A Not-So-Serious Look at Current
Staff
Amish Country News
Laura Karam, Managing Director
(717-768-8400, ext. 213)
Laura was wandering most of her adult life
around the rat race of the Washington, D.C. area, aimlessly looking for
the right job, the right people, and the right quality of life. She was
somewhat content as a direct sales diva for many years, but always missed
the hub-bub of working in an office with more than just the dog to talk
to. Then several years ago, through a strange twist of fate, she was
offered passage on a gypsy caravan that passed through Lancaster. It was
love at first sight. She decided she was tired of playing the
tambourine and wanted to see what was happening in the area, so she picked
up a copy of Amish Country News, and the rest, as they say, is history.
She is now firmly ensconced as the paper's outisde Ambassador-At-Large,
and has become both a talented sales person and writer.
Kirk Simpson, Graphic Designer
Kirk began his art career at the age of 7,
and for 13 years took various classes, from finger paiting to watercolors,
searching for the right medium. After tracing his lineage back hundreds of
years to the artitistic Simpsoni family of Italy (well, we made that up),
he found his true calling with the dawn of computer graphics. Perhaps
because of his fictitious lineage, he had an attraction for performing,
and became involved with the famous pennsylvania renaissance Faire in
1999. There he was able to use all that artistic talent designing striking
promotional pieces for the Faire, as well as being a part of the shows in
various capacities. Then one knight in 2001, we asked him to give Amish
Country News and its ads a new look. Even during a brief time away in 2005
on a job venture in the Caribbean, Kirk continued to put ACN together,
sending photos of his office (a beach overlooking blue waters). Kirk has
since returned to his senses (and the States), and continues to refine the
look of the paper and work wonders for our advertisers. And he still
performs upon the stage when the acting bug gets him.
Brad Igou, Publisher (717-768-8400,
ext. 218)
While his full bio is elsewhere, Brad
wants you to know he has been with Amish Country news from the beginning.
He has seen the paper grow and improve with the contributions of many
people over the years. He has contributed countless articles. Actually, he
could have counted them, but he had other things to do. Brad is one of the
producers of "Jacob's Choice," showing in the Amish Experience
Theater, where he is set on fire daily. (You have to see the show to
understand.) He also compiled the award-winning book of Amish writings,
The Amish In Their Own Words. He is currently working on Volume 2 while
serving prison time for stealing a dozen whoopie pies at a roadside stand.
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