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Catherine Lane

Hickory Man Celebrates Turning 95 At The Skating Rink

Author Catherine Lane

What would you do for your 95th birthday?  Gosh for me, I hope I would start the day with a cup of coffee and sit on the porch with my husband.  I imagine that would be all I could handle.  Well, that is not the way Gene Elliot rolls.

Gene says he didn’t want a quiet birthday party.  He wanted to go to one of the places he’s been going to for 90 years.  The skating rink.

Gene has been lacing up his skates since he was a young pup of five years old and when Gene was five, Calvin Coolidge was president.  He’s been going to Skateland USA in Hickory, North Carolina, for 90 years.

Gene says roller skating has helped him get through a hard time in his life when his wife passed away 15 years ago.  Now he has his children and grandchildren skating with him and that makes him happy.

Gene looks amazing!!  Check out all the pictures and the story from the big day right here.

Catherine Lane is the morning show co-host and midday host on Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has been with the station for the past 24 years and is a recipient of the Academy of Country Music Major Market Personality of the Year award. Catherine has been on air in both radio and television in the Queen City for 38 years. As a content creator for Country 1037, Catherine writes blogs on local events and restaurants. She also writes about great travel spots and out of the way places in the Carolinas. Anything outdoors, travel, food, animals or the many country artists from the Carolinas.

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