{"id":980543,"date":"2022-02-07T21:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T21:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/07\/snowplow-betty-whiteout-honors-late-tv-legend-in-minnesota\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T21:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T21:04:20","slug":"snowplow-betty-whiteout-honors-late-tv-legend-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/07\/snowplow-betty-whiteout-honors-late-tv-legend-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowplow ‘Betty Whiteout’ honors late TV legend in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Betty White, the longtime beloved TV star who died on New Year’s Eve just two weeks shy of her 100th birthday, had a snowplow named after her in her “adopted” home state of Minnesota.\u00a0File Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo<\/div>\n
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The honors keep rolling in for the late actress Betty White.<\/p>\n

But this time, the legendary screen actress has been immortalized in a rather unusual fashion for a Hollywood icon.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

While very befitting for a person with a last name like White, the longtime beloved TV star, who died on New Year’s Eve just two weeks shy of her 100th birthday, had a snowplow named after her in her “adopted” home state of Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The new plow is affectionately dubbed “Betty Whiteout.”<\/p>\n

Weeks ago, the Minnesota Department of Transportation put out a call for residents to vote for their favorite nicknames for eight new, bright orange snowplows that recently joined the fleet. It was part of the state’s “Name A Snowplow” contest.<\/p>\n

The ballots were cast, and the winning names were unveiled last week.<\/p>\n

The moniker “Betty Whiteout” cleared a path to victory along with seven other runaway favorites<\/a>:<\/p>\n

2. Ctrl Salt Delete<\/p>\n

3. The Big Leplowski<\/p>\n

4. Plowasaurus Rex<\/p>\n

5. Scoop Dogg<\/p>\n

6. Blizzard of Oz<\/p>\n

7. No More Mr. Ice Guy<\/p>\n

8. Edward Blizzardhands<\/p>\n

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Drumroll, please… here are your new snowplow names, Minnesota!<\/p>\n

After nearly 60,000 votes cast, Plowy McPlowFace has eight new friends joining the fleet – one for each MnDOT district around the state. Learn more here: https:\/\/t.co\/vCCLVYw2s3 pic.twitter.com\/rRZ8A0uCpA<\/a>\u2014 Minnesota Department of Transportation (@MnDOT) February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Betty Whiteout” beat out thousands of other nicknames — 22,000 total, including 50 finalists — to garner 40,024 online votes of the nearly 60,000 that were cast, according to MnDOT officials.<\/p>\n

Each new snowplow will join the ranks to cover one of eight districts across the state.<\/p>\n

Other finalists included Sled Zeppelin, Sir Plows-a-Lot, Catch My Drift, Lord Coldemort, C-3PSnow and William Scrape-speare.<\/p>\n

The tribute to White speaks to what an icon she was.<\/p>\n

The “Betty Whiteout” snowplow is designated to serve District 8, covering parts of southwestern and central Minnesota — unfortunately not St. Olaf Township, the oft-mentioned hometown of White’s Golden Girls<\/em> character Rose Nylund or the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul), as featured in The Mary Tyler Moore Show,<\/em> in which White starred years earlier.<\/p>\n

The new plow monikers will be placed on each of the snowplows.<\/p>\n

But Minnesotans, it appears, weren’t the only ones getting in on the fun. Months earlier, Michigan fans helped name one of that state’s snowplows “Betty White-out” before the actress’ death.<\/p>\n

Other celebrity-inspired names they came up with include Gordie Plow, Aaron Brr, Derek Sleeter, Edgar Allen Snow and Clearopathtra.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n