Tag Archives: Rose Parade

Where are they now? — Rose Queens edition

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Evelyn Barge

>>PARADE From this weekend’s CityBeats column in the Star-News: “Upscale stores often pride themselves on giving customers the royal treatment. Maybe the Nordstrom store at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia comes closest — the 1960 Rose Queen, Margarethe Bertelson (Knoblock) … Continue reading →

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Hope floats on the Rose Parade route

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Evelyn Barge

>>INSIDER Three Rose Parade float sponsors have traditionally invited either patients, survivors or their families to be guests of honor as float riders. Donate Life’s float riders are either organ transplant recipients or families of organ donors; the float also … Continue reading →

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Snowboarding bulldogs: Slopes not just for bunnies anymore

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Evelyn Barge

>>PLAY Cute overload: Queen Natalie and the Rose Princesses got to visit with the Natural Balance snowboarding dogs. These furry little guys — and one gal, named Rose — will be snowboarding down a slope on the pet-food company’s Rose … Continue reading →

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‘A Cut Above’: Tuskegee Airmen will take wing at 2010 Rose Parade

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Evelyn Barge

>>INSIDER By Claudia S. Palma The West Covina Rose Float Association held its fifth annual Evening of Wine and Roses fundraising event with a 1940s USO theme on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Charisma Floats warehouse in Irwindale. The warehouse … Continue reading →

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Pilot Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger is the 2010 Rose Parade grand marshal

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Evelyn Barge

>>INSIDER The Tournament of Roses today announced Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III as the 2010 Rose Parade grand marshal. In January, Sullenberger rose to national attention after safely guiding US Airways Flight 1549 into New York’s Hudson River during an emergency … Continue reading →

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