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By Lee Ellen Benjamin
Special to the Journal

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By Ben Woods
bwoods@casscountynow.com

Mattie Brown along with her daughter Beverly Harper handed out homemade lap quilts with Christmas cards at the Linden Nursing Home on Dec. 21. 
Brown is 89 but that hasn’t slowed her down since she made 37 quilts over the past nine months for the residents of the nursing home.
 It was a mission project by Saint John Divine Baptist Church of Kildare,
“I had a lot of time on my hands and wanted to put it to good use” Brown said, “I worked on the quilts everyday”. 
This is the third year church has given out presents to the residents of the nursing home. 
The majority of the fabric used was donated by the Vivian, La thrift shop but some was donated by church members too. 

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U.S. Steel announced its plans to permanently the No. 1 electric-weld mill at its Lone Star Tubular in Lone Star, Texas.
The facility, which is located in Morris County, was idled this past March, laying off 70 workers. 
U.S. Steel spokesperson Erin DiPietro said U.S. Steel advised the United Steelworkers Dec. 14, of the company’s proposed intent to permanently close Lone Star Tubular Operations, Electric-Weld Pipe Mill in Lone Star, Texas as well as a Lorain Tubular Operations, Seamless Pipe Mill in Lorain, Ohio.
She said the decision to propose the permanent closure of these two operating lines will not impact the status of any employees who have remained on layoff since the lines were idled.  

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