1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 3858 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Clemmons, Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bikas, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, 11 Brannon, Brantley, G.A. Brown, H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Butler Garrick, Chumley, Clyburn, 12 CobbHunter, Cole, Cooper, Corbin, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, Erickson, 13 Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hart, 14 Hayes, Hearn, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McLeod, 16 Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, 17 Norman, Ott, Owens, Parker, Parks, Patrick, Pinson, Pitts, Pope, Quinn, Rutherford, Ryan, Sabb, 18 Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Spires, 19 Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Tribble, Umphlett, Vick, Viers, Weeks, Whipper, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\18805bh11.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 8, 2011 24 Adopted by the House on March 8, 2011 25 26 Summary: Trevor Jonathan Duckworth 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/8/2011 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 37) 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 3/8/2011 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR TREVOR JONATHAN 12 DUCKWORTH FOR HIS NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS 13 IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND 14 CONGRATULATE HIM UPON ACHIEVING THE 15 PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST 16 AWARD IN SCOUTING. 17 18 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 19 Representatives are pleased to learn that Trevor Jonathan 20 Duckworth of Troop 888 of the Pee Dee Area Council has 21 successfully completed the requirements for the rank of Eagle 22 Scout; and 23 24 Whereas, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must 25 demonstrate that he lives by the principles of the Scout Oath and 26 Law in his daily life; he must plan, develop, and give leadership to 27 others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any 28 school, or his community; and he must earn a total of twentyone 29 merit badges, actively serve in a position of responsibility within 30 his troop for six months, take part in a Scoutmaster conference, 31 and complete an Eagle Scout board of review; and 32 33 Whereas, only two percent of Boy Scouts complete these rigorous 34 requirements to achieve the coveted rank of Eagle Scout; and 35 36 Whereas, in the early 1900s all over the British Empire, the Scout 37 Movement began to form troops as a result of reading Lord Robert 38 BadenPowell’s “Aids to Scouting,” written to train soldiers. In 39 1910, at the age of fiftythree, Lord Baden-Powell retired from a 40 highly successful career as a scout in the British army to give his 41 attention to this work; and 42

[3858] 2 1 Whereas, as an outgrowth of the Scout Movement in England and 2 with the endorsement of the Chief Scout of the World, Lord 3 BadenPowell, the Boy Scouts of America was formed in 1910, and 4 for a century, it has shaped future leaders of America by 5 combining educational activities with lifelong values and fun; and 6 7 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 8 Representatives are grateful for the legacy of Scouting in America 9 and take great pride in acknowledging the accomplishments of 10 young South Carolinians like Trevor Jonathan Duckworth who 11 selflessly give of their time, talents, and energy to enrich their 12 local communities and our State. Now, therefore, 13 14 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 15 16 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 17 by this resolution, recognize and honor Trevor Jonathan 18 Duckworth for his noteworthy achievements in the Boy Scouts of 19 America, and congratulate him upon achieving the prestigious rank 20 of Eagle Scout, the highest award in Scouting. 21 22 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 23 Trevor Jonathan Duckworth. 24 XX 25

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