Article: Jamestown, N.Y., leaps into national ice skating spotlight by hosting event.

By Dana Massing, Erie Times-News, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 1--JAMESTOWN, N.Y. -- When Lenel van den Berg arrived here 18 years ago to run an ice skating school, someone asked him what else he was going to do for a job.

But van den Berg had big plans for skating in the little city 5 miles north of the Pennsylvania border.

This week, he's helping organize a national championship expected to bring 2,500 people to the Jamestown area and pump more than $3 million into the local economy.

"For Jamestown, it's the best thing that could happen," said Pete Caprino, a local barber.

The city, with a population of ...

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