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Audio of "Annie's" phone call as noted in June 27 and June 29 column.
By Jim Belshaw
1. ABQjournal: UpFront... to know me as someone they can call anytime." Joline Gutierrez Krueger Jim Belshaw Tuesdays and Saturdays Video: Meet Jim Belshaw Recent stories by Jim Belshaw "I try always to write about people who are not "newsmakers" in the traditional sense. Everyone else is writing about them. I try to avoid them ...
full story2. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Looking Back, I Am ThankfulSaturday, November 29, 2008 Looking Back, I Am Thankful By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer I've never done the Black Friday thing. If it's shopping, I vote "Not Present." So every Black Friday, instead of shopping, I go through the year's previous columns, looking for ...
full story3. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Lost a Child? Someone Out There UnderstandsTuesday, November 25, 2008 Lost a Child? Someone Out There Understands By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer When my sister's 17-year-old daughter died in a car accident, I found myself sitting in the funeral home alone with my sister one night. She held my hand and said, "Jimmy, I didn't know ...
full story4. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Prayers at Work in a DesertSaturday, November 22, 2008 Prayers at Work in a Desert By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer The Rev. Max Cisneros is 81, an energetic man with a firm handshake and stories to tell, some funny that come with a wink and a laugh, some sobering, some with an astonished if not outraged sadness ...
full story5. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Worker the Embodiment of Good WillTuesday, November 18, 2008 Worker the Embodiment of Good Will By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer Betty DeWolf has worked at Goodwill for 28 years. She says it's the best job she's ever had. She's in her 50s, hair graying. She's had a paper route. She worked at Kirtland and then at a fast ...
full story6. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Activist Sees the New WaveSaturday, November 15, 2008 Activist Sees the New Wave By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer I rang up Mark Rudd the other day and ... Yes, that Mark Rudd — the 60s, SDS, Weather Underground, Columbia, Vietnam war protests, et al. (Shall I keep going or do you want me to wait a minute ...
full story7. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: A Father To All VeteransTuesday, November 11, 2008 A Father To All Veterans By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer I knew it was destined for something. I didn't know what, but from the beginning, it was destined for something important - Dr. Victor Westphall, the "father" of the Vietnam Veterans National Memorial ...
full story8. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Building Humanity, One House at a TimeSaturday, November 08, 2008 Building Humanity, One House at a Time By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer Talking about altruism, especially your own, isn't the easiest thing to do. Sometimes a laugh can help get you by the question. "Guatemala was our first Third World country, ...
full story9. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: $2 Eviction Is A Real ShameTuesday, November 04, 2008 $2 Eviction Is A Real Shame By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer Anybody want to talk politics? No? How about early voting? I voted early last week in Bernalillo. Short line, helpful poll workers, and inside each voting booth was a handwritten sign: "After voting ...
full story10. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Hillerman's Worth Can't Be Measuredback to startSaturday, November 01, 2008 Hillerman's Worth Can't Be Measured By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer Only minutes before he was to celebrate the funeral Mass of acclaimed New Mexico author Tony Hillerman, the Rev. Bennett J. Voorhies of Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Church ...
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