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Name: Lois Lanette Caudill Dates: Birth date: September 11, 1937 Death date: June 27, 2013 Obituary:
Lois
Lanette Caudill age 75 of Elkmont, AL, passed away Thursday, June 27,
2013 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mrs. Caudill was born September 11,
1937 in Michigan to Leon Newberry and Irene Schroder Newberry.
Services will be Saturday, June 29, 2013 1:00 p.m., at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Donald Terry officiating. Visitation will be Friday, June 28, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Utica Cemetery in Utica, Michigan. Preceded in death by her daughter, Diann Caudill Fuson. Survived by her husband, Paul Caudill; three sons, Paul Caudill Jr. and wife, Nancy, Peter Allen Caudill and wife, Gina and John Mark Caudill and wife, Doreen; two daughters, Patricia Jones and husband, Larry and Lanette Lynn Caudill; eleven grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren, family and friends. |
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| June 24, 2013
In this MegaVote for Alabama's 5th Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes
Upcoming Congressional Bills
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| Recent Senate Votes | |
Froman Nomination – Confirmation - Vote Confirmed (93-4, 1 Present, 2 Not Voting) Last Wednesday, the Senate took a short break from the immigration bill to confirm President Barack Obama’s nomination of Michael Froman to be United States Trade Representative. He replaces Ron Kirk, who resigned in March. Froman was previously Obama’s deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs. He is now tasked with the Cabinet-level position handling international trade agreements and investment issues on behalf of the administration. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Jeff Sessions voted YES U.S. Immigration Policy – Motion to Table Cornyn Amendment - Vote Agreed to (54-43, 3 Not Voting) The Senate’s last vote of the week on Thursday was the approval of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s motion to table (kill) Texas Republican John Cornyn’s amendment that would require the Homeland Security Department to verify certain standards, including a 90 percent apprehension rate of illegal border crossers and a biometric screening system at all seaports and airports, are met before illegal immigrants could be granted permanent legal status. The largely partisan vote included only two Democrats, Manchin (W.Va.) and Pryor (Ark.) voting no; four Republicans voted yes: Flake and McCain (Ariz.), Graham (S.C.) and Paul (Ky.). Sen. Richard Shelby voted NO Sen. Jeff Sessions voted NO | |
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Abortion Ban – Passage - Vote Passed (228-196, 10 Not Voting) The House detoured briefly from debating the farm bill to pass a measure that forbids abortions performed at 20 weeks after fertilization or later. The bill makes an exception for cases where the woman’s life is in danger or where rape or incest has been reported to authorities. Under the measure, physicians who violate the ban would face a maximum five-year prison sentence, fines or both. Six Republicans voted against the legislation, while six Democrats voted in favor. The justification for the 20-week limit was the belief that an unborn fetus can feel pain by 20 weeks of pregnancy. Although the medical veracity of this theory is debated, a handful of states have passed laws with the same benchmark. The White House issued a veto threat on the bill, and Democrats who control the Senate are expected to ignore the measure. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES Farm Bill – Passage - Vote Failed (195-234, 6 Not Voting) After working through more than 100 amendments, the House nevertheless rejected a five-year, $939 billion reauthorization of agricultural and nutrition programs. Sixty-two Republicans rebelled against their leaders and voted against the bill. All but two dozen Democrats voted no as well. Nutritional aid to the poor was the major point of conflict for the bill’s passage for both sides of the aisle. Although the bill cuts $33 billion from current law, the chamber’s most conservative Republican members argued spending reductions did not go far enough. Democrats, however, claimed that the bill’s $20.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) – made mainly by changing eligibility requirements – would disproportionately harm low-income families. Democrats also objected to a provision that mandated work requirements for SNAP recipients. Like the Senate bill, the measure would have ended direct payments to farmers, replacing them with revenue protections that would assist farmers when county revenue levels fall 15 percent to 25 percent below a five-year benchmark. It also consolidated several rural conservation programs. With the bill’s defeat, the House now will have to draft a new bill, adopt the one the Senate passed earlier this month, or pass another one-year extension like Congress had to do last year. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES | |
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U.S. Immigration Policy
- S.744 The Senate will continue its work on this bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration policy. Offshore Energy and Jobs Act - H.R.2231 This week the House is scheduled to begin considering a measure that would implement a five-year oil and gas leasing program. | |
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Name: Wilma Dean Thomas Robison Dates: Birth date: June 23, 1928 Death date: June 18, 2013 Obituary:
Wilma
Dean Thomas Robison age 84, passed from this life on Tuesday, June 18,
2013 at her home in Athens. She was born on June 23, 1928 to John
Lindsey Thomas and Verna Balch Thomas in Limestone County. She graduated
from Athens High School. She married Weldon Robison on June 14, 1947.
They were married for 50 years before Weldon passed away in 1998.
Mrs. Robison was a dedicated Christian wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. She was an excellent cook, seamstress, and housekeeper. She known by many for her delicious yeast rolls and mexican cornbread. Gardening and quilting were two other things she especially enjoyed. She worked for a short time in the Athens Lingerie plant. Most of her working career was spent helping her husband run an appliance repair business. When her mother could no longer live alone, she took her into her home and cared for her for several years as well. In the mid-1980s, she battled breast cancer and with the help of the Lord, she came through. After Mr. Robison's death, she worked some at the Wilson's Fabric store in downtown Athens before it closed. Mr. and Mrs. Robison volunteered their time with the Piney Chapel Volunteer Fire Department for several years. They were also members of the Ephesus Church of Christ. Above all, she instilled Christian values in her family. Throughout her life, the will of the Lord always came first. No doubt she was a blessing. Her hard work is done, and she is now at peace. This world was not her home just a passing through point. May God let us carry her legacy with us as we pave our own paths Home. She is also preceded in death by sisters: Mildred Thomas Kraus, Tina Thomas McMeans, Ruth Thomas Bray, brothers: John Edward Thomas and James Larkin Thomas, and a great-grandson, Eli Bradfield Lovell. Mrs. Robison is survived by one daughter, Janice Robison Campbell and husband, Terry of Athens; granddaughters, Emily Campbell Lovell and husband, Steve of Elkmont and Anna Campbell of Athens; great-grandchildren - Abigail Kate Lovell and Jacob Weldon Lovell of Elkmont; Several nieces and nephews. Pall Bearers will be Steve Lovell, Jacob Lovell, Larry Lovell, Stanley Menefee, Johnny Kraus, Tony Thomas, Darrin Robison, Frank Robison, and AI Robison. Honorary Pall Bearers will be the elders and deacons of the Ephesus Church of Christ. Her visitation will be Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home. Her services will be on Friday, June 21, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Limestone Chapel. Her body will be laid to rest in the Roselawn Cemetery in Athens with Robert Fudge and Donnie Rogers officiating. |
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Name: Terri Lynn Clark Scott Dates: Birth date: June 30, 1963 Death date: June 16, 2013 Obituary:
Terri Lynn Clark Scott, 49 of Elkmont, Alabama died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens, Alabama.
Born Sunday, June 30, 1963 in Athens, Alabama, she was the daughter of Leo Clark and Laura Gord Woodfin. She was a lifelong resident of the Elkmont area and was an avid Alabama football fan. Surviving are sons, Erik Clark of Ardmore, TN, Jonathan Scott of Elkmont, AL, and Jay Montgomery of Elkmont, AL, daughter, Trish Cooley of Elkmont, AL, father: Leo Nick Clark of Elkmont, AL, her mother: Faye Woodfin of Ardmore, AL, sister, Michele (Jason) Burns of Elkmont, AL and grandchildren: Tyler Clark, Kacey Cooley, Kailee Cooley, Jakobee Montgomery, Jaylyn Montgomery, Kelsi Cooley, and Kenzie Cooley. Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Mount Pleasant Cemetery with Bro. Amos Conley officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home, Ardmore, Alabama. |
The
16 and under Rage softball team went undefeated in the USSSA Middle
Tennessee Summer Classic's combined 16 and 18 under division, in
Franklin, Tennessee last weekend. This was a triple elimination
tournament with twelve teams from
Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Saturday saw the Rage run through
the bracket, scoring 31 runs while allowing their opponents 1 run. They
played 6 games to win the tournament. The finishing team stats were 12 runs allowed while scoring 49. Congrads, Chelsie Vinning and Bailee Gooch on a fantastic tournament. When asked about the tournament, Bailee said, "We played great." 
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In this MegaVote for Alabama's 5th Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes
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Student Loan Rates Bill – Cloture - Vote Rejected (40-57, 2 Not Voting) After a protracted battle, Congress last year passed a compromise extension of the current rate –3.4 percent – until July 1, 2013. After this date, interest rates on these loans will double. With that deadline looming, both parties are yet again wide apart on a method for setting interest rates permanently. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., authored this alternative to House Republicans’ bill for setting some federal student loan rates. The House plan (H.R. 1911) pegs Stafford subsidized and unsubsidized loans to the rate of 10-year Treasury notes plus 2.5% and plus 4.5% for Direct PLUS loans. Coburn’s bill more or less split the difference, pegging Stafford and Direct PLUS loans to the 10-year Treasury rate plus 3.0% at the time of loan origination. With current Treasury bill rates at 1.75 percent, Coburn argued that college students enrolling this fall would lock in a rate of 4.75 percent for the life of the loan. Senate Democrats continue to reject any approach to setting student loans permanently that ties interest rates to financial markets. Only Democrat Thomas R. Carper of Delaware crossed the aisle to vote for the bill, while five Republicans voted against the measure. Sen. Richard Shelby voted YES Sen. Jeff Sessions voted YES Student Loan Rates Bill – Cloture - Vote Rejected (51-46, 2 Not Voting) In May, Senate Democrats introduced their alternative to a House Republican plan for setting Federal Direct Stafford Loan interest rates. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., would have extended the 3.4 percent rates on Stafford Loans for another two years. It would have paid for the estimated $8.3 billion cost of this extension by closing tax loopholes on some pensions and corporate accounts and by applying an excise tax on oil produced from tar sands. The vote to invoke cloture failed almost entirely along partisan lines, with only Democrat Joe Manchin III of West Virginia breaking ranks to vote no with all Senate Republicans. Although it failed, the bill is a line in the sand for the Senate majority, which strongly opposes the market-based House plan that would tie interest rates to the market interest rate of 10-year Treasury bills and allow rates to rise up to 10.5 percent for some loans. Congress now has three weeks to find a compromise solution before rates double on July 1. Sen. Richard Shelby voted NO Sen. Jeff Sessions voted NO | |
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FY2014 Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Appropriations – Passage - Vote Passed (421-4, 8 Not Voting) After approving one amendment from Mark Amodei, R-Nev., specifying $44 million in funds dedicated to reducing disability claims backlogs in Veterans Benefits Administration offices, the House passed its first fiscal 2014 spending bill last Tuesday to fund military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs programs with $157.8 billion. It provides $73.3 billion in discretionary funds, including $55 billion for veterans health services, and $84.5 billion in mandatory spending covering veterans service compensation, benefits and pensions. Adding in another $10 billion for military construction, such as $1.5 billion for military family housing, the House-approved legislation is $1.4 billion less than President Barack Obama requested and $2.4 billion more than the fiscal 2013 level that included cuts due to sequestration. It also provides $55.6 billion in advance appropriations for select VA medical care accounts for the 2015 fiscal year. The legislation now goes to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; however, a markup still has not been scheduled for the bill. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations – Amendment Vote - Vote Agreed to (224-201, 9 Not Voting) After clearing their first spending bill, two days later the House moved onto their second, funding the Homeland Security Department. The House passed, on a mostly party-line vote, Iowa Republican Steve King’s amendment that would bar the use of funds to implement or enforce six internal Homeland Security Department policies, including one from June 12, 2012 that granted temporary legal status to the so-called Dream Act immigrants – people younger than 31 who are in school and arrived in the United States prior to turning 16, have graduated or have served in the military, and do not have a criminal record. King said in House floor debate on June 5, “The president does not have the authority to waive immigration law, nor does he have the authority to create it out of thin air.” Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES FY2014 Homeland Security Appropriations – Passage - Vote Passed (245-182, 7 Not Voting) After the House completed votes on amendments, they passed Homeland Security appropriations legislation for the 2014 fiscal year, funding the department and related activities with $46.1 billion ($38.9 billion in discretionary funds and $5.6 billion in emergency disaster aid). The funds include $10.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection, $5.4 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $7.2 billion for the Transportation Security Administration and $9.9 billion each for the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. An issue that may cause problems with Senate approval is an approved provision to prohibit federal funding for ICE to provide abortions for detainees, except in extreme circumstances including rape, incest or endangerment of the life of the woman. Like the Military Construction-VA legislation, the future for the Homeland Security appropriations bill is uncertain and is not on the Senate schedule, as of yet. Rep. Mo Brooks voted YES | |
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Farm Bill
- S.954 This week the Senate is scheduled to complete its work on this five-year farm policy bill. Fiscal 2014 Defense Authorization - H.R.1960 The House is expected to work on this bill providing authorization for the Defense Department for FY 2014. | |
