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• Marilyn

  August 3, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  

  Kim,

  The skaters here on the East coast have mixed emotions about Garry no longer operating the Elsmere Skating Center as well, however, you along with many others were not behind closed doors when the final deal was done.

  You cannot speculate or believe one side of this story. As you may or may not know, the new owners have been in the skating community for many years, and we should be rejoicing and glad that this ownership and opportunity has been afforded to such a good couple that peope look up to and respect.

  Also note, with us all being in various places in the United States, a story like yours would give the impression that there is turmoil in the New Jersey/Delaware/Pennsylvania areas, when there is not.

  Khannie Butler (Silver & Gold, Unlimited)
  Melanie Johnson (Synergy)
  Marilyn Porras (Silver & Gold, Unlimited)

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• RST_news

  August 3, 2008 at 6:41 pm

  

  your point is taken, however, the same would apply to those of you who also were not behind closed doors and also do not know all the details.

  i disagree that what was posted gives the impression of turmoil in the NJ/DE/PA areas as the only state mentioned in the article was delaware. there was other information that could have been printed about a manager in one of those areas, but that info was left out. if any turmoil is indicated, it is between the previous owner of elsmere and gman, seeing as how gman has been very verbal over the years – to many people – about how he and the owner had some sort of agreement that he (gman) would one day take over ownership.

  if the new owners would like to respond to what is printed here, they are welcome to do so and what they say will be weighed against what gman has said in the above press release and also in other private communications to RST that were not published here.

  thanks.

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• Jody Roberts

  August 3, 2008 at 11:22 pm

  

  I am able to congratulate the new owners of “Adrenaline Skating Center” and wish Garry the absolute best without being privy to details.

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• Melissa Robinson

  August 11, 2008 at 7:50 pm

  

  live in Delaware and I skate(d) at Elsmere. I really like and respect G-man, but the place sucked–especially after G-man shut down both adult nights (Thursdays and Sundays). I’m not exactly sure how much is G-man’s fault–but as the General Manager, I think that a lot of the responsibility fell on his shoulders.

  Now, as far as “shady” goes, I can’t speak on it because I was not even remotely involved in the transaction. However, if the owners were going to sell it from under G-man, I’m glad they sold it to a black person. You must also realize as well that the original owner died early this year (the person G-man always dealt with), and his children (who inherited the rink) sold the business. I have to wonder if the children did what was most financially advantageous for themselves? Perhaps this was a business decision more than a personal one?

  Just a thought.

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• Skater Girl

  September 4, 2008 at 10:15 pm

  

  Shadey? Underhanded? Cold Blooded?

  What it really boils down to is two things which is Money and Character. Did Gary have the money that was being asked for the property? If he did, what type of business relationship did he have with not only the deceased but the children who inherited the rink? If his attitude towards them was anything like what he portrayed to some of us, I don’t blame them for not selling the rink to him. He was not in the least bit loyal to those who did patronize the rink when he did manage Elsmere. Throwing temper tantrums like the man child he is. When regulars would request certain songs he would say “I’ll think about it”, or “E-mail your request”. If you came in late after getting off from work he would ask “Why should I let you in?”. If, it wasn’t for the old faithfuls, Gary would have been out of there a long time ago. See it’s this type of attitude that gets you no where. What rink has rentals that your not allowed to use? If you have a family member that comes in from out of town and you want to take them out skating, just because they did not have their own pair of skates, they were turned away. Now who does that??? Basically what I am saying is this, if you want something, you have to be sweet as pie. Especially if someone has something you want. You can draw more bees to honey than vinegar. In a nut shell…G-Man did this to himself. So skate on skaters. And like one of my friends say ” Be a skater, not a hater.”

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• RST_news

  September 5, 2008 at 11:18 am

  

  skater girl, it’s very clear that there is more than one side to this story. there is g-man’s side; the rink owners side; tracey akines’ side; g-man supporters side; and g-man critics side.

  since the rink owners have refused to comment, i tend not to think that the relationship with them and gary is as bad as you say. i believe if they felt their actions were on the up & up, they would have no problem giving comment to the media.

  you also asked the question as to whether gary had the money being asked for the rink. well, if we go down that road, what would the answer be to the question of whether a couple living states away had the money being asked, and if they didn’t, was it funding from another source that enabled them to be put down as the owners? were there no rinks for sale in new jersey for this couple to purchase, if they had that kind of money?

  but i digress. evidently we all may never get a clear picture of what happened since the key players in this are witholding explanation and comment.

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• Skater Girl

  September 8, 2008 at 7:47 pm

  

  Three things to the comment above. 1) It is very business wise for the new owners to not comment on this so called “Controversey”. Some things are better left unsaid. 2) What does it matter where the financial gain came from to purchase the rink. G-man had options the same as they did. It just worked out better for some than others. 3) Who cares that they live states away. This is what they do. All we want to do is skate…so let it be. Oh, and let me add a fourth. As far as the name of the rink is concerned. I would have to think the name of the rink was given in honor of the Awards which happens to be bigger than Gary. It might have been something he had hands in putting together. But it’s not about him anymore. Any true skater would put themselves aside and realize that for the love of the sport. He was apart of the process, that is an accomplishment itself. Now enjoy and watch it grow.

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• RST_news

  September 8, 2008 at 9:26 pm

  

  skater girl,

  #1) the rink owners were not asked to comment on any controversy, they were asked to comment on the sale of the rink.

  #2) if you want to suggest that gman may not have had the money to purchase the rink just understand that others may, like you, have questions about whether or not the same question applies to the new owners.

  #3) likewise, many other questions are raised by some who are looking at the situation from a view point different from yours. you should understand that since you are questioning gman. by the same token, some might have questions for or about the new owners.

  other than that, thanks for sharing your opinions and views which do not represent how everyone else aware of this situation views it. but they certainly can be taken into consideration, along with those who ask similar or different types of questions regarding the new owners.

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• Skater Girl

  September 9, 2008 at 4:59 pm

  

  Please read the above article that even started the comments to be added. The “controversey ” is the sale of the rink because if it had been sold to Gary this would be a non-issue. Now can I ask you this Mr./Ms. Who ever you are….What does it even matter??? Where their resources came from, why they choose not to comment on the sale, or even what the opinions of others are. What I choose to state is fact. Gary didn’t have the money. There was bad blood between he and one of the children, and the name of the rink is in honor of the awards which Gary played a major part of. We are all thankful to him and what he gave to the sport of skating. Now let us move on, oh I mean roll on and be at peace with this recent transaction. When one door closes, there is another that will open. See you soon Gary!

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• RST_news

  September 10, 2008 at 7:18 am

  

  sister, what does it matter? evidently it must matter to you because you keep commenting. the original post went up in early august and then here you come … weeks after …. commenting on sept. 4, weeks after the last comment was made and then want to get an attitude.

  and a correction for you: if the rink name “adrenaline” was in honor of what gman started, it would be spelled the same way as it was when it was used, and is still being used, by the ADRENALIN awards team.

  other than that, if you want to move or roll on from this situation, please do so and stop posting comments about it keeping this going. remember, it was you coming in here posting a new comment weeks after this posting had been lying dormant. now if you’re serious about rolling on – nobody here is trying to stop you.

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• Skater Girl

  September 10, 2008 at 7:08 pm

  

  Wow I see it struck a nerve! Why do you continue to comment?

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• Mr. Fantastic

  September 10, 2008 at 7:30 pm

  

  To me it didn’t appear the sister had and attitude. Wether she commented the same day or weeks later, she is intitled. The page does invite for people to do so. You didn’t have to respond.

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• RST_news

  September 10, 2008 at 7:52 pm

  

  skater girl, the same could be said of you. why do you continue to comment when you are the one who came in preaching “Now let us move on, oh I mean roll on and be at peace with this recent transaction. ” if you are at peace with the transaction, i would think you wouldn’t even bother to continue checking in on this but here you are again. your actions do not portray that you are “at peace” with this situation.

  ********************

  mr. fantastic, some of what the sister said indicates to me an attitude but you do not see it that way. she is more than entitled to post here …. as i am too …. and you say i didn’t have to respond to her post – which i didn’t have to – but by the same token, neither did she. but sometimes people do reply, that’s the nature of message boards.

  but like i said above, i’m not the one coming in preaching about “moving on” from this but still and yet am posting continued comments about that which i’m preaching people should move on from. that doesn’t make sense to me and that’s what i mean when i tell the sister that if she is serious about moving on, she should do that and not keep bringing this up.

  i hope that makes sense.

  peace~

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• Pat

  September 10, 2008 at 11:46 pm

  

  This is an interesting story. I am a skater in the Tri State area who skates at Elsmere from time to time. Glad to see that the rink didn’t close. My curiosity is this. Why is it this one person has commented on everything that anyone has said. Who is it that keeps checking back for responses? Seems someone likes word play. Anywho congrats to the new owners and G-man on his new adventures.

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• RST_news

  September 11, 2008 at 12:27 am

  

  pat, there is no word play going on …… at least not on my part. as the operator of this site, i am notified whenever a comment comes in for moderation or approval, therefore, i get notification of most comments that come in. that’s what’s going on. nothing more, nothing less. it’s also incorrect to say that i, RST_news, has commented on everything that has been posted.

  i think it’s normal for any site operater to regularly check their site and on blogs, especially blogs that are much more active than this one, it is standard procedure for people to reply to posts, dialogue, debate and some folk even resort to infantile arguing and foolishness. i hope people who come to this site understand at least that much about interactive forums, message boards and blogs.

  anyway, thanks for the comment.

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• RST_news

  September 12, 2008 at 1:31 am

  

  just for clarification; when i said this:

  “since the rink owners have refused to comment, i tend not to think that the relationship with them and gary is as bad as you say. i believe if they felt their actions were on the up & up, they would have no problem giving comment to the media.”

  i was referring to the wahlig family, the previous owners of elsmere. based on one comment here, someone believed the akines were being referred to which shows the possibility that the statement could also apply to them. however, they were not who i had in mind when i said what i said.

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• Supporter of Adrenaline Skating Center

  September 13, 2008 at 10:46 pm

  

  Many blessings to the new owners.

  The locals are proud and excited to have a place to skate again especially after the adult nights were
  discontinued on Thursday (6 months ago) and
  Sundays (over a year ago).

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• RST_news

  September 14, 2008 at 2:59 am

  

  thanks for the comment. i’m sure it’s very nice to have adult nights back and if the new owners are willing to provide the level of security needed (in light of the shootings last year or earlier this year), that’s good as well. having talked to gman and thus being able to hear another side of the story, it seems the previous owners were not willing to provide increased security and that’s part of the reason, if not the MAIN reason, he made the decisions he did about adult nights. guaranteeing skater safety was what he was more concerned about, from what he said.

  so again, just attempting to show that there are more sides to this story that aren’t necessarily able to be portrayed by adrenaline supporters who only know the side of the story they choose to tell here.

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• A Supporter of the Adrenaline

  September 16, 2008 at 5:00 pm

  

  Can someone congradulate the new owners without someone affiliated with this site bringing up anything negative. Even though there was a shooting incident wether last year or earlier this year, G-man didn’t close the rink because of an incident transpiring on the night that he decided to close down adult skate night. The Sunday adult skate night was normally stopped during the warmer time of the year and re-started in the fall. The Thursday adult skate night however was stopped for no apparent reason. There was no shooting or even fighting to say the least. The man simply said that from that point forward there would be no more Thursday skating until further notice, that it was now under the ownership of Tracy and her crew, and that if we wanted to stay and skate we could, packed his stuff and left. There was no violent occurence, or security issue that promoted Gary’s decision to abruptly stop this skate night. If security was the issue then why were all of the other skating sessions continued. Especially with one of the older employess having a physical confrontation with a teenager. If security was in question then skating would have ceased period. Not to mention, there is not one rink where there hasn’t been the potential for or an actual incident where security was called for. So please, lets not give Adrenaline a bad name for those two prior occurances or even suggest that, that was a conflict for Gary. I am sure he was concerned about the safety of both the employees and those who patronized the former “Elsmere” skating rink but anybody who frequented that rink full well knows that we had way more good times than bad and felt safe to attend, otherwise no one would have went if they felt there life would be in jeapordy if they did. One thing I have noticed in reading the first Blog, and the responses made to those who decided to comment on the blog, is that someone from this site refuses to render an unbiased opinion. Though you might thank those who visit and comment, you can definetly tell there is some animosity with the choice of words used in response to the comments. The response to the comments are leaning more towards your personal feelings on what transpired with the sale of this building. Are you pleading someones case? Let’s see if you can be kind and curtious with your response without being back handed with it. How about not even saying anything at all if you can’t just say “Thank you for visiting” and leave it at that.

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• RST_news

  September 16, 2008 at 8:00 pm

  

  patty, since this is your 2nd comment here, i’d like to refer you back up to where i explained the nature of interactive message boards, forums and blogs. those of you who don’t like the perspective i bring to the comments i’m posting in this thread, on MY site, i’m sure you understand that you don’t have to come here – to MY site – and subject yourself to what i post. if you choose to continue to come to this site, it’s ridiculous for you to think that i, the OWNER of this site, am going to change what i’m doing here. those of you who don’t like it, the only choice you have is not to come here. it won’t bother me in the least but i see that some of you all are very bothered by what i’m posting on my site and it seems you can’t control yourselves enough to not come here.

  and yes, the subject of this post has/had nothing to do with congratulating the new owners but it had everything to do with what was originally posted here. those of you who want to congratulate and post your good memories know there are some other sites that cater specifically to that kind of thing. so again, for those who can’t hang with this format here, or my postings, you’re not going to change me so i would suggest that for your own piece of mind you might want to frequent and post on some other skating sites.

  as far as your comment, “The Thursday adult skate night however was stopped for no apparent reason. There was no shooting or even fighting to say the least. The man simply said that from that point forward there would be no more Thursday skating until further notice, that it was now under the ownership of Tracy and her crew, and that if we wanted to stay and skate we could, packed his stuff and left.”

  you’re contradicting what someone else posted here and also contradicting info i received having talked directly to gman. he said he didn’t find out about the sale of the rink until june (approx. 2 months ago) when he was sent an email telling him he had 30 days to remove his things. yet someone above posted the adult nights were cancelled 6 months and a year ago. therefore, it appears your information is incorrect.

  don’t get mad at me because i point out the inconsistencies and falsehoods some of you all are coming here with.

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• Melissa Robinson

  September 18, 2008 at 3:05 pm

  

  WOW. I’ll say it again. . .WOW!

  I like to think that I’m more articulate than this, but right now I am truly at a loss for words.

  MODERATOR, we are well aware that this is your site, and appreciate the information you provide.

  However.

  If you have any ambition of making this site more than just an information portal, then you might want to be a little more. . . .diplomatic and gratuitous. After all, what’s the point of having a site if no one wants to visit it? Not a criticism. . .just an observation.

  You are clear on your point of view, as well as where and with whom your support lies. But, even you stated that there is more than one side to this story.

  I really feel for Garry. As I stated before, I genuinely like Garry, but maybe acquiring the Elsmere rink was not in God’s divine plan for him. Perhaps God has something bigger and better for him. We have to be life’s student and not its victim.

  What I don’t understand is why the Aikens have to be made the villains in all of this. Why persecute this couple? These wonderful people have kept a skating rink open where Black skaters can feel at home. Can we just wish Garry and the Aikens the best and move on?

  As a true skater, I just want to skate. And, with gas prices being what they are (not to mention tolls), I don’t want to have to ALWAYS travel an hour or more to do it! I wish Adrenaline and its new owners MUCH success. Their success is OUR success.

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• RST_news

  September 18, 2008 at 6:11 pm

  

  melissa, i don’t know that the aikens are being persecuted – i think that’s an extreme view of the situation. those who don’t wish to know any more about the circumstances surrounding the sale of elsmere and want to move on, are more than willing to do so. like i said before, i would think those interested in doing that would not continue to visit this thread. there are plenty of other topics posted on this site …. that receive few if any responses … but this is the one attracting the attention even from those who say they want to move on.

  i tend to think that if it were a white owner who had acquired elsmere under the same circumstances, there would be more of an uproar about it but since it’s a black couple, people are throwing “god” into the mix as if this is his will. maybe it is, maybe it isn’t but the circumstances of how everything went down – based on what is known – do not indicate that god was in the equation at all.

  as for your advice, i don’t have a problem taking it but i still have to stress that debate/dialogue – even the kind that may seem confrontational to some – is standard procedure on interactive forums. bottom line is that’s what attracts a lot of people to forums as should be indicated by the continued posting to/viewing of this topic in spite of the fact that some of you all feel i am the one who has an attitude.

  so, i’m going to continue to do what i do and am not mad about anybody choosing not to frequent this site because of it. we all know there are plenty of skating sites out there to choose from and i’m aware that RST has its own audience and readers who do appreciate what is posted here, and the way in which this site sometimes addresses what others choose to avoid. i know that will cost RST some readers/visitors and viewers but on the other hand, i know it will also gain this site new visitors. this site and what goes on here is not for everybody and i understand that, so worrying about whether or not my manner is keeping people away is not an issue to me.

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• RST_news

  September 18, 2008 at 6:25 pm

  

  here are some of the questions RST would have asked tracey akines had we been granted an interview with the owners of adrenaline skating:

  - when did you first develop an interest in purchasing elsmere and how were you informed that it was for sale?

  - were you aware, as were many in the skate community, that garry corporal had long spoken of becoming the owner of elsmere?

  - did you ever consider partnering with garry as a co-owner and if not, what would move you to step in to purchase the rink managed by someone you knew, had done business with, had supported and possibly been friends with for many years?

  - was the united skates of america, the owner of the new jersey rink you’ve managed for many years, involved in any way, shape, manner or form in the purchase of elsmere or the process leading up to the sale?

  - will you remain on as general manager of millenium skate world in new jersey or will you and your family be relocating to delaware?

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• Beamer

  September 18, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  

  This would be a funny thread if it wasnt a slam against two good people, the Akines.

  I have to admit that I’m happy to see the Akines become owners of a rink. And I also feel for Gman losing out, however, that is business, black/white or indifferent, business is business. Gman is a strong brother, his life will go on despite this.

  But, the response of the “moderator” here leaves a lot to be desired. You have all but accused them of doing something underhanded to get the rink and now you expect them to answer questions from you?!! Are you part of the John McCain campaign? Secondly, you pretend not to have a side in this but there is a line clearly printed on the bottom of this page that states: “Bill Butler in talks to do reality series the elsmere skating rink controversy” So what is the real agenda here? Lets be real, you have always been a shill for anything Bill Butler does so this must be just another one of your sad attempts to worship the ground he walks on. Your site or not, you are not always right, neither is Bill and this rink controversy is just another example of that. You are probably more qualified to speak on issues on skating in that great skating Mecca of Denver, but you certainly dont know what’s happening on the east coast. Stick to what you know and leave the rest of us to enjoy skating at the Akines’ new rink.

  Shalom

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• RST_news

  September 19, 2008 at 11:45 am

  

  beamer, i do have to say that this thread is funny in some spots especially when it comes to getting comments from adrenaline supporters, like you, who say the silliest things and draw the most irrational conclusions based on your own incorrect assessments.

  now on top of the bashing some of you have done against gman, you come in bashing bill butler. the reason the link you mentioned is listed at the bottom of the page is because that’s standard procedure for blogs – to have links for the previous thread and the next thread on the blog, listed at the bottom of the page. if you had went further, you would have also taken the time to notice there is also a link (with an arrow next to it) which says “the elsmere skating rink controversy”. that happens to be listed because it’s the next thread after this one.

  so, please continue to laugh over this thread because you just added some more reasons to laugh. based on this, i don’t even know if there is a need to respond to the rest of what you posted other than to say that no one is preventing anybody, including you, from enjoying skating at the akines’ rink. why you and others feel the need to come in here continuing to say things like that remains something that i find to be ridiculous.

  and just for the heck of it, let me go on and address some of your other points. when i posted this thread, i was not aware of who the new owners were, all i knew was that the message on the phone revealed that the new name was the “adrenaline skating center.” i seriously doubt, however, that the title of this thread is the reason RST was not granted an interview by the akines and, as a working journalist, i have more than the ability to present a clear picture of any information i am given. i have consistently said from the get go that there are many more sides to the story but that’s not enough to prevent some of you from concluding that i am being biased in this. i have questions, some of which i’ve put up here …. and ask questions is what i do on the regular, as a working journalist. and as a journalist, i know that were this any other situation, there are definitely enough oddities and red flags that would lead anyone to raise some questions.

  as far as me not knowing what is happening with skating on the east coast, it’s strange you would say that since it is the posting on RST that first made a whole bunch of folks aware of what had happened in deleware …… way over there on the east coast. and it took some “shill” way over here in denver to drop the 4-1-1. and let me say right here, your response is also one that indicates an “attitude” – just like the person who posted “mr/ms whoever you are……” that indicates attitude to me and your resorting to name calling and – like others in here – resorting to putting up misinformation, is a clear sign of someone operating in haste and out of emotion because they have an attitude that someone is raising questions about this whole thing.

  so, let’s be clear, bill butler has absolutely NOTHING to do with this situation and therefore, there was no need for you to bring his name up and insult him or insinuate anything else about him. you never know, people observing how you and other adrenaline supporters have acted in here might be gaining the impression that you all are “shills” for the akines who keep putting forth these extremely “SAD attempts” to do/say ANYTHING (true or false; rational or irrational) to worship the ground they walk on.

  but you all keep doing what you do. you’re really only making yourselves and the akines look worse than they already may look to some.

  shalom~

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• Wise One am I?

  September 23, 2008 at 7:11 pm

  

  Parable of a Father:
  Happy to see dreams grow. Sad to see dreams shattered. I taught my children to support each other while they skate. When one falls the other can help them up. When things get hard we can form a chain to stay strong. When we tire we can smile before we rest. Oh I feel for my children. Whatever may have happened has. My children of color have always had ideas and dreams pulled from under them. Yet they are still strong no matter how it hurts. Green was never our color yet it has divided many families. Brother against brother against sister or mother. If it drugs, property or business it always points to green. I have seen over the years this family tear apart. Yet I hope for the day when the skate family will remember why we skate. How we became a skate family. How you became children of color with colorful wheels. Many colors as far as one could roll. Now I see green around my children Like a fungus that has grown. They became blinded. What will become of the skate children? How I pray they come together again and share in trust. Trust that when they begin to fall, and money flies out of the pocket, they will catch me before I hit the ground. Catch me before they catch my money…..

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• TruSk8er

  November 4, 2008 at 8:50 am

  

  I have to say that after having contact with Tracy Akine, I miss Garry! She has absolutely NO people skills, and doesn’t care what the customers want. She needs to fall back and let her husband Lawrence run the place and deal with customers.

  Sunday Adult Nite is a JOKE. They MIGHT get 10 people if they’re lucky. They play the same type of music as Franklinville on Sunday nights. Since Franklinville has a better floor, people go there.
  It would be better if Adrenaline played Old School on Sunday nights to appeal to the more mature crowd. They’d get more than 10 people, that’s for sure.

  And, don’t ask them to change the music or voice your opinion if they’re playing crap–especially during All-Skate sessions . . . you’ll just get told off.

  They don’t clean the floor before each session–the amount of gum on the floor is RIDICULOUS.

  I had hoped that the new management would be better for the only black rink in Delaware. I was wrong. We need another black rink in Delaware to give these jokers some competition. The customer service SUCKS.

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• Marky

  November 18, 2008 at 10:44 am

  

  I don’t know what trusk8er’s problem is with the new management , but I found them to be a refreshing change from the previous mangement. They are always nice to my family and I when we walk in. The floor is in better shap then when Garry was there. The music played is age appropiate, depending on the session. So trusk8er go find some other place to skate.

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• TruSk8er

  November 25, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  

  Good for you and your family, Marky. For your information, I DO skate elsewhere. Furthermore, if the new owners adopt your attitude, then they won’t have any regular customers–which are necessary to sustain any business. And I indeed, was a regular–probably more so than you. (At one point, my children and I skated there 4 times a week.)

  Dirty skate floor, dirty bathrooms (never any toilet paper in the stalls!), unskateable music during all-skate sessions AND a rude rink owner? All I can say is, you must have a really low bar set on what is acceptable, Marky.

  These owners are the new kids on the block, and they’re black kids at that. Do they really want to become known as “that ghetto rink”? That is what is expected of black proprieters.

  Think about it.

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• terrie hurlburt

  June 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm

  

  iam sad to here that the charles wahlig passed on~i skated at elsmere god only knows how many time~i was a competitive dance skater and speed skater won many titles there~always loved the skating there~never was any problems with safety at all~sad to here his kids charlie/anne/beth didnt keep the rink~not sure how the rink is now but it used to be awesome~roll on~

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• Julian M.

  August 11, 2009 at 3:35 pm

  

  This is a little off topic… I started skating at the Elsmere Skating rink in 2000. I am an experienced skater. I also worked here in 2004; which was my first job. I stopped going skating after 2006, but I am starting to go to the adult nights (thursdays). I’ve had many memories at this skating center. I do miss the old staff that were working there before such as G-Man, Mr. Richard, and so on. Mostly because I’ve known them for a long time. But now that I recently started going skating again, I’m starting to adapt to the new staff. I like the new staff and the changes the have been made. But I do have some small suggestions for adult night… 1. Have 25 minutes of non-stop reggae. 2. Extend advance backward skate 5 minutes longer. 3. Play Baltimore Club Music for advance backward skate. These adjustments would make adult nights even better! GUARANTEE!!!

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