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New Beginnings – Monroe Journal – May 14, 2020
June 4, 1986 – NCAA Track and Field Championship – Indianapolis, Indiana: Kathy Ormsby, from North Carolina State, the heavy favorite to win the 10,000-meter race, was in 4th place with a third of the race remaining. Suddenly, she moved to the outside of the track,...
Hurricane Hunters – Monroe Journal – May 28, 2020
July 26, 1943 – Bryan Air Field – Bryan, Texas: The alcohol and testosterone flowed freely that night at the Officer’s Club bar. The worthiness of the AT-6 trainer airplane and the hurricane churning off the Texas coast were the hot topics of conversation. The British...
The Journey – Monroe Journal – April 9, 2020
March 3, 1887 – Tuscumbia, Alabama: It would prove to be the most important day of 7-year-old Helen’s life. It was the day the 20-year-old teacher arrived from Boston, Massachusetts – the day Helen began her journey out of a prison of silence and darkness into a world...
Bart’s Song – Monroe Journal – May 7, 2020
April 2001 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, Tennessee: Bart stood backstage at the historic auditorium. One of his Christian music heroes, Amy Grant, was singing his song, I Can Only Imagine. After singing the chorus, she called him on stage to sing the song with her....
From Skinny Sophomore to G.O.A.T. – Monroe Journal – April 28, 2020
November 1978 – Wilmington, North Carolina: The basketball player universally acknowledged as the greatest of all time (GOAT) almost quit the game as a skinny 15-year-old. He thought about it; he talked to his father about it, but he didn’t. He stuck it out. He had...
The Kentucky Colonel – Monroe Journal – April 23, 2020
1955 – Corbin, Kentucky: He closed his restaurant and small hotel, Sanders Court and Café, after 25 years in business. Since the new Interstate 75 bypassed Corbin, truckers and families traveling through on U.S. 25 no longer stopped in for his delicious food. At age...
Endurance – Monroe Journal – March 19, 2020
Winter 1915 – Antarctica: Captain Ernest Shackleton made the gut-wrenching decision. They would eat their 70 sled dogs. With their food stores almost gone, the 28-man crew had been expecting the decision. Some were disgusted by the idea – many of the dogs had become...
Never Give In – Monroe Journal – March 12, 2020
October 29, 1941 – Harrow School – London, England: When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British prime minister, was in his late sixties, he was invited to address the students at the Harrow School. More than 50 years earlier, he had finally graduated from this...
The Broad Street Pump – Monroe Journal – March 5, 2020
September 7, 1854 – London, England: The most dreaded disease of the age, cholera, was back with a vengeance. There were more caskets than the horse-drawn hearse wagons could carry away. In Soho, one of London’s poorest neighborhoods, more than 500 people died in five...
Marathon of Hope – Monroe Journal – April 16, 2020
March 4, 1977 – West Minster, British Columbia: Terry Fox’s x-ray results were back, and the doctor had asked to share the news face-to-face. Rolly Fox drove his son to the appointment with orthopedic surgeon Michael Piper. Neither of them spoke during the 30-minute...
