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Civic Center may open Thursday

By TOM LAVENTURE

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IRONWOOD — After months of work the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center could be ready for skaters on Thursday evening, according to city officials.

Bill Nyman, maintenance manager for the Civic Center, and Ethan Roehm, maintenance worker, started making ice on Monday and expect to have a skate-able sheet of ice by Thursday.

“When we get done with the ice I believe we have the Ice Crystals (Figure Skating Club) scheduled that night,” Nyman said.

The ice will be there until March for the youth hockey and figure skating programs and open skating, he said. Th...