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LightGramsAugust 22, 2024Volume 28, Number 24 A story carried by United Press International earlier this week told of a men’s fedora hat that was recently auctioned. I did a search on the Internet for hats of this kind and found a wide range of prices. One had a price tag of $200, too expensive for…
LightGramsAugust 15, 2024Volume 28, Number 23 Glenn Gregory must have had slender fingers. The wedding ring his wife Barbara slipped on his finger was lost just two months later while he was setting a foundation for their new mobile home. A second wedding ring was lost some time later. The third wedding ring was stored…
LightGramsAugust 8, 2024Volume 28, Number 22 Noah Karberg had just finished a day of fishing on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. He made a stop at a grocery store before heading home to pick up a few things. While loading the bags of groceries into his car, he placed his wallet on the tray of the shopping…
LightGramsAugust 1, 2024Volume 28, Number 21 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory stood before TV cameras on July 9, 2024 and spoke of “The Miracle Baby”. It’s hard to argue with his assessment. The child’s 4-year-old brother’s body had been found a day earlier in a pond of an Interstate highway rest stop. It…
LightGramsJuly 25, 2024Volume 28, Number 20 Kendryx Nicely, 13 years old, has special memories of fishing with his dad. They often got on the water together and photos prove that the two of them knew how to catch fish. Two years ago, the father passed away, leaving Kendryx with his dad’s fishing pole, which he…
LightGramsJuly 18, 2024Volume 28, Number 19 The lady captured on video has not been identified. Emily Swift of New York City took the video at the July 4 celebration in Providence, Rhode Island. “WaterFire” was the theme of the celebration, so naturally crowds were gathered on the banks of the Providence River. As Emily filmed…
LightGramsJuly 4, 2024Volume 28, Number 18 Soccer in the town of Alton, Illinois, as in many communities across the U.S., is a beloved activity. But for now that activity has been altered. A few days ago a sinkhole suddenly formed, and a massive area in the middle of one of the soccer fields dropped out…
LightGramsJune 27, 2024Volume 28, Number 17 In my childhood I was introduced to Mr. Potato Head. Introduced in 1952, the toy was originally designed to use an actual potato. It was the first toy to be advertised on television, I learned from a Wikipedia article. After all these years it remains a popular toy for…
LightGramsJune 6, 2024Volume 28, Number 15 Residents of a Monrovia, California neighborhood have discovered something that will attract bears. A recent UPI story told of a bear that had been caught on camera entering a home through a window and leaving with a bag of Oreos cookies in its mouth. Though people were outside watching…
LightGramsMay 30, 2024Volume 28, Number 14 The situation in Gaza has been desperate for months. Following the terrorist raid on Israel in October, a brutal assault has been launched by Israel to eliminate the neighboring terrorist organization Hamas. Not all Palestinians are in sympathy with the cruelty and violence of Hamas, and yet they are…