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Great turnout at skating rink grand opening...

Following a week of bitterly cold temperatures, Saturday turned out to be a perfect day for an outdoor winter event.

2/23/21 (Tue)

Shot on goal . . . Sailor Matejovsky takes a shot on goal while Julieann Purdie protects the pipes in a game of pond hockey Saturday afternoon during the Kenmare Skating Rink’s grand opening. The other players in the middle are, from left; Austin Davis and Axle Holter. 

By Marvin Baker

Following a week of bitterly cold temperatures, Saturday turned out to be a perfect day for an outdoor winter event.

Approximately 100 people turned out at the Kenmare Skating Rink grand opening to have some winter fun.

“You killed it,” This is awesome,” what a sense of community,” “This brings the town of Kenmare together,” What better way to spend a beautiful winter day,” I love it,” We should do this every day” and “ahhhhhhhhhhhhh,” were some of the comments heard during the event that took place from 4-7 p.m.

“I am so happy so many people showed up,” caretaker Heather Thompson said. “It was great.”

With a boatload of door prizes and live music by JCW Productions of Kenmare, Thompson assumed people would come out for a chance to win something or have a piece of pizza.

But it went well beyond her expectations... 

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