Monday, May 11, 2026
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Pinching Pennies so tightly that Lincoln cries, "Uncle!"

Gas is going up...not news. Groceries are going up, shouldn't be news. Everything else is following...news I hate. I have to admit, when it comes to saving money, I know how to do it, usually.

What's your price?

       Loyal readers of my columns (all three of them) may remember reading some of these words back in January, when gas was "only" $3.

The meaning of a name

I remember the days, a looooong time ago that we had the fun job of picking out baby names. We had always talked about names we'd use, we loved certain ones, and tossed them around before we needed them.

The Million memory March

       For many people, there are places, or dates, that they will always remember.      The park where you hit your first home run.
Article Thumbnail. James Stevenson putts toward the computer hole at RJ Ender Computers.

Mini Masters for a Mini Mediocre golfer

        I was, by chance, one of the first people to complete all the holes of the 2011 Vinton Unlimited Mini-Masters.      Or as golfers as bad as I am should call it, the Mini-Mediocres, at best.

To my faceless friend

Just last night my phone rang, and something happened that wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. My sister called me on her way home from work...

For the want of a 21st Century nail

     Some of you may have looked at the unusually low numbers of stories on Vinton Today yesterday and asked, "Where is Dean? Has he been spending too much time with the granddaughters or playing on the farm to tell us what happened at the meeting with Rep.