A cheap skate that pays off // Low cost puts ice skating on growth track

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 22, 1990| Author: Mitchell Krugel | Copyright information

From Flossmoor to Oak Park to Zion to Skokie to the corner of California and Irving Park, ice skating is becoming one of the most popular participatory sports in the Chicago area and nationwide.

In Park Ridge, a 40-year-old woman arrives at the Oakton Ice Arena at 5:20 a.m. daily to skate a couple of hours before work.

A few years ago in Naperville, a 37-year-old woman started coming to the rink for a 90-minute daily workout. Now she is director of a program she started in ...

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