Butch’s Column

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Butch’s List of Unhealthy Foods
Many people my age now try to watch what they eat and try to find...
Butch Asks, ‘A Butterfinger Costs How Much?’
I was heading home from a ballgame recently and stopped at a gas station...
Butch Lists Guidelines for Women Over 70
In my last column I listed a few guidelines for men who have reached the...
Butch Lists Guidelines for Men Over 70
Several of my friends and a few former classmates now head to Florida during...
Butch Remembers Fun at the Gravel Pits
There were no large creeks near our farm when I was growing up in the...
Butch Recalls ‘Unsafe at Any Speed!’
My youngest son, who is a police officer in Frankfort, Ind., brought his three...
Butch Says Grandmas Are Grand!
"I know what makes a Grandma grand--she always has a treat, A cookie or...
Butch Says, Go ahead . . . Spoil Those Grandkids!
Some things never change. The following poem was written by Edgar Guest in 1924...