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Barbara Boxer's departure from the Senate in 2016, announced Thursday, will conclude a 33-year congressional career defined by liberal causes and a buoyantly combative spirit. Repeatedly successful in winning election, even as she has struggled to pass legislation, Boxer now has two more years to make her stand in a conservative-controlled Senate while a younger California political generation scrambles to replace her. "I want to come home," Boxer said Thursday Boxer in video announcing a decision that she insisted should not be called a retirement. "I want to come home to the state that I love so much, California." The campaign arena could quickly fill with potential replacements, with Lt. Gov.
Gavin Newsom, state Attorney General Kamala Harris and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa seen as possible Democratic contenders. Among Republicans, Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have gained early mention, among others. 'veto-bait' pipeline Financial RICCARDI the most were almost secure istered to vote, Democratic Party, but are also likely vote, especially in midterm elections, according report from the Pew nonpartisan Washington-based research released Thurs- beyond income economic security, considering such fac- whether empeople are have difficulty paying retirement ranked as PRINCIPAL Continued from 3A date, bosses 2014 worst employers more in monetary and lawsuit settlements, according toe eBoss Watch. amount, the 56 bosses sector have cost their respective taxpayers group said. against the dis- involving Johnson still the only bad the list from South The state with the number of bad bosses vear was New York.
The includes mayors, judges, enforcement officers, other occupations. And the worst boss in security habits "financially secure" certain to be regwith Pew clas- vote in November. But among the bottom 20 percent, only 54 percent are registered and only 20 percent were likely voters in the midterms. The survey was conducted in September and October, before the election in which Republicans took full control of Congress. The survey found the financially insecure are disproportionately minority and female, and particularly unmarried women, one of the core constituencies of the Democratic Party.
WHAT IS EBOSSWATCH? It is a workplace watchdog and career resource website founded in 2007. It allows people to rate their bosses and evaluate potential employers. It compiled the list of the 100 worst bosses in America. Source: eBoss Watch America: Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, who faces allegations from more than 20 women of sexual harass- Follow reporter Sarah Bowman at twitter.com/1PBG. Sarah.
Submitted photo The Beaufort home of Dr. John and Molly Gray at 201 Laurens St. was once known as Hospital BALL day by Continued from 3A Two of the antebellum homes where dinner parties will be held were at one time themselves a hospital. The care there was intensive, all right, coming in the heat of the Civil War. Beaufort was occupied by Union forces shortly after the war began.
The planter society evacuated and 15 of their homes were used as hospitals. Conway and Diane Ivy will host a pre-ball dinner at their home on King Street, at one time known as Hospital Not long ago, they hired a professional researcher of historic homes to peel stories from its silent walls, now almost 200 years old. A Confederate soldier, heretofore buried in the Beaufort National Cemetery as an unknown, was identified as a patient in one of its 41 hospital beds. They discovered the drama of hope and despair, life and death, taking place in rooms where children once romped and fathers tried to study. Around the corner on Laurens Street, Dr.
John and Molly Gray will entertain guests in their Classic Revival brick home with large Doric pillars. It dates to 1852 and was known as the Berners Barnwell Sams House or Hospital With help from Grace Cordial at the Beaufort District Collection in the downtown library, their daughter found out enough about the "hospital" to know that it might not make polite dinner conversation. The Free South newspaper of July 25, 1863, reported a Associated new Center. savings By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press WASHINGTON In command and ready for a fight, defiant Republicans ignored two White House veto threats a and advanced bills in Congress on Thursday curbing President Barack Obama's cherished health care overhaul and forcing construction on a proposed oil pipeline. The top House Democrat predicted her party would uphold both vetoes.
On the new Congress' third day of work, a Senate committee approved a measure dismantling Obama's ability to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which has become a flashpoint pitting the GOP's jobs agenda against Democrats' environmental concerns. The Senate plans to begin debate next week and passage there seems likely, while the House is poised to approve its version today. Meanwhile, the House approved legislation narrowing the definition of full-time workers who must be offered employer-provided health care from those working 30 hours weekly to a 40-hour minimum. DEATHS OBITUARIES Flossie Brown Flossie Chaplin Brown, 57, formerly of the Tombee community on St. Helena Island and daughter of Warren and Eva Chaplin, died Tuesday, Dec.
30, 2014, in Raleigh, N.C.. Memorial services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Adam Street Baptist Church on St. Helena. Arrangements by Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals.
Marvin Brown Marvin M. Brown, 55, of Hardeeville died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Coastal Carolina Hospital. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Fisher Chapel Church.
Funeral services will be at noon Saturday at St. Stephens AME Church, with burial in Purrysburg Cemetery. DEATH NOTICES Maria T. Kotterer Maria T. Kotterer, 79, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Chicago, IL died Saturday, January 3, 2015 in Savannah, GA.
Mrs. Kotterer was born in Nuremberg, Germany on February 23, 1935, the daughter of the late Wolfgang Rothenberger and Teresia Schrodel Rothenberger. She worked in tax preparation for Block for many years and retired to Bluffton where she was active within the Sun City community. She attended Lord of Life Lutheran Church. She is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Raimond Kotterer; daughter, Barbara Pappas (Andrew) of West Des Moines, IA; sons, Raymond Kotterer (Sharon) of Orland Hills, IL and Thomas Kotterer (Lisa) of Troutman, NC; sister, Karin Schmidtchen of Furth, Germany; and grandchildren, Daniella Pappas, Nikolas Pappas, Erika Kotterer, Anne Marie Kotterer, Zachary Kotterer, Allison Kotterer, and Caroline Kotterer.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 23, 2015 at Lord of only to be thwarted by Obama and his Democratic a allies. Obama's 2010 health care law, a perennial GOP target, is phasing in a requirement that companies with more than 50 full-time workers offer health care coverage or face penalty payments to the government. Backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups, Republicans say defining full-time employees as those working at least 30 hours is pressuring firms to save money by cutting workers' hours and diminishing the number of full-time jobs. Democrats say changing the full-time threshold from 30 to 40 hours would make fewer workers eligible for employerprovided health coverage and put more of them at risk of losing that coverage from companies looking to cut costs.
That's because of sheer numbers: While just under 10 percent of employees were working 30 to 34 hours weekly, 41 percent were working 40 hours alone, according to November 2014 figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. McClatchy Washington Bureau The vote was a mostly partyline 252-172 short of the 290 needed, assuming all members voted, for the two-thirds majority required to override a veto. On both bills, GOP leaders would face uphill fights mustering the two-thirds House and Senate majorities needed to override vetoes. But both measures had some support from Democrats, and Republicans could use them to portray themselves as cham- pending. ment.
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rush of soldiers wounded in the assault on Battery Wagner near Charleston. Bones were shattered and amputations were the order of the day. Molly said she can't begin to fathom how 59 hospital beds were squeezed into the home that has been in her family since 1895. Much more pleasant than the sobering details of war was a different discovery. It was made by a neighbor digging in the yard.
"She found a beautiful, intact Sisters of Charity rosary," Molly said. "It's one of only two things we've found that point to the hospital." Her neighbor always dug carefully, keeping a screen over her wheelbarrow to sift dirt through. But the sweet little rosary showed up on top of the soft dirt that had already been sifted. "It's one of those things you can't explain," Molly said. Unless you're at a dinner party, in Beaufort, where the pendulum of time can heal all wounds.
Follow columnist David Lauderdale at twitter.com/ ThatsLauderdale. by Stiney's Fu- the Lands End community of Arrangements neral Home. St. Helena Island died Monday, Arajah Bryant Arajah James Bryant, 20, of Gillisonville and son of Wanda Smith Bryant, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, in New York.
Visitation will be 1 to 8 p.m. today at Young Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 1 1p.m. Saturday at Rock Spring Baptist Church in Grays, with burial in the church cemetery. Marjorie Campbell Marjorie Cooler Campbell, 87, of Port Royal died Saturday, Jan.
3,2015, at her residence at River Oaks. A celebration of life will be held at a later date at Grace Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Ala. Arthur Cleveland Arthur R. Cleveland, 71, of Life Lutheran Church, 351 Buckwalter Parkway, Bluffton, SC 29910. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the American Heart Association.
Collin Dixon Stokes Collin Dixon Stokes of Bluffton, SC, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015, in Clemson, SC. He was born in Beaufort, SC, on June 17, 1993, to Al and Shannon Stokes. Collin was a graduate of Hilton Head Island High School, where he played on the junior varsity and varsity baseball teams and served as the volleyball team's manager. He was a senior majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology at Clemson University and was set to graduate in May. He spent last summer as a college intern at the Waddell Mariculture Center.
Collin was gregarious and was blessed with many friends. He loved anything and everything Clemson, especially football and was the vice president of Clemson's Shotgun Club. Collin loved the Lowcountry outdoors and was an enthusiastic hunter of deer, ducks, and turkeys. He was also an avid fisherman who loved being on the May and Colleton Rivers. He is survived by his parents, Al and Shannon Stokes; his sister, Mattie Stokes Parrott; and his brothers-in-law, Lane Parrott and Corey Parrott, all of Bluffton; his grandfather, Dr.
Joseph Kershaw Newsom, of Cheraw, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Memorial Baptist Church on St. Helena with burial following in Hopes Cemetery. Jan. 5, 2015, at his home.
A viewing will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Bethesda Christian Fellowship. Burial will be in the Adam Street Baptist Church Cemetery.
There will be no viewing after the eulogy. Octavia Gadson Octavia Sharee Gadson, 27, a native of St. Helena Island and daughter of Lenora Gadson Johnson, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Georgia Regional University Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Wake services are from 6 to 7 p.m.
today at Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Faith A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Waddell Mariculture Center on the Bluff. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Collin's memory may be made to The Waddell Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of the Lawcountry, at 4 Northridge Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. The Island Funeral Home and Crematory.
www.theislandfuneralhome.com Richard "Dick" R. Moore Richard "Dick" R. Moore, 73, of Hilton Head Island, SC and formerly of Arlington Heights, IL, entered into eternal life with Christ on Wednesday, January 07,2015 at his home. Mr. Moore was born in Philadelphia, PA on February 20, 1941, the son of the late Russell Moore and Florence Kolb Moore.
He was a graduate and longtime fan of the University of Miami. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for many years as a food broker and sales and marketing agent, retir- Alma Jones Alma Hunt Jones, 86, of Dale, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services are at 3 p.m.
Saturday at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with burial following in the church cemetery. There will be no viewing after the eulogy. Arrangements by Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. William Major William Kareem Major, 18, of Beaufort and son of William Gerard and Kendra Major, died Wednesday, Jan.
7,2015, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Arrangements by Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals. ing as CEO from Source Cne Sales and Marketing Company in Chicago, IL. But, he always said that his proudest achievement was being a devoted follower of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! He was a faithful member of his loving family of Hilton Head Presbyterian Church (PCA). Mr.
Moore is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Charlotte Moore; daughter, Angela Emmett (Josh) of Chicago, IL; son, Richard "Rick" R. Moore, Jr. (Lindsey) of Geneva, IL; sister, Carole Bogard (Tom) of Jacksonville, FL; sister-in law and brother-in-law, Roby and Max Park of Bloomington, IN; grandsons, Anderson Moore and Austin Bradford; dear nephews and nieces and his beloved dog, Nipsy. Richard's family would like to thank Dr. Mark Taylor, his oncologist at Summit Cancer Care, Savannah: Shelli Rey, his wonderful chemo nurse; Tamara Watson of the Hospice of the Low Country, who was a gift from God to him and to Charlotte; and Dr.
Stephen Luther, Hilton Head, his internist and friend. Their compassion, tremendous and expert care made his journey with cancer more bearable than it might have been. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Island Lutheran Church, 4400 Main Street, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Hilton Head Presbyterian Church (PCA), Impacting Building Fund, P.O. Box 23678, Hilton Head Island, SC 29925.
