🌱New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep + Congratulations Athletes!

Hello, everybody. It's Saturday in Avon-Avon Lake and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening in town, including news about:

• Easy New Year's resolutions!
• Scholar athletes celebrated!
• High scoring wrestler!

But first, today's weather:

Mild with periods of rain. High: 52 Low: 35.

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Here are the top three stories today in Avon-Avon Lake:

1. As you get ready to celebrate the New Year this weekend the Avon Lake Police Department would like to offer you some ideas for New Year's Resolutions that are easy to keep: "Don't drink & drive. Don't drive distracted. Put the phone away. Buckle up. Remove valuables from your car and lock it up. Don't provide personal/financial information to unknown callers. If you see something suspicious; call us at the time, we're here to help 440-933-4567" (Avon Lake Police Department via Facebook)
2. According to Spectrum News, "two student-athletes from Avon Lake High School were recognized as the Week 9 Scholar Athletes of the Week for the northeast region. Elizabeth Manly plays soccer and runs track for the Shoremen. Manly was described as someone who “embodies what it means to be a student-athlete,” and “committed herself to be successful in the classroom, on the playing fields, and in the community.” Jeremy Brausch is a football and lacrosse player for Avon Lake. Brausch was described as someone who “embodies what it means to be a student-athlete,” and who has “committed himself to be successful in the classroom, on the playing fields, and in the community.” Congratulations students! Well done! (Spectrum News.com)
3. Congratulations to Nathan Perry (138) for his 8-0 win in the wrestling finals over the 10th ranked D3 wrestler from Northmor! Great job Nathan. Keep up the good work! (Avon Lake Wrestling Club via twitter)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Clinic: "When the temperature drops and it gets cold earlier, there is often a change of mood connected with the two chemicals of melatonin and serotonin in your body. Dark cold nights can trigger an intense feeling of loneliness and a drop in serotonin, and there may even be a significant link between cuffing season and seasonal affective disorder." (Cleveland Clinic via Instagram)
• Cleveland Clinic: "How do you nurture creativity? Where do good ideas come from?⁣ What can we learn from failure? Forward thinkers who exemplify⁣ the spirit of innovation at Cleveland Clinic tell us how they do⁣ what they do. " (Cleveland Clinic via Instagram)
• Avon Lake City Schools: "Stay up-to-date regarding our Building A Legacy facilities project. Save the date to attend our next community forum, Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at ALHS Link below includes slide presentation and video from the November community forum. " (Avon Lake City Schools via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

About me: Journalism is in my veins. I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love my small-town community and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.

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