By Kevin Williams
INDIANA DROWNING: Â This story is a wrenching one. Â A 24-year-old Amish man, about to be married, is swept off a pier in Indiana and drowns. Â It was a gorgeous day and he was out taking photographs with his fiance and friends. Â As I had just posted last week, in some Amish communities it is perfectly permissible for Amish people to own cameras for capturing scenery shots, etc. Â These Amish were from the more progressive community near Shipshewana. The water in Lake Michigan even at this time of year is cold. Â So the young man, probably got disoriented and chilled fast and was just overcome. Â How sad. Â Click here to read more.
OHIO SHOOTING: Â This story shares eerie similarities to another one several years ago in the same area. Â A young Oho Amish girl was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet. Â Turned out someone accidentally discharged a gun while cleaning it and the bullet struck and killed an Amish teen over a mile away. Â Last week a 17-yea-old Amish boy was struck in the head with a bullet while out plowing in rural Ohio, but, this time the result was better. Â He survived and is back home. Read more here
ILLINOIS ANGST - Â The Amish have been targeted with graffiti and vandalism near the town of Ava. Â This is a very rural area in the far southern part of the state. Â The Amish are relatively new to this area and sometimes there is a bit of a cultural clash when that happens. Â Of course this could also be an "inter-Amish" dispute. Â Either way, hopefully this situation will get resolved. Click here to read mor
STUNNING HUTTERITE PHOTOS: Â The Daily Mail in the UK often goes all out when it comes to publishing photos with their stories and this Hutterite piece is no different. Â The photos were captured by Canadian photojournalist Tim Smith and the images really are stunning and striking. The Hutterites are a very similar sect to the Amish, but they live communally and embrace more technology. Â Click here to enjoy some of these spectacular photos.
MORE MILLIE: Illinois Amish writer, Millie Otto, waxes on windows and shares a recipe for baked, filled French toast. Yum. Click here to read her column.
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