The winner of the Pierre Area snowplow naming contest saw the machines bearing the names she submitted yesterday (March 4, 2021) at the South Dakota Department of Transportation shop in Pierre.
Jackie Heier chose the name Lewis & Clark for the snowplow and tow plow.
SDDOT engineer Dean VanDeWiele says Pierre/Fort Pierre is the only area in the contest that named two plows.
VanDeWiele says their fleet of snowplows are computers on wheels.
The newly named plows’ assigned route is Highway 83 south of Fort Pierre, so it works on Highways 1804 and 1806 which are named after the years Lewis and Clark went up and down the Missouri River in this area.
SDDOT Area: Snowplow Name: Submitted by:
Aberdeen Area: Darth Blader Dave Bacon (Aberdeen)
Belle Fourche Area: Art Family and Friends of Art DeKnikker (Faith/Bison)
Custer Area: Mt. Plowmore Landon Harrod (Edgemont)
Huron Area: Snow Mater Jim Bruce (Highmore)
Mitchell Area: Blizzard Wizard Cordell Davis (Plankinton)
Mobridge Area: Winter Warrior Marion Goehring (Herreid)
Pierre Area: Lewis (plow) & Clark (tow plow) Jackie Heier (Pierre)
Rapid City Area: Polar Patroller Tiffany Hoff (Rapid)
Sioux Falls Area: SnowBeGone Kenobi Shawn Hanson (Sioux Falls)
Watertown Area: Thaw Enforcement Robert Innes (Aurora)
Winner Area: Walter the Salter Dairy Queen Staff (Winner)
Yankton Area: Frosty the Snowplow Lilly Kroger (Beresford)
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Photo L to R: Kyle Willis SDDOT Shop 355 Maintenance Worker/Tow Plow Operator; Jackie Heier contest winner; Robert Carrico SDDOT Shop 355 Lead Worker/Operator; Les Winsell SDDOT Unit 351 Supervisor.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Jackie Heier submitted the name Lewis (plow) & Clark (tow plow) for the South Dakota Department of Transportation’s snowplow naming contest.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
Photo credit DRG Media Group.
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