What do you know about Spinning Wheels Skating Rink? This small roller skating rink was called “Spinning Wheels Roller Rink” and was located in the north side of the 100s block of East Avenue, just off the Esplanade.  The business was owned and operated by Ollie Roberts.

The rink rented skates and you could also take skating lessons there.  The woman who taught most of the lessons was named Jan.  She later worked at Cal Skate in the south end of Chico on Cohasset Road.

I remember being in a skating show held in one of the buildings  at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds.  The show was called “Down the Mississippi.”I was in the advanced beginner class and we all wore white costumes to portray cotton bolls.  I was a little miffed because the beginners class had better costumes.  They got to be boll weevils.