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Salem community fully embraces winter snow

February 9, 2021
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(Photo by Brian Hoffman) Jessica and Matthew Flowers made sure their snowman on North Mill Road followed COVID protocol.
(Photo by Shawn Nowlin) Sheila Ross clearing snow from her car.

Shawn Nowlin
shawn.nowlin@ourvalley.org

The City of Salem was blanketed with roughly five inches of snow last weekend, most of which fell in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Snow days, said city resident Monica Morris, are a perfect time to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate. Morris, like countless other locals, fully embraced the snow and did not let the low-digit temperatures negate her from having some fun.


(Photo by Shawn Nowlin) Taking out the trash is quite different when it snows.
(Photo by Shawn Nowlin) Many Salem residents used a car cover to protect their vehicles from snow and ice.
(Photo by Brian Hoffman) Lake Spring Pond was beautiful after Sunday’s snowfall.
(Photo by Brian Hoffman) A city crew shovels Bruffey Street.
(Photo by Brian Hoffman) Kyle Flowers comes down the big hill at Longwood Park.
(Photo by Shawn Nowlin) Salem trees covered in snow.

“The first thing I did Sunday morning was wake up my two kids, ages 11 and 14, and ask them what they wanted to do. We made a list of five goals and were able to accomplish all of them,” she said with a smile. “It’s always nice as a parent to see your children having fun and genuinely getting along. I enjoyed the because they will probably be arguing over the remote-control next week.”

(Submitted photo) James Reinhard’s giant snowman on Broad Street.

Martin Giles, 12, said he made about $75 shoveling snow Sunday. The middle school student said he would have made even more if he didn’t have to do homework on a school night. “My parents told me that they would match whatever I made throughout the day. The PlayStation 5 that I want costs $800. Today was a start, but I still have a way to go to meet my goal,” Giles said

Elaine Hunt and her mother share a love of the snow. Few things bring Hunt joy like building a snowman with her mom. “We have done this at least once going back 12 years now,” she said. “The best part is taking plenty of pictures when we are all done.”

Throughout the city, people covered their cars to protect them from ice and snow, had snowball fights, visited Lake Spring Pond, sled down the hill at Longwood Park and more.


(Photo by Brian Hoffman) Humzah Khokhar feeding ducks at Lake Spring Pond.
(Photo by Shawn Nowlin) One of the many Salem parks that was covered in snow.
(Photo by Shawn Nowlin) All of Salem High was covered in snow, especially the entrance to the school’s track and field.
(Photo by Brian Hoffman) The entrance at Roanoke College was white with new-fallen snow.

Starting at the Salem Museum, John Hale said he walked all the way down Main Street, taking hundreds of pictures along the way. “It warmed my heart to see so many people embrace the winter weather with friends and family. If this is the worst that we get this year, at least I have it documented in photographs,” he said.

According to accuweather.com, there is at least a 30 percent chance that it will snow again on Wednesday, February 10.

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