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On thin ice: Dutch HEALTH

speedskating race under DOCTOR ON DUTY

threat from virus Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
Oranjestad

By MIKE CORDER posed in mid-October. Tel. 527 4000
Associated Press The board of the associa- San Nicolas
THE HAGUE, Netherlands tion that manages the race Imsan 24 hours
(AP) — A near-mythical said in a statement that af- Tel.524 8833
Dutch speedskating race ter discussions with local Women in Difficulties
could fall victim to the authorities it had "decided PHARMACY ON DUTY
coronavirus pandemic — that under the current co- Oranjestad:
even if the looming winter rona measures it is not pos- Central Tel. 585 8077
is cold enough to stage sible to organize" the race. San Nicolas:
it for the first time in more "The moment the measures In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 1997, file image, skaters pass a windmill Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833
than 20 years, organizers are relaxed, the situation at the village of Birdaard, northern Netherlands, during the Women in Difficulties
said Thursday. will be reassessed," the or- Elfstedentocht, or Eleven Towns Tour. Associated Press OTHER
The Elfstedentocht, or Elev- ganizers said. Dental Clinic 587 9850
en Towns Tour, a roughly The approximately 30,000 victory, while thousands ahead, it would likely draw Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
200 kilometer (125-mile) members of the Royal As- more follow at a more lei- hundreds of thousands Urgent Care 586 0448
Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
speedskating race along sociation of the 11 Towns surely pace. of people to Friesland to +297 588 0539
frozen canals and lakes Tour are the only skaters al- Just the prospect of the stand shivering on the Women in Difficulties
in the northern province lowed to participate in the race happening sends the banks of the windswept re- EMERGENCY
of Friesland, hasn't been race. A small group of elite Netherlands into a speeds- gion's waterways to cheer Police 100
staged since Brussels racers competes for the kating frenzy and if it goes on the skaters.q Oranjestad 527 3140
sprouts farmer Henk Ange- Noord 527 3200
nent won the last edition Sudoku Sta. Cruz 527 2900
on Jan. 4, 1997. San Nicolas 584 5000
The event can only go Police Tipline 11141
911
Ambulancia
ahead when the ice Fire Dept. 115
across the region is thick Red Cross 582 2219
enough to carry thousands
of skaters who take part. TAXI SERVICES
It has only been held 15 Taxi Tas 587 5900
times since the first official Prof. Taxi 588 0035
race in 1909 and the gap Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
since the last race is now Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
A1 Taxi Serv.
280 2828
the longest ever. Women in Difficulties
Even if the waters freeze TRAVEL INFO
this winter, organizers say
they won't be able to Aruba Airport 524 2424
stage the race if coro- American Airlines 582 2700
navirus social distancing Avianca 588 0059
measures are in force. The Jet Blue 588 2244
Netherlands is currently Surinam 582 7896
in a partial lockdown im- Women in Difficulties
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