Roller skating returns to Florence in April and will continue through October. Skating will be the fourth weekend of each month from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The cost is $3. One change will be the option for people to bring their own skates, reducing the admission fee to $1 if the skates are inspected and approved.

Free skate nights are scheduled for students from county schools. They are Marion/Florence, April 27 and 28 and Aug. 24 and 25; Goessel and Centre, May 25 and 26 and Sept. 21 and 22; Hillsboro, June 22 and 23 and Oct. 26 and 27; and Peabody-Burns, July 27 and 28 and Sept. 21 and 22.