Oklahoma kids name the state's snowplows, from "Dolly Plowton" to "The Plowfather"

OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 9) — Oklahoma's snowplows have names for the winter, and kids came up with every one of them.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority announced the 35 winners of their second statewide snowplow naming contest, KOSU reported. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade sent in names for 24 ODOT plows and 11 turnpike plows, and more than 400 votes were cast to pick the finalists.

The winners lean hard on puns. District 8 gets Dolly Plowton, District 6 gets The Plowfather and a kindergartner's pick, Oklahomus Prime, and District 5 gets Oklasnowma. Elsewhere there's The Fast and the Flurrious, Not My First Snowdeo, Hon Snowlo and Boomer Sooner Scooper, which shares a district with Shoulda Been A Plowboy.

The turnpikes got their own batch. The Turner Turnpike plow is Snowkey Pokey, named by a first grader, and a pre-kindergartner named the Creek Turnpike's plow The Plower Ranger. Dolly Parting the Way on the John Kilpatrick Turnpike came from a fourth grader who won for the second time, according to News On 6.

Winning students get recognition and a prize pack from the agencies. The names will appear on the plows' icons on the state's online tracker, OKSnowPlows.org, rather than painted on the trucks.

"Our crews work long hours in tough winter conditions to keep highways safe for the traveling public," contest manager Caitlyn Carolus said, calling the contest a fun way to connect students and families with that work.