Abigail J.W. Salawage, Esq., partner at Kaminski, Hawbaker and Salawage, is busy planning her wedding this coming August.  Along with venue, flowers, meals, etc., there's a wedding cake to design because Abby may bake her own.  This is one she prepared for a close friend and then transported to Martinsburg, WV, from her home in Mercersburg:

  That's a cascade of chocolate covered strawberries!

          Abby is marrying Rodney Grenke, a friend from high school years.  Rodney is currently a Washington, D.C.  fireman, but he's recently returned from year long duty in Bagram, Afghanistan as a member of the US Army Reserves. 

          Abby graduated from James Buchanan High School in 1998.  She'd already decided that she would become an attorney.  Her daughter, Jolene, was born while she was a student at Hagerstown Community College where she earned an Associate Degree in Business.  Fortunately, Abby was able to stay with her parents in Fort Loudon while she completed her college education with a bachelor degree in political science and history at Wilson in 2002.  Abby continued to reside with her parents, Jeff and Cindy Salawage, while she attended Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle campus.  While she earning her JD, she worked throughout, in addition to parenting, for Travis Kendall, Esq., of Fulton County, as part of his office staff.  She was a receptionist and title searcher.  Abby got to celebrate the completion of her formal education in 2005.

          After graduation she worked briefly for Franklin County Legal Services before being hired by William F. "Bill" Kaminski, Esq., and Janice M. Hawbaker, Esq.

          Abby's now dealing with the challenge of a blended family.  Abby's daughter, Jolene, age 15, is an avid dancer.  This puts Abby on the road for dance competitions many weekends.  Rodney shares custody, on an informal basis, of his children, 13 year old Sarah and 8 year old Joe, with his former wife.

          In her spare [chuckle] time, Abby continues to bake.  She frequently sends her experiments to the firehouse in D. C., where she has a devoted following.  Here's one of her creative uses of Twinkies: