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Published - Sunday, March 09, 2008
Family creates snow sculpture that displays Tomah pride
On the night of Feb. 24, the Hausman family decided to build a snow sculpture.
While thawing and freezing has taken its toll on the sculpture since then, the wintry art stood for days in the yard of their home at 201 Nicholas Ave. as a symbol of Tomah pride.
The sculpture, which was roughly 10 feet tall, featured dual logos of an Indian and a timberwolf.
“We wanted to do something relevant,” Charles Hausman said. “With both (Tomah School District) mascots, we kind of combined the past and the present.”
Helping with the sculpture was Hausman’s wife Lynn, daughters Dea, 15, and Jenna, 4. His sons Nate, 7, and Tyler, 3, also helped, along with their neighbor Marcus Adams. Hausman said that work on the sculpture began after a Tomah youth hockey game. They used the Indian logo from the hockey jersey for their design, and got a timberwolf design from the Tomah School District website.
“We put the hockey jersey on the fence so we could look at it,” Hausman said. “It is a lot different sculpting than drawing with the whole 3-D effect.”
The sculpture wasn’t Hausman’s first. His first snow sculpture was a 13 1/2 foot Statue of Liberty he made with his sister. He has also sculpted “Snoopy” from the Peanuts comic strip, as well as “Winnie the Pooh,” and a space ship.
“It is just something we like to do,” Hausman said. “It is fun, and you get a lot of cars slowing down to look at it.”
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