Jacob Beachy Millersburg Ohio

Wal Mart Hitching post Millersburg Ohio.
"I've talked to Amish furniture makers and dealers, and some have just quit," said JACOB BEACHY, a bishop in a new-order church in the Millersburg area. JACOB BEACHY is treasurer of an Amish Helping Fund, a nonprofit organization that serves as a bank to many Amish and a savings and loan to those trying to get a foothold in farming. The fund pays 4.5 percent interest on savings and lends the money to the Amish at 4.75 percent.

Some Amish furniture makers and dealers have quit because buyers are holding off on purchases. Others have lost factory jobs. "It trickles down to them," said Fanny Herb-Miller, editor of the Sugarcreek-based newspaper The Budget." Click to read Mike Harden commentary: Economic downturn hurts some Amish, too. Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:38 AM

Autum Beachy >>Update<<

Autum Beachy won in a school-record time of 18 minutes, 24.07 seconds, in 45-degree weather. “My strength has always been starting out hard and getting off to a good start,” she said. “That was my goal today. Get off to a good start and I knew nobody could catch me. I was going to give it all I had there.” Click to read the article by Justin A. Cohn Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

Dr. Roger Beachy

Rep. Steve Hobbs addresses the audience flanked by dignitaries (from left) Roger Beachy, Thomas Payne, Gary Forsee and Sen. Kit Bond. Picture by Brenda Fike.
Click for update and pictures By Brenda Fike The Mexico Ledger Thu Oct 23, 2008, 12:12 PM CDT
New Research Center in Mexico
MEXICO - The University of Missouri announced the new MU Plant Science Research Center Wednesday morning. Local leaders gathered in Mexico where the research center will be built. Connie and Eddie Sydenstricker donated the land for the project. The project will include a new Mexico technology park. Researchers say the opportunity to test new plant technology in the field is why the Mexico facility is crucial.

"It's not good enough to stay in a lab. We have to find a way into the greenhouse and then into a field like the ones behind us. And as we grow those crops we need to be able to take them to a laboratory like this one to test them even further," said Dr. ROGER BEACHY from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Click to read the article by Reported by: Reed Erickson Edited by: Stephanie Stouffer KOMU-TV - Columbia,MO,USA

Vern Beachy

I have finished my memoir A Tear-Stained Letter two months ahead of time. Poetically, during the week of Melinda’s birthday on October 8th. After 7 months of writing, 70,229 words, about 300 to 350 printed pages. My literary agent is excited about the possibility of a ‘sale’ to a publisher soon.
Tear-Stained Letter is one of the most personal things I have ever written and probably will ever write again. My therapist told me early on to write a letter to Melinda as a way to ease the grieving process. I decided to turn that letter into a book, that is why the title.
I have started writing another book, also a memoir. This one deals with having multiple sclerosis and my ability to walk again with the help of a new MS drug called Tysabri (that and many prayers). Click for pictures and more information about Vern on his web site.

Stephen C. Beachy College Station, TX, USA

Friday, Central Park was renamed Stephen C. Beachy Central Park in honor of the city's first Parks and Recreation Director. The man responsible for helping quadruple the number of parks in College Station now has one of his own. In his time with the city, Beachy was responsible for developing a nationally-recognized system of parks, programs and services. He worked for the city 30 years before retiring last year, and Beachy says the best days for the city and the department are still to come. The parks' offices Beachy worked at are actually located in Central Park, which now bears his name. Click for the complete article Posted: 6:07 PM Oct 17, 2008Reporter: KBTX Staff College Station,TX,USA

Bishop Jacob Beachy Explains Culture

Photo by Jill Gosche
An Amish bishop shared insight into his culture's faith, history, lifestyle and shunning as part of Tiffin-Seneca Public Library's Community Wide Read. When discussing faith, Bishop Jacob Beachy said Amish do not look down on those who are not Amish. "We don't feel that we are any better," he said. Beachy, who was ordained in 1970, talked at the library Saturday afternoon. Library patrons are reading--"Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish" by Joe Mackall.-- Beachy said Amish trace their roots to Switzerland. They migrated from Switzerland because of religious persecution and settled in Pennsylvania and Holmes County, he said. Click for a recommended article, By Jill Gosche, Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA

Tiffany Beachy

For those who may not know, I'll be travelling around South America for the next few months, living it up! First, I'm going to a Cerulean Warbler and Golden-winged Warbler conference in Colombia, then down to the Galapagos (again, yay!) to go on a *free* cruise with a friend who's a guide, then to Peru to give some lectures (in Spanish) at a workshop for a Christian conservation group called A Rocha, then to Venezuela to work on a project studying Cerulean Warblers on their wintering grounds until early February. It should be a grand adventure and I'm really looking forward to it! Click here for Tiffany's blogsite. I have no idea how often I'll be able to update it, but hopefully you will find it interesting. Picture from Tiffany's home page.

Harry Peachey Curator Columbus Zoo Ohio

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Bats, black cats and spiders -- what a frightening menagerie! Or so many legends suggest, particularly at Halloween. Countless stories and movies paint those and other myth-encrusted creatures as omens of bad luck.
Not so, according to HARRY PEACHEY, who has worked at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for 28 years. He serves as curator of the Mainland Asia region, with its exhibits of flying foxes (giant fruit bats), golden-mantled bats and a variety of felines. "Kids should understand that spiders, bats and cats all have a positive role to play," PEACHEY said, "and most of the negative things that people think about those animals isn't true." Click to read more By Michael Grossberg THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH --Columbus Ohio

Judy and Greg Beachy

After 16 years of marriage, Judy Beachy surprised her husband Greg with a by renewing their wedding vows along the Muscatine riverfront during the Mini Coopers of Iowa’s sixth annual Fall Drive. Photo: Rebecca Paulsen for the Muscatine Journal.
MUSCATINE, Iowa — The bride wore the same white gown in which she first said her wedding vows on Oct. 10, 1992.
But instead of a church aisle, Judy Beachy of Des Moines walked past 17 MINI Coopers Saturday in a parking lot on the Muscatine riverfront. Click to read a GREAT story By Jennifer Meyer of the Muscatine Journal Iowa

Beachy Amish and the Electronic Culture

Today’s church is undergoing radical changes as a result of our electronic culture. Digital Discipleship: Forming Faith in an Electronic Culture—for the 12th Anabaptist Vision and Discipleship Series at Hesston College, November 7-9 The conference also features input from leaders of local BEACHY AMISH churches. Several leaders will respond to Hipps, lead workshops, and serve on a panel discussion where they will talk about the communal discernment process they use concerning the use of electronic technology. “We need this conversation with the BEACHY AMISH,” says Hershberger. “They have chosen the hard road. They refuse the easy way of either hiding from the electronic culture by calling it all bad or embracing it uncritically by calling it all good. Click to read about Digital Discipleship, featuring Shane Hipps, at Hesston College, November 7-9

Canadian Thanksgiving Day Oct.13.

In the year 1578, the English navigator Martin Frobisher held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies.

"A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed... to be observed on the second Monday in October."
Click to read more about the history of the Canadian Thanksgiving Day

Larisa Beachy

Five-year-old Anthony Parreira puffs on his new wiener whistle, left, mother Andrea with 18-month-old sister Samantha listen to colorful stories and puns from hotdoggers Amanda Maurer and LARISA BEACHY.
Bonanza Photo - Jen Schmidt
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile which has toured the country since 1970 made a stop in Incline Village Sunday.
The Wienermobile has traveled to 15 states in the last three months — from Lexington, Ky. to Oregon and now up to Lake Tahoe.
According to Oscar Mayer’s “hotdogger” Larisa Beachy, aka “Lunch Lovin’ Larisa,” it is “buns of fun” traveling in the Wienermobile. She has traveled to dachshund races, fairs and festivals around the country. Click to read the article in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Incline Village,NV,USA

40 miles west of Detroit Oct. 9, 2008

Two Amish men and emergency personnel view the scene of a crash on U.S. 23 in Northfield Township, about 40 miles west of Detroit Thursday Oct. 9, 2008. A semitrailer clipped the back of a bus overloaded with members of an Amish church group Thursday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 14 people to the hospital, including several children, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Lisa Carolin)

By TOM KRISHER NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A semitrailer clipped the back of a bus overloaded with members of an Amish church group Thursday, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 14 people to the hospital, including several children, authorities said.
Most of those injured suffered cuts and bruises, though four adults and two children were in serious condition. None of the injuries was believed to be life-threatening, police said. The 13-seat bus was carrying 22 people. Click to read more by--
Associated Press writers Corey Williams and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.
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Craig Beachy

Craig Beachy Queen Charlotte Islands British Columbia Canada. Pictured here with a Halibut he caught this summer while fishing off shore. A fish this size is harpooned in order to bring them on broad. That explains the blood, and some of you didn't know fish had red blood?

Leo J. Beachy and Maxine Beachy Broadwater.

Leo J. Beachy - A Legacy Nearly Lost - In the early 1900s, photographer Leo Beachy took captivating images of life in Western Maryland, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but most of his glass plate negatives were destroyed in 1927. In recent years, Beachy's niece, Maxine Broadwater, recovered 2,700 negatives and is working to bring her uncle's remarkable legacy back to life.
Leo Beachy's photographs are on display at the Grantsville Museum in Maryland - (301) 895-5454
2008 Operating Hours
1 pm - 4 pm
Fridays & Saturdays only
May 16 through October 31
Click to watch a great video of Leo's work, and Maxine.
Click for more pictures by Leo.

Janice Beachy & friends, OH.

A special thanks to the event committee members, JANICE BEACHY, Mary Ann Hickey, Maureen Kennedy, Linda Merckens, Barb Monak and Carol Wise who addressed envelopes, planned, shopped, cooked, decorated, moved tables, cleaned up and everything in between.
Click to read more about Janice and friends in The Beacon - Port Clinton,OH,USA

Autum Beachy

DeKalb’s Autumn Beachy takes first in the NHC girls cross country meet Saturday at Bellmont. Carroll won the boys and girls team titles. Autumn Beachy won the individual title in a time of 18:31.17.-- Click to read the article by Laura J. Gardner Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA Published: October 5, 2008 6:00 a.m.

Maxine Beachy Broadwater

Maxine Beachy Broadwater is Garrett County’s Most Beautiful Person for 2008. From the left are County Commissioners Ernie Gregg and Denny Glotfelty, Broadwater, and Commissioner Fred Holliday during Tuesday’s commission meeting in the county circuit courthouse. Cumberland Times-News. OAKLAND — Garrett County has named its Most Beautiful Person for 2008, recognizing Maxine Beachy Broadwater, a woman who has worked to preserve the history of the county and the photography of her uncle Leo Beachy.
“It’s worth being nominated,” Broadwater said. “I certainly don’t think I’m worthy of this ... I’m very proud of my county and want to keep doing good things for it.” Click to read the rest of a very interesting article by Sarah Moses.

Ella Irene Miller

MUNNSVIVLLE - Ella Irene Miller was born on September 4, 1946, in Kalona, Iowa, a daughter of Earl J. and Mary (Bender) BEACHY. Ella died on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, after a sudden illness at the age of 62 years.
Click to read the rest of the information in the Oneida Dispatch - Oneida,NY,USA

President Roger Beachy The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
Royce Dempsey and his daughter, Amber Dempsey, of Imperial, read about several of the plant projects in one of many greenhouses at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center during an open-house event Sunday afternoon. (Erik M. Lunsford/P-D)
Danforth scientists say they are committed to stamping out global hunger through disease resistant crops that conserve resources.
"They believe in the mission that plant science can improve the human condition," said ROGER BEACHY, president of the center. "This science can help the environment, and food safety, and food abundance."
Biotech proponents say such research is misunderstood, and its potential contributions are being thwarted by an unfair public perceptions.
"There's nothing but good reporting from the science," Beachy said. "We're disappointed when politicians don't have the conviction to go forward."
The rising cost of food, Beachy continued, seems to be helping sway some opinions. The global mind set, he said, "is slowly changing." Click here to read the complete article By Georgina Gustin ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 09/29/2008