Here are the lastest news stories about Snoopy's Home Ice

Hot cocoa an admirable goal

By MEG McCONAHEY, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, Santa Rosa CA Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009

For that snuggly sensation of sipping cocoa by the ski lodge fire you could battle the I-80 overload and make your way up to the Sierra. Don't forget the chains, just in case. r you could skip the four-hour drive and mosey down to the Warm Puppy Cafe at Snoopy's Home Ice -- aka the Redwood Empire Ice Arena -- one of the most atmospheric places to warm up with a hot chocolate.
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Skippy Baxter still skating 80 years on

By CHRIS SMITH, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, Santa Rosa CA Published: Monday, November 23, 2009

Ex-champion plans return to teaching at Schulz ice arena... Nobody skates through life, not really. But Skippy Baxter has come pretty close. Baxter, two weeks short of 90 years old, is the grand old man at the ice-skating rink that was built -- for him, you could say -- by his late friend and employer Charles Schulz.
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Snoopy never saw hockey like this

By DEREK MOORE, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, Santa Rosa CA Published: Friday, October 23, 2009

If NHL2K11 turns out to be next year's video game sensation, Santa Rosa residents can take pride in the Redwood Empire Ice Arena's starring role in making it. Despite 56 video cameras trained on the ice this week, the only objects recognizable on computer screens alongside the rink were the outlines of two hockey players staging moves at center ice.
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Ex-NHL player as tough as they come

Harper skated in era of no protection

By BOB PADECKY,THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, Santa Rosa CA Published: Thursday, July 16, 2009

Maybe Terry Harper didn’t have any choice, once people learned this farm boy from Saskatchewan could do 100 chin-ups without stopping. When a farm boy can do 100 chin-ups without pause, oh sure, the kid still could end up playing the piano, but, more likely, he might be inclined to a more physical pursuit, like being strong enough and tough enough to take hockey pucks off his face for 20 years.
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