Butch Dale
Butch Has a Penny for Your Thoughts
Last week I pulled into a fast food restaurant drive-through, and while paying at the window, the cashier dropped my change…a dollar bill and some odd cents. No one was…
Read MoreButch Wants to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture!’
OK, you old-timers, do you remember when you could express your opinions, state your beliefs, tell a joke or discuss politics without someone getting on your case? Great, wasn’t…
Read MoreButch Relates Story of Nice Boy Turned Bad
As a deputy and later on as Sheriff, I was not too concerned with enforcing minor traffic violations, although that is one aspect of the job. I thought that solving…
Read MoreButch Remembers a Special Teacher
I have written about a few of my teachers in earlier columns, and here is another lady that made me love school…my second grade teacher, Tessie Stwalley. After graduating…
Read MoreButch Says Thanks to the School Bus Drivers
Each day the lives of our children are placed in the hands of some very special men and women of our county…the school bus drivers. From the early days of…
Read MoreButch Has “Childhood Food Regression”
My wife says that I have strange eating habits. For once she may be correct. The first thing I do in the morning is take four vitamins with a…
Read MoreButch Honors A Truly Great Prep Cager
As many of you are aware, Daryl Warren, a 1971 Linden High School graduate, recently received the needed votes to be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.…
Read MoreButch’s Suggestions for the New Year…
As we celebrate the birth of Christ and enjoy the holidays with our friends and families this week, we also are looking forward to the new year. Most people would…
Read MorePost Election Thoughts & Pres. Regan
Well, it’s finally over. I thought the 2024 election campaigns would never end. Perhaps you’re happy with the results, perhaps you’re not. At least you can go on with a…
Read MoreButch Recalls Teaching A Great Group of Kids
After I had returned to Purdue and earned my teacher’s license, I began teaching at Darlington in the fall of 1972. I had been a student there all 12 years,…
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