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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:18:30 -0700
From: Richard Childers <fscked@sbcglobal.net>
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To: ray.smith@co.humboldt.ca.us
Subject: It was nice talking to you this morning.
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Ray,

Sorry to be such a curmudgeon this morning.

I'm not used to speaking to people who sound so happy.  (-:

Thank you for everything.

And, let's stay in touch.

I'll continue to keep you up to date on the bedbug situation.

Hey, I had an idea about how your department could do some outreach and 
let people see what you do to make Humboldt County a better place - 
while actually making Humboldt County a better place, too.

I think there are a lot of school administrators whom are in a position 
to see - and, with a little training, recognize - bedbug bites - right 
there, in the elementary and middle and maybe the high schools, too, 
five days a week.

(I spoke to one such individual, at a local elementary school - a local 
who already knew what bedbug bites looked like, and had seen the bites 
on a juvenile resident of 137 12th Street, last year. I credit her for 
the inspiration. This person had the information - but they didn't know 
what to do with it or if it was even legal to share it.)

In the wrong hands, that information could be used to remove children 
from their families. But that's not where I'm going.

In the right hands, that information could be used to identify vectors 
of infection - so that the children can be used to identify the 
problematic dwellings, and the owners of the dwellings, contacted, directly.

I think Humboldt County could achieve this with as little as two 
presentations to every school district in the county - one educational, 
and one followup training to see how things are going - and maybe a 
reward system for the people who actually listen and participate, too.

And so, instead of just complaining, I want to suggest a tangible and 
cost-effective solution, as well.

Bedbugs are a hot topic.


Thoughtfully,

~richard
707-725-7995