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Great Entertainment for a Sunday Afternoon 

We have multiple junk drawers – four to be exact with another half dozen with...

Columnist Reminds Us All to Never Forget Atrocities, Horrors of Holocaust

How do we keep memory alive? At that point where memory becomes history?  Late January in Indiana is a time...

Butch Says, Go ahead . . . Spoil Those Grandkids!

   Some things never change. The following poem was written by Edgar Guest in 1924...

First Door Topic of Lunch With LWV Friday

The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County will host its next Lunch with the...

Remembering the Too-Short Life of Purdue Great Rondale Moore

These are the toughest columns to write. My friend and longtime Journal and Courier colleague...

Ask Rusty About Claiming Social Security Early and Investing It

Dear Rusty: I am a 63-year-old single lady, and I have questions regarding Social Security "early...

We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do — We’ve Got Spirit . . .

Did you know this week is dedicated to celebrating public schools? Well, if anything ever...

Butch Was a ‘Tag-along’ Farm Kid

   When I was a youngster, I didn't realize how fortunate I was that my...

You Are Needed, Just to Visit With Someone

When Marcelle Jones spoke at Lunch with the League on Feb. 6, she told a...

Butch Loves His Keurig . . . But Wait a Second!

   The first thing I do each morning is turn on the Keurig coffee maker...