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Fools and Center for the Arts Toast Marriage Tonight
the weekly
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New Eateries in Town PaGe 6
Valley Locals Do Random Acts of Kindness to Honor Sandy Victims Page 5
Lamb Shanks and White Beans Margot Offers a Comfort Dish to Warm Up for the New Year Page 13
J a n u a r y 2 , 2 0 1 3 • V o l . 6 • N o . 1 • w w w .T h e W e e k l y S u n . c o m
to your health
Strategies to a Fantastic 2013 BY DR. JODY STANISLAW
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ave you thought about how you’d like to live your life in 2013? Although the new year is a great time to make resolutions, less than 10 percent of people actually accomplish them. But you don’t have to fall into this trap. Whether you’ve thought about your goals or not, here are some proven strategies for having a fantastic 2013: Become clear on your intentions, such as more joy, more happiness, more relaxation, more love…Begin with the end in mind of how you want to feel, and then work backwards. Set your intentions first; action steps second. Come up with specific actions that are in alignment with your intention… see a funny movie once a month, schedule a date with a friend once a week, meditate 20 minutes every morning, spend 15 minutes daily with your feet up. Keep the bar low and slowly increase over time. One reason we don’t make the changes we really want is because we expect too much of ourselves, and then fail. By keeping your goals small—5 minutes of meditation each morning, avoiding sugar three days a week—you set yourself up for success, and success breeds more success! After achieving smaller goals, you then become motivated to stretch yourself further. Set up visual reminders. Write down your intentions/actions and post them up. Post up inspiring words or pictures in your bathroom, on your computer screen, on your car dash. It’s a fact that when you write down your goals, you greatly increase your success. Believe and visualize. Believe that you can do it. See yourself living as if it is already true. There is a story of a basketball team who spent an hour visualizing making baskets that had a much better season than a team who had spent an hour actually practicing. Picture your goal already true each night as you fall asleep. Use anchors. Tie your goal to a habit you already have. For example, if you want to drink more water, have a glass after every time you go to the bathroom. Don’t let frustration get you down. Fall down? Get back up. And then reassess, and keep your eyes on the goal. Have an accountability partner. Call or e-mail them regularly to report your progress. It’s a proven fact that people have a greater chance of reaching their goals when they have someone to be accountable to. No matter how great the athlete, nobody makes it the Olympics without a coach. Set time aside to become clear on your goals. Most people spend more time planning a vacation to get away from their life than planning how they actually want to live their very own life! So pick a time and write it in your calendar, like any other important appointment. Spend that time becoming clear on what you want for yourself in 2013. And attend my upcoming workshop, ‘Make 2013 Your Healthiest Year Ever!’ It is offered on January 5th or January 9th. Go here for more info: http://drjodynd.com/events/ Happy, Healthy 2013! tws
Ski Patrol 101
STORY & PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
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full moon peeked out above the silhouette of Bald Mountain, bidding me “Good morning” as I turned onto Serenade Lane. I cruised into one of those parking spaces in the lower parking lot that I’ve always coveted and fished my skis, poles and helmet out of the car. It was 7:11 and still plenty dark. Too dark to even think about skiing. But this is what the Sun Valley Ski Patrol reports to every morning during those short days of December. And I was about to find out what things look like for them each day, thanks to Sun Valley’s new Ski Patrol 101. Ski Patrol 101 is Sun Valley’s latest adventure designed to acquaint guests with America’s first destination ski resort. The resort introduced rides on The Beast, its Cadillac of groomers, last year. And it also offered tours of the resort’s snowmaking center tucked away in the fir trees below Roundhouse Restaurant.
This year the ski patrol elected to offer guests a glimpse of what they do to get the mountain ready each day. “It’s great we can outreach… give kids a chance to come up and see what’s going on,” said Sun Valley Ski Patrol Supervisor Mike Lloyd. “It increases our visibility and shows people what needs to happen every morning to get the mountain ready.” Skiers and boarders can enter a lottery for Ski Patrol 101 at a kiosk in River Run Lodge. Two lucky names will be selected each Saturday throughout the season. Each is allowed to bring a friend. And you must have a ski pass or lift ticket. The inaugural “class” includes Merritt Baldwin and Ashley Watson of Hailey and Elise Flippo with her sons Mitch and Clint. The boys slept with their ski helmets the night before and jumped right out of bed at 6 they were so excited, Elise Flippo said. “It’s a oncein-a-lifetime experience to be able to ski with the patrol,” she added.
“I’m looking forward to skiing and being the only one on the mountain,” said Clint, age 10. “I’m hoping they will introduce us to some unmarked runs,” said Mitch, age 13. “We’ve skied just about all the named runs.” As Ski Patroller David Schames makes small talk, we watch the lights of a snowmobile zigzag up the Hershey Highway from the gondola. The lights of Ketchum twinkle in the distance. Closer at hand, a snow groomer works its way down Roundhouse Lane right underneath us. A red streak sandwiched between two clouds appears over our shoulder announcing daybreak as we board the Christmas chair. With the temperature a balmy 1 degree at the bottom, I expect to freeze to death on the Christmas chair. But it’s 9 degrees at the top and the chill of daybreak hasn’t hit yet. By 8 a.m., patrollers have come up
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