Ms. Ostergaard’s address (for financial help or other letters of support) is listed at this radio personality’s website
http://www.997wtn.com/p_stevegill.cfm
He also has an audio file of an interview with Ms. Ostergaard.
All you need is love.
This thread caught my eye because when I opened my browser just now, this story was one of four rotating highlighted stories on Yahoo’s home page. The other three stories are Super Bowl predictions, cheetah babies at the National Zoo (with video!) and Coach K collapses but keeps on ticking. The headline was “Teens fined for giving cookies to neighbor.”
Enjoy your privacy, Neighbor!
Yep, I guess. Where’s my damn face?
A question: what kind of MORONIC lawyer took thuis case to court?
One who got paid, obviously.
I just finished reading Robert E. Howard’s ‘Queen of the Black Coast’, and thought this appropriate to the discussion. A barbarian’s (as Howard sees it in any case) solution to insane laws and judges. Can’t you just see Arnold standing in the witness box?!:
Conan is explaining why he is running from the constabulary -
You missed the last word in the thread title, “Wins”
Presumably one who insisted upon a straight hourly fee, not a contingent fee of a third of any recovery. Although lawyers can be pretty dumb too.
I, too, want to know what kind of cookies they were.
Anything that wasn’t laden with chocolate is grounds for suing, IMHO.
Oh, they’ll be chocolate, all right. But it’s that, ah, special kind of chocolate. You know, the kind that marries you to the can. If you know what I mean. 
Robin
An update - more than enough money has been raised from all over the country to cover the bill:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2695569,00.html
No lawyer took this case to court, it was small claims court in which parties appear pro se. Though it seems that the young ladies did have legal representation.
Also, for those calling Ms. Young an “old” lady, please note that she’s only 43 years old. She has an 18 year old daughter and 60-something mother living with her. (Neither of whom, apparently, freaked out over the horror of cookies left on the porch.)
On an up note, the $900 has been covered and then some, and the girls’ have asked that any further contributions be sent to the memorial fund for the families of the Columbine tragedy.
MUHAHahahaha. Guess the reporters were too scared to ring the doorbell. 
That said, though, $3000 itemised bill, motion detectors and all that jazz? Wow. Makes ol’ Cookie Monster look even worse.
The July 31 deliveries consisted of half a dozen chocolate-chip and sugar cookies accompanied by big hearts cut out of red or pink construction paper with the message: “Have a great night.”
The next thing you know, she’ll sue them for being un-neighborly and ignoring her.
Maybe for Valentines Day, some kind soul will send her a heart shaped box full of FeenAMints.
Re: Cookiegram
In Durango, Colo., in midsummer it’s practically still twilight at 10:30pm MDT.
And the girls have gotten on TV and been more than reimbursed for their troubles (according to today’s Denver Post). Recap: letters to post re: that story from all over America. From Texas: “Those wacky Coloradans!” From the East Coast: “Those wacky Westerners!” From Canada: “Those wacky Americans!”
From the Intergalactic Federation of Civilized Planets: “You know, we should really do something about that place before it gets out of hand.”
Oh, for Christ’s sake.