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Spokane rolls out the welcome mat

jesset@spokesman.com Jon Chambers, an operations supervisor for the public facilities district that operates the Spokane Arena, slides across the ice while working on the rinkboards at the Spokane Arena on Tuesday. The 10-day AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships start this week. (Jesse Tinsley)
By Mike Prager mikeprager15@gmail.com(509) 459-5454

Spokane climbs onto a national stage today as it begins hosting the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.

Skaters and their fans have already begun arriving for competitions that will decide the U.S. Olympic team for next month’s games in Vancouver, B.C.

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* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Passport To Gold 2010." Read all stories from this blog