'Blizzard Wizard' among winners of Delaware's 'Name That Snowplow' contest for kids
The Delaware Department of Transportation delivered the news to the winners of the 'Name That Plow' contest with a visit by a snowplow and driver at their schools Jan. 28 and 29 and Feb. 5.
The fourth annual contest invites students in kindergarten to fifth grade to participate in celebrating the work of DelDOT's snow removal crews by thinking of creative names for the department's plow trucks in each county.
The contest is open to individual students and entire classes. This year's top entries were all group efforts.
The 2025 winners are:
Sussex County, 'Blizzard Wizard' by John M. Clayton Elementary, Frankford, in the Indian River School District
Kent County, 'Plowana' by Fairview Elementary, Dover, in the Capital School District
New Castle County, 'Ctrl Salt Delete,' a pun on the computer keyboard keys 'ctrl,' 'alt,' 'delete,' by Jennie Smith Elementary, Ogletown, in the Christina School District
More on winter weather: What Delaware law says about driving with snow, ice on your car
'We love seeing the creativity of Delaware's young minds in this contest,' said DelDOT Secretary Shanté Hastings in a press release. 'Our snowplows and employees have been busy this January with back-to-back storms, and these clever names are a great way to honor their hard work and dedication to keeping our roads clear and safe.'
DelDOT has more than 400 pieces of snow removal equipment and is responsible for treating and plowing almost 14,000 lane miles of roads. For more information, see the DelDOT Snow FAQ webpage.
A snowplow tracker is also available for people to find where the plows are during winter storms on deldot.gov and the DelDOT mobile app.
Reporter Ben Mace covers real estate, development and business news. Reach him at rmace@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: 'Blizzard Wizard' among winners of DelDOT 'Name That Snowplow' contest
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