Kids and adults roller skate on 80-year-old original solid maple wood at Methow Valley Community Center. Tonight is the last night of roller skating in the center until fall, when it will restart again under the leadership of Ronda Smeltzer and Crescent Rudholm. Photo by Ronda Smeltzer.

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