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Even though the parking lot is empty, the Crystal Springs Roller Rink is open. “Sometimes we’ll have a full house and there won’t be a single car outside,” says the rink’s owner, Truman Rooks. Most parents drop off their kids and pick them up later. Rooks does not allow loitering in the parking lot.

[Times photo: Lance A. Rothstein]

Listen to Mr. Rooks talk about how he came to run the roller rink.

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