Joe and Judy Holland demonstrate Thursday how the crocheted mats they create with their friends at the Vintage Apartments in north Spokane can be rolled and carried. The seniors who usually gather for coffee, now cut and weave plastic grocery bags into afghan-like mats to give to homeless people. Story here. (Jesse Tinsley/SR photo)

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