2011-2012 Bill 3823: Kenneth Thomas Fincannon - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 3823 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\18810bh11.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 8, 2011 24 Adopted by the House on March 8, 2011 25 26 Summary: Kenneth Thomas Fincannon 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 12) 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 KENNETH THOMAS 12 FINCANNON FOR HIS NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 13 THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND CONGRATULATE 14 HIM UPON ACHIEVING THE PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF 15 EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST AWARD IN SCOUTING. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 18 Representatives are pleased to learn that Kenneth Thomas 19 Fincannon of Troop 761 of the Pee Dee Area Council has 20 successfully completed the requirements for the rank of Eagle 21 Scout; and 22 23 Whereas, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must 24 demonstrate that he lives by the principles of the Scout Oath and 25 Law in his daily life; he must plan, develop, and give leadership to 26 others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any 27 school, or his community; and he must earn a total of twentyone 28 merit badges, actively serve in a position of responsibility within 29 his troop for six months, take part in a Scoutmaster conference, 30 and complete an Eagle Scout board of review; and 31 32 Whereas, only two percent of Boy Scouts complete these rigorous 33 requirements to achieve the coveted rank of Eagle Scout; and 34 35 Whereas, in the early 1900s all over the British Empire, the Scout 36 Movement began to form troops as a result of reading Lord Robert 37 BadenPowell’s “Aids to Scouting,” written to train soldiers. In 38 1910, at the age of fiftythree, Lord Baden-Powell retired from a 39 highly successful career as a scout in the British army to give his 40 attention to this work; and 41

[3823] 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 Kenneth Thomas Fincannon 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 Kenneth Thomas 18 Fincannon 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 Kenneth Thomas Fincannon. 24 XX 25

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