Fast Break Game Room offering fun for all ages

Rector residents looking for a fun alternative to a quiet evening at home now have another option for their free time. Alan Deringer has recently opened the Fast Break Game Room in the former Western Auto building.

The game room, which opened May 13, opens at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and at noon on Saturdays. The shop has no set closing times.

Featuring three pool tables, a fussball table and several video games, such as Big Duck Hunter, Code 1 Dispatch, Pole Positions, Donkey Kong Jr. and many others, Fast Break is designed to offer a fun outing for the entire family.

"We're going to operate with a family atmosphere," Deringer said. "We want it to be a place where parents and children can have fun. We also want parents to feel that they're children are safe when they're not with them."

To help provide such an atmosphere, Fast Break will always have an attendant present when open.

The game room will also be available for reservations, allowing residents to have a fun setting for parties, meetings and other events.

"One of our main goals was to have something the kids in Rector could enjoy. There's really not a lot of things for the kids to do in town."

Aside from offering unique services to the community, the opening also helps energize the downtown area.

"We're happy to be opening another door on Main Street," Deringer said. "Rector has a historic Main Street. By opening another business, we're hoping to help the downtown area even more. An open door sees a lot more traffic than one that's closed."

Fast Break is a family business, in both function and operation. Joining Deringer in the venture is his son, Nick.

"We wanted a business we could run together," Deringer said. "We'd been throwing around some ideas for something that we could do. This made a lot of sense to us both, because we thought it was something that would help the community. We need a safe place where our kids can go to have a good time."