GOOD MORNING TO ALL, IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY WEEK AND JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN AND SEE HOW EVERYONE IS FEELING. HERE IN OHIO THE CASES OF COVID HAS BEEN RAMPANT. JUST ALONE ON MY CASELOAD, I HAVE 7 PEOPLE, BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN, THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID, MOST WITH MILD SYMPTOMS, AND A FEW THAT HAVE MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS. STRANGELY, THE ONES WITH THE MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS ARE FULLY VACCINATED. MOST BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRING MASK WEARING DESPITE YOUR VACCINE STATUS. THE FEDERAL VACCINE MANDATE HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD INDEFINITELY DUE TO MUTLIPLE STATES FILING FEDERAL LAWSUITS. I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH STERLING DURING THE WEEK DUE TO BEING SO BUSY, BUT I DID SPEAK WITH HIM YESTERDAY. RACHAEL SEEVERS, KEPT HER WORD, AS SHE ALWAYS DOES, AND PAID A VISIT TO THE IMU. THE TEAM IS VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT THIS BILL AND NOW THEIR ZOOM MEETINGS WILL BE HELD WEEKLY, AGAIN, HERE IS THE LINK IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THEM. https://disabilityrightswa.zoom.us/j/95828888390?pwd=RHprV1ZsU2w1SU53OG40NUpiQzRPZz09, THE TIME IS FROM 5PM - 6:30PM PST. MUCH HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK, NONE OF IT REALLY GOOD...INFLATION IS THROUGH THE ROOF, MY GROCERCY TRIP YESTERDAY COST ME ABOUT $50 MORE THEN IT USUALLY DOES AND SOME ITEMS WERE NON - EXISTENT. GAS PRICES KEEP GOING UP AND THE STOCK MARKET HAD A TERRIBLE WEEK, SO FINANICALLY IT WAS A STRUGGLE. STERLING AND I HAD AN INTERESTING DEBATE YESTERDAY OVER THE ARREST OF THE CRUMBLEY PARENTS IN MICHINGAN. IN CASE YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE, LAST WEEK , THEIR SON, 15 YEAR OLD ETHAN CRUMBLEY SHOT 11 PEOPLE ( 4 HAVE DIED) AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN MICHINGAN. THE TRAGEDY WAS HEARTBREAKING THESE YOUNG CHILDREN HAD TO EXPERIENCES THIS HORRENDOUS ACT AND SOME LOST THEIR LIVES. NOW, THE PROSECUTOR DECIDED TO ARREST THE PARENTS AND CHARGE THEM WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE FORECASTED TO BE CHARGED AS WELL, SETTING A PRECEDENT TO HOLD PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE. SOME FEEL IT IS POLITICALY MOTIVATED TO MAKE A PRECEDENT IN THESE TYPE OF CASES. BUT, WHAT THE MEDIA IS REPORTING IS THAT THE GUN THAT ETHAN USED WAS NOT PROBABLY LOCKED UP IN THE HOME AND HE HAS EASY ACCESS TO IT. FIRST POINT THEY TEACH YOU IN GUN SAFETY CLASSES, IS THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WEAPON AT ALL TIMES, NO MATTER WHAT. AND, IT YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN THE HOME, YOU TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP THE WEAPON AND AMMO SAFELY LOCKED UP. NEXT POINT , THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS , ETHAN WAS EXHIBITING AND THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOTED THEIR CONCERNS. ETHAN WAS BEING BULLIED AND TOLD SCHOOL OFFICIALS HE WAS HAVING THOUGHTS OF HARMING PEOPLE, AND THE THOUGHTS WOULD NOT STOP. IN FACT, THE MORNING OF SHOOTING THEY HAD A MEETING WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS DISTURBING DRAWINGS A TEACHER SAW FROM ETHAN WITH BODIES LYING IN POOLS OF BLOOD AND A GUN POINTING TO THEM. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE PARENTS ENGAGE ETHAN IN COUNSELING WITHIN 48 HOURS...TWO HOURS LATER, ETHAN CARRIED OUT HIS HORRIFIC ACTS. MANY ARE BLAMING THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR NOT SEARCHING HIS BOOKBAG AND LOCKER. MANY ARE BLAMING THE PARENTS FOR KNOWING THEIR SON WAS DISTURBED AND HAVING UNLOCKED WEAPONS IN THE HOME. THIS HITS CLOSE TO HOME , I WORK WITH CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN HAVE MADE THREATS. THERE IS A STANDARD PROTOCOL IN THIS COUNTY WITH THE SCHOOLS HANDLING SUCH CONCERNS. AND, I AM SURE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY HAVE THEIR OWN POLICIES. COULD HAVE THIS BEEN AVOIDED ? SHOULD SCHOOL OFFICIALS BE CHARGED ? SHOULD HIS PARENTS BEEN CHARGED? WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY? SHOULD ETHAN BE TRIED AS AN ADULT ? IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT IS EASY TO HAVE AN OPINION OR JUDGE LOOKING AS AN OUTSIDER AT THE SITUATION, BUT WHEN YOU ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED, THE FACTS CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT THEN WHAT IS PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA. I PRAY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS TRAGEDY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL AND STAYING SAFE. WE SEND ARE WELL WISHES TO ALL