After securing the top spot in the Town’s snowplow naming contest, grade 3 students from RancheView Schools held a special celebration for their winning name ‘Plow Chica Plow Plow,’ on Jan. 17.
‘Plow Chica Plow Plow’ garnered 516 votes from the community and the school’s festivities saw Mayor Jeff Genung congratulate the students and thank them for their submissions.
"I want to thank all grade 3 students and teachers for their awesome contributions,” said Mayor Jeff Genung. “I was blown away at the imagination and creativity behind all the submissions.
“A special congratulations to RancheView for their winning names ‘Plow Chica Plow Plow’ and ‘Sweeping Beauty.’ Winter safety is such an important message to instill in our kids and this was a creative way to engage them in that.”
Seven schools took part in the contest and created around 50 different names for the snowplow.
Residents also participated by casting votes from Nov. 6 to 27, 2023. ‘Plow Chica Plow Plow’ took first place followed by ‘Ctrl+Salt+Delete,’ ‘Sleetwood Mac’, and “Plowy McPlow Face. In the vote to name the street sweeper, ‘Sweeping Beauty’ secured first place.
Students had the chance to get a tour of the snow plow and participated in a snow cone party. The Town also took the opportunity to share safety tips for cold, snowy days, and helped educate on the role that snowplows play in winter maintenance.
With the addition of a new snowplow to Cochrane’s fleet, the program helped foster conversation about winter safety and educating residents on Cochrane’s snow clearing service levels.
Kids in the community can learn more about winter safety, Cochrane’s service levels and even download coloring sheets by visiting www.letstalkcochrane.ca/snow-plow-contest.
