Hub for birthday parties after school thrills and teenage romance will close its doors forever lots of memories there Abbi dawn brings us the story of a roller rink that has meant so much to so many people doctors nurses and even politicians grew up skating just through
The store but now skaters will have to find a new roller rink to call home eight-year-old Quincy Schroeder skates at rekha so often she has her own routine yeah it’s sort of my thing but it hasn’t always been this smooth I fallen a lot here I still get back up
And keep on skating now her days of whipping around the 60 year old rink are numbered March 1st will be our last day owner Kelly Danner said rekha had a rough season when the pipes burst in 2018 repairs high electric bills and she says lack of business forced her to sell
The property now she’s trying to remember all of the good times I’m sure there’s a few marriages I mean I got married here I didn’t keep the husband but I got married here you know I’m sure there’s some children that came from here as well because of this place
Evelyn Robbins is one of those rink rats she’s been skating at reco since she was four now she brings her son to skate I’m gonna be sad I have to go somewhere else and I have to find a place to skate that’s not here this is not gonna be the
Same because it’s like home Danner’s favorite memory is personal watching my kid wanted to skate with my mom and dad and even though the skating will stop danner hopes that the lessons will roll on yeah people say well it’s just skating it’s just this is just that I’m
Like no it’s a life lesson falling down and learning to get back up at four five six years old that’s the foundation in your life now when reco roller rink closes on March 1st there will only be four roller rinks left in Northern Kentucky in Alexandria I’m a bead on WCPO 9 News
source
