Sequoyah County Times – August 3, 2022 – What at one time may have been an en­joyable endeavor has oftentimes become a dreaded venture of necessity in today’s stressful economic times. For instance, a trip to the neighborhood grocery store these days – once an oppor­tunity to fill a shopping cart with a wide va­riety of items to provide nutritional meals as a labor of love for the family- is a cruel re­minder of how far a dollar no longer stretch­es.