How much longer until Indiana eclipses Pennsylvania and Ohio as an Amish center?
People in the Indianapolis area don’t see many Amish, but a new study by the Indiana Business Research Center shows Indiana already
has a higher concentration than Pennsylvania or any other state.
Pennsylvania and Ohio each have more than 24,000 members of the denomination, and Indiana has 19,000, says the IBRC, which
is part of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. But Amish make up 0.32 percent of Indiana’s population.
That’s way more than the 0.22 percent in Ohio and the 0.21 percent in Pennsylvania.
In Indiana, most are in traditional northeastern and north-central strongholds, but pockets exist in other areas, too. The
county with the third-largest Amish population, Daviess, adjoins Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center between Bloomington and
Evansville.
More Amish have been moving to the state as developers bid up land prices in states farther east. Not only is land cheaper
here, but the climate is suitable—not too hot, not too cold—for the dairies Amish farmers often operate.
The research organization cautions that its numbers only count the denomination of Old Order Amish Mennonites due to availability
of data. If other branches of the group that came to America from Switzerland in the 1700s were included, the picture might
look different.
What are your thoughts about the Amish? Any trips planned to Shipshewana or points nearby?
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City-County Councilor Angela Mansfield and Bob Lutz have a case of wishful thinking.
They obviously don't really care about the cost.
They should.
Extending Federal Benefits to Same-Sex Couples Will Cost $898M, CBO Says
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Brett, be careful what you lie about, the truth always comes out.
"IMS's George Honored: Tony George, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president and chief executive officer, received the inaugural Pioneering and Innovation Award at the Autosport Awards Dec. 5 in London for his leadership in the development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) Barrier. George received the award at the annual gala at the Grosvenor House on behalf of the creators of the SAFER Barrier from Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the leader of the Bahrain International Grand Prix circuit. This is the fourth major award that has been presented to honor George and the SAFER Barrier development team. The SAFER Barrier also received the Louis Schwitzer Award, SEMA Motorsports Engineering Award and GM Racing Pioneer Award in 2002. The SAFER Barrier was installed in all four turns of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a pioneer in safety for drivers, cars and tracks -- in time for the 86th Indianapolis 500 in 2002. It since has been installed at more than a dozen other tracks, and the latest iteration will be installed at the Speedway in the spring.(IMS PR), see more on my Indy Track News page.(12-7-2004)"
As far as the cart safety team, I cannot find anything on its date of creation. The Delphi Safety team was created in 1996. For some reason there is not much info out there on defunct racing series. -
Great article Anthony. Glad IMS is finally being run like a business and not a personal check book to finance the "Vision".
Things are looking up but 15 years of scorched earth won't be fixed overnight. Unfortunately the TV ratings are still poor and that won't change anytime soon with the brilliant 10 year contract signed under the former regime. -
Brett not sure why you wonder what he said in his quote. "''I would like to jump in a time machine, go back to 1995, and tell the owners and Tony George not to split,'' Franchitti said. ''As soon as my time machine is done, I know where I'm going.''"
Pretty clear, he would love to go back and tell TG and the team owners not to split.
I am not sure there is anyone who wanted the split, and I don't think there is anyone who would not like to go back and prevent the split. But, as has been discussed ad nauseum, without the split carts management by team owners would have run all of ow racing into bankruptcy. If cart had such a wonderful product, then losing IMS would not have forced it into bankruptcy. If NASCAR lost Daytona or Charlotte, it would not fail like cart did.
Truth,
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I want to live in a city that has a garage structure to be proud of for it's innovating design!
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I agree, enough with this hate, and enough with Affirmative action. How can we as a nation get over racism when racism is ingrained in law, taught in school, and reminded every time a certain anniversary or holiday re-appears.
Koran burning by a mediocre pastor is the least of America's hate problems. The media is so supportive of the 9 million Muslims in America, yet, it has not created the same kind of firestorm to everyday racism that can effect 200 million, and much more severe racism in America, such as murders or "beat a white day".
Amish have peace, they have no need to hate, because the Amish as a community have segregated themselves from what creates hate. And, what creates so much hate today is a growing diverse population, where people find somebody new to hate, and victims of racism find some new form of racism to complain about.
"Stop racism" comment is puzzling. Is he/she advocating for the re-introduction of segregation?