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The Auto Club of Southern California Participates in the Rose Parade

13 November 1998

ADVISORY/ You Might Use Onion Seed, Lentils, and Cinnamon in Your Thanksgiving Feast

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                We Thought They'd Work Well On a Float!

                       Join Auto Club Volunteers
                   as They Cook Up Rose Parade Magic

WHAT:     First day of decorating "Family Vacation," the Automobile
          Club of Southern California's entry in the 1999 Tournament 
          of Roses Parade. More than 125 Auto Club members will be on 
          hand to prepare non-perishable float decoration materials 
          that sound like recipe ingredients: onion seed, split pea 
          lentils, crushed rice, spices, farina and seaweed. The 
          ingredients then will be attached to the float using spray 
          cans of invisible adhesive.

WHEN:     Saturday, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE:    Rosemont Pavilion (adjacent to the Rose Bowl)
          700 Seco St., Pasadena

WHO:      Michelle Lofthouse of Phoenix Decorating designed the Auto
          Club's sixth entry in the Tournament of Roses. Titled 
          "Family Vacation," it depicts a turn-of-the century family 
          setting off on a California road trip in their vintage 
          automobile.

WHY:      The Auto Club is conducting its annual charity drive for the
          Children's Miracle Network as part of its Tournament of 
          Roses participation. Club employees will continue their 
          fund-raising efforts during all the decorating shifts by 
          selling $6 cookbooks with recipes from Auto Club employees 
          and $6 T-shirts depicting the "Family Vacation" float. All 
          proceeds will benefit CMN, which supports medical treatment 
          of youngsters at 165 hospitals nationwide, including
          Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.