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                                                                S.C.R. No. 26 




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, The City of Round Rock is following in the footsteps 
of countless Texas pioneers by planting daffodils, a perennial 
American favorite whose vivid blooms continue to beautify every 
corner of the state; and
	WHEREAS, In 1994, Allen Baca, a Round Rock resident and 
prominent member of its senior community, approached the town's 
Senior Citizens Foundation with the idea of initiating a springtime 
beautification project; his proposal won endorsement, and in 1994 
and 1995 senior citizens planted numerous daffodil bulbs throughout 
the city, chiefly in such public areas as city rights-of-way, 
parks, and the grounds of schools and churches; and
	WHEREAS, The foundation expanded the program in 1996, when it 
began selling bulbs to the public as a fund-raiser for programs 
benefiting the community's older residents; each year, the 
foundation makes available approximately 30,000 bulbs for this 
purpose, and area citizens have taken this compelling cause to 
heart, extending the focus of the plantings to residential areas as 
well as public spaces; and
	WHEREAS, For the past eight years as well, the foundation has 
sponsored the highly popular Daffodil Festival; a family-oriented 
event held the first Saturday in March at the downtown Senior 
Citizens Center, the festival coincides with the blooming of the 
daffodils and celebrates the arrival of spring with food, games, 
entertainment, and arts and crafts booths; and
	WHEREAS, The hardy, colorful daffodil is a fitting emblem for 
the City of Round Rock, which traces its roots back to the mid-19th 
century and the community that grew up around Jacob Harrell's 
blacksmith shop on Brushy Creek; the settlers who stopped in Round 
Rock and at myriad other points in the Lone Star State were quick to 
beautify their surroundings with the durable daffodil, and the 
progeny of those plants still bloom around the sites of old 
homesteads and in the midst of innumerable country cemeteries; and
	WHEREAS, Through its commitment to its senior citizens and 
its ambition to further enhance the attractiveness of this historic 
community, the town of Round Rock has embraced the annual planting 
of masses of daffodils, and it is appropriate that the affinity 
between this fine Central Texas city and this flower beloved by 
Texans since colonial days be duly recognized; now, therefore, be 
it
	RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby designate Round Rock as the official Daffodil Capital of 
Texas.

                                                                              





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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the Senate 
on April 10, 2003.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 26 was adopted by the House 
on May 16, 2003.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor