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PA Buggy crash suspect had DUI
January 26, 2010 11:57 pm
— MILTON — A Boyertown woman charged with driving off after crashing into a horse-drawn buggy Dec. 27 told a district judge Tuesday that she was once convicted for drunken driving.
Jessica Fenstermacher said little beyond her comment about the 2004 conviction in Lehigh County during her arraignment before District Judge William F. Kear in Milton.
Fenstermacher faces three felony charges related to the crash in which a 4-year-old girl’s leg was broken on Route 54 in Delaware Township, Northumberland County.
State police at Milton say Fenstermacher hit the buggy, sending it onto its side, and leaving Levi Glick, 27, his wife, Mattie, 24, and two children waiting to be taken to the hospital. They charged her with an accident relating to death or injury, careless driving and not providing information.
Fenstermacher stared straight ahead as the charges were read.
“Do you understand the charges against you?” Kear asked.
“Yes,” she replied.
Fenstermacher claimed in reports that she didn’t know she hit the buggy until she heard it on the news the next day. That’s when she said she decided to call the Union County Communication Center to report she thought she may have been involved in the accident.
A Milton state police spokesman said her account was difficult to believe.
“I doubt you would hit a buggy and not know what it was,” trooper Matt Burrows said last week. “Someone that has nothing to hide would stop and wait for the authorities.”
It is unclear why Fenstermacher was in the Valley at the time of the accident.
“It’s none of your business,” she said as she left the courtroom.
Fenstermacher’s preliminary hearing is Feb. 4.
The Dec. 27 crash was at least the fifth between an automobile and horse-drawn buggy in the Valley 2009. The accidents injured at least 11 people and claimed the life of a 7-year-old Winfield boy in October near New Berlin.
Pineapple Sheet Cake
After having good success with the Cherry Coffecake, this one caught my eye. The only thing I did different from Lovina's is that I cut the recipe in half and baked it in a 8X8 brownie pan. I still baked it for about 30 min.
Kevin I think you will have to tell Lovina that we need to come to her home and work on the farm to lose all the pounds we are gaining from this cookbook.
Amish Grace - Movie on Lifetime about Nickel Mines Shooting - Due out March 28 2010
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When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community. Through the eyes of a grieving mother, Ida Graber, and other devastated families, this movie explores the Amish's astonishing reaction to the horrific shootings - of forgiveness and compassion - Amish Grace. Written by Production Company
Based on a True Story and the Book Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy by Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher. When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community. Through the eyes of a grieving mother, Ida Graber, and other devastated families, this movie explores the Amish's astonishing reaction to the horrific shootings - of forgiveness and compassion - Amish Grace. Written by Anonymous
Kevin video on Andrews McMeel Publishing page
I hadn't seen this. I'm sorry if it was aleady was posted. Here is a link:
http://cookbooks.andrewsmcmeel.com/?p=2033
blessings,
CarylAnne
