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Butch Remembers a Special Artist
During my term as Sheriff in the late 1990's, I appointed a couple of...

Butch Says Don’t Use Those Old Time Remedies!
In an earlier column, I listed a few of the "home remedies" my folks...

Butch Names Our County’s Greatest Basketball Superstar
In 1975, I wrote a book entitled, "The Golden Era of Montgomery County Basketball--1947-1971."...

A ‘Desperation Long Shot’ Butch Will Never Forget
My wife and I attended the North Montgomery vs. Western Boone boys basketball game...

Butch Wants to Be Reincarnated!
I tend to be a very inquisitive person. If a question or circumstance comes...

Butch Can Remember Names….Sometimes!!!
Does this ever happen to you? Someone greets you and starts a conversation, and...

Butch Says Bring Back McGuffey!
How would you judge the reading skills of grade school children today compared to...

Butch Visits Golden Arches in 1966
A few years ago, I wrote a column about how the cost of living,...