Butch Dale

By:  John “Butch” Dale When I taught 5th grade Social Studies, each student was required to know and memorize several things. For instance, they had to know the Pledge of…

By: John “Butch” Dale Did you ever do something really stupid when you were young? Come on now, admit it. Here’s one from my youth…When I was about ten years…

By: John “Butch” Dale (written in honor of the poem “Casey at the Bat”) The outlook wasn’t looking great for the Democrats that day; The score stood 3 to 2…

By: John “Butch” Dale When a school has plenty of spirit, it will also have great cheerleaders. Crawfordsville and all of the smaller schools here in Montgomery County had cheerleaders…

By: John “Butch” Dale Some of the best memories of my childhood were those many trips to town on Saturday nights. Just about all of the stores in downtown Darlington…

By: John “Butch” Dale A friend of mine recently commented that he just could not understand why people voted for Joe Biden. I replied that Democrats wonder why people voted…

By: John “Butch” Dale It seems like in the good ol’ days the number of children in each family was much larger than today. With the cost of food, clothing,…

By: John “Butch” Dale I sure did a lot of stupid things when I was growing up. At the age of four, I decided to shave and ran a razor…

By: John “Butch” Dale We live in a hectic, fast-paced world. Yes, even here in good ol’ rural Montgomery County. Many of you are on the go from morning until…

John “Butch” Dale Do you remember all of those times you fell asleep in high school government class? Nope, you didn’t learn one thing about the three branches of government,…