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Dave Says By Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey

Here’s How It Works:Sudoku puzzles formattedas a 9x9 grid, broken downinto nine 3x3 boxes. Tosolve a sudoku, the num-bers 1 through 9 must filleach row, column and box.You can figure out the or-der in which the numberswill appear using the nu-meric clues already pro-vided in the boxes. Themore numbers you name,the easier it gets to solve

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Only you canmake it happen

Dear Dave,I’ve got so many things I want to

address and change about my life, bothpersonally and professionally, in thecoming year. Do you have any advice orpractices for helping people be success-ful and achieve their goals?

Tim

Dear Tim,Goals are dreams, but you can’t stop

with just dreaming. Examining your goalsinside and out, and by thoughtfully con-structing small, achievable steps towardthem is the key to creating change in yourlife. Remember, too, that it’s your re-sponsibility—not someone else’s—to fixthings in your life. If you’re waiting forsomeone or something else to make thingsbetter, you’re going to be disappointed.

When it comes to setting and achiev-ing goals, be specific about what youwant to achieve. Vague, unspecified ideaswill only cause you to feel overwhelmed,

SUDOKU

Yard and Garden:Caring for Holiday

HouseplantsBy Aaron J. Steil, Chris Currey

How do I care for a Norfolk IslandPine?

The Norfolk Island pine is a popularhouseplant. During the holiday season,many people turn their plants into liv-ing Christmas trees by decorating themwith miniature lights, ribbons and orna-ments. The Norfolk Island pine thrivesindoors when given good, consistent care.Place the Norfolk Island pine in a brightlylit location near an east, west or southwindow. Rotate the plant weekly to pre-vent the plant from growing toward thelight and becoming lopsided.

Thoroughly water the Norfolk Islandpine when the soil surface becomes dryto the touch. Discard the excess waterwhich drains out the bottom of the pot.From spring to early fall, fertilize theplant with a dilute fertilizer solution ev-ery two to four weeks. A temperature of55 to 70 F is suitable for the NorfolkIsland pine. Winter is often a difficulttime because of low relative humiditylevels in most homes. Raise the humid-ity level around the Norfolk Island pinewith a humidifier or place the plant on apebble tray. Low relative humidity lev-els, insufficient light, or excessively drysoil conditions may induce browning ofbranch tips and lead to the loss of thelower branches.

How do I pot up an amaryllis bulb?When planting an amaryllis bulb, se-

lect a pot which is approximately 1 to 2inches wider than the diameter of thebulb. The container may be clay, ceramicor plastic, but should have drainage holesin the bottom. Plant the bulb in good,well-drained potting mix. Place a smallamount of potting mix in the bottom ofthe pot. Center the bulb in the middle ofthe pot. Then add additional potting mix,firming it around the roots and bulb. Whenfinished potting, the upper one-half ofthe bulb should remain above the soilsurface. Also, leave about one inch be-tween the soil surface and the pot’s rim.Then water well and place in a warm (70to 75 F) location.

After the initial watering, allow the

potting mix to dry somewhat before wa-tering again. Keep the mix moist, but notwet. When growth appears, move theplant to a sunny window and apply awater soluble fertilizer every two to fourweeks. During flower stalk elongation,turn the pot each day to keep the flowerstalk growing straight. Flower stalks thatlean badly will need to be staked.

Flowering usually occurs about sixto eight weeks after potting. When theamaryllis begins to bloom, move theplant to a slightly cooler (65 to 70 F)location that doesn’t receive direct sunto prolong the life of the flowers.

For more Yard and Garden news andinformation visit: www.https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/

and this will likely lead to you giving up.Also, make your goals measurable. If youwant to lose weight, don't simply writedown "lose weight" as a goal. How muchweight do you want to lose? How manypounds would you have to lose per weekin order to see the desired result in aspecified amount of time?

This one may sound silly, but are thegoals you have in mind your goals? If aspouse or friend sets goals for you,you're probably not going to succeed.Creating a goal, and taking ownership ofit, will give you more incentive to meetyour goal. Setting a time frame will helpyou develop more realistic goals, too.And last, always put your goals in writ-ing. Write them down, and review themoften. This will provide you with addedmotivation to make your goals a reality.

Successful people examine and reas-sess their lives on a regular basis. Whenthey realize changes need to be made,they start living intentionally, in writ-ing, on paper, and on purpose!

Dave

Dave Ramsey is a seven-time #1 na-tional best-selling author, personal financeexpert, and host of The Dave RamseyShow, heard by more than 16 million lis-teners each week.

GIRLS’ ACTION -- 12-15-20AWV vs. CRB @ Coon Rapids

CAM 69, AWV 42Score by Quarters: 1st, CRB, 12-

9; 2nd, 23-15; 3rd, 35-34; 4th, 50-35.Scoring: Maggie Ragaller, 12; Brid-

get Cameron, 8; Jadeyn Smith, 6;Timberlen Koch, 5; Sara Schurke, 3;Jamie Hausman, 1. For CRB, Brynn Bassscored 14 points, and two girls each addedeight points and nine points.

Shooting: AWV: Overall: 15-59,25.4%; Two-Pointers, 13-36, 36.1%;Three-Pointers, 2-23, 8.7%; FreeThrows, 4-13, 30.8%. CRB: Overall: 19-50, 38.0%; Two-Pointers, 17-38, 44.7%;Three-Pointers, 2-11, 16.7%; FreeThrows, 10-18, 55.6%.

Rebounds: Bridget Cameron, 12;Smith, 12; Ragaller, 9; Schurke, 3;Hausman, 2; Koch, 1; Hannah Kraus, 1.Team Rebounds: AWV 49, CRB 35.

Assists: Schurke, 4; Kraus, 3; Smith,1; Hausman, 1; Ragaller, 1.

Steals: Schurke, 2; Smith, 1; Kraus,1; Koch, 1; Bridget Cameron, 1.

Blocks: Smith, 3; Bridget Cameron,1.

Fouls: AWV 15.Comments from Head Coach Jer-

emy Smith: We started the game slow.At times, we were hesitant to take theball at them. The third quarter, we cameout with more energy and tied the game.The fourth quarter hurt us, only scoringone point, and they made a lot of theirfree throws to close it out.

Overall Record: 1-4. Rolling Val-ley Conference Record: 1-4.

GIRLS’ ACTION -- 12-17-20AWV vs. WESTWOOD @ Sloan

WESTWOOD 84, AWV 49Score by Quarters: 1st, WW, 20-

13; 2nd, 35-23; 3rd, 66-39; 4th, 84-49.Scoring: Jadeyn Smith, 23; Sara

Schurke, 7; Bridget Cameron, 6; Timber-len Koch, 5; Maggie Ragaller, 3; HannahKraus, 3; Sophie Jackson, 2. For the hometeam, Addy Johnson, a freshman, scored28 points, followed by Briley Pike with19.

Shooting: AWV: Overall: 16-47,34.0%; Two-Pointers, 9-27, 33.3%;Three-Pointers, 7-20, 35.0%; FreeThrows, 10-19, 52.6%. WW: Overall: 28-63, 44.4%; Two-Pointers, 17-33, 51.5%;Three-Pointers, 11-30 36.7%; FreeThrows, 17-22, 77.3%.

Rebounds: Smith, 10; Kraus, 6;Schurke, 5; Bridget Cameron, 3; Saman-

BOYS’ ACTION -- 12-15-20AWV vs. CRB @ Coon Rapids

AWV 50, CRB 44Score by Quarters: 1st, CRB 10-6;

2nd, 28-16; 3rd, 37-31; 4th, AWV 50-44.Scoring: Will Ragaller, 19; Zach

Schimmer, 15; Cooper Kock, 8; AndresCruz, 5; Kyelar Cleveland, 3. CRB wasled by Easton Hays with 14 and LanceClayburg with 10.

Shooting: AWV: Overall: 15-52,28.8%; Two-Pointers, 12-33, 35.4%;Three-Pointers, 3-19, 15.8%; FreeThrows, 17-24, 70.8%. CRB: Overall: 18-43, 41.9%; Two-Pointers, 13-30, 43.3%;Three-Pointers, 5-13, 38.5%; FreeThrows, 3-5, 60%.

Rebounds: Kock, 12; Ragaller, 9;Schimmer, 4; Cruz, 4; Braeden Kirsch, 3;Kyelar Cleveland, 3; Kalon Cleveland, 2.Team Rebounds: AWV 37, CRB 24.

Assists: Ragaller, 3; Kyelar Cleve-land, 1; Schimmer, 1; Braeden Kirsch, 1;Cruz, 1.

Steals: Kock, 5; Ragaller, 2; Schimmer,1; Braeden Kirsch, 1; Cruz, 1.

Blocks: Schimmer, 2; Kock, 1.Fouls: AWV 11, CRB 20.Comments from Coach Wilken:

We dug ourselves a hole in the first halfbecause we just couldn’t get the ball to

The Carroll Swim Team recordedanother win Monday night with only onedefeat for the 2020-21 season, taking a93 1/2-76 1/2 victory over Marshalltownat the Carroll Rec Center.

Ar-We-Va’s Jonathan Dose won the200 Free (1:51.85) and the 100 Fly (56.11),while Kyle Sundrup of Kuemper won the100 Back (58.53) and was 2nd in the 200IM (2:14.51).

Both local swimmers were members

of the championship 200 and 400 Freerelays, in times of 1:32.95 and 3:28.86respectively.

Last Thursday, the team hosted Se-nior Night action and picked up wins overCouncil Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, 67-26,and Atlantic, 69-22. The team’s seniorschose the lineup for the night and werecredited by Coach Deb Danner with do-ing a good job at that task.

Results for the local swimmers areas follows:

1st place: Jonathan Dose, 200 IM,2:13.12; Jonathan Dose, 200 Free Relay,1:37.89; Jonathan Dose, 400 Free Relay,3:36.40.

2nd place: Kyle Sundrup, 50 Free,24.49; Jonathan Dose, 500 Free, 5:37.65.

3rd place: Kyle Sundrup, 200 MedleyRelay, 2:08.28; Kyle Sundrup, 100 Breast;

4th place: Kyle Sundrup, 200 FreeRelay.

Carroll swimmers to 11-1 for seasonas Dose, Sundrup still swimming wellNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED PURCHASE OF A FIRE TRUCK/TANKER FOR THE CITY OF ARCADIA,

IOWA, FIRE DEPARTMENTNotice is Hereby Given: that at 7:00

p.m., at the City Hall Council Chambers,Arcadia, Iowa, on the 4th day of January,2021, the City Council of the City of Arcadia,Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the questionof funding the purchase of a new Fire Truck/

Tanker for the Arcadia Volunteer FireDepartment.

At this meeting any interested personmay file written objections or comments andmay be heard with respect to the subjectmatters of the hearing.

Julie SchroederArcadia City ClerkPublished in The Observer, Thursday,

December 24, 2020.

Notice of Public HearingProposed Purchase of Fire Truck Tanker

City of Arcadia -- January 4, 2021

go in the hoop. Our defense was prettygood for the most part but especially inthe second half, which allowed us to rally.It was a nice win after being down 12 atthe half!

Overall Record: 3-2. Rolling Val-ley Conference Record: 3-2.

BOYS’ ACTION -- 12-17-20AWV vs. WESTWOOD @ Sloan

AWV 49, WESTWOOD 39Score by Quarters: 1st, WW 12-6;

2nd, 20-19; 3rd, AWV 33-28; 4th, 49-39.Scoring: Zach Schimmer, 17; Will

Ragaller, 16; Cooper Kock, 7; KyelarCleveland, 4; Braeden Kirsch, 2; DamonEhlers, 2; Conner Kirsch, 1. Westwoodhad two players in double figures --Brennan Eby with 15 and Blaine Dietschywith 12.

Shooting: AWV: Overall: 16-55,29.1%; Two-Pointers, 13-34, 38.2%;Three-Pointers, 3-21, 14.3%; FreeThrows, 14-23, 60.9%. WW: Overall: 14-51, 27.5%; Two-Pointers, 12-32, 37.5%;Three-Pointers, 2-19, 10.5%; FreeThrows, 9-22, 40.9%.

Rebounds: Kock, 12; Ragaller, 10;Ehlers, 10; Schimmer, 4; Kyelar Cleve-land, 3; Andres Cruz, 2; Kalon Cleveland,2. Team Rebounds: AWV 47, WW 37.

Assists: Ragaller, 4; Schimmer, 1;Kock, 1; Conner Kirsch, 1; Cruz, 1.

Steals: Ragaller, 3; Schimmer, 2; Kock,2; Kyelar Cleveland, 2; Cruz, 1.

Blocks: Kock, 1.Fouls: AWV 18, WW 22.Comments from Coach Wilken:

This was a pretty ugly game offensivelybut I was happy once again for the mostpart. Only giving up 39 points is a goodway to get yourselves a win, no matterhow much you’re struggling on offense.We really hustled the second half.

Overall Record: 4-2. Rolling Val-ley Conference Record: 3-2.

BOYS’ ACTION -- 12-18-20AWV vs. G-R @ Westside

AWV 52, GLIDDEN-RALSTON 34Score by Quarters: 1st, AWV, 11-

6; 2nd, 24-19; 3rd, 38-24; 4th, 52-34.Scoring: Will Ragaller, 19; Zach

Schimmer, 14; Kalon Cleveland, 5; KyelarCleveland, 4; Braeden Kirsch, 4; CooperKock, 2; Jeffrey Molina, 2; Andres Cruz,2. G-R eight players score but only one,Brigham Daniel, in double figures. He hitthree three-pointers.

Shooting: AWV made 11 two-point-ers and 4 three’s and was 18 of 23(78.3%) from the foul line. G-R made 6shots on each side of the arc and made 4

tha Hinners, 2; Ragaller, 1; Hausman, 1;Jackson, 1; Koch, 1. Team Rebounds:AWV 30, WW 42.

Assists: Schurke, 3; Smith, 3; Kraus,2; Bridget Cameron, 2; Hausman, 1;Ragaller, 1.

Steals: Schurke, 1; Smith, 1; Kraus,1; Hausman, 1.

Blocks: Smith, 1.Fouls: AWV 15, WW 16.Comments from Head Coach Jer-

emy Smith: Although the scoreboarddidn’t show it, this was probably one ofour better games. We came out andmoved the ball with poise and purpose andgot a lot of good looks. We kept the gamewithin reach, but a 31-point third quarterby them extended to an insurmountablelead.

Overall Record: 1-5. Rolling Val-ley Conference Record: 1-4.

GIRLS’ ACTION -- 12-18-20AWV vs. GLIDDEN-RALSTON

@ WestsideG-R 44, AWV 31

Score by Quarters: 1st, 5-5; 2nd, G-

Rocket boys pick up four straight wins; girls looking for victory No. 2of 8 free throws, 50%.

Rebounds: Kock, 9; Braeden Kirsch,5; Schimmer, 5; Ragaller, 4; Kyelar Cleve-land, 2; Kalon Cleveland, 2; Andres Cruz,2; Damon Ehlers, 2; Conner Kirsch, 1.

Assists: Schimmer, 4; Ragaller, 3;Cruz, 1.

Steals: Schimmer, 4; Ragaller, 3;Kyelar Cleveland, 2.

Fouls: AWV 15, G-R 17.Comments from Coach Wilken:

Overall, this was a good night for ourclub...nothing spectacular on any phasebut good all the way around. I was realhappy with our man-to-man defense andthought we played with some good en-ergy and hustle. This was the fifth gamein a row shooting at least 23 free throws,so I was pleased with our aggressiveness.

Overall Record: 5-2. Rolling Val-ley Conference Record: 4-2.

Rocket junior Braeden Kirschbattles with a Glidden-Ralstonplayer in AWV’s Friday night victoryat home -- the Rockets’ fourthstraight win. Photo by Lanice Kock.

R, 23-12; 3rd, 31-19; 4th, 44-31.Scoring: Jadeyn Smith, 9; Sara

Schurke, 8; Hannah Kraus, 6; BridgetCameron, 4; Kora Obrecht, 2; MaggieRagaller, 2. For G-R, Paige Klockescored 14 and Gretchen Wallace 12.

Shooting: AWV hit 7 two-pointersand 5 three-pointers and was 2 of 5 fromthe foul line (40%). The Lady Wildcatsmade 8 two-pointers and 6 three’s aswell as 10 of 14 free throws (71.4%).

Rebounds: Smith, 17; Bridget Cam-eron, 7; Schurke, 5; Kraus, 3; Ragaller, 3;Timberlen Koch, 3; Hausman, 1.

Assists: Kraus, 3; Schurke, 1; Smith,1.

Steals: Kraus, 2; Ragaller, 2; Smith,1; Koch, 1.

Fouls: AWV 17, G-R 10.Comments from Head Coach Jer-

emy Smith: The tough game the nightbefore showed some effects tonight. Weseemed like we had tired legs and lowenergy. We rebounded better but werejust unable to hit shots.

Overall Record: 1-6. Rolling Val-ley Conference Record: 1-5.

Senior Sara Schurke looks to dish off during Friday’s game withGlidden-Ralston. See albums of photos by Lanice Kock from each ofthe week’s three outings for both the girls and boys on The Observer’sFacebook page!