Spokane lands major skating event

U.S. Figure Skating officials confirmed Wednesday that they didn’t just come to town for a Caesar salad at the Greater Spokane Incorporated annual luncheon: Spokane just landed another major skating event. Using a moniker coined in the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sam Auxier said he was thrilled to award the inaugural International Team Challenge Cup to “Skate City, USA.” Auxier, president of U.S. Figure Skating, was in the Lilac City in 2007 as a judge and returned in 2010 when Spokane set the attendance record for the championships that still stands. “I remember the great crowds. I remember the tremendous enthusiasm, the hospitality. You even applauded for the judges. No one does that,” Auxier said to laughter. “That’s the type of enthusiasm we really love for our sport”/ Thomas Clouse , SR. More here.