WELCOME BACK. THE HISTORIC OAKS PARK SKATING RINK IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND IS BACK OPEN NOW BE ROLLING RANK REOPENED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN FOR NEARLY A YEAR. KOHR HARLAN HAS BEEN ROLLING AROUND THIS MORNING LOOKING GOOD. HE’S TELLING US ABOUT THE NEW RULES AND PLAY SCORE. IS GOING TO BE GREAT. OAK
PARK BACK OPEN UNLIMITED FOR SKATING. 7 DAYS A WEEK AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE COME TO LOVE THIS PLACE TO ESCAPE. THIS IS EMILY MACKAY. HEAR FROM OAK PARK. GIVE ME FIRST OF ALL, THE THUMBNAIL VERSION BEFORE I SHOW PEOPLE THE OREGON AND ALL
THE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS PLACE WHAT IT IS. GIVE ME THE STRAIGHT SKINNY ON WHAT’S REOPENING AFTER ALMOST A AND WILL BE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK FOR LIMITED SKATE SESSIONS. NEXT. AMONG THE 50 PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AND THOSE ARE SELLING OUT TO OUR STATE’S ACTION
RIGHT TO OUR TO SESSIONS PER DAY. THAT’S GREAT NEWS. AND THEN YOU’VE GOT THE NEWLY CONCESSION AREA THAT HAD A FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO COME AND SEE THAT. IT’S A TRUE RETRO THROWBACK KIND OF GETTING IT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MAKES THIS IS BECAUSE THE HISTORY OF
OAK PARK IS REALLY COOL. COME ON OVER HERE. CARL. SHOW FOLKS THIS ORGAN REMINDER BECAUSE THIS TIME LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THAT’S JUST RICH WITH OREGON SO THIS IS THE LAST LIVE PIPE ORGAN PLAYED IN THE WORLD IN A ROLLER RINK AND WE’VE THIS ONE THEATER 1955. IT’S THE SECOND
OREGON IN THIS SPACE AND IT’S PLAYED TWICE A WEEK DURING A LIMITED SESSIONS. IT WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7.30 THURSDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT 7.30 BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SO YOU SAY WHEN THEY WHEN THAT WHEN THE GUY HITS HIS FINGERS
HOW LONG TO SECOND DELAY FROM WHEN HE PRESSES THE KEY TO LOVE THE SOUND COMING OUT OF HERE AND YOU NEVER KNOW LISTENING TO HIM PLAY HIS INCREDIBLE CRAZY AND THEY’RE USED TO BE A BAD BACK IN THE DAY. UP. YEAH, A PARAMOUR WAS IN OREGON. IT WAS A GRAND
STAND UP THERE. SO PEOPLE WALK ACROSS THE CATWALK FROM INSIDE THE CEILING TO GO OUT, PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS. THAT WAS REPLACED AN ORGAN IN THE 20 1920’S AND THEN WE BROUGHT IN THIS ONE WHEN THE BROADWAY THEATER WAS GETTING WHERE THEY’RE SEEING PIECE OF OREGON HISTORY. WE NEED TO
HOLD ON TO. THAT IS REALLY THE HISTORY MUSEUM AS IT IS A SKATING RINK. AND OF COURSE BEEN. IN WITH A WITH A FEW DISRUPTIONS BROUGHT UP BY FLOOD SINCE 19. ’06, THIS INTERESTING, THE COVID HAS BEEN THE LONGEST CLOSURE. EVEN THE FLOOD THAT DESTROYED THE FLOOR IN 1848 AND WE HAVE TO
GET A NEW FLOOR. LISTEN CLOSE AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN FOR GLAD TO SEE EVERYTHING BACK IN ORDER HERE. LET’S TAKE THEM OUT. CAR WITH A SHOT OF THE SIGNS ARE EMILY IS TO SAY THIS WAS HER JOB AS A KID DRY MY FAMILY WOULD THAT CHANGE THINGS HERE.
OF COURSE I GOT BELCH. THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. THAT’S A BAD THING TO SELL ME. OKAY. SEE A CHANGE ONLY. OKAY. THAT QUALIFIES AND A SLOW THE STATE PART THE BELL HAS A POPULATION. THE SKATING IS BACK. EMILY, LET’S GO FOR A LAST HERE. IF YOU WANT TO GET
IN ON A SKATE SESSION 50 AT A TIME. GO TO OAKS PARK DOT COM. WEEK, JUST $10. A PERSON. SO VERY AFFORDABLE, VERY FUN FOR KIDS OF ALL, THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS NOT I’M INCLUDING EVEN THE SKATERS CREED THAT I JUST READ OVER THERE. I HAD THE AREA. NOTHING
THAT IS NOT WHOLESOME. HOW ABOUT SKATING AND NO GREATER HERE AT OAK PARK TO NAME THEM. YEAH. THAT IS A FANTASTIC PLACE. SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM BACK OPEN AGAIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. I’M SURE IN ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. THEY’RE GLAD YOU GOT A CHANCE
TO PLAY WITH THEM. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS HOPING FOR A CURE, A CORE. BUT. PROBABLY YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO HOPE FOR ANOTHER I’M THAT’S THAT’S GOOD. AND I THAT’S WHAT I’M AFTER RIGHT. BY THE TO TAKE A NAP AFTER THIS, THOUGH. THAT’S TRUE. RIGHT LOT HE LOOKS
BETTER THAN HE DID LAST OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY SAW GOT A GOOD. ABOUT IT. LET’S TALK TRAFFIC AND WEATHER RIGHT NOW TRAFFIC. WHAT’S HAPPENING OUT THERE. WELL, WE DO HAVE A CRASH
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