NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 Arena Profile IceIce SkatingSkating andand RocketRocket ScienceScience inin Huntsville,Huntsville, AlabamaAlabama Capitalizing on Olympic Fever Water Recycling, Fluorescent Lighting and More Volume 8, Number 3 CONTENTS November/December 2005 Publisher Ice Skating Institute OPERATIONS Editor Water Recycling System Lori Fairchild Saves the Day . .6 by Barry Wolkon Editorial Advisors Peter Martell Patti Feeney Ask iAIM: Advantages of Fluorescent Lighting . .8 Print Production and Advertising Sales Manager Carol Jackson MANAGEMENT Art Director Credit Card Program Cindy Winn Livingston for ISI Members . .10 Contributors Joan Rice Are You Prepared for John Skabelund Winter Storms? . .12 Jim Thompson by Joan Rice Barry Wolkon The ISI EDGE (USPS 017-078, Creating a Frontline That ISSN 1522-4651) is published bimonthly; January/February, Improves Your Bottom Line . .14 March/April, May/June, July/ by John Skabelund August, September/October, November/December; by the Ice Skating Institute, 17120 James Gober PROGRAMMING N. 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Dallas Parkway, Suite 140 Dallas, TX 75248-1187 Phone: (972) 735-8800 ISI members support disaster at Fox Valley Ice Arena and in Dimon- Fax: (972) 735-8815 dale, Mich. at The Summit at The e-mail: [email protected] relief efforts Capital Centre www.skateisi.org DALLAS — A number of ISI members ISI INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS and member facilities have been affect- Former Great Neck Park Executive Director ed by the recent devastating hurricanes, Peter Martell and our thoughts are with them in this District Commissioner Managing Director, Member Programs & Services time of crisis. To support disaster relief Gary Maier dies Patti Feeney efforts, go to www.skateisi.org and click National Events Coordinator & GREAT NECK, N.Y. — Rev. Gary E. Skating Program Director on the red Hurricane Relief button. The Maier, retired rector of All Saints Epis- Barb Yackel page offers fundraising ideas, recognizes copal Church and former commission- Administrative Assistant the efforts of ISI member facilities and Kathy Chase er of the Great Neck Park District, died Controller & Tradeshow Manager provides a link for making a donation on Aug. 23. Maier was appointed as a Karen Schaffer to The Salvation Army. Logging in to Membership Coordinator park district commissioner 1968 and Kimberley Russelle the ISI portal allows us to recognize was subsequently elected to 10 three- Advertising Sales & members making contributions. Please Print Production Manager year terms. He was involved in the Carol Jackson send a brief description of your facility’s development of many recreational pro- Sponsorship Sales Manager efforts to [email protected] so we can grams within the district and was a Stuart Sedransky post your ideas on the ISI Web site to Director of Marketing & Communications supportive friend of the Ice Skating Emily Teague inspire others. Institute. He is survived by his wife, Information Services Coordinator Jeff Anderson Nancy; their four children, Karen Mohr Customer Service Coordinator Jon Larson named manager of and Jonathan, David and Kathleen Angela Tooley new Greeley Ice Haus Maier; and six grandchildren. ISI OFFICERS President Jim Hartnett GREELEY, Colo — 1st Vice President Mike Paikin The City of Gree- Summit Sports leases pro shop 2nd Vice President Janice Forbes ley Recreation Treasurer Richard Arenella space at Novi Ice Arena Secretary Margy Bennett Department has NOVI, Mich. — Summit Sports has Immediate Past President Jim Lange selected Jon Lar- Past President Boyd Wietecter opened its newest location at the pro son of Tulsa, shop in the Novi Ice Arena. The Novi Okla. to manage City Council approved the three-year DIRECTORS the new Ice Haus lease agreement with a two-year option District 1 Katy Hayden arena. Larson re- District 2 Robyn Bentley on July 11, and after completing reno- District 3 Lisa Fedick cently served as vations to the existing space, Summit District 4 Jeff Doucette the general man- District 5 Shane Douglas Sports has opened for business. The District 6 Toni Cooper ager of the Oilers full-service store features products from District 7 Maria Koman Ice Arena, home major brands as well as equipment District 8 Jimmie Santee District 9 Dan Smith of the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hock- repairs and skate sharpening. District 10 Char Martin ey League. He was a co-founder of the District 11 Liz Folger Tulsa Youth Hockey Association and District 12 Jenise Jensen Burleys offers financing District 13 Cindy Jensen introduced the adult hockey program District 14 Paige Scott in the Tulsa area. program for arena upgrades District 15 Bert Blanchette District 16 Cindy Solberg JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Burleys Arena Ice District 18 Glyn Jones Systems has introduced Arena Hockey Kevin McCormack The Skate School LLC partners Finance™, a financing program avail- Builders & Suppliers Doug Peters Instructors David Santee with Elmhurst YMCA able to rink owners for Burleys’ patent- Commercial Facilities Scott Slavensky ELMHURST, Ill. — The Elmhurst ed NiceUpgrade™ program. NiceUp- Public/Not-for-Profit Facilities Pete Carlson Schools, Colleges, Universities Vicki Korn YMCA has partnered with The Skate grade is designed for existing arena PSA Representative Gerry Lane School LLC to manage its learn-to- facilities requiring a custom-designed USFS Representative Homer Hagedorn and -engineered upgrade. For informa- ISIAsia Representative Raul Gomez skate program. The Skate School LLC is MAMA Representative Trudy Ivory owned and operated by Diane Dailing, tion, go to www.arenafinance.com. MIAMA Representative Russ Rose a longtime ISI member and former MIRMA Representative Judy Sniffen WIAMA Representative skater with The Ice Follies/Holiday on Send announcements and photos to Education Foundation Don Bartelson Ice. The Skate School also owns and [email protected]. Look for facility Lifetime Honorary Member Carol Zdziebko operates skate schools in Geneva, Ill. news on ISI Online, at skateisi.org. 4 ISI EDGE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 The greatest risk on your ice may be the one you'd least expect. With over 43 years of winter sports insurance experience, Willis knows the risks associated with running an ice rink are not always obvious. That's why we created RinkGuardsm, SM an insurance program designed specifically to meet the RinkGuard unique needs of the ice rink industry. Cover your ice. To learn more about RinkGuard, call your insurance agent or broker today. 55 Bay Street, Suite 107, Glens Falls, New York 12801, 518-615-0314, [email protected], www.willisprograms.com ©2005 Willis of New Hampshire, Inc. "RinkGuard" and "Cover your ice." are registered trademarks of Willis. Ice Sharks logo trademarked by Boston Ice Sharks. Water Recycling System Saves the Day by Barry Wolkon 4 1 12 5 1A 3 9 5A 2 5B 6 OPERATIONS 10 11 Sport-O-Rama 7 Water Recovery 1. Ice Melting Pit 6. 2 hp Well Pump 1A. Float Valve 7. Pump Controller System 2. 2 hp Well Pump 8. Hot-Water Heater 8 3. Sand Filter 9. Ice Resurfacer 4. Fine Mesh Filter 10. 3/4 hp Pool Pump 5. 1,000-Gallon Tank 11. Pool Sand Filter 5A. Float Valve (High) 12. Makeup Water 5B. Float Valve (Low) port-O-Rama Ice Rinks, a twin-rink analysis, we naturally found that the on demand, controlled by (7), a 2 hp facility in Monsey, N.Y., faced a greatest uses of water were our cooling pump (6) sends it to a hot water heater Scrisis two years ago when Rock- tower (condensation) and our resurfac- (8). In the storage tank (5) are two float land County passed a law to institute a ing. We eliminated all showers and valves. The high float valve (5A) shuts water-rationing program due to immediately reviewed all necessary off the No. 2 pump and the low float drought conditions in the Northeast. resurfacings, but eliminating a few valve shuts off the No. 6 pump. The law provided for water each day was not nearly sufficient. We If the pit runs low, makeup water rationing in five phases. Phase 5, could not do much about the cooling from our regular supply is added to the which was the lowest category, called tower for our chiller system. That left pit (12). This is controlled by a float for restrictions on restaurants serving ice resurfacing as our target, and recy- valve in the pit (1A). water, lawn watering, etc. Phase 4, the cling as our objective.