2013-2014 Bill 550: Dick Coda - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 S. 550 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Verdin 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\dbv\024coda.mrh.dbv.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on March 19, 2013 13 Adopted by the Senate on March 19, 2013 14 15 Summary: Dick Coda 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 3/19/2013 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 10) 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 3/19/2013 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE MR. DICK CODA FOR HIS 12 MANY TALES OF ADVENTURE TRAPPING IN LAURENS 13 COUNTY AND TO WISH HIM HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN 14 ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 15 16 Whereas, in 2005 Judy and Dick Coda from Maple, Wisconsin 17 chose Laurens County in South Carolina to trap beaver. Dick 18 caught 378 beaver in that first year and he has come back every 19 year since then to enjoy his favorite hobby; and 20 21 Whereas, Dick became interested in trapping at the age of twelve 22 and with no one to teach him, he basically taught himself; and 23 24 Whereas, he finished college and married Judy in 1964. Together 25 they had three daughters and one son; and 26 27 Whereas, his first job after college was with Superior Fiber 28 Products as a Quality Control and Research and Development 29 Manager; and 30 31 Whereas, each fall in his spare time he could be found hunting 32 deer or trapping, mostly for muskrat. He soon started trapping 33 beaver, otter, and raccoons; and 34 35 Whereas, he and his wife moved to the country and owned a farm 36 chock full of animals, which they eventually sold to begin a new 37 business in supplies. They still run this supply business today with 38 the gracious help of their family; and 39 40 Whereas, wanting to go somewhere warmer for trapping, Dick and 41 Judy chose to travel to Laurens, South Carolina to trap beaver for 42 the Laurens County Soil and Water Conservation District. Once

[550] 2 1 there, they quickly found the people of Laurens warm and 2 personable and they have made many wonderful friends over the 3 years; and 4 5 Whereas, the members of the Senate are proud to recognize Mr. 6 Dick Coda, a man who has devoted his life to his family and his 7 passion for the environment. Now, therefore, 8 9 Be it resolved by the Senate: 10 11 That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, honor and 12 recognize Mr. Dick Coda for his many tales of adventure trapping 13 in Laurens County and wish him health and happiness in all his 14 future endeavors. 15 16 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 17 Mr. Dick Coda. 18 XX 19

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