South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014
H. 5131
STATUS INFORMATION
House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Kennedy, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Branham, Brannon, G.A.Brown, R.L.Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, H.A.Crawford, K.R.Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Edge, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Harrell, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, M.S.McLeod, W.J.McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, R.L.Ott, Owens, Parks, Patrick, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, J.R.Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Vick, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Wood
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Introduced in the House on April 29, 2014
Adopted by the House on April 29, 2014
Summary: Poultry Festival in Batesburg-Leesville
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
4/29/2014 House Introduced and adopted (House Journalpage13)
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
4/29/2014
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO CELEBRATE THE TWENTYEIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA POULTRY FESTIVAL HELD IN BATESBURGLEESVILLE, AND TO HONOR ALL THOSE PLANNING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE 2014 FESTIVAL.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that the South Carolina Poultry Festival will celebrate its twentyeighth year at this year’s festival in BatesburgLeesville from May 8 through 10, 2014; and
Whereas, employing thousands of citizens, South Carolina’s billiondollar poultry industry produces, processes, and markets vast amounts of eggs, broilers, turkeys, pigeons, quail, and spring chickens; and
Whereas, Lexington, Saluda, and Aiken counties serve as home to some of the state’s top broiler producers, including such household names as Amick’s Farms, Columbia Farms, and Gentry Poultry Company; and
Whereas, in 1986, BatesburgLeesville restaurant owner Sara Shealy hatched the idea of a poultry festival based in Lexington County to showcase the state’s largest agribusiness, and the Leesville Merchants Association created a festival from her proposal; and
Whereas, in 1987, the Ridge Poultry Festival hosted twenty thousand visitors, which became the South Carolina Poultry Festival in 1989. In recent years, attendance has exceeded one hundred thousand; and
Whereas, today the festival features six stages offering continuous entertainment, thirty food vendors, a carnival, a parade with well over one hundred units, and more than thirty commercial vendors and one hundred ten crafters; and
Whereas, a senior at River Bluff High School, Taylor Cordovano of Lexington will reign over the festival as Miss South Carolina Poultry Festival and will receive a one thousand dollar scholarship. Her court includes first runner up and winner of a $300.00 scholarship, Tori Perano, a freshman at the College of Charleston from Edgefield, and second runner up and winner of a $200.00 scholarship, Carrie Ann Quarles of Edgefield; and
Whereas, the event presents the best of Southern hospitality, and proceeds regularly support various local charities, organizations, and community causes while hosting the festival’s own “#1 World’s Best Chicken Cooking Contest”; and
Whereas, an impressive car show will display over a hundred vintage vehicles, athletes can participate in a fivekilometer road race and golf and volleyball tournaments, and the young at heart can enjoy street dancing on Friday and Saturday evenings; and
Whereas, a spectacular display of the American spirit will conclude the festival on Saturday evening in one of the largest pyromusical shows available; and
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives commend the planners and participants of the twentyeighth annual South Carolina Poultry Festival and appreciate the beneficial impact of the poultry industry on the economy of the Palmetto State. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, celebrate the twentyeighth anniversary of the South Carolina Poultry Festival held in BatesburgLeesville, and honor all those planning and participating in the 2014 festival.
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