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Loreta Freitas: A skating rink can lead to exercise and romance

Re “Will numbers pan out for new rink?” (Page A3, Aug. 4): This is to say it was good to hear about the efforts to open a skating rink in Modesto. It is what we need; wish that someday they would have one in Turlock, also.

I met my husband at the old Merry Gardens Skating Rink in Modesto in 1947. We have been married 68 years in November. My girlfriend and I would take the bus to Modesto to go skating each Saturday and enjoyed it very much. It was good exercise.

Loreta Freitas, Turlock

This story was originally published August 20, 2015 at 6:53 PM with the headline "Loreta Freitas: A skating rink can lead to exercise and romance."

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