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LightGramsSeptember 19, 2024Volume 28, Number 27 Ken Wilson of Vacaville, California was determined to keep his expenses under control. Living in the same apartment for 19 years, he closely watched his power bill. To keep those utility costs lower, he began turning off nearly all of the electrical breakers when leaving for work each morning.…
LightGramsSeptember 12, 2024Volume 28, Number 26 If you happen to be in the market for plums, check out the Oppie Plaas Boerdery Farm in South Africa. This is where the world’s record for biggest plum was recently set when co-owners Dean and Deon Barnard found a plum that weighed 16.3 ounces. That broke the previous…
LightGramsSeptember 5, 2024Volume 28, Number 25 A college student from India has set a new record for the world’s smallest vacuum cleaner. Tapala Nadamuni, age 23, had set the record in 2020 when he created one that measured .69 inches, but that record vanished when a competitor made one even smaller. Nadamuni was not to…
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…