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Traxler Park lagoon open for skating

By GAZETTE STAFF Friday, January 4, 2013 - 9:51 a.m.

The city is doing things the old-fashioned way, clearing snow from a section of the Traxler Park lagoon so residents can ice skate.

The lagoon, which officially opens tonight, has 5 inches of ice. A land rink next to the lagoon that features a new flooding system has not yet frozen.

The city built the flooding system in December 2011 by digging a depression and installing a series of pipes that flood the rink from the bottom. Cost was about $45,000.

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bassman
Jan 4, 2013 at 7:08 p.m.
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They filled that skating rink a month ago,it is so full of goose crap I would not even want to walk on it ! That being said the lagoon is a great asset ,I remember when I was a kid it was absolutely full of people skating and having a very good time. The rink was and is a waste of money,if the lagoon freezes use it if it don't there always is next year.

2112
Jan 4, 2013 at 4:47 p.m.
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wtp - It's because they just started flooding it. Water takes time to freeze.

wtp
Jan 4, 2013 at 4:11 p.m.
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I drove past their yesterday and I saw the snow removed from the pond, but the 45,000.00 skating rink was nothing but water.what a waste of money to us.

vnvet7071
Jan 4, 2013 at 3:02 p.m.
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I sure hope people will take advantage of this, what a great asset.

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