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Mud Creek Bridge, old SH 99 OBITUARY construction to begin soon

TULSA Bids were recently opened for Commissioner Bob Jackson's LB May Drive and old SH 99 overlay and Mud Creek bridge replacement project. The project is from Farrell Drive to SH 99 including replacement of the bridge over Mud Creek. The old bridge was built in 1980 and has been closed because it was structurally deficient and has since collapsed. The new bridge and roadway was designed by Guy Engineering Services, Inc., of Tulsa. The new bridge is a 125 feet long, 32 feet clear roadway prestressed concrete beam bridge. The low bidder was Becco Contractors of Tulsa, with a bid of $2,243,776.80. The construction is funded by the Osage Nation and is an example of how Osage County and Osage Nation often work together for the benefit of their citizens. The project is scheduled to take 10 months and construction should begin in October. The road will remain open to local traffic during construction but closed at the bridge.

`Food for Thought' set for Thursday

The Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce presents, "Food for Thought," an energetic lunch and learn series designed to provide meaningful networking and professional development. "Your Attitude IS Everything..." will be presented by Tonya Foreman and Tara Gotwalt at 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Thursday at the Pawhuska Business Development Center (Lunch served at 11:30 a.m., program begins at noon.) One of the most important steps you can take achieving your greatest potential in life is to learn to monitor your attitude and its impact on your performance, relationships and everyone around you. Tonya Foreman and Tara Gotwalt will provide an informative and practical session including tips on achieving and maintaining your greatest benefit in life by learning "Your Attitude IS Everything!" Special thanks to the Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce for covering the cost of lunch! Please register now by calling Cindy Helmer at 918-287-3357 or email at [email protected] .

Drivers invited to join 'It Can Wait' movement

A movement is accomplished through the voices and actions of many. That is why four national wireless service providers, spearheading the "It Can Wait" campaign, are urging people to share their commitment to never text and drive with others on Drive 4 Pledges Day, Sept. 19. Individuals can sign up at ItCanWait.com to get resources that will help them share their commitment on social media and personalize the movement in their communities on key activation days. Aspiring to create a social stigma around this dangerous habit of texting while driving, Drive 4 Pledges Day will focus on getting individuals involved in taking the pledge to never text and drive while encouraging others in their community to do the same. These individuals will join AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Inc., Verizon and more than 200 other organizations by sharing their commitment not to text and drive while increasing awareness of the dangers. On Sept. 19, Drive 4 Pledges Day, supporters of the movement are called to help spread the word to their families, friends and communities. Advocates will be encouraged to do things like change their social profile photos and banner to It Can Wait graphics, and share their personal pledge stories using the hashtag #ItCanWait. Offline activations will include hosting pledge drives and distributing posters in their schools, workplaces and neighborhoods. All materials such as social graphics and posters will be available for download from ItCanWait.com. Individuals joining in Drive 4 Pledges Day will be part of a variety of activations and awareness campaigns coast-tocoast, including: Nearly 2,000 Drive 4 Pledges activities will be held in communities across the nation, including more than 1,500 at high schools. Additionally, 200+ proclamations will be issued. #ItCanWait tweets and Instagram posts will stream on ItCanWait. com. A National Organizations for Youth Safety Teen Distracted Driving Prevention Summit in Washington D.C. will be held Sept. 18-20, including a rally on Sept. 19 with over 75 teens, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, NTSB Member Christopher Hart and Aly Raisman, The Century Council Ambassador. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon will run co-branded advertising on national TV programming, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, and display the message in their tens of thousands of stores nationwide. GE Healthcare will provide its US Service vehicle fleets with It Can Wait window clings to remind its employees to be safe while on the roads. Goodyear blimps will display the message It Can Wait in the skies over Miami and Los Angeles. The It Can Wait message will be promoted across key sporting events at games and via social media. Several Major League Baseball teams will drum up support for It Can Wait by reaching out to fans during games urging them to take the pledge. Participating clubs include the Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and the Washington Nationals. NFL players will tweet their support of Drive 4 Pledges Day with their friends and fans and teams such as the Carolina Panthers will rally around the cause as well. NHL and NBA teams like the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs will also be supporting the cause. Third party organizations will support the day through various activations. The Consumer Electronics Association will hold an employee and membership pledge drive and distribute messaging through social media. The National Auto Body Council will distribute messaging through social media, enewsletters, and press releases. Member collision shops will hold mini pledge drives in local communities. Net Impact, a nonprofit that empowers a new generation of leaders to work for a sustainable future, will promote the pledge as a "small step" in their Small Steps, Big Wins Campus Challenge program at colleges around the world. Youth organizations like the Girl Scouts will participate. Girl Scouts of the USA will activate its 112 councils nationwide to support It Can Wait through social media and member engagement. "Texting while driving claims too many lives, and raising awareness of this completely preventable tragedy is key to saving them," said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. "We've seen success before through our seatbelts and our drunk driving campaigns, and I both applaud the It Can Wait campaign for its efforts to raise awareness and encourage everyone to make a commitment on Drive 4 Pledges Day to drive focused and distraction-free." In fact, a ConnectSafely.org 1 survey found that individuals who speak up can have a profound impact, particularly on teens. 78 percent of teen drivers say they're likely not to text and drive if friends tell them it's wrong or stupid. 90 percent say they'd stop if a friend in the car asked them to. 93 percent would stop if a parent in the car asked them to. 44 percent say that they would be thankful if a passenger complained about their texting while driving. The It Can Wait movement is making a difference. One-in-three people who've seen the texting while driving message say they've changed their driving habits, the campaign has inspired more than 2.5 million pledges never to text and drive and the recently launched "From One Second To The Next" documentary has received more than 2 million views since Aug. 8. To take the pledge and get more information, visit www.ItCanWait.com .

Julia Gilkey passed from this life on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in her home in Bartlesville, Okla., surrounded by her family. She was a resident of Pawhuska, Okla. for many years where she and her husband, Wempsey Gilkey, Sr. raised their 12 children and one grandchild. Julia was born in Okmulgee, Okla. to John Armstrong and Dora Jenkins Armstrong. She was married to Wempsey Gilkey, Sr. until his death. She worked at Mullendore Cross Bell Ranch for 27 years. After retiring, she later moved to Bartlesville, where she loved spending time with her family and friends. Julia was a member of Greater First Baptist Church where she served on the Finance Committee and as the Missionary Julia Gilkey Chairman. She was President of the Bartlesville City Federation of Colored Women's Association, and was an active member of the Community Bible Study, V.F.W. Post #989, the Ladies Auxiliary, and the Westside Senior Citizens Club. She was preceded in death by three sons, Jerry Don Gilkey, Wempsey Gilkey, Jr. and Anthony Dean Gilkey; three sisters, Ernestine Jones, Edwina Paxton and Doris Clayton. She is survived by her children, (Billy Joe) and Norma Gilkey, (Betty Lou) and Herbert Bethel and (Earnie Mae) Chappel, all of Tulsa, Okla., (Peggy Diane) and Maurice Roberts, of Houston, Texas, (Margaret Delores) Ashley, of Kansas City, Missouri, (Dora Jean) and Thornton York, Jr., of Bartlesville, (Berna Joyce) and Morris Dyes, of Houston, (Herbert Lawrence) and Tamara Gilkey, of Edmond, Okla. and (Julius Grant) Gilkey, of Abu Dhabi. She has 30 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; 12 great-greatgrandchildren; Services for Mrs. Gilkey were held on Saturday, Sept. 14, in the First Baptist Church Worship Center, corner of 5th & Osage, Bartlesville. Pastor Walter Pettiford officiated. Interment followed the service in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements for Mrs. Gilkey were under the direction of the Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories. com .
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