Man, I feel for this kid. Isabel is quite worried that Santa won't be able to sledge properly. This morning she looked out the window and announced to noone in particular (she is just like her Daddy) "Well there is Frost. That's a start."
December 19, 2006
BY JULIE EDGAR
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
(W. Archie Freep camera man)
This small hill of snow in his front yard was all Chance Keathley, 5, of Southfield needed to go sledding Monday. Chance, a kindergartner at Bradford Academy in the city, is this year's winner of the Snow Drop contest, which entitled him to two truckloads of snow from the city's ice arena. Chance plays beginner's hockey there, and his mom, Keyona Franklin, left, helped enter him in the raffle. Family and friends enjoyed the snow, too. After this picture was taken, a cousin, aunt and others threw snowballs. Chance gathered up the snow, trying to hold on to each precious flake. As he hurtled out the front door in a T-shirt to celebrate the arrival of his snow, his mother's voice stopped him cold. Chance Keathley smiled at her over his shoulder and dutifully slipped on his coat. Then he barreled outside.
Monday was chilly, but nothing else about it would indicate that metro Detroiters are in the midst of winter.
That didn't matter, because on Chance's lawn, still studded with blades of green, a craggy mountain of snow was delivered by the City of Southfield.
Chance, 5, was this year's winner of the Snow Drop contest, which entitled him to ride in an antique fire truck with Santa during Southfield's tree-lighting ceremony earlier this month and to receive two truckloads of the ice shavings, which turned out to be 1 yard of snow, from the city's ice arena Monday.
Waiting with him were his 5-year-old cousin, Taylor Phillips of Detroit, an aunt and family friends who were drawn into a snowball fight. Chance gathered remnants of snow from neighboring driveways, not wanting to lose one drop of the precious stuff.
--Hey it's me again--the rest of the article is at Freep.com--you knew that. I have been thinking about this whole frozen mud thing. Here is my prediction. It will be green and brown all through break (YPS starts back up on 1/8/07)--so like Sunday January 7--we will have a Blizzard and no school for three more days--betcha!
