SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Students at a northern
Michigan university are getting ready to mark this week’s long-awaited
end of winter with the traditional burning of the snowman.
Lake Superior State University says the 40-year custom will repeat at noon Thursday.
Spring officially arrives that day in the northern hemisphere at 12:57 p.m.
The
university says students and maintenance employees build the 10- to
12-foot-tall snowman "mostly from paper destined for the recycling bin,
along with a wood and wire frame."
Lake Superior State says this
year’s ceremony will mark another transition on the Sault Ste. Marie
campus. It says that school President Tony McLain hands off the torch to
light the snowman to his successor, Thomas Pleger. The presidential
change takes place in July.
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reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — Students at a northern
Michigan university are getting ready to mark this week’s long-awaited
end of winter with the traditional burning of the snowman.
Lake Superior State University says the 40-year custom will repeat at noon Thursday.
Spring officially arrives that day in the northern hemisphere at 12:57 p.m.
The
university says students and maintenance employees build the 10- to
12-foot-tall snowman "mostly from paper destined for the recycling bin,
along with a wood and wire frame."
Lake Superior State says this
year’s ceremony will mark another transition on the Sault Ste. Marie
campus. It says that school President Tony McLain hands off the torch to
light the snowman to his successor, Thomas Pleger. The presidential
change takes place in July.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.