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Show Friday, June 19, 2009 DAILY . Texting HERALD A3 there wanted tobe in it so badly andit meant so much verbally isey important,” Germane said. Texting “does Continuedfrom Al to perp said Germane, who haveits still a little sceptical, but most- considersherself not to tbe very competitive. “I got don’t wantit to consume the way we communicatein our ly surprised. a free trip to New York, and society.” “I felt like it came out of with getting eliminated early, nowhere.I wasn't intending I got to out in New York ee to come out ofit,” she for the next couple of days.” Her piiooorty going into te it was legitimate. And last Sunday, Germaneand her mother, Sydney Germane, flew to New Yorkfor the four-day competition. Out of 21 contestants, she found she was one ofthe older kids in the group,she said. It wasn't Germane'sfirst time to New York;she hadvis- This year, LG's texting competition was restructured morealong the lines of a game show, she said. The producers the unexpected challenge was, “Whatever happens, happens,” said Germane, who estimates that she can text about 60 words per minute, Instead, she and her mother went shopping in Manhattan and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. How did Germane come to told her portions of the competition will be available for viewing online and at a few select movies theaters, including the hometown areas of the 21 finalists. Germane doesn’t even know ifshe madethefinal cut after leaving duringthe first round But she'll probablystill go to be such a lightning-quick tex- see it, if the film version of her ter? Even she’s not sure. Like during spring break in 2008 as most teens, she picked up the ited twice previously including a senior at Timpanogos High School. But despite relative texting tournament comes to sons for nine years, something first round during which contestants had to text a phrase with a combination of speed guess,” she said. “My brother would comment on how fast and accuracy. She said jee mother, who was in the audience while the town,“just outof curiosity,” she said. Germane’s mother, who habit a few years agoin high school when she got a cell phone. She also took piano les- familiarity with her surroundings, Germanefound herself eliminated from the fast-texting competition in the very owns an iPhone,said she’s gotten on board with the texting trend. “I text a little bit,” she think helped both her typing and texting speeds. “It just came to me,I Sydney Germanesaid. LG Mobile Phones Kate Moore, 15, of Des Moines, lowa, competes in the LG U.S. National Texting Championship, I was.” But Germane, whosays she “You know, I was actually OKwith it. Someof the people Education Continued from Al “This isn't a moralissue anymore,” Hemingwaysaid. “This is a health issue.” Rep. Chris Johnson, D-Salt ignore theissue “Kids are going to be sexu- e§ Phe current Education rule 's mayinstruct about con- family and closefriends often, send in high school, andsig- nificantly less than girl she that teens and adults exercise moderation and good judg- Germanerealizes there are negative aspects ofthe tech- metat the national texting competition, who blasts out 400 a day. And even though she texts ment whengetting into the nology that for many teens habit of mobile phonetexting. and younger adults borders on “I just see So manyteenagaddiction. She said she hopes ers losingthe ability to com- a national texting contest, her mothersaid. “It’s not an obsession for her like is it for a lot of kids,” phone courseof her life hasn't changed becauseofit. 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Moore’s 14,000texts-per-month habit reaped its ownrewards, landing her the competition prize of $50,000 just eight monthsafter she got herfirst cell phone. texts about 100 to 150 text messages a day, said that's segment wasbeing filmed, no- fewertexts than she used to ticed that Germanewas one of the first contestants finished — but she had made an error in hertext. ive aspects. I just Don't miss our MorningSpecials. Friday and Saturdayuntil 1pm. caution byeliminating impor tant information. Hemingway's bill is modeled after one in NorthCarolina, where a program is offered to grades seventhrough12 Bright Concepts. Let the Sunshinein! SPECIAL a Pa ey Th SPECIAL + UNTIL 1PM ONLY SPECIAL « UNTIL 1PM ONLY eRe tae as 60%OFF Sea SPECIAL 29.99 UNTIL 1PM SPECIAL 19.99 UNTIL 1PM duamon ot rc) SPECIAL 39.99 UNTIL 1PM Premium jeans for juniors. Reg. $48, sale 34.99 Alfani dresses for misses andpetites Reg $1 sale 49.99. aia SPECIAL 39.99 UNTIL 1PM Alfani dresses for m sale 49.99, es. 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