Welcome to The Stone Pond Homepage!
Here you will find all you need to know about the Ice Rink on Alma College's Campus.
Ice Rink Is Currently: Taken Down For The Year.
The Stone Pond is located North of the Stone Recreation Center. It is open to anyone and there is lighting to accomodate night skating. The lighting can be plugged into the backwall of the Stone Recreation Center.
NOTE: If the Ice is soft, DO NOT risk skating on it. If you fall through with skates you will rip the liner, and the rip will cause the rink to drain all of the water and there will be no more rink.
Students: Skates and hockey equipment can be checked out at the front desk of the Stone Recreation Center. This equipment was made available by a generous donation by alumni Doug Gross. You will need to exchange both your college ID and your shoes to sign out the skates and equipment. If equipment is not returned, there will be charges filed unless the equipment is returned.
Note: Equipment is only available to current Alma College students, Current Faculty or Staff, or Alumni.
History:
The Stone Pond was first built in January of 2006 by Ryan Hampton, Jacob Acton, and Lucas Locke. The rink is 90' x 50'. It was built by creating a wooden fence approximately 2 feet high and lining it with 3 pieces of 100' x 20' construction plastic. The pieces of liner are held together by spray adhesive and duct tape. The rink was then filled with water. It is maintained by flooding it and continuing to build up the ice. The idea came from an alumni, Doug Gross, who donated money to purchase equipment that could be used on the rink. It serves all students and community members who would like to visit. It is open 24/7 as long as the ice is strong and the weather is cold!
Pictures and Timeline:
Pounding In The Stakes - Jan 4th, 2006
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Constructing The Fence In The Snow - Jan 4th, 2006
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Filling it with water - Jan. 8th 2006
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The Ice Freezes for the first time - Jan. 15, 2006
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The first skate with the builders - Lucas Locke, Jacob Acton, Ryan Hampton
January 16th, 2006.
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Ice Reopens after an early Spring - Feb. 13
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Doug, Sabrina, and Natalie Gross visit the Stone Pond - Feb. 18th 2006. The rink would not have been possible without the contribution from these generous Scots.
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Best Ice of the Winter - February 20th, 2006
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Ice Rink in a snow storm. February 20th, 2006
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Taking Down The Rink - Starts with the plastic on April 2nd, 2006.
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The fence is all thats left - April 2nd, 2006
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No More Rink - April 15th
