Howell Nature Center's Woody Ready for Groundhog Day

1/28/13 - Livingston County's resident weather-guessing woodchuck will make her 15th prediction this weekend. Whatever the weather, Woody from the Howell Conference & Nature Center will make her annual Groundhog Day prediction on Saturday. Dick Grant is the nature center’s Executive Director and says usually they host this event on a weekday morning, so they’re hoping for a larger turnout this time. Woody’s rival is the more-famous Punxsutawney Phil, who claims to be correct in his predictions 100% of the time. Nature Center officials say after Phil’s 2012 prediction of a long winter gone wrong as just the latest in a string of bad forecasts, they’re hoping Woody’s record of being correct 10 out of 14 times will vault her to similar media stardom. The Nature Center will host a special celebration starting at 7:45am Saturday with the long-awaited prediction coming at 8:15am sharp. A pancake breakfast will be provided afterward for a charge of $8 for adults and $6 for kids. Woody also made her annual Super Bowl pick while in the WHMI studios and went for the Ravens to defeat the 49’ers. That video is posted above. (JK)