Lego Woman Builds a Living Imagination Through Bricks
JoAnn Mercer collects and builds with Lego pieces, organizing bins by color and type. Her displays include moving parts and animal forms, with pieces purchased online or gifted, and she values Lego as a broad form of art and expression. She engages with the Charlotte Lego Users Group and has exhibited at a Concord Lego store.
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Leroy Mercer
Charlotte, North Carolina
Lego
Concord
JoAnn Mercer
Lego Company
Leroy
JoAnn
Gastonia
Obama plans broad push for comprehensive immigration reform
After the fiscal cliff deal the Obama administration will push a comprehensive immigration reform package. It would include a path to citizenship for about 11 million illegal immigrants, tougher border security, harsher penalties for employers, and easier visa access. A social media blitz is planned in January with allied unions and Latinos mobilized. hearings could start as early as late January or February.
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Washington
Barack Obama
White House
Rural America Shrinking Relevance Warns Vilsack
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Farm Journal forum that rural America is becoming less relevant as population shifts to cities and suburbs. He urged leaders to stop internecine fights and pursue a strategic, adult conversation to secure a new farm bill and better acknowledge rural assets.
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Washington
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