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RECORDER
7, 2010
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Let’s give resolutions another try this year By Patricia A. Scheyer
Community Recorder Contributor PATRICIA A. SCHEYER/CONTRIBUTOR
Kathy Moughler is recognized for her customer service at Buffalo Bob's Restaurant.
Golden rule standard for Moughler By Patricia A. Scheyer Community Recorder Contributor
Kathy Moughler starts off each day knowing she will try to give her customers the best experience they can have. Being the dining room manager as well as a server at Buffalo Bob’s restaurant at Mount Zion road, Moughler credits her cheerful, people-oriented personality with the fact that customers really like her. “Kathy is pleasant, fast and professional,” said Alice Callahan, who, along with her husband Steve, come to the restaurant every week with their golf league. “She is a joy to spend our Tues-
day evenings with.” “I like to show every customer personal attention,” said Moughler, who has been in the serving business for 20 years, and at Buffalo Bob’s for five years. “I try to treat everyone like I would like to be treated if I were the customer.” Moughler is pleased and surprised to have her efforts recognized. “I really love people,” she said simply. “I love what I do, and I’m glad when it shows.” “Catch a Star” recognizes employees or volunteers who show excellent customer service. To make a nomination, e-mail ndaly@nky.com.
Cancer society gala goes Western What was formerly the American Cancer Society’s longstanding gala event known as the Striders’ Ball has taken on a Western twist for 2010. The Baron’s Ball will be held April 24 at the METS Center in Erlanger. Plans are still under way for the ball with an upscale, Western-style chuck wagon dinner and dancing. Also planned are oldtime photos for guests, games and a mechanical bull for “urban cowboys.” The event will help in the American Cancer Society’s
fight against cancer and its mission to save lives. “The Striders’ Ball has been a huge success for us,” said Jamie Webb, executive director with the Northern Kentucky office of the American Cancer Society. “The switch to the Baron’s Ball offers a new take on our gala event that will let folks come out and kick up their heels for the cause of saving lives and celebrating more birthdays.” For more information, contact Kristen Cline at 859-372-7873 or e-mail Kristen.Cline@cancer.org.
High school regionals
Holiday light show
Time is running out to see the Light Up the Levee Holiday Light Show in Newport. The show, which began Nov. 18, will run through Jan. 10. There will 18 shows taking place daily between 6:10 p.m. and 11:50 p.m. The light display is free for
PATRICIA A. SCHEYER/CONTRIBUTOR
Courtney Hunt of Florence takes time to walk on her treadmill at her home. before because they are hard to keep.” The tradition of New Year’s resolutions goes all the way back to 153 B.C., when Janus, the mythical King in early Rome, became the symbol for resolutions. Janus had two faces, and he could look into the past or into the future, and the month of January is said to be named after him. Making goals for the upcoming year became a tradition, and has remained so to this day.
But New Year’s resolutions are not everyone’s cup of tea. “I don’t make resolutions,” stated Cindy Bultman of Union. “I think it works for some people, but I don’t like the pressure.” Whatever the decision is, to make resolutions or not, Oscar Wilde probably summed up the whole issue best when he said “Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.”
The way to personal strength
THINGS TO DO Witness a new type of competition in the 9th Region as local high schools and middle schools compete in the Kentucky Dance Coaches Organization 9th Regional Dance Competition Jan. 16 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ryle High School. The event will feature dance categories such as jazz, hip-hop, pom and more. Finalists will have the opportunity to compete at the state level. The event will also have feature concessions and merchandise. Fore more information, call Ryle High School at 384-5300. Ryle is located at 10379 U.S. 42 in Union.
“New Year’s Day – now is the accepted time to make your annual good resolutions,” said Mark Twain. “Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” With the thoughts of the great American humorist in mind, the message is clear – now is the time to make resolutions for the new year. “I make resolutions, but I call them yearly goals,” said Courtney Hunt, of Florence. “I believe it makes me a better person, because it helps me continue to grow into the person I want to be. This year I really want to get into a routine of working out three times a week, and continue my Visalus shakes, which has helped me lose 40 pounds. I also want to save 10 percent of my income this year,” she said. Hunt’s goals fall right into the most popular resolutions Americans make every year. Losing weight and becoming fit are in the top 10 resolutions, as are getting out of debt, saving money, becoming more organized, quitting smoking and cutting down on alcohol. Recent research has determined that among those who make resolutions, 52 percent are confident of success with their goals, even though usually only 12 percent actually achieve those goals. Men tend to achieve 22 percent of goals more often when engaged in goal setting in a system where small, measured goals are set, such as two pounds lost a week. Women have 10 percent more success when they made their goals public, and garner the support of family and friends “I typically don’t make resolutions, but this year I really want to make time for my family, especially my sister,” said Chrissy Hubbard, who works in Florence. “I guess I never made them
visitors to enjoy and features more than one million lights. For more information, visit www.newportonthelevee.com or call 291-0550.
Winter baseball camp
Just because it is cold outside doesn’t mean you can’t work on your baseball swing during the Thomas More College Baseball Hitting Camp. The camp, for ballplayers between the ages of six and 18, will be held Jan. 17, 24 and 31. Each camper will participate in a two-hour session each week. For more information, visit www.thomasmore.edu or call 344-3532. The camp will be held at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills.
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“We ask for strength and life gives us difficulties, which make us strong.” This Native American saying wisely shows that personal progress consists in overcoming obstacles, which often are put in our way for good reason. In order to overcome obstacles and meet our goals, we must learn to build our skills of self-discipline. This need not be a bitter pill, and it doesn’t take the joy and creativity out of life, as many of us may fear. Self-discipline is a friend. Accept and welcome it, and look for opportunities to nurture your skills of selfdiscipline. Doing so will bring increased freedom and joy into all areas of your life. As soon as you realize it’s time to get up, to be quiet, to call a friend, or to begin that project, do it! Don’t delay. It’s when you postpone action and allow your mind to start rationalizing that your will is weakened and trouble sets in. Challenge yourself to do what is difficult. Walk an extra mile. Sit next to that person who in the past has threatened you or “gotten on your nerves.” Use every-
day situations to boost your skills of selfdiscipline. And when you accomanyDiane plish thing, conMason g r a t u l a t e Community yourself. CelRecorder ebrate your columnist strengths! Another way to build self-discipline is to find a coach, someone who will listen to the desires of your heart, assist you in setting tangible goals, challenge you to overcome your weaknesses, and provide encouragement and guidance to keep you on course. Nourish yourself with positive self-talk. Say goodbye to words like “can’t,” “impossible,” and “if only.” You can accomplish almost anything if you believe you can and talk to yourself accordingly. Say to yourself with joyous, deep conviction: “Today is the best day of my life!” And live accordingly. Create your own mental movies. Using all your senses, see and feel yourself achieving your goals. If
there’s something you want, mentally see it repeatedly in vivid color right in front of you. If there’s a habit you want to get rid of, visualize it in a shabby gray color and see it quickly moving away from you, getting smaller and smaller until it disappears completely. Behold in your mind’s eye only what you truly believe in and love. Positive visualization works well for star athletes, so why not for you, too? Whatever you do, keep your word. If you promise to do something, do it. And put others first. Without neglecting yourself, look for opportunities to help others and put their needs and interests before your own. This is an excellent way to bless others while building your muscles of self-discipline. Rise above your likes and dislikes. You may have preferences, but don’t enslave yourself with a rigid set of likes and dislikes. Loosen up and open up. Learn to accept-even to like-what previously you would have found distasteful. Try not judging others for a day; instead, just love
them as they are. Regardless of what confronts you, do your best to remain evenminded, resourceful, and happy. Learn from outstanding examples of self-discipline. Listen to and watch disciplined people whom you admire. Seek out new heroes-great leaders, visionaries, teachers, saints, or top-notch and mature athletes. Zero in on their secrets of success and make them your own. Always be ready to admire and learn from the positive traits of those around you. Think about what Michelangelo said: “The greater danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, it’s that they are too low and we do.” Use the incredible strength that lies within you; be all you can be. Set and achieve some shortterm goals that stretch you, and feel the exhilaration that intelligent self-discipline brings. Diane Mason is county extension agent for family and consumer sciences at the Boone County Cooperative Extension Service.