New members revive Palouse Grange future

After falling below the minimum number of 13 members in recent years and the closing of an agreement with the Palouse Arts Council to keep up the building, Palouse Grange No. 177 has begun anew.

After the Arts Council agreement phased out last summer after not being able to come to terms on a price to buy the hall, a new movement began this spring to rekindle the local Grange chapter.

“We just wanted to be able to use the Grange Hall building and to work on it,” said Heidi Kite, the new Palouse 177 Grange Master.

The Palouse Grange charter had never been closed; it was just dormant due to low...