By Kevin Williams
We have some interesting Amish in the news today, so let's get right to it!
BRUBAKER REUNION: Â How neat! Â It would be fun to have a last name that is so distinctive that you feel a bond with someone else who has that last name. Â Brubaker is a name that I first became familiar with as a young journalist in Middletown, Ohio. Â I met some Old Order German Baptist Brethen who had the last name Brubaker. Â Since then I've met other Brubakers from time to time who have left behind the Plain church. Â Â There have been other Brubaker reunions over the years but this year - the 300th anniversary of the Brubakers arrival to America - they are pulling out all the stops with a 3-day reunion at Millersville University complete with speakers and panelists. Â Click here to check out all the Brubaker brouhaha.
Yoders can pretty much be found in every Amish community.
YODER REUNION: Â The Brubakers aren't the only ones celebrating 300 years in the USA, so all the ubiquitous Yoders. Â Â They have actually been in the USA longer, but 1717 marks their arrival in Berks County, PA which is sort of the official planting of their permanent roots here. Â So they are celebrating with a 3-day shindig in Shipshewana later this summer. Â Click here for all the details.
AMISH GIRL, 16, DIES IN ACCIDENT: Â Such a sad story and I would think that dying from burn wounds would have to be so excruciatingly painful. You just feel for this girl and her family. Â Click here to read more.
HOSPITALITY: Â Some very hospitable folks in this part of Canada. An Amish family recently lost two horses in a tragic accident so the community pitched in to help them replace the horses. Â Obviously a very caring community because this wouldn't happen everywhere. Â Click here to read more and I love the way the Canadians use British spelling for stuff: cheque is so much more fun to write than check!
RECIPES - Ever wonder how Snickerdoodles got their name? Â You can read how in this Washington Post review of a new cookbook, plus give some of the book's recipes a test drive: Â Key Lime Pie, Thin Mints, and more! Click here.
WHOOPING COUGH SPREADING: Â An outbreak of the cough is spreading through an Amish community in southern Michigan. Click here.
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