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Knitting News Archive24-May-2008Vanity Fair's Jackson knitting plant to cease operations by end of 2009 (Clark County Democrat) The 70-year-old Vanity Fair Knitting plant in downtown Jackson will cease operations by the end of 2009, Fruit of the Loom, Inc. announced last week. The closing will eliminate 90 jobs and end a relationship between Vanity Fair and Jackson that stretches back to 1939 when the plant opened. Yarn over (Detroit News) If you're willing to make time between stitches for a bit of Knitting humor, consider getting your laugh on with a copy of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's latest book, "Things I Learned From Knitting ...Whether I Wanted To Or Not ( Storey Publishing, $10.95). Only for You, Dr. Jones (New York Times) A call from Steven Spielberg inviting Karen Allen to join the newest Indiana Jones movie thrust her back into the spotlight. Lawmakers plan weekend meetings to put together budget (Herald & Review) SPRINGFIELD - Negotiators are set to meet through the Memorial Day weekend in hopes of knitting together a state budget that averts another ugly, summer-long overtime session. Noteworthy Cause: Knitting project ends soon (Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle) Becca Murray, a student at Miles River Middle School, has been collecting new and used knitting needles for women in Chad, Africa. The ?Knitting Needles for the Needy? project will be ending on Sunday, May 25. Paperback Trade Fiction (New York Times) 1. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen 2. THE KITE RUNNER, by Khaled Hosseini 3. THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs 4. NINETEEN MINUTES, by Jodi Picoult 5. WICKED PLEASURE, by Lora Leigh Prairie Arts and Fibers strings together art, knitting with â?˜personalâ?™ touch (Lake County Journals) GRAYSLAKE ? Linda Keating of Grayslake used to work for a corporation in Chicago. But the commute started to take its toll, and she knew she needed a new perspective. Weekend negotiations on tap for state budget (The Pantagraph) SPRINGFIELD -- Negotiators are set to meet through the holiday weekend in hopes of Knitting together a state budget that averts another ugly, summer-long overtime session.
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