Not exact matches
when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local
roller skating
rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more
times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop
I remember one
time my mom came to pick us up at the
roller rink in my aunt's car, and it had a beeper that went off if the seat belt wasn't pulled, and my mom drove with one hand on the wheel and the other holding the seat belt pulled out so the stupid alarm would stop.
During this
time the Park District also entered into cooperative agreements with surrounding park districts including Mt. Prospect, Buffalo Grove, and
Rolling Meadows for the use of facilities such as swimming pools and indoor ice
rinks.
And in the jargon that surrounds the craze, «ice
time» has become so scarce that new public and private
rinks are under construction or have opened recently in Buffalo Grove, Bensenville, Darien,
Rolling Meadows and Skokie.
At least once a week, she was in the car by 4:30 a.m. with her two girls, driving from her home in
Rolling Meadows to a Highland Park
rink for some coveted ice
time.
The theatre changed hands several
times and eventually stopped being a movie house to become a
roller rink, antique showroom and a night club.