Perry the Plowerpus, Maple Creemee Cruiser, William Scrape-speare and 160 different Vermont snowplow vans are gearing up for the winter, outfitted with the pun-heavy nicknames they obtained a 12 months in the past from kids across the state.
Nonetheless, 87 forlorn snowplows nonetheless lack names of their very own, and the Vermont Company of Transportation is popping to the youngsters once more to treatment that.
In a tweet final Thursday, the company invited each Vermont faculty that missed out on final 12 months’s id fest to supply a reputation for one of many 87 plows that stay nameless.
The company stated any faculties — public, personal, homeschool or nursery faculty — “that haven’t but participated are invited to call a plow truck.” One limitation: Every faculty might suggest just one title.
The vans that obtained their names a 12 months in the past get to maintain them, and the faculties that named them don’t get one other chunk on the plow.
Final 12 months, 163 plows had been named. Every faculty was assigned a snowplow in a upkeep storage near it and given a clean slate to decide on a reputation.
The youngsters and their imaginations had been definitely as much as the duty. Some favorites from final 12 months:
Bakersfield Elementary and Center Faculty, Jennifer Snowpez.
Bishop John A. Marshall Faculty in Morristown, Snowbegone Kenobi.
Braintree Elementary Faculty, Captain Snowmerica.
And, in fact, Bridge Faculty in Middlebury, Plowy McPlowFace.
There have been additionally Carl, Kirby, Dorito and Scoop.
Head Begin Spring Middle in Bennington got here up with Snowasaurus, Jamaica Village Faculty went with Vermont Bob, and Mid Vermont Christian Faculty in Hartford selected Darth Blader.
“Actually, the one guideline was acceptable names solely,” Amy Tatko, a spokesperson for the Company of Transportation, stated final November.
The foundations are related this 12 months: The Company of Transportation will compile the names equipped by faculties, and assign every one to a plow in a upkeep storage close to the varsity that submitted the title.
Colleges can take part by clicking right here and filling in the important thing data, together with the varsity’s title and the title proposed for the truck. The entry deadline is Nov. 9.
Whereas final 12 months’s contest members gave snow puns a exercise, this 12 months’s plows are loaded with Sand and Salt and simply ready to Scrape Slush into Excessive Banks. Prepared, set, go!
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