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Junior Sara Kirchhevel
...... ~ll:l~ snowboards down a
steep hill in her
neighborhood.
Snowboarding was a
fun , yet challenging
alternative to sledding
for Kirchhevel. photo
Denise Schwery
''I'm so glad that we got to have two extra days of winter
break. I wasn't ready to come back to school," sophomore
Katie Goetzmann said.
The biggest snowstorm to hit eastern Nebraska since students used snow
1987 left a blanket of snow 14 inches deep throughout the days as time to catch
Omaha metro on Jan. 4. This unexpected storm left on sleep, and have fun
students with no excuses to complain about a short winter with friends. photo by
break. School was cancelled for an extra two days and ·se Sch wery
many students took advantage of the expanded break to
have some fun in the snow.
"When we found out there was a snow day, Jake
Finnicum and I had a sleepover. The next morning we
went and played in the snow and made snow angels, and at
the end of the day, we played Halo on X-Box," senior
Austin Beber said.
Although the majority of students fully enjoyed snow
days when they came, others realized the consequences of
having too many snow days.
"Snow days are nice, but I don t too many of them;
it isn 't worth going (to into June.
the sun sitting by a and getting a tan than u...,,._.. ... ..., ....
inside because of snow months earlier," srmhr.nV,rP
Rebecca Rice

Clearing a path
is junior Rachel Guthrie. "I had to
shovel off th e back porch so my
dog could get outside," Guthrie
said. photo by Denise Schwery

3'Z.~

Snow Days~