by Logan Gruber
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The City of Sauk Rapids has two ice skating rinks with warming houses now open at Oakridge and Pleasantview Parks.
The recreation board does remind all users of the rinks, including hockey players, to use proper safety gear which includes a helmet while on the ice.
Warming house hours for Pleasantview Park, 551 11th St. N., and for Oakridge Park, 2008 Highview Drive, are the following: 4-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and noon-9 p.m. Sunday. If the temperature falls more than 10 degrees below zero, including windchill, the warming houses and skating rinks will be closed.
City skating rinks available without a warming house include: Third Avenue S. and Ninth Street S. and another at Second Avenue N., down the road from the Holiday Gas Station. These rinks follow general park rules, meaning they will open no earlier than 6 a.m. and close no later than 10 p.m.
