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Butch Shares One Veteran’s Story

Like many of you baby boomers, I knew several men (and a few women) who...
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Butch Says Those Parental Sayings Can Still Be Used

Do you remember the threats, expressions, and little lectures that your parents used on you...
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Butch Asks, “So…What About Solar Power And Progress?”

Like many of you, I have been reading the recent letters to the editor concerning...
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Butch Takes A Trip To The Elevator

Harvest season is coming to a close. The farmers had good weather this fall, with...
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Butch Remembers The “Famous” Andrew Jackson Report

In the fall of 1988, I had become burnt out from police work, and subsequently...
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Butch Asks Former Students About Their Old School

In 1988, I wrote a book about my old school, and in one chapter I...
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Butch Is Up-To-Date On Technology !

My wife and kids think I live in the past. They want me to keep...
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Butch Proclaims That Elvis Is Still “The King”

My wife and I watched the new "Elvis" movie at the Eastside Ten theater in...
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Butch Meets A Candidate For U.S. President

As a high school student in the 1960s, I never took much interest in politics....
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Butch Says Don’t Go With A Woman To Shop For Clothes

How are you feeling today, guys? Is everything going well for you? You say you...