Aiden Emler (left) and Addy Emler were among the more than 130 skaters at the Simic Recreation Center over the weekend. Teresa Erickson, board president, reported, "Things went well!"
With the Simic Roller Skating Rink reopened and a new generation of youngsters learning how to skate, I thought it might be appropriate to share the following from the Nov. 27 issue of the Nelson Gazette. I expect many of today's skaters do not understand nor use the proper code.
I was never an accomplished skater and it has been 40 or more years since I tried. However, should I decide to risk life and limb at the rink, I still have the shoe skates I purchased when the Simic opened in 1979. As one of the founding board members, I was allowed to buy the skates at rink cost with the initial skat...
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