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Post Election Thoughts & Pres. Regan

Well, it's finally over. I thought the 2024 election campaigns would never end. Perhaps you're...
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Butch Recalls Teaching A Great Group of Kids

After I had returned to Purdue and earned my teacher's license, I began teaching at...
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Butch Says We Need Johnny and Rodney Back Again

   My wife and I watched several TV comedy shows in the good ol' days...
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Jobs That Are Enjoyable . . . and Jobs That Are Not!!

  For many people, work is about making enough money to make ends meet, having...
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Butch Catches Corvette Fever!

The first car that my parents owned was a pale green late 1940s Pontiac with...
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The Best Gifts at Christmas

By : Butch Dale    Do you remember the best gifts you received for Christmas...
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A Few Thoughts From Butch On His Birthday…

By: John “Butch” Dale I turned 75 years old today. Yes, three quarters of a...
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Butch Remembers His Childhood Hero

By: John “Butch” Dale I was sad to hear recently that one of my childhood...
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Butch Can Teach Anything!!!

John “Butch” Dale By the time spring of 1977 had rolled around, I had taught...
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Butch Had To Face The Goblins

By: John “Butch” Dale I grew up in an old two-story farmhouse southeast of Darlington....