[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2023]
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                        HONORING BUCKS BEAUTIFUL

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 31, 2012

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the work 
being done in my home of Bucks County, Pennsylvania by the dedicated 
volunteers of Bucks Beautiful.
  Founded in 1990 by Robert and Joyce Byers and Carol McCaughan with 
the goal of beautifying Bucks County, this community organization has 
dedicated itself to preserving and improving upon the existing natural 
beauty of my home in southeastern Pennsylvania.
  Over the last 22 years, Bucks Beautiful has expanded its mission, 
offering beautification grant programs, partnering with a local college 
to offer academic scholarships, and offering scenic tours of Bucks 
County and other nearby locales.
  Most recently, Bucks Beautiful has completed its ``Bulbs For Bucks'' 
Program, planting hundreds of thousands of daffodils at strategic 
locations across the county.
  The inspiration of Chuck Gale, owner of Gale Nurseries and a Bucks 
Beautiful board member, this collaboration of local nursery owners and 
landscape architects will result in an impressive visual display come 
spring along major Bucks County thoroughfares.
  Chuck Gale and his team complete the first phase of this undertaking 
in fall of 2010, planting 30,000 Daffodil Bulbs were planted along the 
Rt. 611 Bypass.
  Last fall, 300,000 Daffodil Bulbs were planted along the Delaware 
Canal at key locations from Bristol to Riegelsville, Bucks County.
  Finally, this November marked the completion of Phase 3 with 170,000 
daffodil bulbs being planted along the new Route 202 Parkway and Route 
202 Bypass.
  The completion of this project, which included the acquisition from 
Holland the only bulb-planting machine in the United States, has laid 
the foundation for an expanded tourism base for Bucks County. Bucks 
Beautiful hopes to begin an annual bulb festival adding to the list of 
fairs and festivals that bring countless tourists from around the 
country to our community each year.
  The hard work and dedication of Chuck Gale, the Central Bucks County 
Chamber of Commerce and the volunteers of Bucks Beautiful has made this 
program an outstanding success, and I wish them the best of luck going 
forward.

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