Posted on 02/10/2005 12:09:43 PM PST by ZGuy
The cookie conflict isn't over yet. The spat between two teens from the southwestern Colorado town of Durango and one of their neighbors over a batch of cookies they baked last summer has garnered national publicity over the past week. It has led to donations for the girls.
For Herb and Wanita Young, it has all been a nightmare.
"We have got horrendous phone calls, tons of hate mail, threats to our life," said Herb Young in a telephone interview Thursday.
The saga began in July when Taylor Ostergaard, 17, and Lindsey Jo Zellitti decided to bake chocolate chip and sugar cookies for their neighbors. They placed them outside with large red or pink construction-paper hearts that carried the message, "Have a great night" and were signed with their first initials: "Love, The T and L Club."
Things went sour when they approached the Young home. Wanita Renea Young, 49, said she heard someone banging on the door late in the evening and saw "shadowy figures" who refused to answer when she called out to them. The teens later said they did not answer because they wanted the treats to be a surprise.
A frightened Young said she spent the night at her sister's home, then went to the hospital the next morning because she was still shaking and had an upset stomach.
The Youngs said they tried to settle the dispute, even enlisting their clergy. The teens say they offered to pay the medical bills, but Young insisted on going to small claims court where a judge awarded about $900 in medical costs.
As they story spread, Denver radio station KOA raised more than enough money to pay the court award. The girls, who did not immediately return messages, were expected to be in Denver later Thursday to accept a check from the station. They have already been invited on national television shows and a cookie company has created a "Kindness Cookie" in their honor.
Things have not gone as well for the Youngs.
"It's horrible, nobody has heard our side," said Herb Young, adding the couple has had to hire a lawyer. "I don't believe the girls meant for this to happen. But they could have prevented it from happening if they had just shut their mouths when they came out of (small claims) court. Now they are caught in something they can't control."
The parents of one of the teens asked for a restraining order against Herb Young, accusing him of making harassing phone calls. He admitted calling the Ostergaards once after hearing the teens were talking to a newspaper and at one point said "the gloves were off," which apparently was taken as a threat.
"My home isn't a home any more," Young said. "We are all on pins and needles."
Today's program is brought to you by the letter "F". ;0}
"Here's a quarter. Go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face."
How about they just install a $5 peehole in the freaking door? What a bunch of turds.
That was meant to say "peep"-hole. The typo might be more appropriate, though.
And this last quote is a prime contender for the most disingenuous statement since the Kerry campaign: "All I wanted was for those girls to admit that they used poor judgment and apologize in person. If they had done that, I wouldn't have even asked for the money. I just hope they learned a lesson."
Sure, lady, sure.
You HAVE no side, fool!
Wow!
That letter is such a contrast to the attitude of the snotty neighbors!
The Cookie Monster!
I don't recall the original story mentioning that Young was even married. Makes you wonder where her husband was while she was sooooo scared. The revelation that she has a husband makes her behavior even more questionable. Why did she need to go to her sisters house if she had a husband at home? This story stinks even more now.
LOL there is justice after all, you pathetic losers. Cry me a river.
Herb's full of crap. His wife was on Fox News...Linda Vester's program I believe. She had her opportunity to speak out. These people are bigtime clymers.
When Mrs. Young appeared on Fox News, she states she called the cops and they apparently came to the house. I'm wondering where her husband was at the time this all took place. This is the first I've heard him even mentioned. The original story made it sound like she was living alone and had to go to her sister's house because she was so scared. Scared of who? The girls, or her husband? I still haven't heard when she discovered the cookies the girls left. When the cops came or the next morning?
what's that googogle hanging from her neck?
When Young appeared on Linda Vester's show (Fox), she stated she had called the cops. I still haven't heard where her husband was at the time or when she discovered the cookies the girls left her.
Ah, clymers...now there's a FReeperism that isn't being used used nearly often enough. :)
But quite a bit of front.
Some men work at night and this woman was alone it seems. If the teenagers had responded to her, maybe she wouldn't have been so scared.
The truth is always somewhere in the middle.
So, because these girls decided to do "a good thing" but yet hid and did not respond, you still expect the woman to have to pay the hospital bill herself for the anxiety attack?
Did you miss the part where she had been attacked before by neighbors?
SHE was scared. It doesn't have anything to do with me.
And how would YOU know it was teenage girls if you were in her shoes and they hid and didn't respond?
I hope you would be bright enough to call before coming or identify yourself at the door.
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