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Ice Skating

Friday, January 25, 2013

Lace Up the Ice Skates for Some Great, Old-Fashioned Fun

Ice skating opportunities abound, and with indoor and outdoor rinks, there's something for every person—and all weather.

What’s that you say?  The temperatures are dropping and you’re already peering outside your window, looking for the first signs of spring?  Not so fast.  True, winter means snow storms, bone-chilling winds, shoveling, icy roads, hazardous driving and a lot of other things we’d all rather forget. But winter also brings opportunities for a wide array of great outdoor activities, including a traditional favorite—ice skating.  As you begin to think about enjoying some great outdoor fun this winter, Patch offers up the following directory of ponds and rinks to get you in the mood! Slice of Ice in Red Arrow Park, Milwaukee It's time to show the world: are you graceful and strong, like Oksana Baiul, or clumsy and knock-kneed, like an ox standing…

North Shore Newbie

12:39 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Wait a minute...I thought I read that this winter they were going to bring back skating to Atwater Grade School. I keep looking for it but so far no luck. Did they scrap that plan?   more ›

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Mild Winter Nixes Ice Skating at Henry Miller Park

Some are apparently willing to test their luck, however.

The mild winter temperatures prompted the Oak Creek Recreation Department to warn people against ice skating on the pond at Henry Miller Park. The recreation department late last week posted signs  about thin and dangerous ice and advised Oak Creek police to watch for people walking on it, according to the department logbook. Indeed, ice only covered about half of the pond by late Monday afternoon. Not that it stopped these brave (crazy?) Oak Creek High School students from wandering over it.

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