2003-2004 Bill 5190: Adam Ellis Weeks - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly

115th Session, 2003-2004

H. 5190

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Rep. Bowers

Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6030cm04.doc

Introduced in the House on April 29, 2004

Adopted by the House on April 29, 2004

Summary: Adam Ellis Weeks

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

4/29/2004HouseIntroduced and adopted HJ3

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/29/2004

A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE ADAM ELLIS WEEKS OF COLLETON COUNTY ON BEING AWARDED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ON MAY 15, 2004, AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO HIM IN ALL OF HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout requires hard work and extreme determination, yet the achievement is a great honor for those who attain it; and

Whereas, Adam Ellis Weeks, the son of Boyd and Ki Weeks, is to be awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a court of honor on May 15, 2004, at The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints in Walterboro; and

Whereas, a member of Troop 686 which is sponsored by the Bethel Methodist Church in Walterboro, Mr. Weeks is also a 2003 graduate of Colleton High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and the National Vocational Technical Honor Society; and

Whereas, upon graduation from Colleton High School, Mr. Weeks entered the University of South Carolina at Aiken where he intends to pursue a double business major; and

Whereas, on his route to becoming an Eagle Scout, Mr. Weeks organized a group of ten youths to make child ID’s at the Colleton County Relay, which could become useful in situations like child disappearance. The group made seventyeight ID’s for the event; and

Whereas, in addition to his Eagle Scout project, Mr. Weeks has earned forty merit badges and was a member of the Order of the Arrow; and

Whereas, Adam Weeks is an example of a humanitarian whose goal is not only to better himself through his work with the Boy Scouts, but also to better his community, and the Palmetto State is proud to call him one of its own. 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, honor and congratulate Adam Ellis Weeks on being awarded the rank of Eagle Scout by the Boy Scouts of America on May 15, 2004, and extend best wishes to him in all of his future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Adam Weeks of Colleton County.

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