{"id":4866,"date":"2012-12-07T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2012-12-07T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T18:36:00","slug":"ice-skating-rink-to-be-set-up-on-the-oxford-mississippi-square-december-15-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/ice-skating-rink-to-be-set-up-on-the-oxford-mississippi-square-december-15-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Skating Rink to be Set Up on the Oxford, Mississippi Square December 15, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, December 15, the <strong>Oxford Downtown Council<\/strong> will bring a first to Oxford, Mississippi:\u00a0 ice skating on the Square! From 9 am to 5 pm, an artificial ice rink will be set up in front of City Hall, with free admission and no charge for ice skate rental. \u201cThe Council enjoyed an unprecedented turnout for our November 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Holiday Open House,\u201d says <strong>Mark Huelse<\/strong>, president of the Oxford Downtown Council. \u201cWhen the opportunity arose to have an ice rink on the Square, we knew it would be a truly one-of-a-kind experience we could offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The eco-friendly ice rink will be installed and staffed by Artificial Ice Events, the nation\u2019s largest synthetic ice rental company. Says <strong>Aj Paradis<\/strong>, ice technician for the company, \u201cNothing is more nostalgic than people ice skating during the holiday season. It\u2019s great seeing young and old, experienced or beginner smile as they skate on our ice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Huelse continues, \u201cOur hope is to continue to bring special, family-friendly activities such as this to Oxford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ODC-SKATE-RINK-POSTER-12-650.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4869\" title=\"Ice Skating on the Square\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ODC-SKATE-RINK-POSTER-12-650.jpg?resize=640%2C990\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ODC-SKATE-RINK-POSTER-12-650.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ODC-SKATE-RINK-POSTER-12-650.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, December 15, the Oxford Downtown Council will bring a first to Oxford, Mississippi:\u00a0 ice skating on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,19],"tags":[1064,7,1063,5,4],"class_list":["post-4866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-business","category-local-news","tag-downtown-council","tag-entertainment","tag-ice-skating","tag-mississippi","tag-oxford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}