For a second year, Schnogadahl Sammi, a mounted groundhog, will remain inside her warm, cozy closet in Kunkletown this Groundhog Day on Wednesday.

“There will be no groundhog program this year. A few of the officers passed away and we didn’t have a meeting yet to elect new ones,” Bruce George, secretary of Groundhog Lodge No. 6 of Monroe County, said on Sunday.

Last year’s event was canceled as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The lodge, now in its 72nd year, usually meets at Cherry’s Diner in Kresgeville at sunrise on Groundhog Day to hear a prayer and get a prediction from its lodge leaders. Members of the community attend as well.

Sammi, who was preserved by a local taxidermist, is usually taken from her carrying case and set out next to the lodge leaders. Sammi lives comfortably in a closet inside George’s office.

When the ceremony ends, the leaders and attendees go inside for breakfast, coffee and conversation. That will not occur either this year.

Punxsutawney Phil’s events in Gobbler’s Knob were virtual last year, with only his inner circle allowed on the stage during the prognostication. A ball, lunch, photo opportunities and other events leading up to and occurring after the prediction were also altered or canceled last year.

In-person events will resume this year. For those who cannot attend in person on Wednesday morning, the Pennsylvania Cable News network will stream the celebration on its cable news channel, as well as its website (which requires a paid subscription to view.)

Phil will make his prediction around 7:25 a.m. Wednesday.

For more information about events in Gobbler’s Knob, www.groundhog.org/groundhog-day-2022 or Punxsutawney Phil’s Facebook page.