Success, concerns at family tobacco firm Jul 16, 2008
It was in 1994 - as Bailey and his father, Mac, were returning from a lucrative buying trip to Pennsylvania's Amish Country - that they decided to roll the dice. In addition to growing their own crop, the Baileys made money buying and reselling tobacco to the big manufacturers. (Boston Globe)
Archuleta's never been kissed Jul 2, 2008
The Amish have a choice, the Mormons have a choice, Catholics have a choice, atheists have a choice. Nothing but choices. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Amish Teens Struggle With Temptation Jun 25, 2008
Amish Adolescents 'Run Around' Before Committing to Church or Leaving Community ... Adolescence is typically a time of experimentation and testing boundaries, but if you're an Amish teenager, you're faced with a confounding choice between family or isolation, tradition or the modern world, faith or uncertainty ... An in-depth look at the Amish community's tradition called rumspringa. (ABC News)
Flood victims worry: What's in the water? Jun 17, 2008
In northeast Missouri communities along the Mississippi, armies of Mennonites and Amish worked sandbag lines with convicted felons, college students and other volunteers in a race to beat the rising river. The very wide Mississippi was forecast to crest in the area by mid- to late-week. (International Herald Tribune)
Explore Pennsylvania Dutch country Jun 15, 2008
Go to the top of the page and click on "Amish" to get acquainted with the people whose culture you're coming to visit ... While you're at the information center Web site, you should also check out the towns of Strasburg home of the Amish Village and Strasburg Railroad, and of Bird-in-Hand, Intercourse and Paradise ... Don't think your kids will be that interested in farm life and Amish and Mennonite culture. (MSNBC -- Travel)
A true bicycle culture remains elusive May 20, 2008
"We're like the Amish who drive cars around here," said Heaps. But strong-arming a cycling agenda in a council laden with suburban interests is a dangerous political manoeuvre. (Toronto Star)
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At least some of them are going to be trapped just as much as are most Amish kids. . (International Herald Tribune)
Short Story winner May 9, 2008
Strange little thing, I thought, in her long, green flowered dress, white Amish prayer covering and sturdy Oxford shoes ... The Amish, along with the Mennonites and the Hutterites, are sometimes called the Plain People ... It would have been convenient had it been the Amish mystery child. (Munster Times, IN)
CALIFORNIA MELTDOWN: Foreclosures up 327% from '07 levels... Apr 23, 2008
L.A. Land : Los Angeles Times : California foreclosure "surge": Up 327% from '07 levels. The number of California homes lost to foreclosure in the first quarter surged 327% from year-ago levels -- reaching an average of more than 500 foreclosures per day -- DataQuick said in a report, warning that the widening foreclosure problem could "spread beyond the current categories of dicey mortgages, and into mainstream home loans.". (The Drudge Report)
Best-selling author Lewis plan book signing Apr 22, 2008
Lewis books focus on Amish life and have sold more than 6 million copies since debuting in 1997 ... inspired her to focus on Amish culture in her writing ... The book centers around a young Amish couples quest for love amid opposition and upheaval. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Letters to the Editor (April 16) Apr 19, 2008
VH wrote on Apr 18, 2008 1:43 PM:" So, hey, JTB, which Christians are the 'real' Christians? Catholics? Eastern Orthodox? Lutherans? Episcopalians? Methodists? Presbyterians? Mormons? Quakers? Jehovah Witnesses? Pentecostals? Adventists? Mennonites? Amish? Baptists? Calvary Baptists?.... ALL of these call themselves Christians, yet do not hold EXACTLY the same beliefs. ". Will Bradley wrote on Apr 18, 2008 2:06 PM:" Do you recall JTB, how someone famous commanded "his brethren" to "love thy... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Tribes urged to control research Apr 18, 2008
A key difference between an American Indian tradition and an Amish religious practice is simple: One has a sovereign government to legally defend it. Tribal communities must use that legal power to regulate who gets to define their identity, or risk losing control of their cultural heritage, speakers warned at the Intersecting Interests conference at the University of Montana this week. (Missoulian, MT)
All pieced together Apr 18, 2008
My real passion, however, was for Amish quilts ... But I knew nothing about the Amish and found it difficult to pursue my interest in Britain ... Kathie taught me much about both Mennonite and Amish culture and guided me to places in Lancaster Country, Pennsylvania, where I could learn more. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Mr. Quid Pro Quo Apr 9, 2008
i thought about going Amish once. By Angie aka B. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
India, South Africa face stiff test under searing sun and intense humidity Mar 25, 2008
TV umpire: Amish Saheba, India. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Oregon State Fair Announces 2008 Summer Concert Lineup Mar 25, 2008
Yankovic's hits include Smells Like Nirvana, Amish Paradise, and White & Nerdy. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
In rivalry between top American skaters, it's athlete versus aesthete Mar 19, 2008
He owns at least 10 fur coats, did a magazine fashion shoot wearing in high-heel shoes, and calls Russia "my motherland" despite being from Pennsylvania Amish country. He has called himself "princessy" and once described a costume as "Care Bears on acid.". (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
The Face of Fashion Mar 16, 2008
Historic exception can be made here for Abraham Lincoln, literary exception for Captain Ahab, and religious exception for the Amish. There's only one last redoubt of the beardless - local news. (Boston Globe)
California Courts Effectively Ban Home Schooling Mar 16, 2008
The California court ruled that Wisconsin v. Yoder, a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing home schooling for religious families, was not applicable to the family and their religious beliefs because Amish culture was different from their case ... The court, in effect, implied that for the parents in Rachel L. either their religion was not as different from what is taught in public schools as the Amish religion is, or that their religious beliefs are not as deeply held, therefore they don t have... (Human Events Online)
Couple blends their Indian, American cultures Mar 16, 2008
Amish Thakkar's Fine Art Production. Last modified 3/14/2008 - 4:46 pm Originally created 031608. (Florida Times-Union)
Grand Old Party Mar 4, 2008
I laughed and said that the conservative movement doesn t come from Amish country. Max offered his opinion of the way liberal women dress (not all that great) and pressed on about the short skirts and plunging necklines around us. (The American Conservative)
Newsweek: A Wal-Mart for Arab-Americans Mar 3, 2008
Over the past two years, Wal-Mart has tested its "store of the community": it has stocked stores in Chicago and Atlanta with products aimed at African-Americans and set up a hitching post at an Ohio store near a large Amish community. The Dearborn store, though, is the most extreme example of the concept. (MSNBC -- Race)
In the beginning was the word Feb 25, 2008
There's discussion during the semester of movies like Witness (1985), starring Harrison Ford as a detective sent to protect a boy who witnessed a murder, and his mom, in Amish country. It won an original screenplay Oscar and has great structure, says Voytilla, wonderful characters, what they go through. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fledgling filmmakers whet zombies' appetite Feb 16, 2008
belonging to an old bearded Amish dude. Want to guess how long it takes before his principles of nonviolence go out the window. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The star of home decor Feb 16, 2008
And those colorful decorations with flowers, birds and hearts commonly ascribed to the Amish. Fooks says that a local folk artist and restaurant owner named Johnny Ott created them and made up the meanings to enhance sales to tourists in the 1950s. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
'George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead' puts life back in zombie genre Feb 15, 2008
"Diary" thus wrings the maximum screams from a visit to an eerily empty hospital, while a stopover with a deaf-mute Amish farmer named Samuel generates unexpected hilarity along with the expected zombie-scything. As the body count increases and the film crew gets winnowed down, Romero illustrates society's response to Armageddon with his usual cold-eyed dyspepsia. (Boston Globe)
Snowshoeing team bridges tradition and competition Feb 15, 2008
Traditional snowshoes are bound to the feet with lampwick - an old-fashioned cotton webbing that is dipped into oil lanterns commonly used by the Amish. Rawhide or soft leather can also fasten bindings, but duct tape and other manufactured products are not permitted. (Juneau Empire)
V&V Quality Meats Feb 12, 2008
Meat sources: Gets quarters of steers from Fillemore Beef, a family-owned slaughterhouse in Holland that specializes in Michigan-grown beef, and half and whole carcasses of pigs from Amish sources in northern Indiana. Quality Meats staffers cut all the meat for retail consumption. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
It's time whaling became extinct Jan 21, 2008
By the SMH's , the truly tragic of at least three Amish schoolgirls today is the third school shooting in the past week. So really, how many more people have to die before the US gets halfway sane on gun laws. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Emery Blagdon: Flights of fancy from the artist as medicine man Jan 10, 2008
Other works, like wire mandalas resembling mystic talismans or Amish hexes, have a more open, spidery delicacy. Dangling concatenations of wire loops, pieces of wood, bottle tops, soda cans and countless unidentifiable elements look messy and haphazard, yet Blagdon exactingly reproduced some of them. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Bridging a culture gap, teaching Arabic in Iowa Jan 3, 2008
Here and now, the buggies belong to the Amish ... While the Amish do not send their children to public schools, considering them too worldly, Attar's students at Kalona Elementary are the sons and daughters of Mennonite families who have been here for generations or of Germans and Czechs who arrived in Iowa a century before the new teacher. (International Herald Tribune)
PUC cracking down on 'Amish taxi' drivers Dec 30, 2007
VWH Campbell Jr. / Post-Gazette Bonnie Huzinec, 56, is an outspoken neighbor of Amish families near Luthersburg, Pa. who provides transportation to the Amish families in her area ... Like Mrs. Huzinec, the Amish women had been shopping at the Sav-a-Lot store in Dubois, Clearfield County. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
$160 steak, humble pies mark a year of good eating Dec 21, 2007
The waiters seemed to know most of the producers very well and steered me to such simple standout dishes as smoked duck breast with local blackberries, oyster mushrooms and crushed potatoes; a slice of rustic bread topped with grilled hen-of-the-woods mushrooms and a fat slice of Vermont bacon; a grilled Amish peach wrapped with bacon; a sweet corn soup dotted with truffle oil; and an assortment of some of the state's finest cheeses. Commander's Palace, New Orleans. (USA Today -- Travel)
'Leaders must be preparedto defend congregations' Dec 15, 2007
by a gunman who killed five girls and then himself at an Amish school targeted a religious site. May 21, 2006: Louisiana. (WorldNetDaily)
Hope alive for dying language Dec 9, 2007
He contrasts the language predicament with the example of the Amish, whom he lauds for keeping their tradition as time has passed. "In an Amish village, a young man never hears English in his house. He hears German and Dutch," Johns said ... But unlike the Amish, Seminole children return to homes where parents speak only English. (The Palm Beach Post)
What's your favorite book for 2007? Dec 8, 2007
It s about an Amish girl caught up in a murder trial. Now I am going to watch the movie The Witness again. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Frank Yoder to present lecture series, "Thinking About The Amish" Nov 22, 2007
You are invited to attend a series of lectures on the history and culture of the Amish ... The Amish are one of the most resilient and fastest growing religious groups in the United States ... In an age when technology and progress are celebrated, the Amish seem out of step with the rest of society. (Kalona News, IA)
What Makes Us Moral Nov 21, 2007
The past 15 years of human history are the temporal equivalent of those subatomic particles that are created in accelerators and vanish in a trillionth of a second, but in that fleeting instant, we've visited untold horrors on ourselves in Mogadishu, Rwanda, Chechnya, Darfur, Beslan, Baghdad, Pakistan, London, Madrid, Lebanon, Israel, New York City, Abu Ghraib, Oklahoma City, an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania all of the crimes committed by the highest, wisest, most principled species the... (Time.com)
Ritalin Wars Nov 19, 2007
I wonder how many Amish kids get ADHD ... The answer to the question of how many Amish kids get ADHD is that this question has been studied and the answer is none. (New York Times)
Gallery features photos of Amish lifestyle Nov 13, 2007
ARCOLA Having been a relative and a neighbor to the Amish for many years makes it both easier and more difficult for Richard Herschberger to produce artistic photographs of the Amish lifestyle. On the one hand, Herschberger is familiar with the culture and customs of the Amish, and can converse with them somewhat in their Pennsylvania Dutch language ... The Amish community feels more comfortable around Herschberger because they know him. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
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Of course they aren t: that s why we see Presbyterians blowing themselves up in crowded restaurants, Buddhists flying planes into buildings, and Amish waving placards crowing that they will soon dominate the world ... Of course they arent: thats why we see Presbyterians blowing themselves up in crowded restaurants, Buddhists flying planes into buildings, and Amish waving placards crowing that they will soon dominate the world. (Human Events Online)
Security Pro Admits to Hijacking pcs for Profit Nov 11, 2007
Brian Krebs on Computer Security. A Los Angeles security professional has admitted to infecting more than a quarter million computers with malicious software and installing spyware that was used to steal personal data and serve victims with online advertisements. (Washington Post)
• Helping Troopers Confront Stress Nov 8, 2007
When five children were killed in an Amish school in that state in October 2006, a peer counseling team was on the scene within a half-hour, said Cpl. Govan Martin, a 24-year veteran who supervises the Pennsylvania program. Those troopers not only were offered peer counseling that day, "but we are going to be dealing with those people and checking in for the rest of their careers," Martin said. (FOX61, CT)
Hollywood Out on Strike? Dont Hurry Back Nov 7, 2007
The next week, one year after the Lancaster County schoolhouse massacre, they poke fingers in the eyes of the Amish ... The next week, one year after the Lancaster County schoolhouse massacre, they poke fingers in the eyes of the Amish. (Townhall.com)
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS Nov 4, 2007
A rift in an Amish community threatens to keep a courting couple apart. 9. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ghosts return to League City Oct 26, 2007
Dewalt is the author of "Amish Education in the United States and Canada," Gammon said. Burke will discuss his research on Leslie B. Scott, a local boy killed in the Great War and buried in Fairview Cemetery. (The Citizen - online, TX)
CLERGY VIEWS: Forgiveness is a journey taken with help Oct 19, 2007
It was a cloudless morning on Oct. 2 of last year when the school bell called the Amish children of Nickel Mines, Pa ... The peaceful, quaint world of the Amish of Nickel Mines had been invaded by the most horrific acts of violence imaginable: the murder of innocent children ... The Amish, practicing their traditional habit of mutual aid, which is firmly grounded in Saint Paul s command to bear one another s burdens, reached out to one another in their loss and sorrow to offer words and acts of... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Guns take pride of place in US family values Oct 14, 2007
Amish killings On a Monday morning in October 2006, truck driver Charles Roberts opened fire in a school in Paradise, Pennsylvania. He killed five children, then shot himself. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Who is the sexiest woman alive? Dear Abby is pro-gay marriage Oct 11, 2007
As the Amish say, they wanted to be in the world, but not of it. To now claim that these people really meant to establish a worldly Christian nation based on their beliefs to return to Christians the political power that they rightly surrendered in the name of belief in the next world rather than this one is to insult those founders ideals and beliefs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Aiming to expose families to art and other cultures Oct 5, 2007
They grew up in an Amish household, and that emphasis on functionality has stuck with them. Art is not very practical, so somehow we had to make it practical, Bergey said. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Amish grace and the rest of us Sep 30, 2007
It was near that small Lancaster County village, just after 10 in the morning, that Charles Carl Roberts IV carried his guns and his rage into a one-room Amish schoolhouse ... and author of the recently published "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy" () ... But even more newsworthy was the Amish community's response: forgiveness, extended to the killer's family within hours. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nickel Mines Legacy: Forgive first Sep 30, 2007
Andy Starnes/Post-Gazette Members of the Nickel Mines Amish community came together to share their sorrow the day after the shooting a year ago that left five girls dead ... One year ago, a man who was angry over the death of his infant daughter entered an Amish schoolhouse and shot 10 little girls, killing five before he killed himself ... 3 million to the Nickel Mines Amish settlement in Bart, Lancaster County. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Brian Rohrbough's memorial inscription sparks debate Sep 25, 2007
Rohrbough, in 2006 when a lone gunman attacked and killed students at an Amish school, said there are no limits on such tragedies because of the nation's choice to eliminate God from schools and public life. "When my son Dan was murdered on the sidewalk at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, I hoped that would be the last school shooting. Since that day, I ve tried to answer the question, 'Why did this happen?'" he told CBS at the time. (WorldNetDaily)
Annual Historical Society dinner planned Sept. 18 Sep 13, 2007
Karl Rice says the program topic will be, earning About Our Amish Neighbors ... He adds, Randolph County Historical Society has a short history with the Amish ... We found Mr. Hochstettler, the buggy maker in the Amish community, east of Renick. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Forgiveness, conversion - it's all there at the Spiritual Film Festival Sep 12, 2007
The film examines the role forgiveness can play in alleviating anger and grief through true-life stories, including those of the recent mass murder among the Amish and World Trade Center. One of the stories involves a father whose son was shot to death by a 14-year-old while making a pizza delivery. (Wood River Journal, ID)
'Was recorded in same location'... Sep 11, 2007
The Blotter: Second Bin Laden Tape Expected. TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES. (The Drudge Report)
TASTY TRAVELS Sep 9, 2007
They sucked down golden watermelon with yellow fruit on an Amish farm in Michigan ("Good to the rind!" said Robles. They ate zebra-striped tomatoes at Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor in a caprese salad straight from the chef's garden. (The St. Augustine Record)
Television movies for the week of Sept. 2 Sep 2, 2007
A one-handed salesman, an Amish farm boy and a pretty con artist pull bowling scams to get to a $1 million tournament in Reno ... A hunted Philadelphia detective moves in with an Amish widow and her murder-witness son. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Six guns found at Pontiac H.S.; 3 arrested after lockdown Aug 30, 2007
wrote on Aug 29, 2007 12:22 AM:" One, Pontiac isn't a "village". Two, do you not remember when that amish school got shot up? That went national, and they didn't even make up a quarter of the number of students that attend PTHS. And three, I don't believe for one second that a potential masacre is "small town mentality". Don't post ignorant things, be glad it didn't involve you, assuming it didn't, and shut-up about it. To all those involved, you were in my prayers all day long. A special thank... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Bestsellers list Aug 29, 2007
Plain Truth Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9781416547815 The Picoult treatment of an unmarried Amish teenager who gives birth. Trade Paperback Nonfiction. (Scranton Times, PA)
Still thriving Aug 29, 2007
Roger Ulrich, 75, drives a converted Amish buggy around the 300-acre commune he founded that promotes an ecological and sustainable lifestyle. Ulrich has an Amish background ... The Amish and the Hutterites still live communally; others didn't endure. (USA Today)
FRED THOMPSON: USA WILL BE 'WEAKER, LESS PROSPEROUS'... Aug 27, 2007
Amish people live in the same country and don't have these problems. It's behavior that leads to lower life expectancy. (The Drudge Report)
How Zac Efron Became the Cutest Guy Ever Aug 17, 2007
For their generation's defining piece of art they overwhelmingly chose last year's High School Musical, a song-and-dance movie made for the Disney Channel that is so wholesome the Amish community playhouse could put it on. None of which got in the way of its enormous success: The sound track was the No. 1 album of 2006; more than 2,000 schools have put on productions of the show; a series of books about the characters sold 4. (Time.com)
Times religion columnist Libby Purves Aug 13, 2007
Statement made during campaign visit to Amish community, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Jul. 9, 2004. (Harper's Magazine)
Encinitas resident recalls early years near Amish community in mystery Aug 12, 2007
Leucadia resident Ron Yeakley has self-published his first novel, 'Death Takes a Buggy Ride,' drawing on his experience growing up in an Amish community ... Growing up in the Amish area of Pennsylvania has given Encinitas resident Ron Yeakley, 71, an unusual perspective on the conflicts and paradoxes of the Amish culture ... "My parents spoke it, and I basically picked it up in the general store where we had a lot of Amish and Mennonite customers. "I knew the idiom but I still had to research... (North County Times)
