H*5175 Resolution, By Allen, Agnew, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, 
Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bikas, 
Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Brannon, Brantley, G.A. Brown, 
H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Butler Garrick, Chumley, Clemmons, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, 
Cole, Corbin, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, Erickson, 
Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardwick, 
Harrell, Harrison, Hart, Hayes, Hearn, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, 
Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, King, Knight, 
Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McLeod, Merrill, 
D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, 
Norman, Ott, Owens, Parker, Parks, Patrick, Pinson, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, 
Rutherford, Ryan, 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, Tribble, Vick, Weeks, Whipper, White, 
Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Young
 A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RHONDA RAWLINGS OF GREENVILLE
 COUNTY, AND TO COMMEND HER FOR YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY
 ON PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE.

   04/26/12  House  Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 9)

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RHONDA RAWLINGS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, AND TO COMMEND HER FOR YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY ON PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE.

Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina are pleased to learn that Rhonda Rawlings will be honored on Friday, April 27, 2012, for her outstanding work with Pause for the Cause; and

Whereas, Rhonda Rawlings grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and earned a bachelor's degree in radio-television and film from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while working as a college representative for CBS Records and helping to promote such artists as LL Cool J; and

Whereas, upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles where she worked as an assistant production coordinator on the Fox television show Roc and worked on The Robert Townsend Show, The Chris Rock Show, and History I. Q.; and

Whereas, now as director of community affairs and news for Cox Radio in Greenville that includes 107.3 Jamzs, Hot 98.1, and 97.7 Chuck FM, Rhonda Rawlings has worked tirelessly as the host of Pause for the Cause and to inform the Upstate of all available nonprofits and the services they provide; and

Whereas, as well as writing, producing, and delivering the news for the Tom Joyner Morning Show, she hosts and produces Pause for the Cause, a Sunday morning community affairs show; and

Whereas, she writes and produces the church announcements and community-clipboard announcements, and in 2011 she began covering the Carolina Panthers football team; and

Whereas, she is passionate about getting important information to the community that might otherwise not be available to the average listener, such as information on free health screenings; free and low-cost events that families can enjoy; how to lessen the chances of getting high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and other illnesses that disproportionately affect minority communities; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the devoted service that Rhonda Rawlings has given to communities in the Upstate and for her dedication to radio journalism. 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, recognize and honor Rhonda Rawlings of Greenville County, and commend her for years of commitment to journalistic integrity on Pause for the Cause.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Rhonda Rawlings.