Place: South of Calgary, Alberta.
Group: Hutterite.
Grizzly bears kill 17 sheep in unusual attack on Alberta ranch.
Kelsea Arnett.The Globe and Mail.
Published May 29, 2024.
Grizzly bears killed 17 sheep and five lambs on a Southern Alberta farm this week, in a gruesome attack both the rancher and wildlife experts say is rare, especially considering the sheer number of animals slaughtered.“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Mike Walter from the Spring Point Hutterite Colony about 200 kilometres south of Calgary. “It’s just dead sheep everywhere, torn apart.” For more:
Place: Ohio.
Group: Amish.
Your new neighbors may drive a buggy — Ohio’s Amish population is growing.
The Ohio Newsroom | By Erin Gottsacker.Published May 28, 2024 at 5:15 AM EDT.
There are more than 380,000 Amish people living in North America, and the number is rapidly rising. According to experts from the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, the group's population doubles approximately every 20 years.For more information:
Place: Greentop, Missouri.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss; Swiss.
3 injured in horse-drawn buggy, SUV collision on Highway 63.
by KTVO News DeskThu, May 23rd 2024 at 8:26 PM.
Updated Thu, May 23rd 2024 at 12:02 PM.
SCHUYLER COUNTY, Mo. — Three northeast Missouri residents were injured in a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy and an SUV Wednesday evening.It happened around 6 p.m. on U.S. Highway 63, one mile north of Greentop.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the driver of the buggy, James Schwartz, 21, of Greentop, lost control of the horse that was pulling the buggy, and it ran into the path of an SUV.For more: https://ktvo.com/news/local/amish-buggy-collision-on-northeast-missouri-highway
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster.
Activists protest at hearing for Amish dog breeder accused of drowning puppies in manure
.Updated: May. 15, 2024, 10:43 a.m.|Published: May. 14, 2024, 4:39 p.m.
Protesters gathered outside a magisterial district judge's office Tuesday May 14, 2024 where an Amish breeder was set to have his preliminary hearing.By Jonathan Bergmueller | Several animal rights activists set up outside a magisterial district court office in eastern Lancaster County Tuesday to protest an Amish dog breeder accused of killing four puppies he couldn’t sell. For more:
Place: Stanwood, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish.
Girl hospitalized after being thrown from Amish buggy in crash
Updated: May. 13, 2024, 2:05 p.m.|Published: May. 13, 2024, 8:01 a.m.
By John Agar.MLive.com.
MECOSTA COUNTY, MI – A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized late Sunday, May 12, when the Amish buggy she was riding in was struck by a vehicle, sheriff’s deputies said.
The Stanwood girl is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.Eight passengers, including six under the age of 13, were on the buggy. The 10-year-old, who was ejected, was the only one injured, Mecosta County sheriff’s deputies said.The crash happened just after 10 p.m. on Pierce Road near 160th Avenue in Austin Township, police said.For more:
MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic offers free services to Amish, Mennonite farmers
Published Thursday, May 9, 2024.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Plant Diagnostic Clinic has received a grant to help Amish and Mennonite farmers in several Missouri counties identify and manage plant pest problems through early next year. The grant is from the Regional Integrated Pest Management Center in support of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts.
To assist in horticulture crop production among Amish and Mennonite communities, the clinic is offering free diagnostic services from March 1, 2024, to Feb. 28, 2025. The free services include insect identification, weed identification and plant disease diagnosis that detects fungal, bacterial and viral diseases as well as abiotic factors.For more: https://extension.missouri.edu/news/mu-plant-diagnostic-clinic-offers-free-services-to-amish-mennonite-farmers
Place: Elkhart-LaGrange Counties, Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline.
Eighth-graders promoted during ceremony at Westview.
DANI MESSICK.THE GOSHEN NEWS.
May 24, 2024.EMMA — Westview Jr. High School eighth-graders were promoted during a ceremony Friday afternoon.For many Amish students, this is the end of their education journey, so the ceremony is their graduation. For more: https://www.goshennews.com/multimedia/eighth-graders-promoted-during-ceremony-at-westview/collection_27586dac-1a06-11ef-b8c3-33c4de99b79e.html
Place: Rome, Astabula County, Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Geauga.
Amish toddler drowns in Ashtabula County pond.
By Rachel Vadaj.Published: May. 24, 2024 at 2:27 PM EDT
ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - An 18-month-old Amish girl drowned in a pond on her family’s Rome Township property, the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
The girl’s mother found her in the Dodgeville Road pond after she went missing for about 15 minutes, ACSO said.ACSO stated lifesaving measures were performed after she was taken out of the pond.South Central Ambulance District emergency medical personnel brought the toddler to a landing zone where she was then flown in a medical helicopter, said ACSO.She died after being taken from the scene, according to ACSO.Her name has yet to be released.ACSO confirmed the pond was surrounded by a fence, but the investigation discovered the gate had been left open.No further details were released by ACSO in this ongoing investigation..
Place: Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Homicide suspect hires private attorney.
By Keith Gushard, Meadville Tribune, May 11, 2024.
The Crawford County Public Defender’s Office is no longer representing the man accused by Pennsylvania State Police of killing a pregnant Amish woman and her unborn child in February. Shawn A. Cranston, charged with the deaths of Rebekah Byler, 23, and her unborn child, has hired attorney Louis.
Trial Postponed for Man Charged in Homicide of Amish Woman, Unborn Child in Crawford County.
Wednesday, May 15th 2024, 4:53 PM EDT.
Updated: Wednesday, May 15th 2024, 5:00 PM EDT.
A Crawford County judge has approved postponing the trial for the Corry man charged with killing a pregnant Amish woman.Shawn Cranston, 53, is charged with killing 23-year-old Rebekah Byler. Her body was discovered by her husband inside their Sparta Township home Feb. 26.For more:https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/50790158/trial-postponed-for-man-charged-in-homicide-of-amish-woman-unborn-child-in-crawford-county
Trial in killing of pregnant Amish mom Rebekah Byler will not occur before Nov. Here's why. Defense gets more time to review evidence against Corry resident Shawn C. Cranston, 52, charged with killing Rebekah A. Byler, 23, in her home in Amish enclave in Crawford County on Feb. 26.Ed Palattella.Erie Times-News.
MEADVILLE — The trial of the defendant charged in the killing of pregnant Amish mother Rebekah A. Byler has been tentatively scheduled for November in Crawford County Common Pleas Court. For more: https://www.goerie.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/15/pregnant-amish-mother-slaying-rebekah-byler-trial-date-scheduled-crawford-county-pa-sparta/73706207007/
Place: Ethridge, Tennessee / Alaska.
Group: Area has New Order Amish (Summertown) and Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber, Joe Troyer group.
“Not Eating Biblically Clean”: Ex-Amish Secretly Runs TikTok Page To “Change Assumptions”.
Andréa Oldereide and Karina Babenok.News, Boredpanda.com.
May 09, 2024. An ex-Amish member has been secretly using a phone to give insights into her “simple old-fashioned Christian” lifestyle living off-grid in Alaska. She has since become an internet sensation, breaking certain stereotypes about the secretive sect. Elise Matson accumulated 13.7 million views after posting a video on TikTok in 2022, in which she explained that most of her former Amish community didn’t know she had a phone and that they were unaware that she ran a popular TikTok page, which is now followed by 1.2 million people.For more: https://www.boredpanda.com/amish-woman-secret-social-media-educates-people-about-her-religion/
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Bank of Bird-in-Hand aims to form holding company named for PA Dutch word for money.
CHAD UMBLE | Staff Writer May 11, 2024 . LNP.
The Bank of Bird-in-Hand announced plans this week to form a holding company, GELT Bancorp Inc., which would become the owner of the Bird-in-Hand-based bank.Under the arrangement, which is a common structure for banks, Bank of Bird-in-Hand would become a wholly owned subsidiary of GELT Bancorp, a move that would not impact the bank’s operations. Current shareholders of Bank of Bird-in-Hand would automatically become shareholders of the holding company, which would have the same headquarters and leadership as the Bank of Bird-in-Hand.
Place: Geauga County, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline.
Parkman Parochial Demolished, New Amish School Planned.
May 15, 2024 by Ann Wishart.
Geauga Maple Leaf. The historic Parkman Parochial School on Newcombe Road in Parkman Township saw its last day on May 7.The school, torn down last Tuesday, was no longer large enough to accommodate the Amish students in the area, said neighbor Ruth Troyer.For more: https://www.geaugamapleleaf.com/news/parkman-parochial-demolished-new-amish-school-planned/
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Farmer commutes 6 hours a day to bring Pa. products to his Amish-owned NYC store.
By Social Links for Chris Harris.New York Post.
Published May 18, 2024, 8:42 a.m. ET.
Amish eyes are smiling on the Upper West Side.Millport Dairy, the first truly authentic, Amish-owned brick-and-mortar store in the five boroughs, opened May 1 on Broadway between 97th and 98th Streets.The shop’s managed by John Stoltzfoos — who remains convivial despite his nightmare of a commute.However, Millport Dairy was closed on a recent Thursday, and dismayed customers arrived to find a note taped to the inside of the door: “Gone Fishing.”Stoltzfoos’ face should be familiar to the city’s greenmarket regulars.For more: https://nypost.com/2024/05/18/us-news/amish-farmer-commutes-each-day-to-bring-products-to-his-nyc-store/
Amish farmer from Lititz featured in New York Post for New York City shop
.LANCASTERONLINE | Staff May 21, 2024.An Amish Lancaster County farmer was featured in the New York Post May 18.The article spotlighted John Stoltzfoos, an Amish farmer from Lititz who manages Millport Dairy’s recently opened brick-and-mortar store in New York City. The shop is located on Broadway, in between 97th and 98th streets.Stoltzfoos travels six hours daily every Wednesday through Saturday to manage the shop, the New York Post reported. For more:
Place: Spring Valley, Fillmore County, MN.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Identical twins file motion to dismiss charges in buggy crash that killed 2.
Attorneys for Samantha and Sarah Peterson say the state lacks evidence to show probable cause that they are responsible for the deaths of two Amish sisters in 2023.
Author: Dana Thiede.Published: 12:21 PM CDT May 17, 2024.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Twin sisters charged in a fatal crash involving an Amish buggy near Rochester are asking to have those charges dropped.Attorneys for Samantha and Sarah Peterson filed motions in Fillmore County District Court Thursday asking that all charges against each defendant in the case be dismissed for lack of probable cause. For more: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/courts-news/peterson-twins-file-motions-to-dismiss-charges-in-fatal-buggy-crash-samantha-sarah/89-ae5166ca-84ad-4925-903e-8ca7d6536401
Place: New York.
Group: Old Order Amish.
AG Marshall leads brief defending Amish private school's right to religious vaccine exemptions.Craig Monger | 05.21.24.1819 News.Attorney General Steve Marshall recently led an amicus brief in defense of a group of New York Amish-only private schools facing the state's ban on religious vaccine exemptions.New York removed religious vaccine exemptions in 2019 after a mass measles outbreak, mainly in the Orthodox Jewish community. Since then, some Amish families have filed suit, claiming the law violates their First Amendment right to adhere to their religious beliefs.
Steve Marshall leads brief protecting Amish schools from vaccine mandates.
By Austen Shipley.May 22, 2024.Yellow Hammer News.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall recently filed a 20-state amicus brief in an effort to shield Amish communities in rural New York from state-sponsored backlash for exercising their religious freedoms. The legal action holds New York accountable for leveling “massive penalties” on Amish only private schools in rural New York in response to parents of the students electing, for religious reasons, not to vaccinate their children in accordance with the state’s vaccine mandates.For more:
Place: Burke’s Garden, Virginia.
Group: Old Order Amish- Mainline.
Charity ride in Tazewell to raise money for Amish community.
By Austin Harmon.Published: May. 18, 2024 at 11:06 PM EDT.TAZEWELL, W.Va. (WVVA) - Aid from the Tazewell community is still going strong towards an Amish family in Burke’s Garden, where local riders came out Saturday for a charity ride event.The Punisher Winding Road biker club of Tazewell organized an event at the Back of the Dragon to raise money for the Amish community of Tazewell. This biker club consist of law enforcement, first responders and anyone else that has an interest in serving the community.The chapter came into being only about a year ago, when the president of the chapter and Kody Thomas, master Sergent at arms, approached the Punisher Motorcycle club about bring a chapter to Tazewell. Since being accepted, they have done several events to aid members of the community, including events with the Amish. For more: https://www.wvva.com/2024/05/19/charity-ride-tazewell-raise-money-amish-community/
Place: n/a
Group: Amish.
Amish youth experience a rite of passage called Rumspringa. It’s not what you might think.
By AJ Willingham, CNN.Published 12:00 PM EDT, Fri May 10, 2024.
The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from strict Amish rules, when teenagers can experiment with the modern vices of the world.
While that may be true for some Amish communities, Rumspringa is actually a much more general — and generally more tame — term for an important time of discernment in an Amish youth’s life. Like so many cultural practices, the specifics vary from group to group. This in turn reveals another truth: Amish culture itself is far from a monolith.For more:https://www.cnn.com/us/amish-people-rumspringa-explained-cec/index.html
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Amish couple killed when truck hits their horse-drawn buggy: police.
Story by Zack Hoopes, pennlive.com.
An Amish couple died early Sunday morning when their horse-drawn buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Lancaster County coroner.The collision occurred at 5:55 a.m. in the area of 528 Valley Road in Eden Township, just east of Quarryville in Lancaster County, according to state police.In a report, state troopers wrote that a 2002 Chevy Silverado was traveling westbound on Valley Road and attempted to pass the buggy on the left, but instead hit the horse-drawn vehicle from behind.The buggy struck a guard rail and spun out, coming to rest in the westbound lane, according to state troopers.State police and the coroner’s office identified the buggy’s driver as Jacob Stoltzfus, 71, and the passenger as Annie Stoltzfus, 70.For more:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/amish-couple-killed-after-horse-drawn-buggy-hit-by-pickup-police/ar-AA1eS1N1?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
Place: Lancaster/Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Pennsylvania Harness Shop Known Worldwide for Biothane Products.
Art Petrosemolo, May 8, 2024.
ART PETROSEMOLO | Correspondent.
Lancaster Farming.Biothane, a strong and reliable leather substitute, has become popular, and one shop is making it in Pennsylvania.Work, pleasure and competition horses use Biothane for harnesses and tack, and many Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Plain Sect farmers use it in carriages.The material was developed in Ohio a half-century ago by the Biothane Coated Webbing Company and continues to attract carriage trade owners, trainers and drivers whose harnesses were historically made from leather. For more:https://www.lancasterfarming.com/country-life/mid-atlantic-horse/pennsylvania-harness-shop-known-worldwide-for-biothane-products/article_fd8b58f9-b2fe-5987-9b18-167af34c4def.html
Place: Blanchard, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Amish family's horse struck, killed by car in rural Michigan.
By Sara Powers.May 8, 2024 / 8:21 AM EDT / CBS Detroit.
(CBS DETROIT) - A horse in Michigan died over the weekend after it was struck by a vehicle, state police said.At 5:17 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, troopers were dispatched to the area of Blanchard Road in Isabella County after receiving a report of a crash involving a vehicle and horse.For more:
Place: Montana.
Group: Dariusleut and Lehrerleut Hutterites.
Part I: Learning barriers: ‘These kids deserve as much education as my children do’ — but some Hutterite colonies have been left on their own.
Carly Graf.March 12, 2024.
COOL SPRING COLONY — “Time for geography,” the teacher says, jumpstarting a flurry of near-wordless activity. The students group themselves into pairs, sliding plastic chairs over linoleum floors so each duo can huddle around a single desk. They tilt their heads toward a binder stuffed with hundreds of papers, and open them to the day’s lesson.Mr. L, as his students call him, has one geography textbook. For more:https://missoulian.com/news/state-regional/education/hutterite-school-teacher-hi-line-havre-montana-policy/article_3a1145aa-dcca-11ee-a9d4-878e8b679483.html
Part II: Hutterite schools caught in policy shift: 'All of a sudden, it changed’.
CARLY GRAF.
March 12, 2024.
Public education has always been complicated on Hutterite colonies, entangled in a jigsaw puzzle of rural school districts, special education cooperatives and small schoolhouses.For decades, colonies penned agreements, often informal, with surrounding public school districts to make the most of limited resources and challenging cultural barriers.
Part III: Hutterite, public schools at seemingly intractable impasse.
Carly Graf.Mar 19, 2024.
Tim Hofer was a mainstay on the pickup basketball scene in Chester for a couple years during his teens. He’d commute nearly an hour from the farm where he was living and working in the Sweetgrass Hills to make the games.Raised Hutterite on the Eagle Creek Colony roughly 80 miles northwest of Havre, Tim left his lifelong home to see what else was out there and found joy chumming it up with his fellow pickup players who lived about 20 miles away in the town closest to the colony. He felt like they were real friends.For more: https://missoulian.com/news/state-regional/education/hutterite-public-schools-at-seemingly-intractable-impasse/article_a0221646-e30d-11ee-a709-9b940a563eae.html
Part IV: Neither mainstream nor charter: Hutterite schools chase fair education.
Carly Graf.March 26, 2024.When Lona Running Wolf started working with Hutterite schools, she was struck by what she saw unfolding on the colonies. She felt it was reminiscent of what transpired among her own community, the Blackfeet Nation. She saw a group with rich culture and language traditions that, she felt, risked being disenfranchised, bit by bit, by a system designed without their specific needs and history in mind.
Place: (Northern?) Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline.
A Woman Surprises Followers with Actual Video Footage of an Amish Wedding.
Many cultures have different traditions and weddings, but it’s rare to get a peek into what an Amish wedding is really like.By Jamie Lerner.May 7 2024, Published 5:59 p.m. ET.
Place: Geauga County, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- Mainline; Geauga.
Amish Youth Center Scores 2 Variances in Parkman.
March 27, 2024 by Ann Wishart.Geauga County Maple Leaf.
The Haven Board’s second swing at developing an Amish Youth Center got the project to first base at the Parkman Township Board of Zoning Appeals meeting March 12.The board voted to grant a use variance and an area variance allowing construction of the center for supervised groups of young Amish at 18040 Tavern Road. For more: https://www.geaugamapleleaf.com/news/amish-youth-center-scores-2-variances-in-parkman/
Parkman FD Offers Advice on Amish Youth Center.
April 24, 2024 by Ann Wishart.Geauga Maple Leaf.
Parkman Township Fire Chef Mike Komandt told township trustees. April 16 the group creating the Amish youth center on Tavern Road have reached out to the fire department for safety advice while planning the facility. For more:
Place: Trumball / Geauga Counties, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline.
Amish man, 21, arraigned on child sex charges.
May 7, 2024.Chris McBride.
Tribune Chronicle.WARREN — An Amish man prosecutors say may have “significant developmental disabilities” was arraigned Monday after being secretly indicted — accused of sexually assaulting four children, with the youngest alleged victim being 3 years old.Michael Miller, 21, of Bundysburg Road, Middlefield, appeared in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court before Judge Cynthia Rice Monday morning, where he pleaded not guilty. For more:
Place: Maine.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Michigan churches. Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
In wake of Maine crashes, officials preach safety when cars and horse-drawn buggies share the road. As Amish people have settled in Maine communities, buggies have become a more common sight and experts say motorists have had to adjust.
Posted May 6, 2024.Ben Bragdon. Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel.
Always fasten your seat belt. Keep both hands on the steering wheel. And when you see a horse-drawn buggy, remember it has as much a right to be on the road as you do. For more:
Place: South-central Virginia (Buckingham, Prince Edward, and Charlotte Counties; Broakneal/Gladys).
Group: Buckingham: Old Order Amish- mainline, Lancaster; Prince Edward/Charlotte: Old Order Amish- mainline, Lancaster (Mechanicsburg, MD); Brookneal: Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber, Weaver churches.
Safety concerns continue for Amish, with state decision needed.
Published 9:52 am Wednesday, April 24, 2024.By Jeff Moore.
Farmville Herald.Area counties are relying on increased signage and education to improve safety for Amish buggies traveling area roads. This is because General Assembly action is needed to mandate options such as flashing lights that would make them more visible to drivers. For more: https://www.farmvilleherald.com/2024/04/safety-concerns-continue-for-amish-with-state-decision-needed
How will Amish buggy law be enforced? Counties weigh options.
Published 5:24 am Friday, May 3, 2024.
By Jeff Moore.If you have an animal-drawn vehicle on the road, like an Amish buggy for example, a change in Virginia law now requires lights or reflectors to be displayed. It’s something that was brought up in the wake of the recent accident in Buckingham County involving an Amish family. But the problem is that some communities are still learning about the new law’s existence and some law enforcement agencies don’t see how it’ll help prevent accidents.“ For more: https://www.farmvilleherald.com/2024/05/how-will-amish-buggy-law-be-enforced-counties-weigh-options/
Place: Crockett, Kentucky.
Group: Nationwide Mennonite Fellowship.
Rod & Staff Puts RMGT 970 Sheetfed Perfector to the Test.
May 6, 2024.Printing Impressions.
Graphco, the Exclusive Distributor for RMGT’s most popular 970, 920 and 790 offset presses, throughout the Midwest and Southeast, has installed another 8-UP+ RMGT 970PF perfector at Rod & Staff Publishers. Situated in the mountainous, Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky, the Christian publishing company supplies Bible-based, educational textbooks and workbooks – for first through tenth-grade students and their teachers. Rod & Staff’s customers include Mennonite and Amish parochial schools throughout America, and internationally, as well as to parents who home-school their children.For more:
Place: Iowa / Sugacreek, Ohio.
Group: Plain people (generally).
The Budget newspaper brings stories from around the world.
Mary Swander.Iowa Capital Dispatch.May 1, 2024 8:00 am.
In these days of digital newspapers, I find The Budget delivers a comforting, hefty thump when it lands in my rural mailbox. The Budget, published since 1890 out of Sugarcreek.,
Place: Study: Ohio / Article Interviewee (Lapp): Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Study: Amish / Article Interviewee (Lapp): Beachy Amish-Mennonite.
The Verdict is In: The Amish Approach to Covid was Superior.
By Sharyl Attkisson | May 1, 2024.
So why don’t our public health officials seem interested?
It could be one of the most important lessons learned for the next pandemic. And it should make international headlines.But it seems like those who made the mistakes during Covid aren’t very interested.The Amish population that largely rejected public health recommendations fared no worse in terms of health impact than the rest of the country that masked, isolated, and vaccinated. That’s according to available data and a federally-funded study that attempted to evaluate the Amish approach.These findings imply the US could have avoided experimental vaccines that have serious side effects; and circumvented costly shutdowns that devastated the economy, travel, businesses, mental health, and education at the expense of trillions of US tax dollars.For more:
Place: Brownington, Vermont / Geauga County, Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber / Old Order Amish- mainline.
Across the Country, Amish Populations Are on the Rise.As the Amish population in America grows, Amish communities — and their rural neighbors — are finding ways to adapt.
by Sam Myers April 10, 2024The Amish, a religious group living almost exclusively in rural America due to their agrarian lifestyle, have astounded both their rural neighbors and researchers with recent population growth.According to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, the estimated population of North American Amish in 2023 was 384,290 (6,100 in Canada), a 116% increase from 2000. Statistics show that the population nearly doubles every 20 years.Unlike some other Christian denominations, Amish communities don’t focus on converting outsiders (there are only a few dozen converts on record), so this population growth comes almost exclusively from existing communities. For more: https://dailyyonder.com/amish-population-growth-rural-america/2024/04/10/
Place: Mississippi / Ohio.
Group: Old Order Amish.
Moss Point residents receive new homes 10 months after deadly tornado.
Story by Harper RobinsonMSN.
MOSS POINT, Miss. (WLOX) - August 19, 2024 marks 10 months since a deadly tornado ripped through Moss Point, taking lives and taking homes. On Friday, displaced residents saw a day some never thought would come.Residents gathered to sing their god’s praises and dedicate newly built and renovated homes to residents who entirely lost their homes to the tornado.“To tell you the truth, that day, I never will forget,” said Ernest Watson, a new home recipient.96-year-old Watson had lived in his home for 75 years. He had never witnessed a tornado before and never knew a disaster like that would happen to him.“To lose something after so many years . . .”For more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/moss-point-residents-receive-new-homes-10-months-after-deadly-tornado/ar-AA1nkzsw
Place: Upton, Kentucky.
Group: Old Order Amish- Swartzentruber.
Vehicle strikes Amish buggy, horse in Saturday crash.
By THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE.Apr 21, 2024 Updated Apr 21, 2024.An unmanned Amish horse and buggy was struck Saturday night in Upton.Hardin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded around 9:25 p.m. to the report of a vehicular crash at Ky. 224, or Millerstown Road, and Skaggs Lane, Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said. https://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/local/vehicle-strikes-amish-buggy-horse-in-saturday-crash/article_a765778f-faf8-5c7c-89ee-66ce10227e99.html
Place: Locke, Finger Lakes region, New York.
Group: Old Order Amish- Lancaster.
Troopers investigate a truck versus a horse and carriage, leaving three children injured.
NY State Troopers, Press Release.
April 18, 2024.On April 16, 2024, at approximately 8:10 a.m., troopers from SP Auburn responded to a report of a vehicle versus horse and carriage on State Route 90 in the town of Locke.A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2023 Ford F150 was traveling east on State Route 90 when it struck a horse and carriage. The carriage had three occupants who were all taken to Upstate Community Hospital. The 13-year-old male operator and 11-year-old female were treated for minor injuries, and the 9-year-old male was treated for severe injuries. The operator of the Ford, Nosakhere T. Griggs, age 30, of Buffalo, NY, was not injured.The New York State Police were assisted by the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, the Town of Locke Fire Department, and the Town of Moravia Fire Department. https://troopers.ny.gov/news/troopers-investigate-truck-versus-horse-and-carriage-leaving-three-children-injured
Place: Adams County, Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- Swiss.
Amish Buggy Hit From Behind By SUV in Adams County.
Date: April 22, 2024.
(4-22-24) Monday morning just before 10:30 a.m the Adams County (Indiana) Sheriff’s Office said that a horse-drawn buggy was traveling south on CR 400 West a quarter mile south of State Road 218 when it was struck from behind by an SUV. The buggy was carrying six people, three of whom were taken to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the SUV, Kent Parker (68) from Muncie, denied any medical attention at the scene.
Place: Ava, New York.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Flames Destroy Barn in Lee Center.
By: WKTV Apr 23, 2024 Updated Apr 23, 2024.
TOWN OF LEE, N.Y. -- A barn in Lee Center was engulfed in flames on Monday evening.
The incident was reported shortly before 6 p.m., concerning a barn fire at an Amish farm located on Belcher Road.Fire departments from Lee Center, West Leyden, Westernville and Taberg all responded, with over 75 firefighters present at one point.The fire chief explained that the blaze originated from embers in the burn pit outside the barn, which ignited the sawmill inside.The barn suffered extensive damage, resulting in a total loss.There were no injuries reported.https://www.wktv.com/news/local/flames-destroy-barn-in-lee-center/article_078d1b04-0182-11ef-bb6d-ffb95d9cafab.html
Place: Stanwood, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
3 hurt in Amish buggy crash in Mecosta County.
by: Corinne Moore.Posted: Apr 26, 2024 / 06:16 PM EDT.
Updated: Apr 26, 2024 / 06:16 PM EDT.
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Three people were hurt when an Amish buggy was rear-ended near Morley Friday morning.Around 8:45 a.m., deputies with the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office were sent to Jefferson Road near 165th Avenue after receiving a report about a crash.
‘Be aware, slow down’ MSP warns after deadly buggy crashResponding deputies learned that a 42-year-old Morley woman was driving eastbound on Jefferson Road and rear-ended the buggy.The buggy’s operator, a 71-year-old from Morley, and its passengers, a 13-year-old and 46-year-old from Ashland, Ohio, were all thrown from the carriage.All three occupants received minor injuries. The 46-year-old was taken to the hospital for treatment, the sheriff’s office said. https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/3-hurt-in-amish-buggy-crash-in-mecosta-county/
Place: Fairbank/Hazleton, Iowa.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Wapsie Valley School Teacher is latest 'Tools for Schools' grant winner.
KWWL.Apr 26, 2024.FAIRBANK, Iowa (KWWL) -- A teacher in the Wapsie Valley School District is the latest Tools for Schools winner.Jessica Miller is the general teacher for the Amish schools in the Wapsie Valley School District. She hopes to bring more experience and knowledge to her Amish students.Miller teaches students in grades K-8 across three schools. She was awarded $500 and hopes to use that money to purchase more books for her classroom library - allowing her students to gain a greater enhancement of knowledge in their world that they don't get in their daily lives. For more:
Place: Howard/Bellefonte, Nittany Valley, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- Lancaster.
Three people injured in crash involving buggy in Centre County.
Story by WTAJ.com and The Associated Press.Pennsylvania State Police in Centre County said three people were seriously injured in a vehicle crash involving an Amish buggy on Saturday near Bellefonte.The crash happened Saturday afternoon on Route 64 in the area of Hecla Park and Bellefonte Sports Academy at The Rink, WTAJ reports. According to PSP, a Grand Caravan was traveling westbound when it struck the horse and buggy.For more:
Place: Allen County, Indiana.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Swiss.
There is no place for men to play in women’s sports.
Melissa Hart.Opinion contributor
On Wednesday nights during the winter our son and sometimes two of our sons head down a dirt road on the Ohio and Indiana state line to play basketball. It’s not some old hip-roof barn with uneven wood floors and hoops that might range from 9 to 11 feet. This is a brand new gym that looks like a barn on the outside but on the inside it’s a regulation size court with two hoops and no residue of hay chaff anywhere. For more: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/life/2024/05/01/there-is-no-place-for-men-to-play-in-womens-sports/73457438007/
Place: Leonardtown, Maryland.
Group: Old Order Mennonite- Stauffer/“Pikers”.
Woman Flown Out with Serious Injuries After Horse and Buggy Accident with SUV in Leonardtown.
April 30, 2024
Southern Maryland Newsnet.
On April 30, 2024, at approximately 7:50 a.m., Police fire and rescue personnel responded to Loveville Road in the area of Busy Corner Road in Leonardtown for a serious motor vehicle accident involving a horse and buggy.Crews arrived at the scene to find a rear-end collision involving a SUV and an Amish buggy with two occupants from the buggy injured.A female had serious injuries and a male reported minor injuries.For more:.https://smnewsnet.com/archives/532973/woman-flown-out-with-serious-injuries-after-horse-and-buggy-accident-with-suv-in-leonardtown/
Place: Blanchard, Michigan.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
Blanchard man hospitalized after striking loose Amish horse in early morning crash.
by Trevor Drew.
Tue, May 7th 2024 at 10:20 AM.
ISABELLA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A 65-year-old Blanchard man is recovering at the hospital after he was unable to avoid a loose horse in the roadway, hitting it with his car.The horse was killed in the crash.According to Michigan State Police, he was driving west on Blanchard Road around 5 a.m. Saturday morning when he suddenly noticed five horses near the roadway. For more:https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/blanchard-man-hospitalized-after-striking-loose-amish-horse-in-early-morning-crash
Place: Ohio.
Group: Amish
April 2024
She was raised in the Amish community in Ohio and became an Israeli gun model.
Long before discussions about the need for Israeli citizens to carry guns, Lovie Malespin had already unlocked her weapon and aimed at the target; How did someone who grew up in a closed Christian community - whose members are against carrying weapons - become a shooting instructor and a successful gun model who promotes Israeli weapons abroad?
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Place: Spartansburg, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- 1955 Beschluss.
DDC Clinic Center opens for children with special needs.
By Rebecca Hazen The Corry Journal.The DDC Clinic Center for Special Needs Children, a non-profit organization, celebrated their grand opening in Titusville at 150 W. Central Ave., Suite 1, with an open house event on Thursday, April 19.The DDC Clinic originally opened in Middlefield, Ohio to serve Amish families. Executive Director of DDC Clinic, Eli Miller, explained the history of the clinic.“In 1998 there were five Amish families with children who had genetic disorders in Middlefield, Geauga County, Ohio. They got together and decided that they need to find a doctor, someone who could give them answers,” Miller said.The DDC Clinic Center for Special Needs Children is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To make an appointment, call 814-376-1424. For more information, visit DDCclinic.org. For more:
Place: Broadhead, Wisconsin.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Nappannee, Indiana, churches.
Area Amish man faces child sex charges.
News Local.WCLO.A 40-year-old Brodhead man faces charges after the pastor at a local Amish church reports he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old.Daniel Yoder made his initial appearance in Rock County Court Tuesday morning on charges of child enticement and sexual intercourse with a child. For more:
Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Group: Old Order Amish- mainline; Lancaster churches.
Amos Ebersol Accused Of Raping Daughters On Ephrata Farm.
An Amish father has been charged with 15 felonies and 3 misdemeanors for raping and sexually assaulting four of his daughters over 18 years, as detailed by Ephrata Police Detective Beth Rivera in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on April 17.
Jillian Pikora. Daily Voice.
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