Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Page: 3 of 24
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NEWS / Wednesday, April 22,2009
Elkins: simulator was a success
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happen during the town's peak summer
months, causing an economic disaster.
During construction, an 18.5 miles de-
tour will send peple away from Mannford
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According to Lucas, he is bracing for a
politically intense summer and fall. He
said Obama’s administration is going to
start pushing a national health care plan
and possibly another appropriations
bill.
Lucas was obviously preaching to the
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eryone seemed to be in his corner.
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Clinton had a $300 billion tax increase
and pushed the Brady Bill, and the back-
lash was tremendous. It’s what got me to
be a part of the majority of the past eight
years,” he said. “Now, Obama’s agenda is
more aggressive than Clinton’s.”
He also said that by 2008, the country
was suffering from "Bush fatigue” and
that people didn’t really vote for Obama,
they voted against anyone associated
with George Bush, which happened to
be John McCain.
The meeting also had a local twist.
Town administrator Mike Nunneley ex-
plained the bridge problem to Lucas and
the congressman said he would look into
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The Oklahoma Employer Services
Center (OKESC), a service provided for
employers by the Oklahoma Child Sup-
port Services, recently celebrated the
completion of its first year in operation.
A Marketing Coordinator with OKESC
will be on hand at the Mannford Cham-
ber of Commerce luncheon meeting at
the Steer Inn on Thursday, May 7, to
could happen. Some of the sopho-
mores were effected too but they’re at
an age were they want to be cool and
not show how it could effect them,
but I think it did,” she said.
Mannford senior Jenny McClure said
the simulator was effective for her.
“It showed how your can get tunnel
vision and how alcohol really effects
the way you drive,” said the 17-year
old. “It's harder to steer and the car
can start to swerve. Then you over-
correct and can crash. It’s harder than
you think.”
McClure also said the kids that
drank alcohol after the prom had al-
ready decided to do so and the simu-
lator wouldn't have effected their de-
cision.
Mannford Prom Queen Micki King
said the event was an eye-opener and
showed her things about the effects
of alcohol she didn't already know.
An impact video was shown at an
assembly and Elkins said it was very
graphic and would “definitely make
the kids stop and think.”
Elkins said, “Some of the kids told
me there were parties after the prom
but the kids all stayed put and didn’t
drive.”
The prom was held at the Oklaho-
ma Aquarium in Jenks, Okla. and the
theme was “A Black Tie Affair."
Daniel Tresner and Micki King were
crowned king and queen respectively,
and the junior prince and princess
were Patrick O'Melia and Heavin Tay-
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The Mannford High School S.A.D.D.
(Students Against Destructive Deci-
sions) program spent $2,500 on a
drunk driving simulator last week and
sponsor Kim Elkins said it was worth
it.
Elkins, a teacher and S.A.D.D. spon-
sor, said there weren’t any accidents
after the Mannford High School prom
last weekend therefore the simulator
must have worked.,
"If it impacted one student it was
worth it," she said.
However, Elkins said the new com-
pany has some kinks to work out.
The students got to see what it would
be like to drive after drinking alcohol
through a virtual reality simulator,
but Elkins said the graphics could
have been more realistic.
"he students weren't pessimistic
but the graphics just weren't real
enough. The point was to show how
alcohol effects your vision but some
of the kids said the driving wasn't real
enough. Boxes and pedestrians would
just show up in the middle of the road
without any warning. Kids notice
those things," Elkins said.
According to Elkins, the freshmen
were most impacted by the simulator
and some sophomores as well.
“Of course (freshmen aren't) driving
yet and they were amazed about how
their vision was effected and what
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Hughes, Dustin. Mannford Eagle (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 2009, newspaper, April 22, 2009; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1949771/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.