2009-2010 Bill 1415: Claire Kuhl - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 S. 1415 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators O'Dell and Nicholson 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24506ac10.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4928 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on May 4, 2010 14 Adopted by the Senate on May 4, 2010 15 16 Summary: Claire Kuhl 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 5/4/2010 Senate Introduced and adopted SJ9 23 24 25 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 26 27 5/4/2010 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE CLAIRE KUHL, AND TO 12 COMMEND HER FOR BEING SELECTED FOR THE 2010 13 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’S WOMEN IN 14 BUSINESS CHAMPIONS. 15 16 Whereas, with great pleasure the members of the South Carolina 17 Senate honor individuals who give tirelessly of themselves for the 18 benefit of the citizens of this great State; and 19 20 Whereas, Claire Kuhl serves as the head of information systems 21 and services for Greenwood’s Park Seed Company, almost a 22 century and a half old, which has become one of the largest 23 mailorder gardening companies in the country and displays its 24 nineacre trial garden annually at the heart of the South Carolina 25 Festival of Flowers; and 26 27 Whereas, also successfully running a homebased management 28 consulting business, Claire Kuhl has become a mentor and 29 esteemed friend to many other business women in her community; 30 and 31 32 Whereas, seeing a need that her own business expertise could 33 meet, Claire Kuhl joined forces with Greenwood business women 34 Mamie Nicholson and Phyllis Nolan in 2007 to lead the newly 35 formed Women’s Leadership Council; and 36 37 Whereas, the Women’s Leadership Council provides a secure 38 setting for women in the Greenwood community to cultivate their 39 professional and personal development and presents networking 40 opportunities and quarterly meetings featuring seminars and group 41 discussions on topics of special interest to women; and 42

[1415] 2 1 Whereas, with over one hundred members, the Women’s 2 Leadership Council offers a truly diverse association in a 3 noncompetitive atmosphere for sharing ideas that can empower 4 business women for success; and 5 6 Whereas, in recognition of the work of Claire Kuhl with the 7 Women’s Leadership Council, the Small Business Administration 8 named her a recipient of the 2010 Women in Business Champions 9 award; and 10 11 Whereas, members of the South Carolina Senate are grateful for 12 the contributions of Claire Kuhl to the business women of 13 Greenwood County and for the pride and recognition she has 14 brought to her community and State. Now, therefore, 15 16 Be it resolved by the Senate: 17 18 That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, 19 honor and recognize Claire Kuhl, and commend her for being 20 selected for the 2010 Small Business Administration’s Women in 21 Business Champions. 22 23 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 24 Claire Kuhl. 25 XX 26

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