SENATE RESOLUTION

                             2000-8717

By Senators Goings, Oke, Rasmussen, Franklin, Wojahn, Eide, Winsley, Roach and Swecker

     WHEREAS, The annual Daffodil Festival is a cherished tradition for the people of Pierce County and the Northwest; and

     WHEREAS, 2000 marks the Sixty-Seventh annual Daffodil Festival; and

     WHEREAS, The Festival began in 1926 as a modest garden party in Sumner, and grew steadily each year until 1934 when flowers, which previously had been largely discarded in favor of daffodil bulbs, where used to decorate cars and bicycles for a short parade through Tacoma; and

     WHEREAS, The Festival=s 2000 events are ongoing, and will culminate in the April 15, 2000, Grand Floral Street Parade, winding its way from downtown Tacoma through the communities of Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting; and

     WHEREAS, This year=s Festival royalty includes princesses Dawn Ainslie,

Washington High School; Bobett Babcock, Eatonville High School; Moriah Blake, Lakes

High School; Emily Chipps, Puyallup High School; Melissa Clapper, Clover Park High

School; Mariana DeArmas, Lincoln High School; Brenna Foley, Curtis High School; Amy

Hamel, Franklin Pierce High School; Anna Hasselblad, Wilson High School; Leslie

Hauge, Fife High School; Cela Mamic, Rogers High School; Megan McFadden, Bethel

High School; Sarah Norris, Sumner High School; Keli O'Neill, Orting High School;

Amanda Orr, Stadium High School; Shanel Rodriguez, Spanaway Lake High School;

Erlene Schwenke, Mt. Tahoma High School; Tiye Smith, Henry Foss High School; and

Rene Unap, Chief Leschi High School;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the members of the Washington State Senate do hereby recognize and honor the many contributions made to our state by the Daffodil Festival and its organizers for the past sixty-seven years; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted immediately by the Secretary of the Senate to the 2000 Daffodil Festival Officers and to the members of the Festival Royalty.

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 2000-8717,

adopted by the Senate March 2, 2000.

TONY M. COOK

Secretary of the Senate