DECATUR — Mount Zion residents Emma Falk and her daughters, three-year-old Alex and five-year-old Amelia, visited the Children’s Museum of Illinois ready to kick off their shoes and have a good time.
Henry Snively, 3, and Audrey Jordan, 7, are among the first to try out the new sock skating rink at the Children’s Museum of Illinois in Decatur on Monday, Nov. 24.
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Abbey Jordan plays with Alyse, 2, and Audrey, 7, on the sock skating rink at the Children’s Museum of Illinois in Decatur on Monday, Nov. 24.
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Alyse Jordan, 2, slides on the sock skating rink, made of Glice, at the Children’s Museum of Illinois in Decatur on Monday, Nov. 24.
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Children and adults try out the new sock skating rink on the second floor of the Children’s Museum of Illinois in Decatur on Monday, Nov. 24.
JOSEPH RESSLER, HERALD & REVIEWHaving fun on the ice in Fairview Park
1962: New ice rink in Fairview Park, shortly after opening at 9 a.m.
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1966: Water on the Fairview Park Rink did not deter sone from enjoying an afternoon of skating.
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1975: A solitary skater enjoys his time at the Fairview Park ice rink.
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1962: Students at Millikin University take advantage of the comfortable fireplace before they return to the rink at Fairview Park.
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1980: The season's opening of the Fairview Park ice rink brought out the skaters, some of whom had varying degrees of success. Here Roni Hoffman, 11, makes a graceful turn.
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1963: Leonard Buckingham, Fairview custodian, cleans up the ice rink.
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1966: This is really easier than it looks, says skating instructor Jeanette Petrie, who taught her husband, Adelore Petrie, how to dance on ice.
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1962: George S. Walker, Inc., plumbing firm install refrigeration piping to the floor of the new $200,00 Ice rink pavilion in Fairview Park.
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1979: Coach Steve Eisele watches his players skate after the sliding puck.
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1967: Skaters take to the ice at Fairview Park ice rink in Decatur.
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1962: Shirley Jane Wolfe, of Decatur, demonstrates the form which won her several speed skating championships, including a national record. She is the new skating instructor at Fairview Park skating rink.
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1963: Decatur hockey fans had the opportunity to see High School hockey players during an ice hockey class given at the Fairview Park ice rink.
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1962: Custodian Leonard Buckingham, and Park Commissioner H. Ray Myers check the lights at the Fairview Park ice rink.
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1962: This machine is responsible for that "smooth as glass" finish on ice at the Fairview Park ice rink when it is put into operation. It is an ice conditioner made by the Frank J. Zamboni Company.
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1962: Workers completed the cement floor of the Fairview Park pavilion. They are shown putting the final touches on the floor which will be converted into an ice skating rink during winter months.
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1980: Gliding through a Sunday of fun, skaters took advantage of "Crazy Day on Ice" at Fairview Park Rink.
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1962: The Decatur Park District ice rink in Fairview Park opened for the season. Admission is $1 for adults and 75 cents for those high school age or younger for two-hour public sessions.
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1962: The most exciting moment arrives, when the skaters are really on the ice. Some skate in pairs or even groups of three or four, but others strike out on their own intent on learning or practicing new techniques.
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Contact Donnette Beckett at (217) 421-6983. Follow her on Twitter: @donnettebHR
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INSIDE: A schedule of Christmas events, activities offering holiday fun in Macon County, PAGE A5.
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