2003-2004 Bill 3766: Jim Karvelas - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 115th Session, 2003-2004 3 4 H. 3766 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Weeks, Allen, Altman, Anthony, Bailey, Bales, Barfield, Battle, Bingham, 10 Bowers, Branham, Breeland, G. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Cato, Ceips, Chellis, Clark, Clemmons, 11 Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Duncan, Edge, 12 Emory, Freeman, Frye, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hagood, Hamilton, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, 13 Hayes, Herbkersman, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jennings, Keegan, Kennedy, 14 Kirsh, Koon, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Mahaffey, Martin, 15 McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Merrill, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Ott, Owens, 16 Parks, Perry, Phillips, Pinson, E.H. Pitts, M.A. Pitts, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Richardson, Rivers, Rutherford, 17 Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Sheheen, Simrill, Sinclair, Skelton, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, J.E. Smith, 18 J.R. Smith, W.D. Smith, Snow, Stewart, Stille, Talley, Taylor, Thompson, Toole, Townsend, Tripp, 19 Trotter, Umphlett, Vaughn, Viers, Walker, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Wilkins, Witherspoon and Young 20 Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9534sl03.doc 21 22 Introduced in the House on March 11, 2003 23 Adopted by the House on March 11, 2003 24 25 Summary: Jim Karvelas 26 27 28 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 29 30 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 31 3/11/2003 House Introduced and adopted HJ-24 32 33 34 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 35 36 3/11/2003 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE JIM KARVELAS OF SUMTER ON 12 FORTY-EIGHT SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN THE RESTAURANT 13 INDUSTRY, TO COMMEND HIM FOR HIS DEDICATED 14 WORK ETHIC, AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO HIM 15 AND HIS FAMILY UPON HIS RETIREMENT. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives are pleased 18 to honor Jim Karvelas for his tremendous work ethic and for 19 providing the citizens of Sumter with forty-eight years of fine 20 cuisine; and 21 22 Whereas, Mr. Karvelas moved to Sumter with his family in 1944, 23 and his father, John Karvelas, purchased Jim’s Waffle Shop in the 24 downtown area, which John and Jim Karvelas ran together. The 25 restaurant provided curb-side service for many years and gave 26 countless young people and others a place to socialize and a 27 chance to earn some money and gain valuable work experience; 28 and 29 30 Whereas, after his father died, Mr. Karvelas sold the restaurant and 31 moved to a new location on Broad Street where he opened Big 32 Jim’s. He has spent a lifetime in the restaurant industry and 33 learned that the secret to running a restaurant is diligence and long 34 hours; and 35 36 Whereas, getting to know his customers and employees is the 37 aspect Mr. Karvelas enjoyed most about operating a restaurant. He 38 employed about twenty-five people, some of whom had worked at 39 Big Jim’s for as many as thirty-five years; and 40

1 [3766] 1 1 Whereas, after working for most of his life, Mr. Karvelas is 2 looking forward to some quiet time with his wife, Grace, and plans 3 to spend his time watching television and traveling; and 4 5 Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives are proud 6 to honor Jim Karvelas for his commitment to his local community 7 on the occasion of his retirement after forty-eight years in the 8 restaurant industry. Now, therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 11 12 That the members of the House of Representatives, by this 13 resolution, congratulate Jim Karvelas of Sumter on forty-eight 14 successful years in the restaurant industry, commend him for his 15 dedicated work ethic, and extend best wishes to him and his family 16 upon his retirement. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 19 Jim Karvelas of Sumter. 20 ----XX---- 21

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