New Year brings new goals

The new year starts Tuesday, and with it come the usual resolutions to start over, be better. The Fulton Sun surveyed residents and visitors out and about in downtown Fulton Saturday to find out what their goals are as they prepare for a new beginning in 2013.

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UAPB's Jason Tolliver practices Tuesday. UAPB's men's basketball team will play its first 11 games on the road against major-conference teams and won't play any home games until January.

Megan MacVittie with Jewell Salon and Spa: To stop smoking.

Spencer Palmer, Fulton: To lose weight.

Sandy Dreyer, Fulton: To enjoy every day as a gift from God.

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Little Rock's Jermain Taylor (right) will face Jeff Lacy in a super middleweight bout Saturday in Nashville, Tenn, a town Taylor says that he's really comfortable fighting in.

Sneha Bhandari, a senior at Westminster College: Finish my last semester in college strong.

Melvin McCaleb, Fulton: We're dieting in the New Year, eating a little healthier.

Raghab KC, Florida: Eating healthy and playing games on my cell phone less.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.