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THIS IS CBS 2 NEWS AT 5:00. THE NUMBER ONE SPORT IN THE 1940S WAS ROLLERSKATING. CHICAGO WAS AT THE EPICENTER. BUT TODAY, IT IS DYING. WE ARE TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE A NEW MUSEUM EXHIBIT IN THE SUBURBS IS ABOUT TO OPEN. THE ELMHURST HISTORY MUSEUM, CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND YOU CAN PRACTICALLY IMAGINE YOU ARE AT A DIFFERENT PLACE AND TIME. THE CLASSIC AMERICAN ROLLING. I STARTED AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT RIGHT AWAY. SOMETIMES WE FELT LIKE WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD. WHEN YOU SKATED AROUND THE RINK, YOU…
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHE WAS RECENTLY NAMED CHICAGO’S BEST ROLLER SKATING GURU, AND SHE IS BRINGING HER MINISTRY AS SHE CALLS IT. DIFFERENT PARTS OF CHICAGO 40 YEAR OLD MYISHA MCCASKILL HAS BEEN SKATING SINCE SHE WAS JUST 10 YEARS OLD. SHE IS A MASTER ON ROLLER SKATES. I GOTTA SHORT ONE ON ONE LESSON EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, SHE TEACHES ADVANCED. FREESTYLE CLASSES. SHE ALSO TEACHES A BACK TO THE BASICS CLASS THAT TEACHES THE FUNDAMENTALS TO FOLKS LIKE ME WHO HAVE NEVER LACED UP. MCCASKILL’S PERFORMED ALL OVER THE WORLD ACTUALLY, AND USED TO JUST TEACH ON THE…
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One music teacher’s mission to bring a public skate park to Greater Lafayette continues today the second ever Simpson skates event took over the Crosser Sports Complex parking lot the events organizer Greg Simpson says he has been in conversation with the Lafayette parks department since his first ever event Earlier this summer he says greater Lafayette could have a public place to skate in the next two years despite the hot weather people came out to win prizes in an advanced and beginners tournament and a best trick contest all sponsored by local businesses after talking with the Lafayette…