ROSE FLOAT DECISION ON AGENDA.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- Everything will be coming up roses tonight in Palmdale, as the City Council receives its trophy for its 2007 Tournament of Roses parade The Tournament of Roses Parade was established, and first held, on January 1,1890, in Pasadena, California, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Rooted in tradition, this parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one float and decides whether to enter the 2008 event. During tonight's meeting, the council will receive the Past President's Trophy for its 2007 entry, "Good Nature Begins at Home." The trophy goes to the float with the most creative use of floral flo·ral adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a flower: a fabric with a floral pattern. flo and nonfloral materials. The City Council will vote whether to enter the 2008 parade. It costs $150,000 to design and build a float, and the money would have to be included in the city's 2007-08 budget if the council opts to enter the event. "We have already received an invitation for the '08 parade," said Laura Biery, who headed up the city's two previous parade projects. "The Tournament of Roses is waiting for us to say yes." The council is likely to approve the expenditure at the meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m. in the council chambers, 38300 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , Suite B. The city's Rose Parade participation is aimed at improving Palmdale's image throughout California and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. while building community pride among residents. "The community pride alone is huge," said Mayor Jim Ledford. "Anyway you want to measure it, it's been successful." More than 600 people worked on the city's 2007 entry. Volunteers ranged in age from 13, the youngest age allowed to work on the float, to 98. "The biggest plus is the community involvement," said Councilman Steve Knight Steve, Steven or Stephen Knight is the name of:
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