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A North Texas rink is on thin ice and hundreds of parents are fighting plans to shut down the Dr Pepper StarCenter in Duncanville, with the prospect of it being replaced by Bob Knight’s Fieldhouse — a basketball center.

It’s stirring such passion that now the team says it may be having a change of plans.

This weekend, the action in Duncanville wasn’t on the ice but in a conference room, where hundreds of frustrated parents urged the Dallas Stars NHL team to keep the arena open.

The Dr Pepper StarCenter in Duncanville is one of eight North Texas rinks operated by the Stars, but it attracts half the customers of the others. Since it opened eight years ago, the organization says it is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. With so many fighting for the rink, the team says it will now consider keeping it open as it serves so many of the southern suburbs.

Many already drive upwards of 30 miles for their children to skate here. They worry their kids’ dreams may, too, be put on ice if it closes.

The team says it will brainstorm with parents this week on how to keep the arena open. Still, directors insist the Duncanville center must become profitable to survive.

The Dallas Stars did an amazing win with 4 OT’s to pull off the series from the San Jose Sharks.

The Stars now head to Detroit.

Read the full details of the game at this link.

The last time the Dallas Stars were in this position, they went on to win the Stanley Cup.

Hopefully tonite they will win the series once and for all at home in the American Airlines Center.

Bring it on Stars!

The Dallas Stars are still in the playoffs by defeating the reigning champion Ducks.

Let’s hope the Stars will bring home the Stanley Cup again this year!

I subscribe to the Starry Messenger, the newsletter of The Planetarium at The University of Texas at Arlington. There’s always something interesting in the sky that the good folks at UTA manage to point out to me. For instance, this month…

• Early in the morning on August 28th, we Texans will get to enjoy a total lunar eclipse (not to be confused with a total eclipse of the heart). If you loved the last one in March, you’ll love this one!

• The Dallas Symphony Orchestra will present Holst’s The Planets over at the Meyerson on September 25th complete with multimedia images from Hubble telescope. My favorite piece is in this work is “Mars.” I love “Mars.” Ticket prices are pretty sweet, too!

Keep your eyes to the skies, my friends.