Spokane Housekeeping Olympics
Housekeepers from several of Spokane's top hotels competed in skills such as bed making and vacuuming Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at the Red Lion Inn at the Park. It was all in fun and it brought together a diverse array of nationalities, many from far flung parts of Asia and Africa. Some dressed in silly costumes, others in the dress of their native countries.
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Competitors dash around warning signs with a mop during the mop race at the Spokane Housekeeping Olympics Tuesday at the Red Lion Inn.
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Pa Ling, of the Red Lion Hotels, smiles at his teammates while waiting for the vacuum race to begin.
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Phway Mana, center, cheers his team on with feather duster pompoms at the Housekeeping Olympics, a day of fun contests related to hotel housekeeping. Mana is from Burma.
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Mallory Jones of the Holiday Inn team weaves through warning signs during the mop race.
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Thang Hu, center, of the Davenport Hotel throws a bed spread on a mattress set up in the ballroom at the Red Lion Inn At the Park Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at the Housekeeping Olympics, a day of fun contests related to hotel housekeeping, including making beds.
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Gurung Roshan, of the Davenport Hotel, celebrates the completion of the mop relay race in the ballroom at the Red Lion Inn At the Park at the Housekeeping Olympics. Roshan is from Bhutan.
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Competitors try to catch floor buffing pads on a plunger in one of the silly games at the Housekeeping Olympics.
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Housekeepers from the Double Tree Inn cheer on a teammate during the vacuum race.
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Doan Nguyen prepares a pillow during the bed making competition while a judge stands by ready to examine his work at the Housekeeping Olympics in Spokane. Nguyen, from Vietnam, works at the Courtyard by Marriot.
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