I grew up in rural America. A small place — that I can’t even really call a town — on the summit of the Appalachian Mountain Range in central Pennsylvania. Population, 264. My Elementary school was connected to the Jr./Sr. High School. The school bused students in from over twenty miles away and still my […]
Austin Vantrease Transferred: Prison for Severe Crimes Against Man
Austin Vantrease was transferred to a St. Mary’s Correctional Center (SMCC) last week. It is designed for specific inmates. Namely, “to provide for the custody, control and care of convicted, adult, male felons who have been convicted of severe crimes against man or nature.” Offenders departmentally deemed as geriatric or chronically ill may also be assigned […]
Civil Case Settlement Reported Incorrectly
My apology for not posting since last week. There were a few reasons: I had to attend a hearing for the Civil Case (against Austin Vantrease and Jonathan May) last Thursday. It was late in the day so it forced me to spend the night away from home. Sue surprised Kari (my daughter) and I […]
Team Diviney: YOU Got This!
“We Got This!” It was the morning of November 7, 2009. Sue and I drove through the early morning hours after receiving a call from Ruby Memorial Hospital that “your son was found unresponsive in a parking lot” and it looks very bad for his survival. That’s all the information we had to go on. […]
Hydrotherapy: Spa Lift Fundraiser
Before the attack, our family would save some money for a year to get something we would all enjoy. It had to support the family. Every spring we would discuss this and make a purchase. When Ryan and Kari were in high school, it was actually Ryan who pitched that we get a hot tub. […]