2015-2016 Bill 1173: Saltwater Sports Club - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 S. 1173 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Campsen 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\gec\056salt.kmm.gec.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on March 16, 2016 13 Adopted by the Senate on March 16, 2016 14 15 Summary: Saltwater Sports Club 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 3/16/2016 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 4) 22 23 View the latest legislative information at the website 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 3/16/2016 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE SALTWATER 12 SPORTS CLUB ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR 40TH 13 ANNIVERSARY AND TO WISH THEM MUCH SUCCESS IN 14 ALL THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 15 16 Whereas, the Saltwater Sports Club was organized on March 15, 17 1976 by a group of eleven individuals from James Island looking 18 to form an outboard/fishing club. The club now has twenty-five 19 members; and 20 21 Whereas, the group’s purpose is to promote and further saltwater 22 sport fishing, to educate people interested in saltwater sports, and 23 to promote the protection of natural saltwater environments; and 24 25 Whereas, in 1976, the club held a large turkey shoot to get started 26 financially. In 1979, they held an all-day clean-up of Charleston 27 Harbor and the surrounding marshes; and 28 29 Whereas, for ten years, the club hosted a member and guest golf 30 tournament, and for twenty-two years they held the Jenkins Point 31 Skeet Shoot, where they had over two hundred in attendance each 32 year. They held activities for their membership for thirty-five 33 years; and 34 35 Whereas, the club has both financially and through volunteer work 36 supported Windwood Farm for Children, the SC Department of 37 Natural Resources (Tag & Release Program), MUSC Children’s 38 Hospital, Pet Helpers, My Sister’s House, American Red Cross, 39 Trident Fishing Tournament, and Save the Light through their 40 activities; and 41

[1173] 2 1 Whereas, the club is best known for its Alison Oswald, Sr., 2 Memorial Fishing Tournament, which ran for thirty-five years and 3 drew 350 to 400 participants each year, and more than 500 on three 4 occasions; and 5 6 Whereas, the Senate is grateful for the dedication and hard work 7 the members of the Saltwater Sports Club have given to the 8 citizens of James Island and surrounding areas and the members 9 wish them continued success in all of their activities. Now, 10 therefore, 11 12 Be it resolved by the Senate: 13 14 That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, recognize and 15 congratulate the Saltwater Sports Club on the occasion of their 40th 16 anniversary and wish them much success in all their future 17 endeavors. 18 19 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 20 the Saltwater Sports Club. 21 XX 22

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