Also, thousands of dollars are pouring in for the girls, well above what they were ordered to pay. Yesterday, the Post reported that excess donations would go to the victims' fund for the 1999 Columbine attacks. Today, the Post reports the girls now have a college fund. The following appears in a text box embedded in the article.
The families say the girls' court costs are covered, but people who still want to donate can designate that the money be used for the girls' college funds or for the "Never Forgotten" scholarship fund for Columbine students. The families set up this address for mail and donations: Taylor Ostergaard and Lindsey Zellitti, P.O. Box xxxx Durango, CO 81301.
Enough. It was funny yesterday. The story got its 15 minutes and more. There's no need to exploit it. What's next, a book and movie deal? Will Gloria Allred be representing them?
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Bump and Update: (TL) Donations are pouring in to cover the $900 judgment and the girls are on their way to New York to appear on Good Morning America
"We just put them on the plane. Lindsey, Taylor and Jill (Taylor's mother) are headed to New York to do 'Good Morning America,"' Martha Zellitti, Lindsey's mom, said Friday night.
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by TChris
Further proof that no good deed goes unpunished:
Taylor Ostergaard and Lindsey Zellitti, both 18, decided to bake chocolate chip cookies for their nine rural neighbors in Durango. They left the cookies at their neighbors' doors with a note written on red paper that they cut into the shape of a heart. The note said "Have a great night. Love, The T and L Club." They knocked on each door three times (so that the neighbors would discover the cookies before they were eaten by animals), then ran away.
Neighbor Wanita Young freaked out at the 10:20 p.m. knock on her door. She called the police, who found the cookies. The cookies apparently didn't help Young overcome her anxiety attack, for which she sought hospital care. Then she sued Taylor and Lindsey in small claims court, where she recovered a judgment for $930.78, making these the most expensive chocolate chip cookies ever baked.
Fortunately, a Denver radio station raised more than $1,900 to pay the judgment. (The balance will be donated to a charity for Columbine victims.) And champions of tort reform finally have something legitimate to talk about: silly lawsuits against friendly neighbors.
