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Butch Relates Story of Nice Boy Turned Bad

As a deputy and later on as Sheriff, I was not too concerned with enforcing...

Butch Remembers a Special Teacher

  I have written about a few of my teachers in earlier columns, and here...

Butch Says Thanks to the School Bus Drivers

Each day the lives of our children are placed in the hands of some very...

Butch Has “Childhood Food Regression”

  My wife says that I have strange eating habits. For once she may be...

Butch Honors A Truly Great Prep Cager

   As many of you are aware, Daryl Warren, a 1971 Linden High School graduate,...

Butch’s Suggestions for the New Year…

As we celebrate the birth of Christ and enjoy the holidays with our friends and...
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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...