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A training session was recently held at the Sacra- mento Hilton for Ben Ali Shrine Officers from San Joaquin County north and east to the Nevada and Or- egon borders, including the TehamaCountyShrineClub. While sharing fun and fellowship Masonic Shrine members and their ladies support the Shrine Hospital for Children in Sacramento, and a total of 22 Shrine Hos- pitals for Children in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The hospitals provide ex- pert care for orthopedic problems, spinal cord inju- ries, burns and scarring for children 18 years old and younger at no charge to the child's family. TEHAMACOUNTY Be n Al i Sh ri ne m em be rs attend training session COURTESYPHOTO Pictured, from le , are Ben Ali Aide Dan Leonard, 2016Ben Ali Potentate Tom Nickens, Tehama County Shrine Club President Jake Scott and Vice President Dean Cofer. As we reach the end of January, your motivation might seem as much a dis- tant mem- ory as warm weather. Maybe you've given up on your goals or you've hit a rough patch. Most likely, it's because you've made things too com- plicated or large. After all, improving one- self is not difficult. It might be uncomfortable. It might be slow; but difficult? Not so much. Figure out what you want to change; figure out a way to do it, move in that direction, correct as neces- sary. So why don't most people change? The unadorned an- swer is we make it too com- plicated. The simpler the plan, the more likely we will accomplish it. To that end, here is a straightforward Five-Step Plan to move for- ward immediately. 1)Writeitdown There's nothing magic to this, but once done, it makes it "real." It also helps if we don't just write down what we want but why we want it. Emotions drive action. Logic directs it. As example, "I will lose weight to lower my blood pressure," is not as effective as "I will lose weight to feel better." As they say in sales, "We buy what we want, not necessar- ily what we need." We need to "sell" ourselves on why we want it more than why we should do it. 2)MakeitSmall Small steps done regu- larly generate better results than large steps done inter- mittently. In other words, it's better to get out a walk a block — and really do it — than to swear you're go- ing to run a mile and plant yourself on the couch. We have to "squeeze" new ac- tivities into an already crowded life so the less we have to rearrange, the more likely we'll be consistent. Ten or 15-minutes with con- sistency is better than "an occasional hour." 3)DoSomethingEvery Day No matter how small the step, do something each day, even if it's simply refin- ing what we wrote. Main- taining top-of-mind aware- ness retrains our thoughts to focus differently. That alone causes us to notice previously unseen opportu- nities. Of course, there are days when "life happens" and we cannot move forward, which can bring out our critical inner perfection- ists and we are inclined to think, "As long as I blew it, I might as well really blow it. I'll start again tomorrow." This leads to undoing our progress. It's important to remember everyone stum- bles; progress is two steps forward and one step back- wards. 4)GetSupport There are things we do well and there are things we want to do well. Mak- ing life-changes falls in the latter category, not the for- mer. After all, if we were ac- complished at our goals, we would have already achieved them. Building a network of support can guide and di- rect us when we feel lost, and applaud us when we aren't. There is always more power in a group than in a single person (for better or worse). One other benefit to group support is it "shuts the back door." Too often, we don't tell people our goals because if do, we have to actually change. Well, short of the fact that you can change your mind, announcing our plans does make us more committed to achieving them. Keeping them "quiet" allows us to back down quicker, which prompts the question, "Am I really com- mitted to this?" A discussion left for another column. 5)RewardYourself O en Change is as much emo- tional as it is physical. Hold- ing off the goodies from our "inner kid," makes us feel like we've got one more chore in an already tedious life. We get resentful and quit. If however, we can make it more fun, we're more in- clined to keep at it Life is short, enjoy it — and remind yourself more often of the pleasures. SCOTT MARCUS Fivethingsyoucandotobehappierandmoresuccessfulstartingnow Scott Marcus The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment,CorningFire,Cal Fire and California High- way Patrol logs. Crash 900blockJacksonStreet: A vehicle versus pedes- trian collision about 1p.m. Wednesday le a woman with minor injuries, but she declined medical treatment. The woman was walking south on the sidewalk when a vehicle backed out of a driveway. Neither party saw the other before the vehicle struck the woman, causing her to fall to the ground and suffer a small laceration to the back of her head. Disturbance Walnut Street: A distur- bance was reported about 8:45a.m. Wednesday at the Brickyard Creek Apartments with someone reportedly destroying property before leaving the area. Fire 3098State Route 99W: Firefighters responded at 1:08a.m. to a fire at the Liquor Cabinet caused by a power pole falling to the ground and hitting the building. The small fire was quickly extinguished. The pole was knocked down by a hit and run at 1:05a.m. involving a semi truck. Suspicious Taylor Court: A Corning woman reported Wednes- day someone tried to break into her mother's residence sometime Tuesday evening. The side door of the resi- dence had been damaged. South Main Street: Raley's reported about 2:15p.m. Wednesday that a man in a black shirt, black pants and a red hat had possibly tried to pass a counterfeit $100bill. A few hours later in a sepa- rate incident about 5:15p.m. the store reported two men had stolen items and le in a vehicle last seen turning right onto Mill Street. The s Kimball Road: The the of power tools sometime Tues- day evening was reported. Solano Street, Corning: The the of a Husqvarna chainsaw, value $500, taken within the previous five days was reported Wednesday. Peach Street: A Corning woman requested extra patrol in the evenings due to people stealing her recy- clables and trespassing. Main Street: A man at Dog Island and Samuel Ayers parks reported about 2p.m. Wednesday that someone wearing a camouflage hat and clothes had stolen his backpack. The suspect was last seen headed south on Main Street on foot. South Main Street: The Main Street Apartments reported a the of belong- ings from a residence. Gilmore Road: The the of a vehicle's registration tag Tuesday evening was reported. Monroe Street: The the of property from a front porch was reported Wednesday evening. Trespassing Crittenden Street: A man and a woman were report- edly trespassing at a vacant house Wednesday a ernoon. A warning was issued. Vandalism Gilmore Road: O'Nite Trailer Park reported the windshield of a vehicle had been shot wi th a B B g un . Belle Mill Road: Food Maxx reported Wednesday that a Redbox machine had been vandalized. POLICE LOGS PLEASERECYCLETHISNEWSPAPER. Thankyou! F.G.BeresfordofCorning, a trustee in the newly orga- nized Peach Grower's asso- ciation, has prepared an ar- ticle dealing with the dried fruit situation as he sees it after having attended the two meetings in Fresno and discussed the question with some of the leading experts of the state. Following is Mr. Beres- ford's statement: As far as the present is concerned, there is not much use to say anything to the grower in regard to the growing of peaches and sell- ing them for 2 or 3c per pound and making a living out of it. It will take more than a wizard in finance to spend 4 or 5c to raise a crop ofpeachesandthensellitfor 50percentofthatvalue.This is not a very pleasant pros- pect but nevertheless this is the situation and what are you going to do about it. Your peach orchard should have a value of about $300 per acre, but tell me how you are going to get it with peaches below cost of pro- duction. 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