Amish Shift: Outside World Reaches Kalona Area
In Iowa's Kalona region Old Order Amish faces rising land prices that push many from farming into non-farm enterprises. Bishops admit change is here as incomes from carpentry, woodwork, and tourism grow, reshaping a community of about 3,000 across Kalona Hazleton Bloomfield and Edgewood. The Davis County enclave founded in 1971 now lists 148 families and 69 businesses with logs and lumber yards feeding a local industrial shift.
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Vote tension swells as campaigns wage turnout battle
The piece outlines a ground war in the 2004 campaign withBush and Kerry allies deploying volunteers and paid operatives to boost turnout. Ken Mehlman notes the difficulty separating turnout momentum from organizational effect as Election Day nears.
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Congress
Bush Kerry clash over election tactics in Iowa
Bush accuses Kerry of election amnesia while Kerry says Bush frightens voters with terrorism talk. Campaigns plan four appearances in Eastern Iowa as both parties rely on high tech voter data and ground games. Rural turnout and past election swings color the near evenly split race.
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Kerry
Iowa
Leach Rejects Label In 2nd District Campaign
Incumbent Rep. Jim Leach faces a tighter reelection race in the 2nd Congressional District as he counters a conservative label amid a lower profile contest. In 2002 Leach won a high-stakes battle after redistricting, compared with a more costly 2000 race that saw Julianne Thomas surge against him.
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Cedar Rapids
Newcomer Dave Franker Targets Leach In Iowa City Race
Dave Franker of North Liberty, 51, a former Iowa City school board member, intensifies attacks on Leach. He rejects Leach’s self labeled independent and moderate stance and ties him to right wing GOP politics. Franker argues there is moderate rhetoric without a moderate record.
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