This was our biggest surprise! We were contacted by an agency that had heard we were donating plants, and vegetables to nonprofit organizations and after a brief description of their “Head Start Program,” we were more than happy to help them. They had a kitchen in their school building and a creative chef who would make healthy vegetable snacks for the children enrolled in their program from the produce we donated to them. Over the years I began a working relationship with two of their program councilors and they provided a lot of support to my student graduates who would be paroling. They were some very dedicated professionals and I enjoyed their camaraderie. My introduction was based on one of the councilors entering my classroom and wanting to inspect my computers. I had three in our classroom which were networked to our school server.
The computers did not have internet access, but were loaded with lessons in all levels of mathematics, reading comprehension, and writing skills. At first I thought the councilor only wanted to see what we had on our computers, but that was not the case. I was more than happy to show what educational programming was loaded on them but but that’s not what he was looking for. Apparently his organization had received computers through a grant from the Department of Justice which were to be used by the inmates to do resumes, cover letters, and employability skill building. He could not locate the computers in our school. He seemed a little discombobulated and confided in me that he needed to locate them. I suggested he check with our warehouse supervisor and see if they had been received. If they were received in our warehouse a bill of lading or shipper would have to be signed. He thanked me for the information and told me he would be in touch.
The next day I had my tutors and students harvest the pumpkins from our garden. We had a combination of different varieties. I was especially impressed with a pumpkin variety called “Lumina.” It was a white pumpkin and I knew the children from the Head Start program would enjoy painting them. I also grew meat pumpkins which could be used for cooking. Their chef could make all kinds of nutritional goodies with those. I made the arrangements with the Head Start Councilors to pick up about 30 pumpkins. They were very happy to take them and promised me pictures. The beginning of connecting with our community through the eyes of children had begun today. The future of a fruitful continued partnership with our Head Start teachers and councilors was promised.
The councilor who was looking for the computers was in our new Principal’s office when I returned to the school. He didn’t look very happy. Upon leaving her office he asked me not to leave the school building. He needed to talk with me. Once in the hallway he informed me that he still hadn’t found the computers. Our warehouse supervisor and new school principal was unaware of them being received by the prison. I informed him not to be stressed. All he had to do was contact the company responsible for shipping them and get a copy of the signed receiver. That will tell him where they are at, and who the person was receiving them. I had thought that they could have been shipped to our main warehouse in our state’s capital, but the signed receiver would be the “tale of the tape.” He thanked me again. At that time I did not realize that I just gave him the key to “Pandora’s Box.” To Be Continued…
This killer has a $1,000,000 bounty for his capture. Paid for by Russian Oligarch’s. He is murdering his own people in the Ukraine bombing hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings. Children , women, and seniors are dying in cities through out the Ukraine because of his invasion, and continued bombardment. Millions are fleeing the country. He has threatened the Western countries with nuclear war if they intercede. I pray he is arrested, and tried for his war crimes. He is claiming they are Nazi’s and are making bioweapons. His army has a history of using bioweapons. I believe he is capable of using them on his own people. He needs to be stopped. He has no concern for the life of his fellow Russians. He will have no concern for ours.
MJ-Way 