Growing rural service organizations topic at Ralston Grange

RALSTON - Service organizations of every stripe seem challenged to keep or grow membership, and when the population of the area is small, finding the necessary bottle of vitamins might be elusive.

Ralston Grange hosted a community night Oct. 15 with an open forum to let rural community organizations brainstorm about getting enough people to commit in sustaining their projects.

"We had a group very much involved with scouts and another representing church organizations." said Ralston Grange President Jerry Snyder. "We had people who are Lion's Club members, Eagles Club members, and another fell...