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Don't wait until 2020 rolls around on Wednesday, set your new year's goals now. Your goal might be to maintain a level of fitness you have achieved in previous years or to make changes to your current lifestyle habits. Here are some suggestions which could help get you on your way: Join a gym. Becoming a gym member can add a level of accountability to improving your health and fitness because once you are paying a weekly or monthly fee you more than likely will want to get the most out of your investment. It is also a good starting point if you are not sure where to start. Picking a gym that is right for you can be the hardest part. Fitness Australia (fitnessaustralia.com.au) suggest the following questions when searching for a new gym: Start slow. If you do not feel ready to join a gym, you can start by trying to do 15 minutes each day of exercise. This could be to walk around your block a couple of times. Try to build it up over time to 30 minutes each day. Meal planning. Making nutritional changes to improve your health is a common goal for many when the new year begins. University of Newcastle professor Clare Collins, a nutrition expert, offered some suggestions to Newcastle Herald readers last year which included improving your food planning skills. She said cutting down on the number of times you shop and being well prepared before you do them by writing a list can help. parkrun. If you have decided you want to become a runner or improve your running in 2020 then parkrun is a great place to start. parkruns are free, five-kilometre events held every Saturday at 8am at various locations around the globe. There you will find support and encouragement and will likely hear stories of people who could not run at all when they first started. You can find a parkrun near you through parkrun.com.au. Events. Entering an event means you have something to train towards. This can keep motivation high. Coming up in our region in the new year are running events, such as NewRun, triathlons, swimming events like the Across the Harbour Swim and annual Nobbys To Newcastle Ocean Swim, trail runs and adventure races. Joining forces with others or making family time physical activity time are other ways to get yourself and those around you moving. Try to make it fun so everyone gets enjoyment as well as the health benefits. New Year's Day parkrun, around the region, January 1: Some parkruns are holding an extra event on New Year's Day. Check parkrun.com.au to find out more. Nobbys To Newcastle Ocean Swim, January 25: A two-kilometre ocean swim from under Nobbys Lighthouse to Newcastle Beach. Across the Harbour Swim, Newcastle harbour, January 26: Choose between the 700-metre single crossing or 1.4km double crossing of the harbour. Sparke Helmore Newcastle City Triathlon, Newcastle Foreshore, February 23: For the novice to the experienced there are three courses of varying distances to choose from. The Christmas to new year period is the maintenance period. Keep moving to balance out your holiday habits. Add a warm-up and cool-down. The workout part of this session should take around 30 minutes. Part 1: 10 minutes cardio. This could be running, cycling, rowing or a mixture of all three if you are at the gym. It could be swimming at the baths or pool and could also be intervals or fartlek, such as walk 20 seconds, jog 20 seconds, run hard/sprint 20sec. Part 2: 3-5 x [10 squats, 10 push-ups, 10 box jumps/step ups, 10 pull-ups/rows, 10 burpees/lunges, run 200 metres, rest 30-60 seconds] Send your health and fitness news to r.valentine@newcastleherald.com.au. Renee Valentine is a writer, qualified personal trainer and mother of three.

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Don't wait until 2020 rolls around on Wednesday, set your new year's goals now.

Your goal might be to maintain a level of fitness you have achieved in previous years or to make changes to your current lifestyle habits.

Here are some suggestions which could help get you on your way:

Join a gym. Becoming a gym member can add a level of accountability to improving your health and fitness because once you are paying a weekly or monthly fee you more than likely will want to get the most out of your investment. It is also a good starting point if you are not sure where to start. Picking a gym that is right for you can be the hardest part. Fitness Australia (fitnessaustralia.com.au) suggest the following questions when searching for a new gym:

Start slow. If you do not feel ready to join a gym, you can start by trying to do 15 minutes each day of exercise. This could be to walk around your block a couple of times. Try to build it up over time to 30 minutes each day.

Meal planning. Making nutritional changes to improve your health is a common goal for many when the new year begins. University of Newcastle professor Clare Collins, a nutrition expert, offered some suggestions to Newcastle Herald readers last year which included improving your food planning skills. She said cutting down on the number of times you shop and being well prepared before you do them by writing a list can help.

parkrun. If you have decided you want to become a runner or improve your running in 2020 then parkrun is a great place to start. parkruns are free, five-kilometre events held every Saturday at 8am at various locations around the globe. There you will find support and encouragement and will likely hear stories of people who could not run at all when they first started. You can find a parkrun near you through parkrun.com.au.

MORE VEGETABLES: Being more organised for the weekly grocery shop and meal planning can help to improve your nutritional health.

FAMILY TIME: Getting you family outdoors and exercising together is a great way to have time together while also improving your health and fitness. Picture: Jane Dempster

Events. Entering an event means you have something to train towards. This can keep motivation high. Coming up in our region in the new year are running events, such as NewRun, triathlons, swimming events like the Across the Harbour Swim and annual Nobbys To Newcastle Ocean Swim, trail runs and adventure races.

Joining forces with others or making family time physical activity time are other ways to get yourself and those around you moving. Try to make it fun so everyone gets enjoyment as well as the health benefits.

New Year's Day parkrun, around the region, January 1: Some parkruns are holding an extra event on New Year's Day. Check parkrun.com.au to find out more.

Nobbys To Newcastle Ocean Swim, January 25: A two-kilometre ocean swim from under Nobbys Lighthouse to Newcastle Beach.

Across the Harbour Swim, Newcastle harbour, January 26: Choose between the 700-metre single crossing or 1.4km double crossing of the harbour.

Sparke Helmore Newcastle City Triathlon, Newcastle Foreshore, February 23: For the novice to the experienced there are three courses of varying distances to choose from.

The Christmas to new year period is the maintenance period.

Keep moving to balance out your holiday habits. Add a warm-up and cool-down. The workout part of this session should take around 30 minutes.

Part 1: 10 minutes cardio. This could be running, cycling, rowing or a mixture of all three if you are at the gym. It could be swimming at the baths or pool and could also be intervals or fartlek, such as walk 20 seconds, jog 20 seconds, run hard/sprint 20sec.

Part 2: 3-5 x [10 squats, 10 push-ups, 10 box jumps/step ups, 10 pull-ups/rows, 10 burpees/lunges, run 200 metres, rest 30-60 seconds]

Send your health and fitness news to r.valentine@newcastleherald.com.au.

Renee Valentine is a writer, qualified personal trainer and mother of three.

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The same way that Jane Fonda's iconic VHS workout and "The Richard Simmons Show" are synonymous with the 80s, and the 90s conjures images of Suzanne Somers' ThighMaster and step aerobics, the 2010s will be remembered for Peloton bikes, activity trackers and social networks devoted to fitness.

While people are still working out in gyms (one in five Americans still belong to at least one health club or studio, according to a 2019 study) and "boutique" fitness studios like Orange Theory or Pure Barre, the defining fitness trends were toward working out at home, using high-tech equipment and building community through dedicated fitness social networks.

For millennials who are accustomed to instant gratification and spend more time at home than other generations, home workouts are an appealing way to get active, connect with like-minded individuals and save money.

To close out the end of this decade, here's how the biggest fitness trends and innovations have changed the way that people work out at home:

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Chances are you've seen Tony Horton, personal trainer and creator of P90X, in an infomercial before. In 2005, his signature 90-day workout program called P90X launched and became a phenomenon. By 2010, P90X made up half of parent company Beach Body's sales, and the franchise was worth $20 million, CNBC reported in 2010.

"We just found a right formula," Horton tells CNBC Make It. P90X is a 12-workout DVD program that incorporates bodyweight exercises, plyometrics (jumping exercises) and yoga. "We devised something you could do in front of your TV with a couple dumbbells and bands, and thus the revolution began," Horton says. Today, you can stream the P90X workouts online through Beach Body's on-demand platform, which costs $39.95 for three months. And though DVD players seem obsolete, you can still buy the P90X DVD package for $119.95, which also includes a nutrition plan and fitness calendar.

The success of P90X also led Beach Body to release more DVD programs, most notably Insanity. The popular 60-day total-body workout program was created by dancer and trainer Shaun T and marketed as "the hardest workout ever put on DVD."

In 2009, Kayla Itsines was a personal trainer in Adelaide, Australia, going to women's homes for quick personal training sessions with no grander plans for a business. Instagram was barely on her radar.

Today, Itsines' company is reportedly bringing in tens of millions of dollars, and the fitness influencer has 11.9 million followers on the platform.

Itsines' big break came in 2014, when she released a workout e-book, called Bikini Body Guide, that people could download in PDF form. "I wanted something that was specifically for women," Itsines tells CNBC Make It. "I noticed trends: Women were time poor, and they wanted something they could do at home." The workouts were all 28 minutes long and designed to be done at the gym or at home.

Itsines started uploading client transformation photos to Instagram, and "it took off," Itsines says. She credits the growth to her close-knit and engaged community on social media. "We never thought we could reach people on a global scale," she says. "We wouldn't be able to do that if it wasn't for platforms like Instagram and Facebook." The hashtag used by Itsines' "Bikini Body" community, #BBG, currently has more than 7 million posts tagged on Instagram.

The success of the e-book inspired Itsines to create a workout app, called Sweat, in 2018. The app, which costs $19.99 a month to use, ended the 2018 Australian Financial Year with $75.5 million AUD ($51.4 million USD) in revenue, a representative for Sweat tells CNBC.

In the 2010s, the hottest accessories weren't luxury watches or smartwatches, but wearable activity trackers. The Fitbit Flex, Jawbone Up and the Nike Fuelband were some of the first products on the market, followed by the more advanced Apple Watch. The premise was simple: a wristband continuously measures your daily activity, sleep and workouts. Before trackers, people relied on gym scales and clunky heartrate monitors to access health metrics, but suddenly information was at people's fingertips in attractive devices.

There's such thing as "too much" information, though. While fitness trackers are helpful motivational tools for people who hope to increase their physical activity, studies suggest that wearing fitness trackers doesn't provide any advantage over other weight loss approaches. (And studies found that some activity trackers are inaccurate, or "markedly overestimate" activity intensity.) Other research has shown that people tend to ditch fitness trackers after about 129 days of using them.

This fact hasn't stopped people from buying into the trend. An estimated 245 million wearables were sold in 2019, which is three times the amount that were sold in 2015, according to the research firm CSS Insight. Fitness trackers today look very different than they did a decade ago. For example, the Oura Ring is a smart ring that focuses on tracking sleep as well as activity (though experts question it's accuracy). Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey is also a fan of the $299 device.

Investors are also betting on wearable trackers; in November, Google acquired Fitbit for $2.1 billion.

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As a new mom, Brynn Putnam, CEO and founder of Mirror, found herself time-strapped and uninspired by home workouts. A lifelong dancer, Putnam thought using a mirror as a portal for at-home workouts would be a better option than YouTube or stationary equipment. "It has a slim footprint, is a piece of beautiful home decor when not in use and produces an immersive experience with interactive visuals and sound," she tells CNBC Make It.

Mirror, which launched in 2018, is an interactive fitness tool that allows you to stream a variety of workouts right onto the floor-length mirror. The device itself costs $1,495, and access to the workouts costs $39 a month.

As of 2018, Mirror raised $38 million in venture funding. To date, Mirror has sold tens of thousands of devices in every state, Putnam told CNBC's "Squak Alley" in November. And in October, Mirror introduced $40 personal training sessions: thanks to the camera and microphone built into the mirror, users can receive real-time feedback on their form.

Unicorn fitness company Peloton is best known for its at-home stationary bikes and treadmills, which allow users to stream thousands of indoor cycling and running classes from trainers in New York City. The company sold its first stationary bike in 2013, and today they have more than 572,000 "connected fitness subscribers" (aka Peloton paid users) globally and over 1.6 million members, a Peloton representative tells CNBC Make It.

Like other indoor cycling franchises, such as SoulCycle and Flywheel, Peloton has attracted a very devoted following of riders and super fans. The Peloton member page on Facebook, which was started by a member in 2015, currently has 207,000 members. On average, Peloton sees hundreds of posts, thousands of comments and tens of thousands of reactions each day on the group. (Celebrities also use the home streaming service, including Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and billionaire Richard Branson.)

In September, Peloton went public with its more than $7 billion debut on Nasdaq. In December, the brand faced backlash when an advertisement featuring a woman who receives a bike as a gift went viral. Many people said the ad was sexist, and the brand told CNBC in a statement that it was "disappointed in how some misinterpreted this commercial." Peloton's stock fell 9% on Dec. 3, two days after the ad made its rounds on the internet, though the market was down 1% overall.

In 2020, Peloton hopes to boost their connected fitness subscribers to 885,000 to 895,000, CNBC reported from an earnings call in November 2019. The company also projected an expected revenue of $1.45 billion to $1.5 billion by the end of 2020, CNBC reported.

In 2020, wearable technology will be the No. 1 trend in fitness, according to the American College of Sports Medicine. That includes fitness trackers, smart health watches, heart rate monitors and GPS tracking devices.

And boutique workouts are currently the fastest-growing segment of the market, because they provide a sense of camaraderie, says Meredith Poppler, a spokesperson for the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association. Clubs will continue to position themselves as "not only places to exercise but places of community and connection," she says, and to that end, clubs are investing in connected equipment (treadmills, bikes and apps).

Mobile workout apps that coach users through a workout, on the other hand, may not have as much staying power, according to the ACSM survey.

A trend to look out for is personalized workouts based on individual biometric data. Some companies already scratching the surface: Tonal, a streaming platform and at-home resistance-training system, uses A.I. to learn how strong you are and your individualized movement patterns. The system can sense when you build strength, and automatically adjusts the amount of weight used as you progress. And Technogym's Biocircuit strength-training machines, automatically adjust the posture settings based on user data and will record the number of repetitions completed.

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PHOENIX (AP) U-Haul International has announced plans to stop interviewing and hiring nicotine users, including people who use e-cigarettes and vaping products.

The well-known truck and trailer rental company approved the nicotine-free policy set to go into effect Feb. 1 in more than 20 states where the company operates, the Arizona Republic reported Wednesday.

Those states include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

People hired before the policy goes into effect wont be affected, company officials said.

U-Haul International employs around 4,000 people in Arizona, where the company is based, and 30,000 across the U.S. and Canada, officials said.

In each of the 21 states, it is legal not to hire people who use nicotine, company officials said. Employers in 17 states are also legally allowed to test for nicotine, officials said.

U-Haul International has not indicted if it would conduct tests, officials said.

The company expects the nicotine-free hiring policy would help create a more healthy corporate culture, officials said. The new policy will focus on the health of team members and employees, while also decreasing healthcare costs, company officials said.

Company executives encourage employees not to use nicotine by waiving a required wellness fee, officials said. The company doesnt require tobacco users to pay a health care insurance premium, the Republic reported.

The company said it has made strides to encourage health and wellness including breaking ground on a new conference and fitness center in Arizona and implementing various employee fitness and wellness programs.

Some hospitals and other health businesses have implemented no-nicotine hiring policies, company officials said.

Alaska Airlines has had the policy since 1985 to address health-care costs and health consequences, officials said. In addition, the airline has expressed the difficulty of smoking on planes and in places surrounding airports, officials said.

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Nearly 70 public libraries in Utah including those in the Wasatch Back have joined a boycott of a publisher distributor.

The 69 library members of the Utahs Online Public Library Overdrive Consortium began the boycott of Macmillan publisher in November after the consortiums committee members voted to move forward with the boycott. Members of the group include Wasatch and Summit Counties library system as well as Park City Library.

Summit County Library Director Dan Compton explains the boycott is in connection to a change in how Macmillan sells their eBooks to libraries.

So, if we purchase one of their titles that was published after November 1st, each library can only purchase one copy, Compton explained. It's good for the first eight weeks and then after that you can buy more copies, but they increase the price dramatically. Now, also as part of this if we buy a copy, we cannot share it with other libraries in the consortium. It kind of goes against what the consortium is. None of us can purchase all of the titles that we need and so we rely on the consortium to be able to offer a wide variety of titles. Because Macmillan is not letting us share those titles we decided to go ahead and join a ton of other libraries across the country and boycott those eBook titles.

Compton says the libraries will still purchase print and audio book titles from MacMillan during the boycott. He suspects that the publishers are concerned that the growth of the library market is cutting into the publishers sales.

Theyre kind of testing the waters here to see if they do that, if people will look at this long hold line that they're in and say you know I'm just going to go and purchase that title, Compton said. But it really hurts our communities. There's a lot of people that cannot forward to buy all of their books. Also, the eBooks are more accessible. If people have an Ereader they can make it into a large print book just with the click of a button so that's a big deal to us. So, those are just a couple of the things that bothered us and we think the whole publishing world is kind of looking in on this situation and seeing what libraries do. So, the American Library Association is getting involved, Congress is getting involved, it's a big deal.

Park City Library Director Adriane Juarez says that there are still plenty of eBook titles available on Overdrive, and that leaders of the American Library Association and Macmillan will be meeting soon. Juarez pointed to some of the benefits of the expansion of digital mediums.

Well it really lets us bolster our collection, Juarez continued. We have not reduced the number of print copies of books that we buy. We absolutely love that medium, but it gives us another option. So, that we can allow people like Dan said if you need large print you can increase the print size on the screen. If you like audio you can listen to books, and I know a lot of people do that while they do the dishes or other things so they can keep up with their reading. There's a lot of ways we can serve and it's just a broader information environment.

Juarez says those interested in expressing their support of the libraries boycott can sign a petition here.

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ROCK SPRINGS With the cold and snowy weather, nothing sounds better than curling up with a good book, and the Sweetwater County Library System has a great incentive to do so: prizes!

The library systems Winter Reading Challenge runs from Jan. 1-Jan. 31. Sweetwater County residents of all ages are encouraged to sign up, read books and ebooks, or listen to audiobooks, and record their reading minutes throughout the month. Those who reach the 600-minute benchmark will receive a finishing prize of a tote bag. Children who reach the 600-minute mark will also receive a book along with their bag. Additional small prize incentives will also be offered for patrons as they work to reach their 600 minutes.

This year we are encouraging patrons to log their minutes online through the Beanstack app, said Assistant Library Director Lindsey Travis. Those who log their minutes online will also be eligible to enter into our prize basket drawings for every hour spent reading.

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For those who dont want to record their reading online, paper logs are available at the libraries, Though recording minutes through the app is preferable because you will be eligible to win additional prizes, and it will help the library potentially win prizes, Travis said.

Beanstack has partnered with Penguin Random House publishing to support Winter Reading Challenges across the country. Top-performing libraries and schools will earn prizes and awards, including author visits and new books. We would love to see Sweetwater County be in the running for some of these cool prizes, Travis said.

Signing up for the Winter Reading Challenge is simple. Visit the librarys website at sweetwaterlibraries.com and click on Read More under the winter reading banner. The link will take you to the Beanstack app so you can sign up. Patrons who signed up for the Summer Reading Challenge through Beanstack last summer will not need to make a new account the app will simply prompt you to join the new challenge.

Two prize baskets will be offered for all ages: a Penguin Encounter basket that includes admission for 2 adults and 2 children to the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Utah and 4 tickets to the aquariums Penguin Encounter; and a Stay-and-Play basket that includes gift cards to WyoMovies, Escape 307, the Green River Recreation Center, and 307 Roadhouse.

Part of the mission of the Sweetwater County Library System is encouraging a lifelong joy of reading and learning, the Winter Reading Challenge helps us fulfill this mission, Travis said. The program also promotes literacy the prizes just make it more awesome.

Photo caption: Children who complete the librarys Winter Reading Challenge will win a tote bag, their choice of an activity and a book. Prizes are available for adults as well.

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Area affected by beg bugs that was recently closed off at the Des Plaines Public Library.

The Des Plaines Public Librarys recent mishandling of showing one of its trustees the door without providing him decent notification, is not the only problem the facility is facing.

Sometime in September bed bugs were discovered inside the four-story building. About two months later, more of the tiny blood sucking insects were spotted on a different floor of the library prompting a call to a pest control company to do what it can get rid of the nasty problem.

A short time after the library was closed at its regular 5 p.m. time on Saturday, Nov. 23, employees of Orkin swooped in and sprayed sections of the facility. The bill to perform the work was $22,500.

Library Executive Director Jo Bonnell said bed bugs were spotted on two library chairs. The first infestation occurred on the buildings fourth floor and the more serious problem happened on the third floor. How big of an area was infected by the bugs is uncertain. Chairs or other furniture where the insects were believed to have lived were covered with plastic bags and the area cordoned off to prevent public use. A posted sign said, This area is temporarily closed while we make some improvements for you.

When Bonnell was asked whether the bug problem is over, she replied, I dont have any magical powers. What we do is identify the problem. We have an agreement with Orkin to come in and perform pest control every month. Bonnell also explained that library security and maintenance employees are trained to spot the insect problem.

Every day a member of the staff checks the premises for bugs, she added. Were on top of it. We do respond immediately and comprehensively.

Other library officials have told us that getting rid of bed bugs permanently is hard to do. Due to their lasting power and small size they can be tough to spot.

Bed bug sightings in public libraries is not unheard of. Usually, lots of people enter and exit facilities on a continuous basis oftentimes six or seven times a week. The critters have been known to hitch a ride on someones clothing, for example.

According to the American Library Association, there are six steps of bed bug introduction, that include identifying bugs or bug damage, quarantine, inspection and treatment. The insects can be found almost anywhere, including within books, furniture, in small crevices, on bookshelves, and in book drops.

When one of the infected Des Plaines Library chairs was discovered, we were told it was taken outside the library away from patrons. However, a check later on the chair revealed that someone took it.

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COSHOCTON - As a new decade dawns, some notable individuals of Coshocton County takea look back at the last 10 years where the city and county has been, where it is at and where it is going. Elected officials, school superintendents and local agency directors share their memories, thoughts and comments.

Tiffany Swigert(Photo: Submitted)

In reflecting on the last 10 years in Coshocton, it would be a lie if we didnt acknowledge some of the hardshipswe faced. Losing significant industry in a community of our size is never easy, it is actually quite difficult. We have, however, learned valuable lessons from that adversity and we are well on our way to becoming a resilient community. The 2008 recession took its toll on Coshocton as it did other small towns across America. What defines us is the fact that we refuse to stay in that place of trauma. Coshocton is very focused on progressing in every area to ensure that we continue to provide opportunity to the members of our great community.

For years, driving out South Second Street by the empty former GE site was a constant reminder of the loss of Industry. Now, a motorist will see a sign that states Wileys Organic Technologies is the new owner.The expansions of Coshocton Grain and McWane Ductile is visible within a short distance from that same area. There is no shortage of jobs in Coshocton County and its surrounding areas. If you are wanting to work, there is a job in Coshocton for you. This is a stark contrast from the historical unemployment rates that followed the 2008 recession.

The heart of Coshocton, our Main Street, is taking on a different appearance as new businesses are opening their doors. Our Town Coshocton announced that we have 80-plus businesses on Main Street.ITM has undergone a major transformation as it invested in Coshocton. The purchase and renovation of 341 Main St.is its new home. The former Civic Center is now bustling with 85 employees. Multiple Main Street buildings have been acquired by excellent community partners that are dedicated to bring new life back to these old structures.

The former General Electric site, outlined in orange, was a primary site for business development identified by the Coshocton Port Authority in the past decade. The recent purchase of the land by Organic Technologies is hoped to see that development take place.(Photo: Submitted by Coshocton Port Authority)

Some of the brightest people I know are working daily with each other to create new and exciting space, programs and goals for Coshocton County. I have had the privilege of meeting some of the most determined students in our community and my hope for our future generations is higher than ever. We also have tremendous knowledge and leadership in our generations before us, it is more important than ever that we connect these brilliant minds and encourage a common focus for Coshocton growth.

A crane lifts a crucible after it was filled with melted iron at McWane Ductile in Coshocton. The expansion of the company over the past 10 years is viewed as a success by the Coshocton Port Authority. Just this past year, the company added a second shift and increased its employee numbers to nearly 500.(Photo: Chris Crook/Tribune)

There is a spirit of collaboration in our community currently that is contagious. Many of our local organizations and agencies are working with each other on projects that will be beneficial for years to come. Our local businesses, our civic organizations and local foundations are the most charitable with their time, talent and treasure. I believe that we have this fight in us right now that is undeniable and we are absolutely determined to continue the positive momentum into 2020.

The Coshocton Public Library System continued to evolve over the last decade to remain relevant in todays world.While remaining true to the early public library mission of repository for preservation of information, the modern library continues to embrace traditional philosophy of access to all while being a neutral space for interaction.

Jennifer Austin(Photo: File)

Over the last decade, the library circulated more than 3.76 millionitems. This includes digital resources that were expanded upon. Additions included growth of Ohio Digital Library, launching: Hoopla, Chilton Library, Fold3, Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center, Home Improvement Reference Center, Lynda from LinkedIn, Transparent Language Onlineand a YouTube Channel that focuses on navigating library digital resources. For descriptions of databases, please visit the librarys website at coshoctonlibrary.org.

A 0.5-mill, five-year levy for library operations was passed Nov.7, 2017. The passage of the levy brought extended hours of operation (open an additional 16 hours a week), additional print and audiovisual materials (more than14,000 volumes added), new digital content as explained aboveand growth of programming by 20 percent. The community was asked to consider the levy after state funding was cut by nearly 20 percentin 2009 and was not restored.

Youth services coordinator Cyndi Shutt shows She Smith (left), 8, and Isaiah Kaspar, 8, an example of a stained glass piece she made during Adventure 101's stained glass program at the Coshocton Public Library. The Adventure 101 program for youth was one of many new activities and events added to the library system over the past decade.(Photo: Sara C. Tobias/Tribune)

Nearly 2 million patrons visited the library between 2010 and today. The majority of these visits were made by those physically visiting brick-and-mortar locations, although those visiting digital platforms are on the rise. Patrons now have the option of applying for an eCard through the librarys website. An eCard gives non-card holders access to the librarys digital resources without needing to visit the library to obtain a card.

A new Bookmobile was purchased in 2017 to replace the existing 21-year-old bus. Prior to 2009, the library was able to put money into the Bookmobile Replacement Fund. Without community support, the new Bookmobile would not have been possible. Nearly half of the total cost was raised through grants from local foundations and businessesand through private donations. Since arrival, the new Bookmobile has made 1,768 stops, orapproximately 50 stops a month.

A digital technology educator was added to library staff following the passage of the levy. The position was created after identifying the need to have a staff member address the digital divide. Megan Staron-Baughman joined library staff from the teaching profession. Teaching digital literacy and the skills that are required to be digitally literate are the primary focus of the position. One-on-one appointments are available for those seeking technology assistance.

The Coshocton Public Library System added a new Bookmobile in 2017 as part of its expansion and continuation of services in the past decade.(Photo: Chris Crook/Tribune)

The librarys newsletter, Connections, became available in a digital format. Patrons may view the digital newsletter on the librarys websiteor request a copy be sent to their email inbox. All new library card applicants are asked if they would like to receive the digital version. Print copies are still available in the library.

The Board of Trustees of the Coshocton Public Library appointed me to the position of director following Eric Taggarts resignation to become director at Rodman Public Library in Alliance. Ihad been serving as assistant director prior to being named director in January 2018.

As always, community needs will continue to be evaluated for potential expanded services in future decades. The library will continue to evolve based on community needs, while remaining true to the foundation of public libraries.

The past decade for the River View Local School District has been a time of change.

Dalton Summers(Photo: Tribune file photo)

We began the decade with the changing of leadership at the superintendent level after the 14-year tenure of Kyle Kanuckel. We are ending the decade with the departure of two school board members, Dan Hothem serving 27 years and Brent Porteus serving 31 years. River Views record of longevity in leadership positions has been a contributing factor to its success through its history.

In the past 10 years, we have seen multiple, significant changes to the expectations, accountability measures and mandates applied to all public schools. Some view these changes as signs of positive examples of moving forward and others have held them in lessor regard.Nevertheless, there have been many adjustments made, policies changed or added and even traditional styles and strategies altered in order to comply and succeed with all that has been altered.

Our district report card measures have changed multiple times in the past 10 years. The state tests we use to measure student achievement, growth and competence have been expanded and/or eliminated every other year. The rise in school choice options like open enrollment, home school opportunities, charter schools and electronic schools has changed much of our focus, making the traditional school district become more of an option than a requirement. College Credit Plus options have given students more avenues to pursue what was once opportunities for a smaller percentage of students.

Adalynn Kyly, left, Brie Craycraft, Brooklyn D'Ostroph and Trae Darr work in a first-grade classroom at Warsaw Elementary School earlier this year.(Photo: Chris Crook/Tribune)

All of these changes, while mostly creating better opportunities, more accountability and potentially greater outcomes, have also come with greater financial challenges, more unpredictable enrollments, increased costs and less direct funding. Our greatest challenge of the decade has come at the end with the devaluation and closing of our local AEP Power Plant. This will decrease our revenue more than10 percentand has put us, as a community, in a position forced to make difficult decisions for our future decades to come.

The positive view when reflecting over the last decade is that through all the changes, increased mandates, financial challenges and ever-changing success targets, we have continued to provide a quality education for the students of River View Local Schools. We have graduated 1,775 students in the past 10 years. This is our ultimate goal and will continue to be our objective in the future.

On behalf of the River View Local School District, we thank the community for everything over the past 10 years and wish everyone health and prosperity over the next decade as well.

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How far have we come? Locals in business, education, library services reflect on the past decade - Coshocton Tribune

They'd just finished setting up projectors to create a replica of the planetarium Thomas Jefferson had envisioned spanning the University of Virginia's Rotunda dome when Neal Curtis and Sam Lemley stopped. They looked at each other. And they decided they had to come up with a plan - immediately.

They walked into the school's Alderman Library and promised they wouldn't leave that night until they had found a way to save the old card catalogue.

So began a plan that would bring together a community of book lovers, 22,000 pounds' worth of cards and one rubber ducky.

The card catalogue was slated to be discarded during a massive library renovation. Small wonder: It hadn't been updated in two decades, it sat mostly unused, and it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to save. The catalogue is physically massive, with 4 million cards. (Four dump trucks' worth, an administrator calculated.)

But Curtis and Lemley are graduate students, researching and writing dissertations about 17th- and 18th-century literature. They had used the card catalogue extensively in a project documenting the books in the school's first library, the Rotunda. Jefferson designed the university so a library - rather than a chapel or seminary - was at its heart.

A fire in the Rotunda in 1895 left many books in ashes. Curtis, Lemley and other UVA researchers wanted to re-create a record of the volumes deemed essential in the university's founding years, and learn how the collection had been rebuilt, often through books donated by local families.

The cards sometimes included information that the school's digital records did not - typed or handwritten notes on the back detailing the books' provenance. One of the first drawers Curtis pulled out yielded a surprising find: A book about botany from the original library had been signed by one of the school's instrumental founders. And then Curtis found that the book still existed, in a special collections library at UVA - but with no record of it in the digital system.

It wasn't just the ties to Jeffersonian times that inspired them. UVA's card catalogue spanned 50 years, from the 1930s to the late 1980s. Those were tumultuous times for the nation and the university, with World War II and the civil rights movement, female and black students changing the school.

When books are permanently removed from the library, they're deleted from the digital catalogue. But the card catalogue provides "an accurate, preserved-in-amber view of what the library was in the 20th century," and what interested scholars, Lemley said.

Faculty members and others lobbied to save the catalogue. But with limited space for new books, 65 large wooden cabinets were clearly impractical. Library leaders are already on a tight schedule before work to remove asbestos begins in January. The renovation needs are sweeping - and urgent. "It's a building full of paper and students with no fire suppression," said John Unsworth, the university librarian. He laughed and added, "Except the asbestos."

It would cost the public university about $750,000 to scan the cards for a digital record, Unsworth said.

So Lemley and Curtis got to work. At Alderman late that night, they measured and calculated. They schemed and refined. And by noon the next day, they had a proposal that included the cubic feet it would take to store the contents of the cabinets, the cost per box to ship and store them, and a plan that could transport 4,000 drawers' worth of cards, in precise order, out of the library, by this coming Tuesday. Money to underwrite the effort - Unsworth pegs the cost at $75,000 - would come mainly from donors. And the labor for this gargantuan task would come from volunteers.

The card catalogue system was designed to bring order to chaos, said Peter Devereaux, the author of a book about card catalogues. The idea originated during the French Revolution, by using playing cards to catalogue libraries seized from churches and aristocrats.

By the mid-19th century, it was common for books to be catalogued on cards, said Devereaux, a writer-editor at the Library of Congress Publishing Office.

But with a surge in book publishing at the turn of the 20th century, the growing size of card catalogues was becoming a problem. The death knell came in the 1960s, with the beginnings of machine-readable data. In the 1970s, many larger libraries switched to computers and over the years, Devereaux said, a lot of card catalogues "ended up in the dumpster."

Now, people can find books swiftly, and digital catalogues are easily updated. Yet even among those who acknowledge the advantages, there are some, like Page Nelson, who worked in libraries at UVA and Harvard University, who are wistful.

"It's deadly to sit at a computer all day. It can be soul-destroying," Nelson said. But thumbing through cards in search of books is "like playing a musical instrument."

As a junior cataloger at UVA in the 1980s, it took three weeks of training to learn the layers of organization necessary, Nelson said.

Most of his time was spent working at a desk, but every Thursday afternoon, he and his colleagues would go out with 6-inch-tall stacks of cards to file them in drawers. It might sound tedious, he said, but he remembers it affectionately.

"It was a marvelous opportunity to chat with people you didn't chat with normally, flirt, have charming conversations."

Not everyone felt the charms, he acknowledged.

"There was a chap that didn't seem perfectly happy in the work," even as his co-workers admired how quickly he was able to file the cards. Then one day his assigned cards were found in a trash can. "He was," Nelson said, "the fastest filer."

UVA President Emeritus John Casteen, who is an English department faculty member, worked in Alderman as a student in the 1960s, so he knew information was written on the backs of cards. He remembered finding tomes from Jefferson's library shelved on open stacks, some getting checked out, with their historical importance unrecognized.

When he learned of the students' preservation plan, he and his wife offered financial support, triggering other gifts.

With the blessing of university leaders, volunteers - including undergraduates, professors and at least one senior administrator - began moving the cards from drawers into boxes, following a complex but orderly system. In their detailed seven-page workflow plan, Lemley and Curtis drew maps of the cabinets - which are no longer in alphabetical order - and diagrams.

"If I didn't start out with one, I definitely have an affinity for card catalogues now," Curtis said, laughing. "I don't know if it's real or forced because I have to convince myself I love these things after spending so many hours with them." By late December, he and Lemley had spent about 200 hours on the library's fifth floor, where books had been moved out for the renovation, leaving empty shelves for the boxes being filled with cards. Two-thirds done.

The scale is staggering, Lemley said; if they stacked the cards in a single pile, it would stretch more than a mile high.

Occasionally, there's a surprise. There was an electrical fuse left in one drawer. A nail clipper in another. And in the midst of a row of cards, as though marking a book, one rubber ducky.

Unsworth's surprise: "The practicality of graduate students." They took the administration's concerns seriously and came up with a viable solution, he said. "Their devotion to the cause is inspiring."

Late at night, they're packing those cards. "It feels like we're doing something important," Curtis said. "And we do have a deadline - a very real deadline. The end is near."

In the end, 798 boxes will be trucked to off-campus storage. Eventually, they will be bar-coded and housed in part of the library system so researchers can request a box, and thumb through the cards.

One wooden cabinet will stand in the new entryway to Alderman, Unsworth said, with cards chosen by Curtis and Lemley.

They already have another plan, Curtis said, inspired by Nelson and his lyrical descriptions of the cards ("every one a cuneiform clay tablet"): Over the next few months, they want to record more interviews with past catalogers and filers. They'll create an oral history of the card catalogue.

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Did you know that we have more than 29,000 items in our collection and access to thousands more through our library consortium? Here are 10 more fun facts about your Ruby Sisson library: 1. In 2019, more than 71,000 people used the librarys services. 2. We offer a multitude of free programs for all ages throughout the year. In fact, in 2019, we organized nearly 450 different programs for our patrons and visitors. 3. Our English as a Second Language (ESL) classes are offered every Tuesday at 5 p.m. and every Friday at noon. 4. Pagosa Adult Learning Services, or PALS, can help you with high school equivalency, GED, college prep and more. 5. We have 15 computers available for use by patrons and visitors. Our computers were used more than 14,000 times this year. 6. We have two specialty bilingual early learning stations for our youngest patrons and visitors. 7. We offer 34 online resources which can be accessed at any time, 24/7. 8. We are blessed with amazing volunteers who help keep the library running smoothly for you. 9. We provide many business resources including free Wi-Fi, computers, notary public and study carrels plus faxing, scanning and printing. 10. Our amazing library staff are here to help you with all of your library needs. Save the date for a new after-school club Starting next Friday, Jan. 10, a new after-school club for first- through fifth-graders will take place from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. on the second, third and fourth Friday of every month. Participants will engage in literature-based science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.) learning activities and work up to an exhibition on the first Friday following each three-week session. Registration is required by calling us at 264-2209 or dropping by the library. Avalanche awareness today Today, Thursday, Jan. 2, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Mark Mueller returns with a free avalanche awareness presentation that might save your life since avalanches are the deadliest natural hazard in Colorado. Mueller is an avalanche forecaster for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. No registration is required. Teen advisory board today Today, Thursday, Jan. 2, the teen advisory board meets from 4 to 5 p.m. Sixth- through 12th-graders are invited to bring your fun and innovative ideas to help us plan teen programs. Share an idea to pick out a free book. All-ages gaming tomorrow Join us tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 3, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. for a free all-ages gaming session where you can enjoy video gaming on Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect with your friends and family. LGBTQ youth group Monday A support group to help LGBTQ youth and young adults from age 16 to in their 20s deal with social stigma, bullying, violence, hate crimes and discrimination convenes the first Monday of every month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Under the leadership of Ana M. Sancho Sama, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, the purpose is to provide a safe and confidential place to share experiences, ask questions and talk about how to cope in this challenging world. If you have questions, her number is 264-1986. Home-school social hour Stop by next Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 1 to 2 p.m. for a chance to visit with fellow home-school families, discuss curriculum and learning opportunities and look through resources while the kids participate in crafts and other activities. Josie, your early literacy librarian, is eager to collect ideas on how to serve home-school families in our community and get your feedback on the value of these sessions. 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Las clases son dos veces por semana Las clases gratuitas de ingls como segundo idioma (ESL) ocurren los martes de 5-7 p.m. y los viernes de 12-2 p.m. Las clases son dirigidas por dos instructoras altamente experimentadas Joyce Holdread ensea al grupo intermedio/avanzado y Ellen Ragone ensea a los principiantes. No es necesario registrarse. Adult education Our free PALS accelerated GED course takes place Mondays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursdays from 2 to 7 p.m. Come to your library to get help from Mark with high school equivalency, GED, college prep, financial aid, tutoring and more. Family storytimes Every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. and Saturday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., join us for great stories, fun songs, toddler-friendly crafts and plenty of reasons to get up and move. Note the new time for Saturdays. Both storytimes are open to babies, toddlers and youngsters of all ages to make it easier for parents to attend with their children depending on their busy schedules rather than the age of their little ones. These free sessions are an excellent way for kids to have fun while building the skills they need to become independent readers. Activities calendars To be sure you dont miss any of the free activities available to you and your families at your library, we encourage you to pick up a copy of the events calendar each month. There are three versions kids, tweens/teens and adults. We look forward to seeing you at your library. Se habla espanol. How-to and self-help How Not to Diet by Dr. Michael Greger discusses the latest research on the leading causes of and remedies for obesity. The CBD Handbook contains more than 75 recipes and tips on how to get the most out of your CBD oil of choice. Beer Hiking Colorado is a guide to 50 craft breweries and amazing hikes in our state. 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Downloadable films For your viewing pleasure, we offer IndieFlix, a free streaming movie service that gives you unlimited access to more than 7,500 award-winning and popular independent shorts, feature films and documentaries from more than 50 countries on your device, PC or Mac, with no apps needed. Access IndieFlix through the Downloadable Content icon on the librarys website. Use Quick Pick, the discovery tool that lets you sample movies like you would music. Thanks to our donors For their generous monetary donations, we are grateful to Rick and Lynne Stinchfield, David Bouquet, Rice Reavis and Deb Morton. For books and materials this week, we thank our anonymous donors. Quotable quote Thought for the new year: Always have enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor. Paul Hawken, American environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist. 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Members of the Friends of the Cody Library recently festooned the library for the holidays.

Then, with the help of our building and grounds crew, they will take it all away again. FOCL always supports the library in a myriad of ways.

Volunteers staff the FOCL bookstore and regularly stock the shelves with gently used donated books.

Funds raised in the bookstore are dedicated to meeting the unfunded needs of the library. Programming costs, especially Summer Reading performers, are underwritten by FOCL. The organization has purchased shelving in every department of the library except for the reference section. The large print book nook was made possible by FOCL.

The bookstore offers DVDs, CD audiobooks and music CDs for only $1 each. Hard cover books in good condition and that are newer than 2011 sell for $2. Fiction and nonfiction books published in 2005 or later cost $1. Paperbacks cost 50 cents and childrens books are the real bargain for one quarter of a dollar.

Childrens librarian Holly Baker says library staff has been celebrating annual appreciation dinners with the members for many years. The Friends of the Cody Library could never be thanked enough. Baker said. Their tireless work and dedication means library staff is able to go above and beyond in service to our patrons. Cody kids greatly benefit from their generosity year-round. Most recently, this included Christmas gifts they purchased for hundreds of students.

I am thankful beyond words for these amazing volunteers. They make the Cody Library great.

Former reference librarian Nicholle Gerharter has accepted the Cody library manager position. Her new duties begin Jan. 1.

The Pointe Caf is due to open shortly after the first of the year.

From the reference librarian

Supporting continuing education and lifelong learning is a key value of your public library. While people once took correspondence courses via the mail, more and more students are taking classes online. Sometimes, those online classes require students to take tests in a neutral location and under observation.

We offer that proctoring service for no charge. For more information, stop by or contact Nicholle Gerharter, (307) 527-1880 or at ngerharter@parkcountylibrary.org.

Library programs are free and open to the public.

Artist Marie Shirley-Jones lunch and learn talk, noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15. Shirley-Jones is a retired art teacher from Red Lodge, Mont. Her fiber art panel depicting Plains Indian women was featured at the library in December. Participants are welcome to bring a lunch.

The first meeting of the Reading the West book club will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. Blizzard 1949 by Roy Alleman will be discussed. The next book, Black 14: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Wyoming Football by Ryan Thorburn will be available for the Feb. 25 discussion.

Leap Into Your Library, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, is a celebration of community arts including speakers, childrens activities and authors produced by the Park County Library Foundation free for all ages.

Board games on Tuesdays.

Homeschool hour, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Homework hour, 4-5 p.m. Thursdays. No computer gaming during this quiet time.

Learn to play chess, 3:30-5 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 3, 10 and 24.

Movie afternoon, 2:30-4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17.

Wits and Wisdom - a place especially for seniors, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Did you get a new device for Christmas? Bring it in and learn about its abilities.

Cards, anyone? 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.

Computer and phone help, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Knitting, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursdays.

Computer help, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Friday.

In the childrens library

CRC Playgroup for ages 18-36 months with parent or caregiver, 10-11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 17.

Cardinals and Winter Wildlife art class with Mrs. Bacon, limited to 20 artists in grades K-5, 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.

Read to a Dog, for readers of all ages proven to improve fluency. Book a 15 minute session with a good listener, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tuesdays.

Sleepy Time stories for the whole family, come for the best new books and stay for milk and cookies, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6.

Toddler Time for ages 1-4, with parent or caregiver, 10-10:20 a.m. Mondays.

Story Time for all ages, stories based on a theme accompanied by games, songs and craft projects, 10-10:45 a.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Homeschool hour, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Crafternoons, with Take or Make craft kits, snacks, games and books. Enjoy a screen-free afternoon, 3-8 p.m. Thursdays.

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