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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...
Denalyn’s Gift – Monroe Journal – April 17, 2024
“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.” Max Lucado 1984 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Night after night, Max sat at his desk working on his book. While he wrote, his...
Yogi – Monroe Journal – April 10, 2025
“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.”Winston Churchill July 1941 – St. Louis, Missouri: Yogi Berra, 16, and Joe Garagiola, 17, took the bus to...
A Bull Moose – Monroe Journal – April 3, 2025
“The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” Roy T. Bennett October 14, 1912, 8 p.m. – Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Theodore Roosevelt was on his way to deliver a presidential...
Cuthbert – Monroe Journal – March 27, 2025
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” Lou Holtz 1942 – Lyon, France: Klaus Barbie, the infamous chief of the Nazi Gestapo, first learned of the existence of...
