WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

WOODWARD NEWS

PAGE

5A

Courtney Young

Rachel Reardon

Rotary honors students

Rotary Students of the Month are Courtney Young and Rachel Reardon Young has a 3.83 grade point average and plans to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University to pursue a business administration degree. Her honors include 2013 OMEA All-State Women's Chorus, academic letterman, WODCA women's choir and mixed choir, Oklahoma Rodeo Opry Kick Start Concert Series and superior ratings at district and state choir contests. She is a member of the First Christian Church and Youth Praise Band, Boomer Expressions Honor Choir, National Honor Society, Boomer Buddies and is a freshman mentor. She has also volunteered with Special Olympics and Crystal Christmas. Her parents are Bob and Kathy Young. Reardon has a 3.9 grade point average and will attend Oklahoma State University to major in English Literature with a possible minor in journalism. She is an academic letterman, Golden W nominee and is a member of the Youth Leadership Oklahoma Class XII. Activities include National Honor Society, Academic Bowl and Woodward High School yearbook. Her parents are Kenneth and Michelle Reardon

Employees at Woodward Regional Hospital (WRH) recently enjoyed an ice cream social as they recognized the kickoff of "Woodward Regional Hospital Month" this May. Tom Early, chief financial officer of WRH, said one of the goals of the Hospital Month, which is an extension of National Hospital Week, is to celebrate and recognize hospital staff. (Photo by Rowynn Ricks)

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

NEW YORK (AP) The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and TMobile will be joined by 200 other organizations backing the multi-million dollar ad campaign. The campaign is unusual not just because it unites rivals, but because it represents companies warning against the dangers of their own products. After initially fighting laws against cellphone use while driving, cellphone companies have begun to embrace the language of the federal government's campaign against cellphone use by drivers. AT&T and Verizon have run ads against texting and driving since 2009. In 2005, Sprint Nextel Corp. created an education program targeting teens learning to drive. "Every CEO in the industry that you talk to recognizes that this is an issue that needs to be dealt with," AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in an interview. "I think we all understand that pooling our resources with one consistent message is a lot more powerful than all four of us having different messages and going different directions." Beyond TV and radio ads, the new campaign will stretch into the skies through displays on Goodyear's three blimps. It will also include store displays, community events, social-media outreach and a national tour of a driving simulator. The campaign targets teens in particular. AT&T Inc. calls texting and driving an "epidemic," a term it borrows from the federal Department of Transportation. The U.S. transportation secretary has been on a selfdescribed "rampage" against cellphones since his term began in January 2009. Stephenson said that "texting while driving is a deadly habit that makes you 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash." The figure refers to a 2009 government study of bus and truck drivers. It isn't based on crashes alone, but on the likelihood the drivers showed risky behavior such as lane drifting or sharp braking, sometimes culminating in a crash. The unified ad campaign comes as some researchers are starting to say that while texting and driving at the same time is clearly a bad idea, it's not contributing measurably to an increase in traffic accidents. The number of accidents is in a longterm decline, and the explosion of texting and smartphone use doesn't seem to be reversing that trend. In the 2009 government study, texting, email and surfing on the cellphone was a factor in about 1 percent of crashes, well below epidemic levels. "There's no question that phone use is causing crashes. But so far it doesn't appear to be adding to the overall crash problem," says Russ Rader, a spokesman for the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, which is funded by the insurance industry. The institute's analysis is based in part on comparing accident rates before and after states enact bans on hand-held cellphone use while driving. Most states ban cellphone use at least for some drivers; 39 states and the District of Columbia ban text messaging for all drivers. James Sayer, a research scientist at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, has suggested that the debate over driver distraction "needs to address far more than cellphones. Only addressing the 'new' forms of distraction will have limited impact in terms of total lives saved." Nonetheless, the cellphone industry and the federal government have focused their attention on cellphones. The government's Distraction.gov site singles out cellphones as the greatest danger among all sources of driver distraction. In an interview last year with The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said that in 2010, 3,092 lives "could have been saved if someone had the sense to put down their cellphone."

For a limited time orgy so call todayi elf notavreentonv

10.VainCorimvhinef Nola

IdaI 1-1Ealth WEIhtloss, LLC

580-548-7097
Cumaions? Errw usl ideetediltaggraccen 324 Coleco Ave xe I AM'

Igae AFafn wbactnik

1202 W. Mow, Sze C I Enid

CHINA KING
SUPER BUFFET

CLASSIC BOWL Saturaphme 11 8 pint

Boomer Stadium Woodward, OK
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TUESDAY, MAY 28TH
y Ot. 4Mr

6:30 & 8:00 P.m,

BOYS BASKETBALL
THURSDAY, MAY

I0I MUSIC
"IMP

30m 6:30 & 8:00 p.m.

You Can Eat

2704 Williams Ave. Woodward, OK 73801 Tel: 580.254.3388 Fax: 580-256-3698

All

AWARDS BANQUET
FRIDAY, MAY 31ST 7:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST

DOWNTOWN PARADE 2:00 p.m.

Woodward
& Waters * AA
oni, t ioniow

FOOTBALL GAME

A Quottegentry oarcelsoco WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA

KANSAS . DIUNONIA . TEXAS

SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST

8:00

Burrou

P.M.

(Pre-Game Activities begin just past 7 p.m.)

Tickets available by calling 56025E4101

Business Hours: Sun -Thurs, 11:00am - 9:00pm Fri. 11:00am - 9:30pm

BENEFIT DINNER AND AUCTION FOR GREG MYERS

THURSDAY MAY 16, 2013 DINNER: 6:30PM
0

91111tiechilli
Small just got smaller.
A revolutionary hearing aid featuring the latest in nanotechnology.

11
Just Imagine...
LOUD NOISE SOFTENED WHILE SOFT SPEECH IS MADE LOUDER
For those who have or illtd* heating and understanding when there Is backgyound noise

Minimization taken to a whole new level

AUCTION: 8:00PM MOOSE LODGE 3702 1ST STREET Donations Only

41 Look... she's Pveuring ii!

NO VOLUME CONTROLS TO ADJUST

Just 5143 it comfortably kda Fur ear and riven to what youVe teen missing?

THE NEW AGE OF HEARING AIDS

Individual resutts With amplification will vary depending on duration and severity of loss.

Presenting:

TINY DIGITAL COMPUTER

Programmed to tit your specht hearing loss requirements,

AUTOMATIC SOUND ADJUSTMENT

As your sound environment clones, your digitally programmed tleattng instrument adjusts itseif, 41.110MATICALLYI

On April 7, 2013 Greg was the passenger in a horrific car accident. Greg has had to have multiple reconstructive surgeries and has a long road of recovery ahead of him. Your participation in this benefit dinner and auction is appreciated.
Proceeds to defray hospital costs For more info please call:

BUTTE
of Oklahoma

G Woodward, OK

1915 Oklahoma Ave.

(across from Sonic)

Bonnie Parker 580-571-2040, Connie Brzoticky 316-258-4422, or Tonya Newton 580-377-9071

SIVIS YSTU

580-256-0668