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Eddie and Big Red – Monroe Journal – June 26, 2025
“Each year when it’s Triple Crown time, I keep thinking that it should be me again, but you only get a chance like that once in a lifetime.” Eddie Sweat November 12, 1973 – Paris, Kentucky: It was a sad Monday morning for Eddie Sweat. The 34-year-old racehorse...
The Golden Arches – Monroe Journal – June 19, 2025
“The two most important requirements for success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.” Ray Kroc 1954 – On the road in Central Missouri: Ray Kroc found a phone booth, stopped, and called the corporate...
Paw Prints – Monroe Journal – June 12, 2025
Paw Prints “If it’s what God called you to do, don’t let anyone discourage you from it.” Tommy Hollenstein March 10, 1985 – Canoga Park, California: It was the kind of beautiful spring afternoon that southern California is known for. After work that day, Tommy...
The Last Man in the Water – Monroe Journal – June 5, 2025
The Last Man in the Water “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine January 13, 1982 – Washington D.C.: There are not many Americans who remember the name...
No Going Back – Monroe Journal – June 2, 2025
“A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.” Graham Greene May 21, 1927 – Paris, France: Forty miles from Le Bourget Airfield, he began to see the flares. Less than 33 hours earlier, 500 people had watched...
Six Decades Later – Monroe Journal – May 20, 2025
Six Decades Later “The bookends of success are starting and finishing.” Dr. John Maxwell 2009, New York City: Pete Hamill, the distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, made the New York Times “400 Most...
The I Can Lady – Monroe Journal – May 15, 2025
“It’s not where you start that’s important, it’s where you finish.” Mamie McCullough Fall 1952 – Dixie, Georgia: In the early morning, 22-year-old Mamie McCullough left...
King of the Library – Monroe Journal – May 8, 2025
“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” Proverbs 15 January 18, 1988 – Spencer Public Library – Spencer, Iowa: Vicki Myron, the librarian for the farming town’s 11,000 residents, arrived Monday morning at 8 a.m. as she always did. The temperature was -15...
Vasily Arkhipov Saves the World – Monroe Journal – April 28, 2025
“Keep your head. Calm is contagious, and so is courage.” Rorke Denver 5:00 p.m. October 27, 1962 – East Coast of Florida, U.S.A.: The explosions shook the submarine again. Aboard the sweltering Soviet sub, temperatures reached 115 degrees. Captain Valentin...
NASA’s Finest Hour – April 24, 2025
“We didn’t think about the outcome if we weren’t successful. It had to work; failure was not an option.” Gene Krantz 1970 – Cape Canaveral, Florida: Apollo 13, NASA’s third mission to the moon, launched on Saturday, April 11. Thumbing...
