on, Jr.·
(ThIrd In a four part series)
D OIT - Ye go findin
icc rink to play hoc ey wasn't a big
problem. With ation centers like
O'She, F rwell, Heilmann,
North estern, Wigle, Car Park,
Belle Isle, Redford and of course,
J c Adams. Finding a place to kate
aM learn 0 to pi y the game of
hockey w n't re problem.
, But no wi Adams the
o.u.ly indoor icc rink in the city. Many
kids who w8J1t to play hockey, form
a team or league in their neighbor­
hood is a problem. Mo..l of the rinks
mention are shut down or just dis­
ppeared entirely in the city. The ques­
tion raised i i th some many
youn�ters with a keen intrest in the
sport, why so few �nlcs? -
i tion and the f: cility manager t
J Adams."lt' b don financ::lal
fun and particip tion. If you don't
have the particip tion you won't
rna e money, the equipment will get
old and rusty and th rink won't y
open."
"Heilmann (19601 Crusade) a
dome over it while the Farwell Rink
(2871 East Outer Drive) is in excel­
lent shape, but isn't being used. Basi­
cally it depends on who' using it.
Only surburban teams were ing it
and no one who lived in the area
bothered to use i When you have •
only uburban teams using a local
rink and your own community isn't
using it, what's the use of having it
open it."
"Clark Park (Southwest Detroit) is
current! y open," Hunter said. "It
(Clark) is the only rink in Detroit that
is econd toJackAdamwiththenum­
ber of peOple using the rink."
"THE PROBLEM IS money," -
explained Ernest "Rabbit" Hunter, a SOME PEOP� AGREE with
member of the Detroit Hockey As- ' Turner that there 18 a lack of par-
Players before contest at Jack Adams.
patlon in
com to
eel tthein
city ould
them open."
"Tbc city
� they 0 eel t hockey
traditionally not our port," expl
DHA memebr Eugene Owens.
".Apn it' a port that the bl com­
mun:� isn't deeply involved."
"1bcre's tal about buying ac a
few ri , btft there's no blac inter-
t or lnvolvemeat,"
"Tb .ty used to have a lot of
ou r rinks," said John Morris,
Detroit Pollee Officer w ' co ch
at Jac Adams. "There used 0
rinks ai Belle Isle and the State Fair
grounds. It not a lac of interest,
j ta lac of faclllti ..
Morris feels that hockey can grow
in Detroit, it just depends on where
the city places its priorities and how
important they ar:c.
"IT'S TIER OFof adding
more resources to the program," He
ds in the city to play and there's
much intere t here in the city there
i in the border towns in Canada."
�It does co t a lot of money to put
kid on the icc, but if the people in
power want to devote time to it."
aid. When the city does that things
will get better because there' enough
MORRIS FEELS THAT the city
hould find the funds to �open or
upgrade exi ting rinks. He feels that
the taxpayer hould get their
money's worth and have ome funds
to upgrade the facilties to benefit the
kids of Detroi t.
"The chy pends money on the
people mover and fancy ball
tadiums.I would like to ee how
much is spent on the kids.The people
who pay, taxes should have the right
to know."
HOCkey facilities are scarce in our
city. Both Morris and Owens feel that
the elected officals should provide
more funds to uypgrade and create
them.
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