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Special thanks to Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers, Don and Dave Paulus, Michael Zens, Tony Campione and Mike Jansen who met at Hales Corners Park in 30 degree weather this morning to fold up the ice rink liner and hauled to the Hales Corners Pool House basement. One of the liner braces…
Continue ReadingThe Village of Hales Corners and the surrounding communities enjoyed over two months of ice skating this winter season from Dec 42, 2017 – Feb 25,2018, but due to fluctuating weather of warm to cold, it was time to start packing up for the year. The liner and half of the small triangle braces remain…
Continue ReadingGreat news today! The Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool received a $25,000.00 donation in the mail. This contribution puts us a little closer to constructing the Alyson Dudek International / Community Ice Rink and the Jerry and Dorothy Holz Family Shelter projects in Hales Corners Park! Ethan Monson-Dupuis, a 2009 Whitnall HS graduate…
Continue ReadingWow! This will be a job this morning for our Friends volunteers including yours truly to clear the Alyson Dudek International / Community Ice Rink in Hales Corners Park. Special thanks to Friends volunteers Don P, Dijana and Sonja, Whitnall High School students. On behalf of the Village of Hales Corners, the surrounding communities, the…
Continue ReadingSave The Date: June 9th 2018, will be the inaugural “Ethan’s Run Against Addiction” – a 5K Run/Walk staged at Konkel Park in Greenfield, Ethan’s hometown, to help fight our current Opioid Crisis. Ethan Monson-Dupuis, a 2009 Whitnall HS graduate and Track/Cross Country runner, tragically lost his battle to this scourge on 12-27-16. Funds raised…
Continue ReadingThis past Saturday morning Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers, Don Paulus, Mike Seavert, AJ and his father Tony Campione met in 5 degree weather at the Alyson Dudek International / Community Ice Rink in Hales Corners Park to pick up litter, secure the snow fence with cable ties and resurface the ice.…
Continue ReadingThis 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…
Continue ReadingThis morning the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool volunteers, Don Paulus, Mike Seavert, AJ and his father Tony Campione met in 5 degree weather at the Alyson Dudek International / Community Ice Rink in Hales Corners Park to pick up litter, secure the snow fence with cable ties and resurface the ice. Tony…
Continue ReadingAfter 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…
Continue ReadingA huge thank you to Mike Seavert, Don Paulus, and Ted Shaw, volunteers with the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool, for their efforts to prepare the temporary Alyson Dudek Community Ice Rink. Although the frozen ground presented a challenge, we’re committed to creating a great skating experience for the kids. With teamwork and…
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