A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

Kan. town hopes pennies saved are records earned.

This town is trying to set world records for fastest time to lay pennies in a mile and longest line of pennies. I'm sure they will do it.

Residents of Fort Scott, just west of the Missouri line, are spending the week trying to break two world records: the longest line of pennies and assembling a mile of pennies in the fastest time.

Members of the Fort Scott Youth Activities Teams and hundreds of volunteers are trying to create a 40-mile chain of pennies _ nearly 4 million _ in the parking lot of Fort Scott Middle School. The effort started Tuesday and will be judged by Guinness World Records on Friday.

I saved enough pennies one time to buy my first excel book. The book was about $25.00. That would come out to 2,500 pennies. Well below what they will need for the record. But, pennies do add up.