Butch Dale
Butch 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,…
Read MoreButch Says We Need Johnny and Rodney Back Again
My wife and I watched several TV comedy shows in the good ol’ days … shows such as The Andy Griffith Show, the Carol Burnett Show and Laugh-In, just…
Read MoreJobs That Are Enjoyable . . . and Jobs That Are Not!!
For many people, work is about making enough money to make ends meet, having a little extra to spend for fun activities and perhaps saving for the future. But…
Read MoreButch Catches Corvette Fever!
The first car that my parents owned was a pale green late 1940s Pontiac with a chrome Indian hood ornament. Could there actually be an uglier car? Yes! Dad purchased…
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