The Downey Rose Float Association is now selling raffle tickets to its "Parade of Winners" fundraiser, taking place Oct. 23 at the Rio Hondo Event Center. Tickets are $125 each and includes lunch for two and a chance to win 49 prizes, including the grand prize of $10,000. Only 250 tickets will be sold. Scott Pomrehn, executive director of the Columbia Memorial Space Center, is pictured above with Miss Downey Erika Gonzalos and Rose Float volunteer Mike Prokop purchasing the first ticket. To purchase a raffle ticket, call Prokop at (562) 760-5250.. ********** Published: September 15, 2011 - Volume 10 - Issue 22