Praise to all who put together and participated in the Walk of Strength at Marysville-Pilchuck High School on the anniversary of the shooting. It was a fitting way to honor the victims.
Praise to Arlington for being flexible enough to get the Gayteway Project to come to town. It will be a boom for both Arlington and Marysville, providing 2,000 jobs.
Praise to the Marysville high schools’ volleyball teams for raising money for a family whose mom just died of cancer.
Praise to Cascade Valley Hospital’s “Pink Night Out” to encourage women to take care of health issues.
Praise to all who voted in the election this week.
Raze to those who wanted this newspaper to do hatchet jobs on candidates by providing information late that they could have given us months ago. We can do accurate stories only if given time to check out the facts. We were not protecting anyone, just being fair.
Praise to the Arlington Arts Council for honoring George Boulton. By George it was about time.
Praise to Marysville Middle School for attempts to get students to want to come to school.
Praise to Grace Academy for honoring local first responders at a luncheon.
Praise to Angela and Chris Kuhn for putting Arlington on the map when it comes to skateboarding.
Raze to the kidnapper who raced through Marysville, putting lives at risk.
Praise to local police for backing off the chase because of the danger.
Praise to the Recovery Cafe for their Marysville Opera House event to raise funds for the homeless.
Praise to Arlington firefighters for coming forward and saying they are feeling overwhelmed. We don’t want our firefighters to feel that way. The city needs to return to having both a fire and police chief because the public safety director can’t be everywhere at once.
Praise to Arlington for its first Viking Fest. Not only is it a fun way to look at history, it’s also a good way to bring tourists to town in the fall.
Praise to the Rhodes River Ranch for putting on events like the Seattle Knights so we don’t have to go to the big city to get big-city entertainment.
Praise to Marysville for buying more land on Ebey Slough. We are going to have an amazing waterfront.
Raze to the two locals who were arrested recently on charges related to sex and children. Leave our precious kids alone.
