Senators perform 'snow angel salute' after N.Dakota recaptures world record

clipped from www.cbc.ca BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Legislators waved their arms in a snow-angel salute Wednesday to celebrate North Dakota recapturing a world record for those whimsical works of winter. Guinness World Records has confirmed that the state holds the world record for the most snow angels made simultaneously in one place, said Marilyn Snyder, the education curator for the State Historical Society of North Dakota. North Dakota's snow figure turnout bested the earlier record of 3,784, set at Michigan Technological University on Feb. 10, 2006. That's 8,962 snow angels, created Feb. 17 by people waving their arms while lying in the snow covering the Capitol grounds. "If anybody wants to challenge (the snow angel record), bring 'em on." said state Senator Dick Dever, who sponsored a resolution celebrating the achievement At Dever's request, senators waved their arms in snow-angel fashion as they approved the resolution. The Senate's presiding officer, called the display "a bizarre thing to see."