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Psychology of keeping a resolution

A New Year’s resolution is a quest for positive change with a built-in start date. We create goals with the hope of improving our lives. We vow to start, stop, quit, begin, finish, do more, and do less or whatever else we believe will fulfill us. Nowadays, New Year’s resolutions are better known for our lack of follow through rather than success. Why are resolutions so difficult to maintain? Guest Perhaps, the even Columnist bigger question is: why is it so hard to change? From a psychological perspective, change is a process that requires a cognitive shift. Prochaska Cassin defi ned five Cole-Straub stages of change: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. In each stage there is a decisional balance that involves weighing the pros and cons of change. In pre-contemplation, we are not actively considering making a change. We may receive feedback about needing to change but are not receptive to it. Your doctor recommends diet and exercise but you have trouble with the idea of tofu and treadmills. In this stage, you likely underestimate the pros and overestimate the cons. You imagine the effort it takes to go to the gym versus the appeal of binge watching your favorite new show. In contemplation, we become more aware of the pros and begin to anticipate change within six months. You visualize exercise giving you more energy and fitting into your old pair of jeans. In preparation, the pros outweigh the cons and a plan of action is put into place. You purchase a gym membership and start working with a nutritionist. Action is just as it sounds — you are active in making a change. In maintenance, you carry that change out for over six months. Healthy eating and exercise are part of your everyday routine. In addition, you still believe that the pros outweigh the cons. You reason that turning down chocolate cake is better than 45 extra minutes of cardio. Many of us who embark upon resolutions have not properly weighed the pros and cons and likely fall into one of the earlier stages of change. Other key factors include motivation and self-efficacy. When goals feel unattainable it is difficult to stay motivated. Therefore, we are more likely to stay motivated if we make realistic goals (goals we are likely to achieve). For example, setting a goal of walking one mile on the treadmill your first trip to the gym versus five. Achieving goals is intrinsically motivating or simply put, makes us feel good about ourselves. Setting realistic goals can also improve our self-efficacy, our belief in our ability to change. Finding ways to stay motivated and maintaining belief in ourselves are crucial for change. Change is less likely to occur if someone is asking us to change or we are changing for someone else. It would seem that our decision to change has to come from our own true intention. In sum, change is a complex and often challenging process. However, many, including myself, still believe that change is in fact possible if you truly want it. Cassin Cole-Straub, Psy.D. is a psychologist at Gwinnett Psychology. She specializes in empowering children and families to adopt positive changes that will further enrich their lives

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WORKING FROM HOME

How to get in shape this year without the gym BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

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The New Year tends to bring out everyone’s inner gym rat — at least temporarily. “This is the most crowded I’ve ever seen this parking lot,” Yuri MartinezKandler said standing outside the Gold’s Gym he attends in Lawerenceville on Monday. “By February, this will be empty.” Maybe that’s because the gym isn’t for everybody — and Becky Thompson, a personal trainer and physical therapist at Gwinnett Medical Center, said it doesn’t have to be. Thompson said consistent and well-constructed home workouts can be as effective as a session at the gym. “It depends on what motivates you,” she said. Experts generally agree staying motivated is the key to maintaining any workout routine. Gyms often offer incentives, classes or personal training sessions to help patrons work toward their goals. But a home workout routine may require a bit more self-motivation. That can get tricky, but Thompson knows one major trick of the trade that can help. “The most important thing is to set goals,” she said. “Goals are like a road map of where you’re going.” Thompson said the pros follow two rules for setting weight-loss and workout goals that will keep them motivated — make it achievable and make it clear. A goal to lose some weight is too vague to achieve and a goal to lose 50 pounds in a week just isn’t plausible. Both are good ways to lose motivation, Thompson said. Instead, she advised setting a clear and obtainable goal such as losing 10 pounds over the course of a few weeks.

At left, personal trainer Becky Thompson performs a squat, a move she recommends adding to a strength training routine. Thompson’s favorite exercise is the plank. She’s pictured performing a plank variation at bottom. (Courtesy: Gwinnett Medical Center)

“Then, devise action steps on how you’re going to achieve those clear goals,” Thompson said. Those action steps could vary per person, but she said there’s a general framework she advises home workout pros to stick to. That framework begins with cardio, or exercise that works the lungs and the heart. “A minimum of three times a week, they need to be walking or biking — anything that keeps your heart rate up for 30 minutes or more,” Thompson said. “Make

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sure the intensity is high enough to get the results you want.” Home cardio can be completed on an at-home workout bike or treadmill. It can also be a run around the block or a bike ride to a nearby park or store. Thompson said it just needs to get the blood pumping.

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Remaining resolute

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Lacrosse standout not worried about reaching lofty 2017 resolutions

BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

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Mill Creek High School lacrosse standout Brooke Beverly never lets a fear of failure dictate her New Year’s resolutions. “I make reasonable goals and then work really hard to achieve them,” she said. “Everybody fails. You’ve just got to not let it bother you.” Beverly’s reasonable goals for this year may seem a bit daunting to some. The high school sophomore qualified for and plans to to compete in the Youth Nationals weightlifting competition in June this year — her first time competing in a national event that hosts about 600 to 700 of the country’s best lifters under 17 years old, according to Caleb Williams, a trainer at CrossFit Gwinnett who coaches Beverly in weightlifting. “She’s been working out for a while and we’ve been trying to get her into nationals,” Williams said. “She’s finally ready to take the leap.” Beverly has big plans for nationals. “I want to (set a personal record) at it,” she said. “I want to get at least a 60 kilogram snatch and then a 70 kilogram clean jerk.” Beverly weighs less than 150 pounds. She would need to lift 132 pounds from the floor straight overhead in one movement to complete her snatch goal. She’ll have to lift another

One of Brooke Beverly’s New Year’s resolutions is to hit a personal record at her first national weightlifting competition in June. (Staff Photo: Cailin O’Brien)

159 pounds from the floor onto her shoulders and then overhead in two movements to get the clean jerk she wants. It’s a lofty goal. During practice Tuesday, Beverly snatched 48 kilograms and clean jerked about 65 kilograms. But she isn’t worried. She said she understands persistence and a positive mindset have allowed her to keep focused on her weightlifting and lacrosse goals so far. “I just keep training every day,” Beverly said. “The more you train, the more you can do. You’d be surprised.” It’s this mindset that’s allowed Beverly to reasonably set such impressive goals for

herself in 2017. When she started lifting two years ago, she said she couldn’t have imagined she’d be aiming for 60 and 70 kilogram weights. “I lifted maybe the bar and a five (kilo weight),” she said, giggling a bit. Her light start didn’t deter Beverly, who reached a personal best snatch of 55 kilograms just this past year. Beverly began lifting to further her high school lacrosse career. It seemed to pay off when she helped lead the United States U17 lacrosse team in a win against Canada at the Brogden Cup International Tournament, a best-of-three games series at the University

of Tampa, two weeks ago. But there have been setbacks in lacrosse, too. The Mill Creek girls lacrosse team fell just short of the state championship last year. “We got so close,” Beverly said. “We were in the final four.” The speed bump didn’t distract Beverly. It only pushed her to work harder. She said winning state became one of this year’s New Year’s resolutions. “I just don’t let it bother me,” she said. “I just look forward to the next thing and keep training for that.” This year, the high school sophomore is training toward a

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major life decision — and her ultimate New Year’s resolution. I’m really hoping to be committed by the end of this year,” Beverly said. She wants to commit to play lacrosse at Jacksonville University, a private liberal arts college in Florida. Beverly smiles determinedly when she talks about JU. It’s clearly her top goal in 2017. But she said she knows she could handle rejection, too. She’d just have a pre-made resolution for 2018. “If I failed this year, I’d make it my goal next year,” she said. “I just wouldn’t let it get in my head.”

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Gold’s Gym members discuss biggest New Year challenges BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

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It’s no secret — gyms suddenly get a lot more attention after a new year. Bill Rainaldo works as the general manager at Gold’s Gym in Lawrenceville. He said the gym usually notices an uptick in gym memberships beginning in January each year. He said that surge usually lasts until about March. “It started right out of the gates really quick this year, for some reason,” Rainaldo said.He said the gym

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signed up 90 new members between Jan. 1 and Jan. 10. But it’s also no secret that new gym patrons who signed up during the New Year’s resolution rush are less likely to stick around through March. It’s estimated that less than half of those

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who make resolutions keep it past the first six months, according to a Gwinnett Medical Center blog post. That doesn’t mean there aren’t gym-goers completely aware of the challenges that accompany a resolution toward good health in the new

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year. The Daily Post asked five Gold’s Gym patrons what they expected their biggest health challenges to be in 2017 and how they planned to overcome them. Below are their answers: • “I work a lot so I have

things is the diet part. I love to eat. Just need to change the routine up. And we kind of started in December changing it up a little bit. Diet is the biggest struggle,” said Yuri Martinez-Kandler. • “Staying motivated and consistency is key. That’s kind of hard, especially when you have three boys. So, trying to juggle all that. I just need to stay motivated and stay consistent,” said Elisha Martinez-Kandler. • “My basic challenge is just staying fit. I need to try to get to the gym every day — just going consistently,” said Queteitris Millender.

any workout routine. “Those kind of things are great,” she said. She harbors a special love for planks, an exercise that involves holding the body flat and parallel to the ground using only the forearms and toes. “If I was limited to one exercise, it would be planks all day long,” Thompson said. “It works the whole body and especially the core.” For those generally comfortable planking, squatting and running alone, skipping the gym or personal trainer can save a good chunk of cash. Joining a big gym such as Gold’s Gym could cost anywhere between $200 and $500 annually. A group workout program such as CrossFit may cost upward of $800 for twenty half-hour sessions. Those may seem pricey, but some patrons pay to ensure they’re working out correctly. Thompson acknowledged that even those who want to work out on their own may not be able to start out that way.

“Some people just have no clue where to start,” she said. “A lot of clients are afraid of hurting themselves or doing something to injure themselves.” She recommended workout novices seek out a few sessions with a personal trainer to get themselves started. “Tell the trainer what equipment they have to work with at home and a trainer can give them a workout plan that works for them,” Thompson said. “A personal trainer could (also) teach them the proper way to do the exercises to minimize the risk of injury.” It’s not for everybody, but Thompson said getting a home workout routine going could be a good way to set up a New Year’s resolution that lasts well past February. “Some people just like to stop by the gym on the way home from work before sitting down for dinner,” she said. “Others like the affordability of doing exercises at home. It just depends on what works for you.”

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sentences,” she said. “You shouldn’t be able to recite Breathing can act as a the Declaration of Indegood test of whether exer- pendence or anything. cises are being performed After cardio, it’s time at the correct intensity. to move on to strength “When you’re doing car- training. Thompson recomdio exercise, your breathmended adding two or ing should be heavier than three strength-training days normal, but you should into a weekly workout be able to speak in short routine. Again, she warned

against wimping out. Keep it intense, even when it starts to get a little uncomfortable. “The last couple reps should be difficult,” she said. “You should be able to feel it in the muslces you’re working.” A few free weights or a medicine ball can en-

hance these routines, but Thompson stressed a good strength-training routine doesn’t necessarily need to include gym equipment. “There’s a lot you can do with just body weight,” she said. Thompson especially recommends adding pushups, planks and squats to

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to find time to actually go to the gym. But I try to be pretty faithful. I have a gym at work, as well. A lot of times if I can’t work out during lunch, I’ll just skip working out all together. So, my goal is, if I can’t work out during lunch, I’ll come to Gold’s Gym later,” said Kate McCellan. • “Not eating pizza. That’s the biggest challenge — my diet, I guess. Supposedly I was going to start prepping my meals. It hasn’t really worked out, yet, so I guess that’ll be the goal,” said Yusof Carroll. • “One of my biggest

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AUBURN Library hosting inauguration event The Auburn Public Library is going to celebrate a presidential inauguration next Saturday, but it’s not the one you may be thinking about. Officials will inaugurate “Scout” into his first term as president of the Auburn library on Jan. 21, with a celebration set to last from 1 to 2 p.m. They are inviting the community to attend the event, which they say will be “part of Auburn library history.” The library announced it will have a parade, patriotic snacks, crafts and other activities for families who attend the inauguration. The celebration will come a day after Donald Trump will be sworn in as the new president of the United States. The library is located at 24 Fifth St. in Auburn. BARROW COUNTY Sweets gala to raise funds to support foster children The fifth annual Heart for Children, Heart for Chocolate Black & White Gala benefiting Piedmont CASA — Court Appointed Special Advocates — will take place Feb. 18. The event will feature live music, a silent auction, food from local restaurants and plenty of sweets and chocolate at the civic center in Jefferson at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person or $140 per couple. The nonprofit trains volunteers who offer legal advocacy for disadvantaged children in the foster care system. The Piedmont branch serves a threecounty region including Barrow. For more information or sponsorship, or to register or donate, visit piedmontcasa.org/hfc-gala-2017. html. BERKELEY LAKE Berkeley Lake City Council to meet for first time in new year The Berkeley Lake City Council will meet for the first time in 2017 Thursday. It’s also the first time the council has met since Dec. 15, when it unanimously approved the city’s new budget. Public comments about the budget were welcomed at that meeting, but nobody voiced an opinion. All council meetings are opened to the public. They’re held at 8 p.m. the third Thursday of every month in the city hall auditorium. A work session preceeds the each council meeting and is held at 7 p.m. in the city hall conference room. City hall is located at 4040 S. Berkeley Lake Road. BRASELTON Braselton preps for third annual Chocolate Walk It’s the sweetest time of the year in Braselton. The city is getting ready for its third annual Chocolate Walk on Feb. 4. “This is an unusually fun event for everyone,” said downtown director, Amy Pinnell. The event showcases the city’s business community while handing out chocolate treats to the public. “Businesses will go to extra lengths to prepare for this day as each will present a special chocolate treat to enhance a sweet shopping experience,” Pinnell said. The stroll begins at the Braselton Downtown office in the Braselton Brothers Department Store center at 9:45 a.m. Patrons will be provided maps to guide them to participating businesses from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Chocolate lovers can reserve a shopping bag for the walk and buy a ticket for $5 at www.Braselton-

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call 678-421-2048 or 678421-2049. The Rainmen have been playing together as a group for over a decade. The current lineup of The Rainmen is Lyle Bufkin on bass/vocals, Michael Meyer on guitar/vocals, David Michaelson on drums and David Tenenbaum on guitar/keyboards/vocals/sax.

The old library in Lilburn is getting a makeover and will be repurposed into an activity building with a classroom, a community room with a catering kitchen, a dance studio, new restrooms and storage space. (File Photo)

Finding purpose Former Lilburn library slated to become parks activity building

ing and fire protection system plus exterior upgrades that include landscaping, sidewalk, parking improvements and new signage. Diversified was the By Keith Farner fellowship,” District 2 comlowest of 11 bidders for the keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com missioner Lynette Howard said project. in a press release. “Like many The new Lilburn City Hall The old library in Lilburn parks facilities, the new spaces and Gwinnett County Branch is getting a makeover and will will also be available to rent for Library opened at 340 Main be repurposed into an activity private functions.” St. in October. The old library building with a classroom, a Under a $936,886 contract building, with 10,518 square community room with a caterrecently approved by the Gwin- feet of space, was one of the ing kitchen, a dance studio, new nett commissioners, Diversified oldest and smallest branch restrooms and storage space. Construction of Georgia Inc. libraries in Gwinnett County. “I’m glad we can repurpose will renovate the building locat- The new library is almost the old building to continue ed on two acres at 788 Hillcrest 19,000 square feet plus another serving the community with Road N.W. The contract calls 5,000 square feet of shared opportunities for recreation and for a new roof, flooring, lightpublic spaces.

ChocolateWalk2017.eventbrite.com. Participants must be at least 16 years old to reserve a bag. “The event has sold out in prior years, so I encourage early registration,” Pinnell said. BUFORD Vaudeville-style groups to present circus arts production The Handsome Little Devils theater company will perform its touring slapstick melodrama and “living cartoon” Squirm Burpee at 8 p.m. Jan. 27 and 28. The company describes the production as a “one-of-a-kind, Vaudeville Nouveau-meets-classic melodrama, Tim Burtonmeets-Wile E. Coyote, all-American, one-quarter European, contraptionriddled, character-driven, risk-taking, expectationbreaking, circus-infused, standing-ovation-inducing, theatrical extravaganza.” The group has shown off its talents on TV and at international street theatre festivals, corporate events and performing arts centers. The show will take place at the Buford Community Center Theatre, 2200 Buford Highway. Tickets range from $22 to $25. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit bufordcommunitycenter.com or call 770-945-6762. DACULA Library hosting Adult Game Night Are there any adults out there who want to have some Taboo fun this week? That’s Taboo as in the board game, mind you, so there’s no need for any minds to go careening into the gutter over that question. The Dacula library branch will host Adult Game Night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The library staff will have a variety of games includ-

to honor veterans in their families have until April 1 to buy one. The 4-inch by 8-inch bricks cost $50 and anyone who buys one can have up to three lines of text, with up to 20 characters on each line, engraved on DULUTH them. Officials said larger, Young professionals 8-inch by 8-inch tiles are event set for Jan. 31 A young professional so- available as well, although anyone wishing to buy cial is set for 5:30 to 7:30 one has to speak with city p.m. Jan. 31 at Duluth City Hall. The event is designed representatives about the pricing on them. to bring together peers Anyone who buys a over food and drinks, and brick to be installed in the it’s put on by the Gwinmemorial can also get a nett Young Professionals, duplicate 4-inch by 8-inch a professional developbrick for $40, or a 1.5-inch ment program led by the by 3-inch “mini brick” for Gwinnett Chamber in $15. partnership with Georgia Residents who want to Gwinnett College. The program encourages young buy a brick are asked to business people to develop call Heather Hosch at 770963-8017 or send an email and enhance leadership to info@cityofgrayson.org. skills, exchange ideas, Order forms can be found share common interests, learn more about the area’s at www.cityofgrayson.org. business community and LAWRENCEVILLE engage in the community’s future. The Gwinnett Young Historical society signing up Cemetery Scavenger Professionals group targets individuals who are ages Hunt participants 21 to 35ish. The Gwinnett HistoriOther organizations cal Society is looking for involved with the event are people who ain’t afraid of Porter Keadle Moore, Ster- no ghosts. ling Rose, Marlow’s Tavern The Lawrenceville-based and EsPeute Productions. society is signing up parAdmission is $5 for ticipants for its Second Anmembers, $10 for nonnual Cemetery Scavenger members or $20 at the Hunt, which will be held door. More information can on Feb. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 be found at the Gwinnett p.m. The hunt is a fundraisYoung Professionals’ Face- er to help the pay for the book page, including how preservation of cemeteries to register. around the county. The registration fee is GRAYSON $10 per individual and $20 per group. Anyone interCity selling Veterans Memorial bricks ested in going on a hunt is asked to call 770-822-5174 for May installation or send a message to ghsGrayson officials are cemhunt@yahoo.com listtaking requests for bricks ing the participants names, commemorating veterans addresses, phone numbers installed in the city’s Vetand email addresses. erans Memorial in time for Checks for registration Memorial Day. fees should brought to the The city recently reGwinnett Historical Society opened the commemoraoffice on the second floor tive brick sales for the of the Gwinnett County spring 2017 period. Any resident who wants to have Historic Courthouse, 185 a brick installed this spring W. Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. They can also ing Apples to Apples, Uno, Checkers, Chess and, yes, Taboo in addition to others for adults to play. The library is located at 265 Dacula Road, in Dacula.

mail it to Gwinnett Historical Society, P.O. Box 261, Lawrenceville, GA 300460261. LILBURN Gwinnett public library branch offers story time with four-legged friend Children ages 5 through 10 can practice share a tale with a trained friendly dog at the location Jan. 21. The “Doggie Tales” activity will be held at 4817 Church St. from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The purpose of the event is to help children enjoy reading while they improve their skills. The dog is trained and registered with the Therapy Dogs International Chapter No. 193. For more information, visit gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154. LOGANVILLE American Legion Post offering venues for rent Three of American Legion Post 233’s venues are available for rent. Renters can choose between the Post’s main hall, its meeting room and its pavillion. A flier on the group’s Facebook page suggets renters use the spaces for weddings, receptions, anniversaries, birthdays or Valentine’s Day parties. “Best rates in town,” the flier boasts. Interested renters should call Mandy Smith at 770710-5530 for a consultation. The Post’s venues are located at 4635 U.S. Highway 78. NORCROSS Rainmen to perform at the Norcross Community Center The Rainmen, a rock ’n roll combo that specializes in “danceable, fun songs” from the 1960s and ’70s, is set to play the Norcross Community Center from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 20. Seating is limited. For reservations,

PEACHTREE CORNERS Sign up for Blue Devil Run now for discounted prices Runners can sign up for the Blue Devils Run 5K and Fun Run at a discounted price through Saturday. Those who sign up for the Peachtree Road Race qualifier before Saturday pay $25. Afterward, signup fees reach $30. The race will take place Jan 28 from 8 a.m. to noon at Pinckneyvile Middle School at 5440 W. Jones Bridge Road. Refreshments will be provided by Jason’s Deli and Muscle Milk and local businesses will put on a raffle. All proceeds benefit the cross country and track programs at Norcross High School. Runners can sign up at https://runsignup. com. SNELLVILLE Bookstore to host story time featuring tale of unconditional love The Barnes & Noble on Scenic Highway will host a story time event featuring a book about love called “I’ll Never Let You Go” on Jan. 28. Author Smriti PrasadamHalls explores the different emotions of children and how their parents embrace them with colorful, soft images. The event will take place at 1350 Scenic Highway, Suite 100 from 11 to 11:30 a.m. A discount on the book purchase is available through Feb. 13 in time for Valentine’s Day. For more information, visit stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2256. SUGAR HILL Bring One for the Chipper at Fire Station No. 26 The city of Sugar Hill is a sponsor of the Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful Christmas tree recycling program. You can drop off your Christmas tree at a designated drop-off location through today. Your trees will be turned into mulch on Jan. 21. Fire Station No. 26 on Old Suwanee Road, across from the Sugar Hill Golf Course, is a drop-off location. The event needs volunteers on Jan. 21 from 8 to 11 a.m. at Bethesda Park in Lawrenceville near the soccer fields. For more information and volunteering guidelines, visit gwinnettcb. org/event/bring-one-chipper. SUWANEE Applications on for Citizens Police Academy The city of Suwanee Police Department will host a 10-week Citizens Police Academy session in order to strengthen the relationship between citizens and the police, and offer a better understanding of the risks and responsibilities of police officers. The class begins on Feb. 20 and ends April 24 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Suwanee Police Substation and Training Center. Some of the classes included in this training will be active shooter response, traffic stops, building searches, crime prevention and narcotics identification. This program also includes a ride along program with a Suwanee Police Officer. Applications must be received no later than Feb. 13th. Contact Officer Richard Pope at 770-904-7641 for an application.

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Recalling more memories of Grant Tinker There is an old Chinese proverb that says “When an old man dies, a library burns down.” With no man was this truer than it was with Grant Tinker, my father-in-law who died recently. Not only was he a history book, he was a history maker who had been a key player in many of television’s most iconic shows of the 1970s and 1980s. I had barely dipped into the deep well of knowledge and stories he had before his time on this earth ended. He knew the two men who were the main innovators for radio/television: General Sarnoff of RCA (which bought NBC) and William Paley of CBS. Bob Hope and Johnny Carson worked for him (and were friends) and Mary Tyler Moore was once married to him. “Of all the shows you did, which were you proudest of?” I asked

contract.” Grant and Mary could have taken an easy, lucrative pay-off and walked away but the president of MTM Productions said, “No. We have a deal. We’re going to make 13 episodes.” Ronda They forged forward, Rich producing hilarious episodes that not only once. I expected it to be a won the viewers’ hearts, serious drama. propelling it to No. 1, but “Without question, won a total of 29 Emmys Mary’s show. Mary, the including four in the first writing, the actors. They season. were all terrific. I had One day Tink called nothing to do with it, by him while I was making the way. I just hired great biscuits and handed me people and got out of the phone. “Hello, Grant their way so they could Tinker!” do their jobs.” He chuckled, “You alActually, he did have ways call me that. I don’t something crucial to do know why you do that.” with it. He didn’t blink I called Tink’s mother, or back down when CBS Miss Ruth, owing to the saw the pilot and hated it Southern courtesies I because it tested poorly. Since CBS had guaranteed a 13-episode order, they called Grant and said, “We want to make a deal to buy out this

Darlene Tarabula with the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center highlights the physical adaptations of the beaver and the many uses of its unique tail. Discover how Georgia’s native mammals survive the winter months at a special event on Monday. (Special Photo)

STEAM concepts come to life through animal education By Keith Farner

the EHC’s collection of animal pelts, including a black bear, beaver and fox. Georgia’s native mamA special Squirrelmals will be on display at A-Palooza guided hike an upcoming event at the takes place at 10:30 Gwinnett Environmental a.m., noon, 1:30 and 3 and Heritage Center. p.m. as visitors venture Science, technology, into the EHC forest and engineering, arts and look through the eyes of math will be showcased native animals in their with how those mamquest for survival. mals survive the winter Attendees can also months. design and build their The Discover Georown beaver lodge as they gia’s Native Mammals explore the engineering event is scheduled for 10 skills of beavers. Addia.m. to 4 p.m. on Montional activities include a day. The program is $8 Critters in the Cold class, per person. Children 2 crafts that enhance an unyears old and younger derstanding of the EHC’s and EHC members are forest friends and a game free. of native mammal trivia. Activities include demAttendees can pre-regonstrations with a LEGO ister or pay at the door. MINDSTORMS EV3 as For more information visitors help a robotic about the Discover Georsquirrel gather acorns for gia’s Native Mammals the winter. Attendees can event and the EHC, visit also touch and experience gwinnettEHC.org. keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

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grew up with but calling him Mr. Grant sounded odd since one of television’s iconic characters, Lou Grant, aka Mr. Grant, had been named after him. “No, he wasn’t,” Grant Tinker protested one day when I bought it up. “Yes, he was,” I replied firmly. He pulled his head back a bit, eyeing me warily. “And you know this how?” “Because I figured it out. Tink asked Allan Burns (the show’s co-creator) and he said it was.” “Really?” He was genuinely surprised. “That never occurred to me.” “Seriously?” I asked, laughing. “No, not at all. My first name is Grant and his

last name was Grant so, no. I never considered it.” Which demonstrates his humility and modesty. The MTM show was full of inside jokes, many of which he enjoyed — such as the Tinker Trophy — but he never thought to question that one of the key characters had the same name as he. There are lots of stories I could share such as the time that Lew Wasserman, Hollywood’s most powerful man, made MTM cry or the dinner party where Grant Tinker was seated next to Ted Turner, meeting the television tycoon for the first time. But this is the one I must share because it’s the only time I ever heard Grant Tinker take any credit.

“Now, I changed the NBC peacock,” he said firmly. I’m not sure how this subject came up during lunch one day. “I thought it was too busy.” It went from 11 tail feathers to six. This is the simplicity you would expect from a man whose dessert was usually one scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup. It hurts my heart to lose him. I’ll grant you that. But it hurts my mind just as much to know how many stories have died, untold. Our library is gone. Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of the “What Southern Women Know” trilogy. Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter.

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Emma McGowan not only won her second gold medal in a track event, she made up for a silver medal finish the year before. McGowan, 48, a Gwinnett County Public Schools bus driver, won two gold medals at the World Masters Track and Field Championship in Perth, Australia, which was held over the last week of October and the first week of November. McGowan, who drives a bus that carries special education students and is the mother of twins, won gold in the 100 meters and 200 meters. She schedules training around her hours driving the bus. McGowan said she trains for several hours between morning and afternoon routes — three times a week outdoors and once or twice in a gym — but that schedule flexibility is not the best part of her job. “The best part of my job is that I get to take my daughter to school,” McGowan said. “My daughter is autistic and I love being able to take her to school and pick her up. That way I know she and the other students are in great hands.” McGowan is now a two-time gold medal winner in the 100 meters. In 2015 she won gold in the World Masters Athletics Championship in her native France while also taking home

A Buford speaker and coaching expert expects everyone to live nothing less than the “Big Life,” according to her new book. Betsey Pake wrote “Start Small Live Big: Thrive Through Change to Live the Life of Your Dreams,” released in December to offer practical advice on moving forward in life, one step at a time. The book will determine what Betsy Pake changes need to be made in one’s life for the biggest impact, according to Pake. She shares her life’s stories throughout the book in order to help the reader determine what daily actions to take to “Live Big.” “My goal is to help you feel more amazing about your life than you ever thought possible by showing you how to achieve all those things you want by starting small. Really small,” Pake posts on her

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RESTAURANT SCORES Emma McGowan, 48, a Gwinnett County Public Schools bus driver, won two gold medals at the World Masters Track and Field Championship in Perth, Australia. She is pictured racing at top and posing with her model at bottom. (Photos by Rob Jerome)

silver in the 200 meters and 400 meters. The World Masters Track and Field Championships are the biennial championships for masters athletics events held under the auspices of World Masters Athletics.

Athletes who compete in the World Masters Athletic events must be at least 35 years old. “It is awesome,” McGowan said. “It takes a lot of hard work, especially for me. It is not easy, but I love it.”

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Berkmar High hosts food drive for CARE closet During the recent Clody Memorial Invitational, Berkmar High’s swim and dive team hosted a food drive for the school’s Community Assistance and Resource Effort, or CARE, closet. CARE closets have grown in popularity in recent months across Gwinnett, and are in several schools. A CARE Closet is a confidential school-based food pantry available to students who don’t have access to enough food. Berkmar High is one of four known Gwinnett schools that have CARE Closets.

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Winn Holt earn Georgia Shape health grant Winn Holt Elementary School was recently given a $5,000 Georgia Shape school health grant. Georgia Shape is Gov. Nathan Deal’s childhood obesity initiative that gives funding for nutriKeith Farner tion and physical activity programs. The original CARE Winn Holt Elementary Closet was started by sibwill use its grant to suplings at Peachtree Ridge. port nutrition and physical Berkmar plans to host activity initiatives includanother food drive during a ing: improving physical countywide swimming and activity during recess diving meet from Jan. 18 with the purchase of new through Jan. 21. playground equipment,

engaging school nutrition staff in providing nutrition education to students; and a “drink water” social marketing campaign. Funding from Georgia Shape school health grants is intended to empower schools to implement activities that promote lifelong healthy behaviors, many of which combat obesity and mitigate other chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Keith Farner writes about education. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday edition of the Daily Post.

Peachtree Ridge High School students Lauren and Steven Seroyer started the first CARE closet in Gwinnett. There are several across the county, and Berkmar High has held food drives to support its CARE closet. (File Photo)

Setting goals can undermine success and erode happiness What are you going to accomplish this year? Or perhaps at this point, a better question might be, what were you going to accomplish? Have you already given up that plan to lose 10 pounds? Is making a million still on the table? If you’re like most people, you set your sights high. Living up to those aspirations is more challenging, though. One reason so many of us fail to achieve our goals is because of the way we frame our objectives. It’s a human habit to frame goals in terms of what you want to accomplish. We have a tendency to talk about goals in reference to their outcome. In other

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tions, and be a better listener. These behaviors will be what drives the revenue increase. They’re “be” goals. Be goals make it easer for leaders to say, this is how we want to be, to get where we want to go. Be goals are easier to add to your daily life than an overwhelming “generate a 30 percent revenue increase, somehow, somewhere.” Framing a goal in terms of behavior, instead of outcome, also saves you from the fear of not hitting a specific target. I’m all about the numbers, be they on a scale or a spreadsheet, but they are derivatives of your behavioral patterns. So, this year, if you have a goal, be it personal or

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