William Jennings Bryan once said “Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.”

In Peetz, “the city” and country are uniting.

One of the values of a small community is its family-like atmosphere. When there is a need, neighbors step up. They pull on the work boots and jacket, fill the donation jar at the cafe and start up the trucks and combines when a neighbor is ill.

This time, the help is in applying for a grant to help the Peetz School Dis...