Big Sandy library project, medical benefit come together

A ranching accident has become tied together with work to build a new branch of the Chouteau County Library in Big Sandy.

Marla Ray of Big Sandy, one of the community members in a local library committee working on raising funds for the construction of the new building, said Russ Allderdice’s injury sustained while working cattle could have set back plans on the library.

Allderdice had offered to tear down the former Kaste Department Store in Big Sandy, which Janis Kaste Kaiser donated to the county to be used for the location of a new library.

His injuries sustained in an ATV crash Ju...