2013-2014 Bill 664: Joe Pinner - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 S. 664 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Setzler 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11210ac13.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on April 30, 2013 13 Introduced in the House on April 30, 2013 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on April 30, 2013 15 16 Summary: Joe Pinner 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 4/30/2013 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House ( Senate Journalpage 5) 23 4/30/2013 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence ( House Journalpage 185) 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 4/30/2013 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JOE PINNER FOR HIS 12 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PALMETTO 13 STATE AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON HIS GOLDEN 14 ANNIVERSARY WITH WIS TV. 15 16 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are pleased to 17 learn that Joe Pinner will be honored for fifty years of dedicated 18 service to WIS TV and to the citizens of the Midlands at an event 19 in his honor on May 27, 2013; and 20 21 Whereas, when he was fifteen years old, Joe Pinner began his 22 career in broadcasting at radio stations in New Bern and Morehead 23 City, North Carolina; and 24 25 Whereas, after his graduation from high school, he worked at 26 Chapel Hill’s radio station WCHL, while attending the University 27 of North Carolina, and then he returned home to New Bern to 28 continue his broadcasting career; and 29 30 Whereas, he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1955 where he 31 joined WMBRTV/Radio. He then served in the United States 32 Army for two years and was stationed at Fort Jackson, where he 33 managed the Armed Forces Radio station WFJX; and 34 35 Whereas, after completing his military service, he returned to 36 Jacksonville until joining WIS TV in 1963, and since then he has 37 served at various times as anchor of The 7:00 Report, weatherman 38 for WIS Live at Five, cohost of WIS News Midday, and host of The 39 Mr. Knozit Show; and 40 41 Whereas, in the 1960s, Joe Pinner began to delight children in the 42 Midlands with The Mr. Knozit Show, for which he received the

[664] 2 1 national George Foster Peabody award in 1967, and over the years 2 those children, now adults, grew to depend on his reporting on 3 WIS; and 4 5 Whereas, although he now enjoys semiretirement, he still remains 6 active at the station and can be seen on various newscasts on 7 Friday’s, thus our Mr. Knozit has become our “Joe Friday”; and 8 9 Whereas, his countless awards from around the State have 10 included the South Carolina Tourism Award from the Myrtle 11 Beach Chamber of Commerce in 1976 for his contribution to the 12 growth and development of the tourism industry in South Carolina, 13 appointment as “Emperor” of Little Mountain in 1982, initiation 14 into Omicron Kappa Delta at Columbia College as an honorary 15 member in 1990, and the addition of his star to The Celebrity Walk 16 of Fame in Myrtle Beach in 1993; and 17 18 Whereas, in 1993, he received the Masters Award from the South 19 Carolina Broadcasters Association, an award which honors 20 individuals for distinguished careers as onair broadcasters in South 21 Carolina, and in 1998, he was inducted into the South Carolina 22 Entertainment Hall of Fame; and 23 24 Whereas, in 1982, Governor Richard Riley named Joe Pinner to 25 the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest civilian honor. In 26 1993 for service to the State, Governor Carroll Campbell awarded 27 him the honor again upon the celebration of his thirtieth 28 anniversary with WIS; and upon semiretirement in 2000, he 29 received the award a third time for his work as “Mr. Knozit” from 30 Governor Jim Hodges; and 31 32 Whereas, among his numerous public service commitments, he 33 serves on the Philharmonic’s Advisory Council, and as narrator 34 and master of ceremonies for the South Carolina Philharmonic 35 Orchestra youth concerts, is a member of the Blythewood Cultural 36 Arts Association, and as an ambassador of Honor Flight SC; and 37 38 Whereas, he is a member of the Media Club, Some Legendary Old 39 Broadcasters (SLOBS), Greater Columbia Community Relations 40 Luncheon Club, Friday the 13th Club, and Trinity United 41 Methodist Church choir in Blythewood; and 42

[664] 3 1 Whereas, together with his beloved his wife, Peggy, he reared two 2 fine sons, Michael and Gregg, who blessed their parents with four 3 devoted grandchildren; and 4 5 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly appreciate the 6 dedication with which Joe Pinner has served his community and 7 the State and wish him continued success in all his future 8 endeavors. Now, therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 11 concurring: 12 13 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 14 resolution, recognize and honor Joe Pinner for his outstanding 15 contributions to the Palmetto State and congratulate him upon his 16 golden anniversary with WIS TV. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 19 Joe Pinner. 20 XX 21

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