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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,...
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Butch Remembers the “Full Service” Station

  Let's go back in time once again...You hop in the car to head out...
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Butch Has a Penny for Your Thoughts

Last week I pulled into a fast food restaurant drive-through, and while paying at the...

Butch Wants to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture!’

   OK, you old-timers, do you remember when you could express your opinions, state your...

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...