Tribes for their work on the 116th Street overpass, and their plans for making it even better.

Praise to the Citizen Advisory Committee for being in favor of putting all of the new schools up for a bond vote.

Raze to the school board if it doesn’t go along with them.