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Community Skating will Return to Hales Corners Park

An awesome winter memory in Hales Corners Park. Community ice skating will return in Hales Corners Park later this year! šŸ˜Š Kudos to Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers, Rob Petri and Don Paulus for braving a cold 4 degrees this morning and resurfacing the Alyson Dudek International / Community Ice Rink. Well…

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Halfway to Our Fundraising Goal

With Steve Silverstein, Vice President, The Park People, in Hales Corners Park congratulating the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool on our latest donation which will be put toward the Alyson Dudek International Ice Center, Reiman Rink & Veterans Family Pavilion projects. We are halfway to our fundraising goal of $400.000.00 and then we…

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Maintenance & Repair Completed on the Ice Rink

Our final community deed of 2019. A little repair and maintenance work this morning on the Alyson Dudek ice rink at Hales Corners Park with the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool. Now we just need the cold weather to stick around so we can open the rink up.

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Getting the Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink Ready 2019

Kudos to the Hales Corners Fire Department for their time and effort earlier today in Hales Corners Park for filling up the Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink!

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Red Arrow Park Skating

Pictured at Red Arrow Park Ice Rink in Milwaukee with Lori Allard, Park Ranger and Robby Lemmermann, Operations Manager with the Milwaukee County Parks Department. Red Arrow is ready for Friday skating! Perhaps, one day, Hales Corners Park will have a similar ice rink. šŸ˜Š

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Is this Americana or what?

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Center in Hales Corners Park, the Veterans Memorial, the Village of Hales Corners Christmas tree and Village library in the background. Iā€™m very proud and blessed to have been intimately involved with the rejuvenation of Hales Corners Park for almost 17 years as the Founder and President of the…

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Ice Rink Ready for Skaters

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink is ready for skaters this winter once the weather gets cooler. This will be the sixth winter season since the Friends first opened the rink in 2012 for ice skaters in the Village of Hales Corners and the surrounding communities to enjoy. Kudos to the Hales Corners Fire…

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Temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink

The temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink was set up in Hales Corners Park earlier today. Special thanks to the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers who gave up several hours of their time and effort today to get the community rink set up. The volunteers included: Jennine Sonntag, Brian and Lynnette Gerke,…

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Brother Help Keep Ice Rink Clear of Snow

This winter we are trying something new with the Community Ice Rink in Hales Corners Park. The Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool have left two shovels at the rink for anyone who wants to skate right away. Today, after work I stopped by and two brothers, Mason and Tanner were shoveling the rink…

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Our Village is Truly Americana

After my Committee of the Whole meeting tonight in the Village of Hales Corners, I stopped to take this picture of our Community Ice Rink, The Veterans Memorial and our Village Christmas tree in the far background. This could be a postcard with a better picture of a cold winter night in January. Our Village…

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