SHARON McCOY Special to the Acorn FLOWER GIRLS- Above,

Moorpark High School students and friends affix red carnations to a Rose Parade

float in Pasadena on Saturday. From left are Katie

McCoy; Bettye Stears of Poestenkill, NY; Krista Pollay;

Tim Weaver of Agoura; and

Alyssa Milne. McCoy, Pollay and Milne are from Moorpark.

Right, the completed float,

FTD's "Jewels of Nature," won the 2007 Sweepstakes Trophy

for the most beautiful entry.

SALLY CARPENTER/Special to the Acorn