Rosalia float wins Lilac award

The 2014 Rosalia Community Float, sponsored by the Rosalia Chamber of Commerce, won the third place Queen's Award in the 76th Annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade in Spokane May 17. Designed and engineered for the third year by Angie Hackney and built by the royalty families and local volunteers, it features the theme of "Rosalia Carnival!" The float features Miss Rosalia, Rayna Charles, proudly perched atop "Poppy the Elephant" followed by the Rosalia Princesses Kadine Coffey and Rachel Evans enjoying the view from the top of a ferris wheel. The float was driven by Angela Trev...