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Jennys Farm Market owner robbed, beaten

By Erica McClain
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Jennys Dexter Market owner Burton Hoey said hes lucky to be alive after being brutally beaten Tuesday night and robbed of $55,000 worth of his business money. They just kept beating me, he said with what he called a neck yoke, a 3-foot-

long wooden piece of equipment that separates two horses drawing a wagon. They finally got the money and left. They got every bit of money we had. Hoey said he was walking the grounds of Jennys Dexter Market, which offers pony and hay rides as well as cider, doughnuts and related products, at about 9 p.m. Tuesday when he

noticed a light in went off inside a building. I didnt know anyone was there, and there was an extension cord running out there I followed the cord to replug it in, Hoey said. When I walked into the building, they took a neck yoke and hit me over the head. I begged them to stop, and I thought I was going

to die. Hoey said he was taking the $55,000 out of the business safe to another location, which he thought was more secure because he never trusted its placement. The two men who attacked him probably didnt know how much he had, Hoey said, but like a fool, I allowed them to get it all.

Hoey said the two men beat him with the yoke for about 15 minutes and he managed to call 911 after lying on the floor for quite a while. He said the attack left him with 40-something stitches both inside his mouth and around his head. When youre beaten like that your mind goes
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Employee speaks on hayride accident

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Mary Ruth Armbruster, the Jennys Dexter Market employee who was run over by a horse-drawn hayride wagon Sept. 24, has confirmed her paralysis from the waist down. Armbruster, 23, told the Dexter Leader in a statement that she wrote to the press to clear up a number of misconceptions and misstatements that the markets owner Burton Hoey and others told AnnArbor. com.
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Cityhood petition ruled legal

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The village of Dexters petition for cityhood was found legally sufficient Sept. 24. The Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Steven Hilfinger is said to have investigated the petition, which was found legally insufficient twice and issued the order of legal sufficiency after contacting parties involved in the matter, according to Assistant Village Manager Courtney Nicholls. We talked to (Hilfinger); he mentioned that he talked to Webster (Township), and the director and deputy director at some point made the decision, Nicholls said. He just looked at the proceedings, talked to the
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ylie students braved the elements in the name of physical tness as they participated in a 1-mile run/walk at the Oct. 27 Turkey Trot, even in the rain at some points. Some students treated the event seriously, focusing on achieving their personal best times and others just had fun participating. Either way, every student was able to focus on physical fitness and have fun getting some great exercise with friends. This isnt about who finishes first, said Walt Keppler, longtime Wylie Physical Education teacher, about his 32nd annual Turkey Trot. This is to help promote cardiovascular health and fitness. I had one kid who did it in 6:19, and some who will take 18 minutes. Students are encouraged to run the full 1-mile course around fields behind Cornerstone and Wylie schools but are told walking is just fine, too, as long as they try and they keep moving. Each participant is handed a marker that

relays their time at the halfway point of the course in hopes of encouraging them to keep going. Small groups of enthusiastic parents were on hand to help with the event and cheer the kids on to the finish line. Without all of our parent volunteers, we couldnt do this, Keppler said. Each participant received a ribbon at the end of the event, and

they all wore them proudly. According to Keppler, the students also entered a random drawing for three $25 Buschs and Country Market gift cards. The Turkey Trot is a long-held tradition at many Dexter schools. Keppler said the event started more than 35 years ago. I remember when they used to give out frozen turkeys, she said.

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