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My name is Lucille. I am a ghost and I don’t like it one little bit. I have just gone around for a lifetime haunting the house I lived in as a child and where I died. It must have been twenty or thirty years after I died that I learned that I could be heard by residents of the house. I have scared a lot of them a lot through the years. I learned that if I scream as loud as I can, I can break through some barrier between the truly dead and people like me who are stuck in sort of a limbo land. It is not pleasant. Once in a while a person can get...
By Robert Lucke The Big Sandy Chamber of Commerce and Marlys Myers are busy getting ready for the annual Big Sandy Christmas Stroll the first weekend in December. This year's theme is "Christmas Past". Of course when people think of Christmas Past, they think of their childhoods or their children when they were young and Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas" while gentle flakes of snow decorate the streets and byways of the Big Sandy community. There is more to Christmas Past than that. Take...
(With apologies to my late pal Frank Capra) As was usual on the night before Halloween, Precarious Jones sat in his chair before the fireplace with Little Owell, and the two roasted sausages they called Halloweiners over the glowing red coals. Once more, Little Owell asked the mentorial old man to relate the story of a local ghost believed to return at the end of each October to seek out and haunt down certain people. “Tell about the Heelots,” Little Owell said between bites. “If you insist,” said Precarious with a little bitty smile. And he...
Upcoming Opportunity in Fort Benton to Learn about Evacuation Planning, Varmint Management, Farm Safety, Fire Safety, and 4-Wheeler Safety MSU Extension in Chouteau County will be hosting the fourth annual Fundamentals for Farm Families Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. with check-in beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at the Community Bible Center in Fort Benton. The center is located at 911 16th street in Fort Benton. Daycare will be provided for attendees upon request by contacting the Chouteau County Extension Office....
A good Halloween story is one that ends like no one ever suspects it is going to. A case in point is the dreadful Christler murder where Rev. Christler was shot dead by his girl friend in front of his wife at the church rectory where they were living. There were always stories going around about that murder for several reasons. Many people wondered if Rev. Christler’s wife had anything to do with the murder and others knew that the church rectory was haunted from that day forward. That Rev. Christler had a girl friend was well known around t...
Don’t forget that Story Hour is running every Wednesday at 10:30. Lego Club is running every second and fourth Friday at 11am. Don’t miss the fun! This week Darlene chose “ANY DREAM WILL DO” by Debbie Macomber. Shay Benson adored her younger brother Caden and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a...
Menu for the week Wednesday, October 25: Chicken and Noodles over biscuits, veggie, salad, and dessert. Thursday, October 26: Liver and Onions, potatoes, veggie, salad, bread, and dessert. Friday, October 27: Cattle Men’s Hoagie, Fries, salad and dessert. Monday, October 30: Tatter Tot casserole, veggie, salad, bread and dessert. Tuesday, October 31: Chicken Kobbs, fruit salad, dessert. HALLOWEEN SNACK MIX RECIPE INGREDIENTS 6 cups caramel corn 2 cups salted cashews or peanuts 1-1/2 cups candy corn 1/3 cup raisins DIRECTIONS In a large bowl, c...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Football team locked up the Number 2 seed in Montana Class C State Football playoffs which begin this Saturday. Big Sandy secured that position by defeating the Augusta Elk 43-6 in the final contest of the regular season in front of their hometown fans. The Pioneer defense was responsible for the first points of the game. Clint Darlington tackled the Elk receiver in the end zone for a safety with 4:50 remaining in the first quarter for a 2-0 lead. Moments later freshman Kad...
Thursday, October 26th~ ACT testing 7:45 a.m, at Christ Lutheran Church District Volleyball in Chester. End of the 1st quarter Friday, October 27~ Jr. High Basketball in Rudyard Saturday, October 28~ Football hosts 1st round playoff game they play Richie/Lambert at 1 p.m. NO passes admissions is $7 for adults, $6 for students this is a MHSA sponsored event. Jr. High Basketball in Chester Lunches for the week! Wednesday, October 25 Breakfast: Breasfast sandwich, fruit, assorted cereals, juice and milk. Lunch: Mandarin Chicken, Egg rolls, Fortune...
Get ready for a Halloween eve show sure to inspire and make your whole family laugh. Chouteau County Performing Arts, in partnership with Benton Pharmacy, Big Sandy Pharmacy and The Governor’s Keep, are pleased to present a performance of The Great Pretender, starring Trent Arterberry. The show starts at 7 PM at the fort Benton Elementary School Auditorium, on Monday, October 30th If you think that mimes are just silent white-faced fellows in striped shirts, stuck inside invisible boxes, prepare to have your ideas of the art form challenged. B...
When I worked full time in youth ministry, I noticed disturbing trend in the kids I worked with. With every passing year, they got busier and busier. Between homework, after school jobs, sports, extra-curricular activities, etc. many of them were scheduled end to end from before school until bedtime. Not every student reached that kind of excess, but it was rare to find kids who had any completely free days, apart from holidays. This was in a bigger community, which in many ways was different from Big Sandy, but there is a strange cultural...
