SPACE-BOUND CANINE TO RIDE BURBANK FLOAT.Byline: Mary Lou Aurelio Daily News Staff Writer A long-eared dog in a rocket ship rocket ship n. A spacecraft powered and propelled by rockets. , zooming toward the future past three startled star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. birds is the choice for Burbank's Rose Parade float, the city's tournament association president said Tuesday. The Burbank Tournament of Roses Association chose ``To The Future . . . At Full Throttle Full Throttle can refer to:
She said the theme of this year's parade is ``Celebration 2000, Visions of the Future.'' ``It's a hard job to pick one,'' Bastian said, adding the mutt won for ``the fantasy part of it. He's riding a rocket ship to the future and for the humorous aspect of it.'' Burbank resident Clark Jellison drew the winning design. Jellison designed four floats for Burbank in the 1970s, and has worked as a professional float builder in Pasadena, but the names of the submitters were kept in a sealed envelope, so the tournament committee members were unaware of his identity before they made their choice, Bastian said. Some of the other entries that made it to the final go round were a robot, earth people meeting aliens in a hands-to-the-future motif and a fortune teller TELLER. An officer in a bank or other institution. He is said to take that name from tallier, or one who kept a tally, because it is his duty to keep the accounts between the bank or other institution and its customers, or to make their accounts tally. looking into the future, Bastian said. She said it's just a coincidence that both Glendale and Burbank have dogs in their float designs, and she called the controversy about the Glendale Rose Committee's ``Party Animal'' basset hound basset hound, breed of short-legged, long-bodied hound developed centuries ago in France. It stands from 12 to 15 in. (30.1–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 25 to 50 lb (11.3–22.7 kg). ``really a flap The communications protocol used by AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). FLAP runs over TCP/IP and provides the header format for transmitting IM commands and data. It includes the SNAC data type, which is the primary data structure transmitted between clients and servers. See OSCAR. 1. over nothing.'' A minority on the Glendale float committee believes the sad-eyed canine canine or canid Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands. with the party blower in his mouth presents the wrong image for Glendale. ``That's so silly,'' Bastian said. ``That's a cute cute adj. cut·er, cut·est 1. Delightfully pretty or dainty. 2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] float.'' She said there is a difference in philosophy between the parade committees in both cities because Glendale hires a professional float designer and builder, while Burbank's entry is all done by volunteers. ``We design, decorate and build it ourselves,'' Bastian said. The city pays for most of the float materials, however. The City Council must approve the design, but Councilman Bob Kramer does not foresee any problem. ``I think Burbank always puts out an outstanding float,'' Kramer said. ``I have a ton of confidence in the people who make our float.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Clark Jellison's design topped nearly 100 others. His theme: ``To The Future . . . At Full Throttle.'' |
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