C S o 2 P n 00 EC fe 8 IA MARCH/APRIL 2008 re IS L n I I IN ce ce SE & A RT T r ra en de a sh ow AAllll SSiiggnnss PPooiinntt ttoo IISSII CCoonnffeerreennccee && TTrraaddeesshhooww •• SSkkaattiinngg iinn tthhee SShhaaddee •• IInnvviissiibbllee HHaazzaarrddss •• AADDAA TTaaxx SSaavviinnggss A THE BIG ARENA 1999: INSTALLATION 10,000 SKATERS / WEEK MONDO RAMFLEX DURABLE BY DESIGN SPORT RUBBER SURFACES Where the Games come to play 800 361 3747 [email protected] www.mondousa.com Volume 10, Number 5 March/April 2008 ONTENTS Publisher C Ice Skating Institute OPERATIONS Editor MARC H/APR IL 2008 Lori Fairchild C Invisible Hazards and How to o S 2 P n 0 E fe 08 C r I e IS A n I L Protect Against Them .................... 6 c I IN e c S Editorial Advisors & e E A R T T r re Peter Martell ad n by Kathleen Norlien e a sh o Carrie Clarke w Randy Winship MANAGEMENT Print Production & Advertising Sales Manager The ABCs of AA Carol Jackson llll SSiig ADA Tax Savings ....................... 8 gnnss Art Director PPooiin by Mark E. Battersby IISSII ntt ttoo Cindy Winn Livingston CCoonnf && TT feerreennccee Contributors Managing the rraaddees Mark E. Battersby shhooww John Mullaney Millennial Generation ........ 12 Kathleen Norlien by Robert W. Wendover Jim Thompson Robert W. Wendover PROGRAMMING The ISI EDGE (USPS 017-078, ISSN 1522-4651) is published Skating in the SHADE: • • Skatiin bimonthly; January/February, ng iin th Good for Kids, • he Shad March/April, May/June, July/ IInviisiibl de August, September/October, le Haza Good for Business ......... 14 • A rds November/December; by the DA Tax x Saviin Ice Skating Institute, 6000 by John Mullaney All gs Signs P Custer Road, Building 9, C oint to over s 2008 Plano, TX 75023 . Annual tory, pa ISI Con ge 20 ference Subscription Rate is $24.00 & Trad per year. Periodicals New PCA Web Site eshow postage paid at Plano, TX, and at additional mailing to Start Conversations .................. 16 offices. by Jim Thompson POSTMASTER NOTE: Send address changes to ISI EDGE, c/o The Ice Skating Institute, All Signs Point to 2008 ISI Conference & Tradeshow . 20 6000 Custer Road, Building 9, by Lori Fairchild Plano, TX 75023. Printed in the U.S.A. Subscriptions available The Community That Made Ice Skating Paramount . 22 through membership only. by Lori Fairchild ©2008 by the Ice Skating Institute. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibit - ed unless expressly autho - rized in writing by publish - DEPARTMENTS er. All rights reserved. Opinions expressed by con - tributors do not necessarily CrossCuts Announcements . 4 represent the views of the Ice Skating Institute, the iAIM Report: Building a Strong Foundation . 18 publisher or the advertisers. 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ICE SKATING INSTITUTE integrate systems 6000 Custer Road, Building 9 Plano, TX 75023 PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Maximum Solutions Inc., and Pointstreak.com Inc. have Phone: (972) 735-8800 Fax: (972) 735-8815 partnered to technically integrate their systems, eliminating manual entry of e-mail: [email protected] schedule data. Mutual customers of the two systems can now easily and quickly www.skateisi.org upload game schedules, and players can instantly view team schedules online. For ISI INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS more information, go to maxsolutions.com or pointstreak.com. Executive Director Peter Martell Director of Skating Programs & Services Carrie Clarke K&K reduces ice rink, camp/clinic rates Controller & Tradeshow Manager Karen Schaffer FORT WAYNE, Ind. — K&K Insurance Group Inc. has announced a new rating struc - National Skating Program & ture for its ice rink program as well as its camps and clinics program. Rates have been Events Coordinator Randy Winship reduced significantly, depending on individual facility exposures, in most states, and Membership Coordinators reductions are pending in other states. For information, go to kandkinsurance.com . Kathy Chase Angela Tooley Advertising Sales & Print Production Manager Carol Jackson Athletica announces management change Senior Accountant & Sponsorship Sales Manager MINNEAPOLIS — Premier Rinks Inc., dba Athletica, has announced the resignation Stuart Sedransky of Ed Van Pelt, CEO. Jim Mahoney will serve as the interim CEO while a search is con - Information Services Coordinator Jeff Anderson ducted for a permanent CEO. Administrative Assistant Mary Ann Mangaro ISI OFFICERS In Memory President Jim Hartnett 1st Vice President Mike Paikin 2nd Vice President Janice Forbes Janie Collins Treasurer Richard Arenella Former figure skater Janie (Rosalie Jane) Collins died Dec. 28 in Minneapolis Secretary Margy Bennett Immediate Past President Jim Lange following a long illness. The wife of Champions on Ice founder Tom Collins Past President Boyd Wietecter was 69. She toured in Holiday on Ice, and with her skating partner, Alfredo Men - DIRECTORS doza, created balletic routines performed on water skis at Cypress Gardens in District 1 Scott McCoy Florida. Collins was the 1956 Miss Georgia and a Miss America contestant. In District 2 Robyn Bentley addition to her husband, she is survived by three children — Michael, Mark and District 3 Lisa Fedick District 4 Christine Wilson Brinton Marty — and two grandchildren, Lauren and Dylan. District 5 Larry LaBorde District 6 Toni Cooper District 7 Jamie Baringer Don Demorest District 8 Alane Swiderski District 9 Brigid LaMear Don Demorest, 61, owner of White Ice Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta, died Jan. 3 in an District 10 Char Martin industrial accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning after operating a fork - District 11 Liz Mangelsdorf lift in an unventilated warehouse. White Ice Ltd. is a producer of ice paint and District 12 Debbie Lane District 13 Cindy Jensen a supplier of ice painting equipment and accessories. The company has an in- District 14 Paige Scott house laboratory and testing facilities and works directly with ice technicians to District 15 Bert Blanchette provide custom logos and colors. Demorest is survived by his wife and business District 16 Cindy Solberg District 18 Glyn Jones partner, Kathy, and three children: Tamra, Cole and Jillian. Hockey Sean Flynn Builders & Suppliers Doug Peters Instructors David Santee Christopher Bowman Commercial Facilities Kevin McCormack Public/Not-for-Profit Facilities Pete Carlson Former figure skating champion Christopher Bowman died on Jan. 10 in Los Schools, Colleges, Angeles at the age of 40. Nicknamed “Bowman the Showman,” the two-time Universities Glen Danischewski Olympian won two U.S. national titles and two world championship medals iAIM Chair Rob McBride PSA Representative Gerry Lane before retiring in 1992. A former child actor, Bowman had recently returned to USFSA Representative Homer Hagedorn acting, with a role as an assistant coach in an upcoming movie, Down and Dis - ISIAsia Representative Raul Gomes AMMA Representative Trudy Ivory tance, starring Gary Busey and directed by Brian DePalma. His survivors include MAMA Representative Rob Mueller a daughter, Bianca, and his parents, Nelson and Joyce Bowman. MIAMA Representative Jim Becker MIRMA Representative Judy Sniffen Education Foundation Don Bartelson Send announcements and photos to [email protected]. Watch your e-mail Updates for facility Lifetime Honorary Member Carol Zdziebko news, including construction and openings. 4 ISI EDGE MARCH /APRIL 2008 Invisible Hazards S N and How to Protect Against Them O I by Kathleen Norlien T A ut of sight is out of mind — but spectators using indoor arenas even if a reduce sensory perception; and con - state does not require air monitoring. tribute to an increased risk of respirato - R it shouldn’t be! Even if an ice E Oarena has not experienced Although much time has passed since ry infections. Asthmatics and people the publication of that landmark paper, with chronic obstructive pulmonary P recent problems with air quality, safety must be a constant priority to arena the problem of poor indoor air quality disease (COPD) are considered particu - O managers. Without attention paid to remains in some enclosed arenas. larly susceptible to the respiratory maintenance of good air quality, arena CO and NO 2 are formed during the effects of NO 2 exposure. In addition to managers place themselves in a situa - burning of fuels such as gasoline, adverse health effects, NO 2 reacts with tion where they could be held liable for kerosene, propane and liquefied petro - surfaces and furnishings, and can fade incidents that might occur. Air quality leum gas (LPG) used in powered and discolor fabric. incidents are preventable. engines, furnaces, water heaters and egularly testing the air in Today’s ice arenas are being built wood stoves. enclosed sports arenas can “tight” to conserve energy and allow The hazards of carbon monoxide Rprovide an indication that for a controlled climate. Tight build - are more widely documented than the air quality is deteriorating or is bad. ings, in conjunction with today’s high- those of nitrogen dioxide, perhaps Testing devices range from billows tech all-in-one ice resurfacers that because it is much easier to measure, pumps with colorimetric tubes, alarms scrape and resurface the ice with a sin - both in the air and in the body. that will sound when levels of danger - gle driver at the helm, have contributed Despite this fact, nitrogen dioxide is ous gas exceed safety standards and to the potential to cause poor air qual - another product of combustion that hand-held measurement devices that ity in indoor ice arenas.