The Ice at Paradise

Synopsis

The rink at Paradise has lost money every month it has been open for nine years. Dot Halloran could tell you the figure without looking it up, and has, to several people who did not ask her. It is also the only building in town where four hundred children can reliably be found on a Tuesday in February, and very nearly the only thing anybody in Paradise agrees about. In January the county puts it on the list of properties under review. The meeting is in March. Dot has eight weeks, no plan, and a great many people who assume she has one.

Who this is about

Dot Halloran has run the rink in Paradise for nine years and could tell you what it loses each month without looking, and has, to several people who did not ask.

What goes wrong

In January the county puts the building on the list of properties under review.

What's at stake

Four hundred children, one building, and a budget meeting in March.

Why it keeps going

Each episode Dot finds one more way to keep the doors open, and each one costs her something she had not planned to spend.

Takeaway

The things a town cannot afford are usually the things holding it together.

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