Here's a weird article I came across today, about a group of Amish in Bergholz, OH who are suing the County Sheriff's office for $35 million... Scanned documents are shown...Can't tell if this is for real or not...anyways here's the link: http://www.tmz.com/2008/09/16/the-amish-civil-rights-movement/

Graves County Amish Go To Trial November 14: MAYFIELD, KY – Members of the Amish community were back in Graves District Court Thursday morning.  Fines handed down earlier this year when the men were found guilty of not having lights and slow-moving vehicle symbols on their horse-drawn buggies were due Thursday.

Rest of story; http://www.wkyx.com/local-news-details.asp?NewsID=7514

 

 

Another buggy/car accident, this time up in NY; http://www.wwnytv.net/index.php/2008/09/11/amish-buggy-struck-by-car-operator-ejected/

 

 

 

Interesting story on two different cultures... Notice some of the comments from the Iraqi students about what they thought America was like... and then notice the stupid comments made at the end of the article...

Read Here: http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/509569.html?nav=5021

No matter what you’re after, odds are good you’ll find it this Saturday at the 9th annual benefit auction for the Old Order Amish Hospital Aid Fund in Reedsville,Pa.

http://www.centredaily.com/116/story/766298.html

Heres something that mite come in handy and fits with a plain living lifestyle...

http://solarcooking.org/plans/funnel.htm

 For those who are not familiar with the greater Shipshewana, Indiana area, besides being a well known tourist site, it is the center of RV manufacturing. These RV plants hire quite a few area Amish/Mennonite men, 1. because of their carpentry skills, 2. because of their work ethics. These men work there and use these wages to offset their farm incomes or for some of them it is their income.

I'm sure everyone is well familiar with all the big time layoffs happening (auto,airlines, etc.) these last few years do to high gas/oil prices but, not much news is made though of smaller places such as Pilgrim, Keystone, Newmar, Dutchman Mfg., Monaco and Sundowner, all main RV manufacturers. Over 2,000 jobs have been lost and 5 plants shutdown so far since June.

http://www.goshennews.com/breakingnews/local_story_220134034.html

http://www.goshennews.com/breakingnews/local_story_221170850.html

http://www.goshennews.com/multimedia/local_story_199201014.html

As the Amish/Mennonites have had to adjust through the years and more and more have had to move from farming to other 'English' occupations,these layoffs will hurt,especially those who rely on these plant wages for income. It would be interesting to see what happens in the future, but I'm sure these families will survive these rough times in typical Amish/Mennonite fashion, by pulling together as family, community and sharing/helping each other through it all. Thats the part of their culture that is slowly/sadly disappearing from alot of 21st century 'English' famlies,communities...