MANTON â The final straw for Scott Chittle was when basketball was canceled this season because of COVID-19.
Chittle, who coaches basketball, baseball and football in a travel league for elementary-age kids in the Cadillac area, has strong feelings about the importance of staying physically active and tries his best to impress those values upon his two children, 11-year-old Lillian and 12-year-old Cooper.
"I'm not one of those video game parents," Chittle said. "When I learned that basketball wasn't going to happen, I thought, 'the heck with it, I'm going to do this.'"
Earlier this month, Chittle began building a skating rink in the yard of his Manton home at 208 North Division St. His goal was to create a rink not only for his children, but also for anyone else in the community to use, at no cost.