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Volunteers begin to construct seasonal ice rink

By CHARITY SMITH

csmith@yourdailyglobe.com

IRONWOOD - Nearly 20 volunteers worked Monday afternoon to shovel out a circular path in Ironwood's snow-filled Downtown City Square to make way for an ice-skating path in time for First Friday.

"It was made for this, so we're going to try it out," said city commissioner David Andresen. "Hopefully, have it ready by First Friday if the weather helps us out here. We're all kind of new to this and just getting together to try and make something nice for the community and something different to do."

As some finished shoveling, additional volunteers began...