wp_reset_query doesn’t seem to work for two sidebar widgets

In my functions.php file, I’m using the following two widgets to display the most recent post from two different categories:

## Latest post

function getWords($text, $limit)
{
$array = explode(" ", $text, $limit+1);

if (count($array) > $limit)
{
unset($array[$limit]);
}
return implode(" ", $array);
}

function widget_xx_latestnews1() {
	$title = 'Latest news';
	$r = new WP_Query(array('showposts' => '1', 'what_to_show' => 'posts', 'nopaging' => 0, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'in_category' => '75'));
	if ($r->have_posts()) :
?>
			<div class="widget">
			<h2><?php echo $title; ?></h2>
			<?php  while ($r->have_posts()) : $r->the_post(); ?>
			<h3><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?></a></strong></h3>
			<p class="timestamp"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></p>
			<p><?php
				$mycontent = getWords(get_the_content(), 50);?> <?php // Pull the first 30 words ?>
				<?php echo strip_tags($mycontent); echo"..."; ?> [<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="title" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">read more</a>]</p>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
			</div>
			<?php
	endif;
		wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().

}

and then this is the second one, from a different category:

## Featured post

function widget_xx_featured1() {
	wp_reset_query();
	$title = 'Featured';
	$r = new WP_Query(array('showposts' => '1', 'what_to_show' => 'posts', 'nopaging' => 0, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'in_category' => '79'));
	if ($r->have_posts()) :
?>
			<div class="widget">
			<h2><?php echo $title; ?></h2>
			<?php  while ($r->have_posts()) : $r->the_post(); ?>
			<h3><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?></a></strong></h3>
			<p class="timestamp"><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></p>
			<p><?php
				$mycontent3 = getWords(get_the_content(), 50);?> <?php // Pull the first 30 words ?>
				<?php echo strip_tags($mycontent3); echo"..."; ?> [<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="title" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">read more</a>]</p>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
			</div>
			<?php
		endif;
		wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().

}

However, both widgets are displaying a post from the category listed in the first one. While the content within the loop is displaying alright, it makes me think that the query isn’t fully being reset. I know enough PHP to break stuff, and that’s about it. ??