Praise to the Arlington American Legion and Boys and Girls Club, Arlington firefighters, Debbie Howell, Marysville Boys and Girls Club, Taste of Tulalip, Operation Christmas Child, the Salvation Army, Marysville firefighters and police, the Festival of Trees, Marysville Soroptimists and other organizations and events that raised money and other items to help those less fortunate this Christmas season.

Praise to all who gave to the food banks in Arlington and Marysville, helping hundreds of low-income families have enjoyable holidays.

Praise to all who supported Small Business Saturday, to help our local economies.

Praise to Arlington girls soccer team for its 4th in state finish, and all the other fall athletes.

Praise to those volunteers and city workers who helped clean up after the storm.

Praise to those giving to the Marysville museum.

Praise to the Tulalip Boys and Girls Club for teaching their members lifesaving skills.

Praise to Erin Reynolds for her volunteer work.

Praise to those who wrote to Santa to cheer him up after his recent illness.

Praise to Marysville for training a Certified Emergency Response Team to help in a disaster.

Raze to the Lakewood High student for threatening to shoot up the campus. Not cool.

Praise to those who voted on the fireworks issue, finally giving the city some direction.

Raze to those who didn’t vote, but will complain anyway.

Praise to Marysville and Arlington for putting on Christmas events. Those are the things that make our communities special.

Praise to Arlington for its annual parade to honor veterans. It’s a special event for special people.

Praise to Cascade Valley Hospital for putting in a helispot that could definitely save lives.

Raze that there was a failure to communicate with some of the neighbors.

Praise to Marysville police for focusing efforts on certain crimes and areas to bring down crime.

Praise for Tulalip Day so students can show appreciation for their elders and customs.

Praise for cold weather shelters in Arlington and Marysville that help some of our vulnerable citizens.