Week in Review -- Newport Beach

NEWPORT BEACH

Newport Beach Rose Parade float wins award

Rain didn’t stop the city of Newport Beach’s centennial float from making a stellar showing in the 2006 Rose Parade. The float won the Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy, which goes to the most beautiful float from a noncommercial sponsor.

Newport Beach was one of 14 cities to enter a float in the parade. Volunteers helped decorate the float in the week before the parade.

* On Monday, high winds and heavy rains sank an unmanned, 30-foot sailboat off Corona del Mar State Beach. The boat was named Nimbus.20060108ishpuincDAN WATSON / TIMES COMMUNITY NEWS(LA)Newport Beach’s float sails down soggy Colorado Boulevard behind a banner proclaiming it the winner of the Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy.