Students SWAT Big Tobacco ▪ WHY – SWAT’s exhibit By Robert Fox aims to raise awareness about STAFF WRITER RFOX@LAWTON-CONSITUTION

The displays at the Students said. In most of the final Working Against Tobacco images, the smokers are gray (SWAT) team’s Kick Butts while the rest of the image is the dangers of tobacco and Day Art Exhibit, “Tobacco’s in color. secondhand smoke. Effect on Our Community” “ We wanted to make the were put together by the cigarette users look different ▪ WHEN – The kickoff students. other than holding a celebration will be from 2 to Tomara Fizzell, 17, took cigarette,” she said. 4 p.m. Saturday. It will be on and edited the photographs Josh Trope videotaped and display from 10 a.m. to 5 for “The Last One” display. edited the “SWAT p.m. Monday through The display’s 17 photographs Testimonials.” Trope said Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. tell a story and embody the Fizzell helped him with ideas Sunday throughout April. student’s feelings toward about how to film the video. tobacco. He said filming the three- ▪ WHERE – Museum of the Fizzell said Sarah Byrd and minute video discussing why Great Plains, 601 NW Ferris. Kylee Johnson helped come members of SWAT joined up with the idea and the title the team took about three ▪ COST – Admission to the for the display, and Byrd hours. It took another 20 museum is $6 for adults;$5 found the locations for the hours of editing. for senior citizens 60 and photo shoots. “ Each of us has our own older; $2.50 for children 7- Fizzell said she directed the story, and we don’t’ want 11/ and free for children 6 models for about three hours other people affected by and younger. On Sundays, and shot about 50 pictures. (tobacco),” he said. Lawton residents may visit For the most part, she said, the museum free with proof she told them to act normally. Exhibit facts of address, either an ID card “ They were joking and or a bill with the resident’s talking the whole time,” she ▪ WHAT - Students Working name and address. said. “The idea was to make Against Tobacco (SWAT) them look like a bunch of team’s Kick Butts Day Art ▪ INFORMATION – Ashley normal kids-so they were.” Exhibit, “Tobacco’s Effect on Herrin, Comanche County It took about a month of Our Community.” SWAT Coordinator, 585- editing to create the images 5406 chosen for the display, she