Day off from school perfect time to play in snow

Although students in Warren County got only one snow day on Thursday, because Friday was actually a sick day, that didn?t keep them from making the most of the snow.

Kids could be seen around town enjoying snowball fights, crunching the snow, sledding, catching snowflakes with their tongues, making snow angels, snowmen and snowballs ? all while attempting to stay warm.

For years, snow days have been a favorite time for school-age children to practice some much-needed skills like throwing, aiming, hiding, sneaking, sliding and staying warm.

Recently, these activities have been turned into world records. On Feb. 10, 2006 students at Michigan Tech in Keweenaw, Mich., gathered almost 4,000 people to break the record regarding the largest snowball fight, largest snowball and the largest number of people simultaneously making snow angels in one area.

Their record breaking attempt:

? Largest snowball fight ? 3,765 people.

? Largest snowball ? 6.77 feet.

? Snow angels ? 3,784 people.

The three attempts were added to the Guinness Book of World Records in May 2006.

Along with being a sick day for area students, Feb. 2 was also Groundhog?s Day. Because Punxsutawney Phil didn?t see his shadow, the groundhog is predicting an early spring.