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Spokane Wins Bid to Host Inaugural U.S. Figure Skating Team Challenge Cup
T h e wo r l d ' s t o p f i g u re s ka t e r s w i l l
compete April 22-24 at the Spokane Arena
in the first-ever U.S Figure Skating Team
Challenge Cup. The event’s presenting
sponsor is Spokane-based Avista.
The Team Challenge Cup will have 42
top figure skaters who will compete by
continents — Team North America vs. Team
Europe vs. Team Asia. Each continental
team will have a non-competing, celebrity
team captain. American Kristi Yamaguchi,
the 1992 Olympic champion, and Great
Britain’s Christopher Dean, the 1984
Olympic ice dance champion with partner Jayne Torvill, will
captain Team North America and Team Europe, respectively.
Team Asia's captain will be announced at a later date.
Having a strong corporate community partner helped lock in
Spokane as the event site.
Barb Beddor, with Star USA, local organizers of the Team
Challenge Cup said, “Avista coming on board really put Spokane
over the top with U.S. Figure Skating
and the selection committee in choosing
S p o ka n e. Hav i n g a l o c a l p re s e n t i n g
sponsor, like Avista who is engrained
within the community and says ‘Whatever
it takes, let’s get this thing done,’ goes a
long way when we are looking to bring
events in.”
“We are proud to be a part of this
exciting international event, which is
estimated to have an economic impact of
over $25 million for the Spokane area, and
help bring this here,” said Dana Anderson,
director of corporate communications at Avista.
Yamaguchi was in Spokane to announce the competition in
September. AWB President Kris Johnson was also on hand for
the big reveal.
For more information and tickets, go to the event’s website
at www.teamchallengecup.com. Follow along on Twitter using
hashtag #TeamChallengeCup.
Washington WorkSource to Launch New Job Match Site in Early 2016
Washington’s Employment Security Department has contracted with
Monster.com to develop a new, more user-friendly WorkSource job
match system to replace its existing go2worksource.com website.
WorkSourceWA.com will have vastly improved recruitment tools for
employers, including:
• All the power and industry-leading expertise of Monster.com;
• Monster’s 6Sense talent man