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She built an igloo igloo (ĭg`l  ) [Inuit,=house]. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. in her back yard and wore ice skates so her Saint Bernard Saint Bernard, two Alpine passesSaint Bernard, two Alpine passes, both used since antiquity. The Great Saint Bernard (alt. 8,110 ft/2,472 m), on the Italian-Swiss border, links Valais canton, Switzerland, with Valle d'Aosta, Italy. dog Sashu could pull her to school by rope. ``It was a magical dream that came true,'' Medders said. ``It was literally living in a winter wonderland for three weeks.'' Now, as the special events director for the nonprofit Alliance for the Arts, she has helped create a bit of that atmosphere for the winter days in Ventura County. The city Thursday unveiled Winter Wonderland on Ice, the first open-air ice rink in the county. Officials believe that it will attract as many as 12,000 skaters and onlookers during its pilot run through Jan. 3. The 40-foot-by-60-foot rink, adjacent to the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. Arts Plaza, was created to provide a community gathering place and to draw attention to year-round theater programs at the plaza. Josh Thall spent the first 10 years of his life in Peekskill, N.Y. But he never skated regularly until his family moved to Thousand Oaks 12 years ago. His new neighbors got him hooked on in-line skate hockey, and that evolved into a love of ice hockey ice hockey: see hockey, ice. ice hockey Game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates. The object is to drive a puck (a small, hard rubber disk) into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick, thus scoring one point. . ``Only in California can you go ice-skating in a T-shirt with no clouds in the sky,'' Thall said. The alliance, which is the fund-raising arm of the plaza, is planning an elaborate skating and singing show from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Olympic skater Peter Carruthers will serve as master of ceremonies. Carruthers and his sister, Kitty, won the silver medal for tandem skating in the 1984 Winter Olympics. Tracy Fuhrmann, 15, of Agoura skated on the open-air rink Wednesday night in preparation for her performance in a scene from ``The Nutcracker'' on Sunday. ``It's great to have an (open-air) ice rink in Ventura County because it really brings out the holiday spirit without the holiday cold,'' she said. Organizers hope the five-week run will recoup the $250,000 spent on setting up the rink, stage and bleachers. If the program is successful, it could be a permanent attraction, Medders said. The rink will be open for one-hour sessions from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, and until 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Admission for each session is $6 for adults, $3 for children ages, 4 to 12 and free for children 3 and younger. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Below, Josh Thall of Thousand Oaks helps his cousin Tami Gorodetzer at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. outdoor ice rink Thanksgiving Day. At right, Karley Pauley, 7, slips on the city's Winter Wonderland on Ice 40-foot-by-60-foot rink. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News |
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