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BEN GOTTULA, center, holding the winner’s plaque, and his first grade class from Johnson County Central Public Schools got to explore the Nebraska Department of Roads snow plow that Ben named “Thunder Plow” as the winner of the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s 2023 Naming of the Snow Plow Contest.
“Thunder Plow” was the name chosen for the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s 2023 Naming of the Snow Plow Contest. Ben Gottula, a first grade student at Johnson County Central Schools, was one of two winners selected in the first district. Gottula was recognized by Brandon Varilek, a District I engineer for the Nebraska Department of Road, and Kris Pietzyk, maintenance supervisor for the…