A Cheney Lilac princess in Haiti

A Cheney Free Press Feature

By BECKY THOMAS

Staff Reporter

It's a long road to travel, from waving to thousands from the top of a float in the Lilac Festival parade to washing your clothes in a bucket in an earthquake-ravaged third-world country.

Courtney Leslie took that road, and she says the lessons she's learned are worth the struggle.

TSgt. Leslie worked with the U.S. military's relief effort in Haiti, using her training in digital imaging and military intelligence to locate appropriate sites for refugee camps to serve the millions of Haitians left homeless by the devastating earthquake J...