BOOK ON RURAL AMERICA PUBLISHED

Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests has been published by the University Press of Kansas. A must read for anyone living and working in rural and small town communities, the author uses rural Kansas as an example for how rural/small communities can become valued again as desirable places to live. The author quotes University of Missouri professor emeritus of rural sociology Daryl Hobbs who (echoing Ronald Reagan's infamous observation that, "seen one redwood, seen them all") said: "When you've seen one rural community, you have seen one rural community." SLS will order a copy of the book for the professional collection.