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INFCiii'llATION • . , J SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS TUESDAY.JUNE 6. 1995 SUBURBAN EDITOR: Les Suzukamo FAX: (612)228-5 5 LJ BU R BS FAX: (612)228-5500 ice, is\ oodbury arena on schedule ■ Ho ckey, figure-skating - 8o acre complex at Bailey Road and "We want the place open to the entire _,. ,,. . Tower Drive. community during much of the winter," rink opens in November "We are on schedule to play indoor Klatt said. "Everybody from kids to se- soccer;and hockey this winter," Wood- nior citizens will be invited in to walk "JIM BROEDE STAFF WRITER bury,recreation director Bob Klatt said. and run and work out" x `Contracts have been let for the ball- The fieldhouse and ice arena are ex- ome get their winter kicks skiing, fields. But it takes longer to grow real pected to be self-sustaining. , grass than the artificial stuff in the field- _ "There's a big demand for ice time," snowshoemg.and ice fishing. house." Klatt said. "We'll charge the going rate But Woodbury b t: c�.residents will have More than 1,400 youngsters joined soc- of $120 an hour." more,to boot: soccer. cer,teams sponsored last summer and The ice arena will be the home of.the '''''',C new :$lu g a ion city for hock fall by the Woodbury Athletic Associa- Woodbury High School hockey team. compldx,increding an ice arena for hock tion. "We've had inquiries from Tartan and dy,and figure for o c er,a fieldhouse But association officials said winter Mahtomedi high-schools," Klatt'-said. to open Novy for soccer, is expected. . 'soccer has been limited to the small and "Time also will be set aside for,girls' to,open in November. few-and-far-between indoor facilities out- hockey." I- Softball and baseball enthusiasts will side the city. The recreation complex is being paid have to wait until.1997 for the first full ' The new 180-by-270-foot fieldhouse through a bond issue approved by voters season of play on new ballfields at the won't be limited to soccer. in June 1994. •