<p> 1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 5198 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Williams 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24076htc14.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on May 1, 2014 13 Adopted by the House on May 1, 2014 14 15 Summary: Kenneth McFadden 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 5/1/2014 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 54) 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 5/1/2014 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE KENNETH MCFADDEN ON HIS 12 EXTRAORDINARY CAREER IN POWERLIFTING AND TO 13 WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AS HE COMPETES IN 14 THE 2014 NATIONALS OF USA POWERLIFTING. 15 16 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 17 Representatives are pleased to learn that Kenneth McFadden has 18 qualified to participate in the 2014 Nationals of USA Powerlifting 19 (USAPL); and 20 21 Whereas, born in Florence on January 7, 1969, Kenneth McFadden 22 was one of six siblings and attended school in Timmonsville, 23 graduating in 1987; and 24 25 Whereas, in August of 1988, he joined the Army National Guard 26 and served for six years as a combat engineer; and 27 28 Whereas, he married his beloved wife, the former Loris A. Dyson 29 of Florence, on April 28, 1990, and together they have reared two 30 fine sons, Maurice and Karon McFadden; and 31 32 Whereas, Mr. McFadden developed an interest in weightlifting, 33 football, basketball, and track at an early age, and he entered his 34 first powerlifting competition in 1993; and 35 36 Whereas, during that year, he enrolled in Tae Kwon Do classes and 37 studied the Korean martial art for seven years, earning a 38 thirddegree black belt; and 39 40 Whereas, he joined the USAPL organization in 2006 and now 41 holds the South Carolina and North Carolina bench, squat, and 42 deadlift state records; and</p><p>[5198] 2 1 2 Whereas, his benchpress record stands at 551 pounds, made on 3 June 27, 2009; his squat record is 700 pounds, made on August 30, 4 2010; and his deadlift record is 672 pounds, also made on August 5 30, 2010; and 6 7 Whereas, competing at The Nationals in 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia, 8 Mr. McFadden won a silver medal, and every year he competed in 9 the USAPL Battle of the Border, he won first place until 2012; and 10 11 Whereas, he has now qualified for The Nationals to be held in 12 Austin, Texas, on August 22 and 23, 2014, and he plans to 13 compete in the World Championship Powerlifting in 2015; and 14 15 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 16 Representatives appreciate the standard of excellence that Kenneth 17 McFadden has set in the field of powerlifting and wish him 18 success as he competes at the 2014 USA Powerlifting Nationals in 19 Austin, Texas. Now, therefore, 20 21 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 22 23 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 24 by this resolution, congratulate Kenneth McFadden on his 25 extraordinary career in powerlifting and wish him continued 26 success as he competes in the 2014 Nationals of USA 27 Powerlifting. 28 29 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 30 Kenneth McFadden. 31 XX 32</p><p>[5198] 3</p>