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Local youth groups tell council ice arena access favors single organization
Summary
Representatives of two local youth skating groups told the Idaho Falls City Council that one club appears to receive the majority of after-school ice time, storage and facility access at the city ice arena and asked the city to make allocations more equitable.
Ben Roberts, president of the Sacred Youth Hockey Association, told the Idaho Falls City Council during public comment that his organization and other user groups believe the city is preferentially allocating ice arena resources to a single private organization, the Idaho Falls Youth Hockey Association. "Ninety percent of the available ice time has been allocated to IFYJ," Roberts said, adding that "of the 20 hours available of after-school ice time each week, IFYJ has 17 hours reserved." He described similar concerns about keys and 24/7 facility access,…
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