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Brian Boitano, 1988 Olympic champion and celebrity chef and mixologist, hosted a 2017 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships happy hour at Kansas City’s eatery Cleaver & Cork. Boitano, while mixing his signature KC Gold cocktail, mingled with guests, posed for pictures and signed au- tographs before everyone headed over to Sprint Center for the historic men’s short program.
Representatives of the Southport Skating Club in Gurnee, Illinois, and the Jefferson City Fig- ure Skating Club in Jefferson City, Missouri, received Prudential Skating Fund awards in Kansas City. Te Fund, established by U.S. Fig- ure Skating and Prudential Financial in 2013, provides $25,000 in financial support to eligible U.S. Figure Skating member clubs and/or pro- grams that are addressing social needs or directly benefiting underserved groups and communities within the sport of figure skating. Southport SC Vice President Elaine Johnson and Macey Staff, a Terapeutic Skating participant, received Pru- dential’s Building Block Award for $15,000 from Mark Sears, managing director of the Prudential Greater Heartland Financial Group. Southport SC, a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization, will use the money to build an inclusive skating program through a partnership with the Special Education District of Lake County, eliminating barriers and creating recreational opportunity for skaters with disabilities. Jefferson City FSC’s Victoria Karr and Anna Penn received the En- richment Award of $10,000 from Mark Bigbee, manager of development at Prudential. Te pur- pose of this gift is to provide funding that will allow for significant enhancements and/or in- creased participation to an existing or repeating project that shares the mission of the Prudential Skating Fund. Jefferson City FSC will use the money to enhance their existing adaptive skat- ing program, replacing equipment and covering the cost of ice time for students following U.S. Figure Skating’s Terapeutic Recreational Skat- ing track.
BOITANO’S KC GOLD Ingredients 1½ oz. bourbon ¾ oz. Montenegro 1 tbsp. honey simple syrup (recipe follows) 1 tbsp. fresh lime juice Lime peel for garnish
Simple syrup Combine ¼ cup honey and ½ cup boiling water in a bowl and stir until honey is dissolved. Make the cocktail Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker except the lime peel and serve in a tumbler glass with one large ice cube or three regular-size ice cubes. Garnish with lime peel.
Following their competition, skaters, coaches and parents at the intermediate and juvenile levels took part in Future U. (University), where they received tools that they can apply in their journey up the competitive ladder. Five-time U.S. ice dance champion and Olympic silver medalist Tanith White was the guest speaker. Information about boots and blades, and nutrition was also included in the program.
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CARLY GOLD/U.S. FIGURE SKATING
JAY ADEFF/U.S. FIGURE SKATING
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