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The Boater – Monroe Journal – November 17, 2025
“You have been created so that you might make a difference.” Andy Andrews 1951 – Westport, Connecticut: Marion Donovan sat in the product development office of a large paper company. She was meeting with paper companies across the country to show them her prototype...
Wash Your Hands – Monroe Journal – Nov 6, 2025
“There is always a way to do it better. Find it. Nothing will ever be accomplished if all objections must first be overcome.” Thomas Edison May 15, 1850 -Vienna, Austria: Hungarian-born Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis walked to the podium at the Vienna Medical...
Defying the Odds – Monroe Journal – October 30, 2025
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive despite it.” Chad Foster Fall 1963 – Oxford, England: It began with increasing...
Girl Strikes Out Babe Ruth – Monroe Journal – Oct 23, 2025
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” Napoleon Bonaparte April 2, 1931 – Chattanooga, Tennessee: Young Jackie Mitchell had been too excited to sleep the night before. Chattanooga Lookout owner Joe Engel told her that she might pitch in an exhibition...
10-22-38 ASTORIA – Monroe Journal – Oct 13, 2025
“There are no secrets to success. Don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of hard work, learning from failure, and persistence.” ...
Billy the Kid – Monroe Journal – Oct 10, 2025
"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we should learn from them." Lance Armstrong Summer 1993 – Houston Astros: When 22-year-old Billy Wagner reported to the Houston Astros for the first time, team owner...
An Unlikely Hero – Monroe Journal – Oct 2, 2025
“You don’t have to be a hero to accomplish great things. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” Edmund Hillary April 6, 1967 – Gulf of Tonkin – North Vietnam: Doug Hegdahl went up on the deck of the U.S.S. Canberra...
The Savant – Monroe Journal – September 29, 2025
“God carried me, and even to this day, I still don’t know how I got through it. I know God carried me through the hardest times. When life gets harder, hold on to God tighter.” Tina Lee 1996 – Lake...
Scaling Mountains – Monroe Journal – Sept 22, 2025
“Do not go where the path may lead. Go where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson January 11, 2012 – Mt. Kilimanjaro – Tanzania, Africa: 25-year-old Kyle Maynard lay in his tent at 6,400 feet and cried. His shoulders ached so badly he...
A Lunch Date with Destiny – Monroe Journal – Sept 11, 2025
“You are to pay special attention to those who by accident of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.” St. Augustine Labor Day, September 1, 1986 – New York City: Laura Schroff, a 35-year-old USA Today ad executive, had...
