STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — The City of Stevens Point has announced the winners of this year’s “Name the Plow” contest.
Mayor Mike Wiza announced the 14 classroom winners and one Mayor’s Choice on Tuesday, saying “This is a new project for us and it seems like a big success. I know we had a few in the holiday parade, but with snow coming soon, we’ll all be able to see the fun names these students chose.”
Winning names included:
- Storm Scooper – Mrs. Doolittle’s fifth-grade class at Washington School.
- The Plower Express – Mrs. Nelson’s fifth-grade class at Washington.
- Scoop Dog – Ms. Vaughn’s class at Pacelli Middle School.
- Mr. Beast – Mrs. Yenter’s class at Pacelli.
- Fred – Mrs. Yarbrough’s class at Pacelli.
- Snowblazer – Ms. Navis’ class at Pacelli.
- Mike Wiplowski – Mrs. Ahern’s sixth-grade class at Madison School.
- Snow Rizzler – Madison School.
- Clearopathra – Mrs. Dean’s sixth-grade class at Jefferson School.
- Snow Cone – Mrs. Schultz’s kindergarten class at Jefferson.
- Snow Daddy – Mrs. Bartel’s fourth-grade class at St. Paul Lutheran School.
- Blizzard of Oz – Mr. Hardina’s fifth-grade class at Bannach School.
- Dasher through the Snow – Bannach School
- Blizzard Buster Bob – Bannach School
Each winning class received an ice cream party. Their winning name has also been pasted on one of the city’s plows
In true Mike Wiza fashion, his selection was “Snobo Cop,” a play on RoboCop. The Mayor has a RoboCop arcade game set up in his office and has made efforts to bring a RoboCop statue to Stevens Point in the past.
The RoboCop character was played by Stevens Point native Peter Weller.
Name the Plow contests have become popular at all levels of government, leading to creative and punny names for plows.
