Facing camera from left, Ken Paul, Benjamin Pierce, Adrian O’Connell and Kevin McKenney pull a liner as Jeff Pierce stands in water and pushes air bubbles out from beneath the liner while flooding the Clinton Parks & Rec Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton, Maine on Wednesday night, Jan. 17. Pierce is the rink superintendent and co-director of Clinton Parks & Recreation.
Clinton Parks & Rec Co-Director Anthony Barton, center, and others prepare a plastic liner while setting up ice skating rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Wednesday night, Jan. 17. The group flooded the 40-by-120 foot rink with 120,000 gallons of water.
Young people roll out a plastic liner before flooding the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Wednesday night, Jan. 17.
Jeff Pierce stands in water and uses a tool to release air bubbles from beneath a liner while flooding the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Wednesday night, Jan. 17. Pierce is the rink superintendent and co-director of Clinton Parks & Recreation.
From left: Heather Elkins, Sadie Higgins, 13, Jaycie Elkins, 14, and Danikah Harrison, 15, emerge from the skate room before taking part in the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday.
Sadie Higgins, 13, balances on ice skates and reaches for the rail as Heather Elkins, right, and Natasha Barton assist during the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday. With Higgins are her friends Jaycie Elkins, 14, back to camera, and Danikah Harrison, 15, right. The girls said they were learning to skate.
Hockey player Wyatt Hanson, 13, of Clinton laces up his skates before taking to the ice during the opening day of skating at the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday. Hanson practiced with his hockey stick and puck.
Steven Casey of Benton and his granddaughter Dillion Casey, 7, share the ice during the opening day of skating at the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday.
Beginner ice skater Danikah Harrison collects herself after falling while skating with friends, also beginners, during the opening day of skating at the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday.
Hailey Pelotte, 9, and mother Arielle Loisel of Clinton share hot drinks in the skate room at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday. The pair and other skaters took to the ice during the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink.
Kassie Brown, left, and her sons Logan MacArthur, 11, center, and Owen MacArthur, 9, warm themselves by a fire while taking part in the opening day of skating at the Clinton Parks & Recreation Ice Skating Rink at Old Mill Park in Clinton on Sunday.
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