Snow cancels schools, closes businesses around Odyssey
Heavy snowfall Friday led to the first
cancellation of a school day in Odyssey in nearly ten years. Many local
businesses, including Finneman's Market, Whit's End, and the Electric
Palace. City government offices remained open.
Statewide, more than half the public schools were closed Friday. Governor O.
High Owens said that he would consider mandating school cancellation on
Monday if the predicted weekend snow accumulates heavily. "If it's dangerous
on the roads, then our children shouldn't be out there." No major accidents
were reported in the schools that remained open on Friday.
Odyssey children used the day to play in the record accumulation of snow.
Snowmen, forts, and sculptures popped up around Odyssey and local police
closed the Chatwick Hill Road to allow sled riding, while others sledded at
the famous Gumper's Hill.
This
article originally appeared in "The Odyssey Times," a
special fictional newspaper produced by Focus on the Family to promote
Adventures in Odyssey.
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