So moved. Second. Its approved that we approve the agenda with the following changes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposes . Ayes have it and the motion carries. The next item is approval of the january 4 meeting minutes. Could i have a motion. So moved. Second. Okay. It has been moved and second that we approve the january 4 Commission Meeting minutes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposes. Aye it is have it and the motion carries. Item 4 approval of the february 1 meeting minutes. So moved. Can i have a second . Second. Okay. Its been moved and second that we approve the february 1 meeting minutes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposes . Ayes have it and so the motion is carried. [gavel] five item 5 directors report. Executive director. Good afternoon commissioners. Im going to keep my report very brief today because we have a lot of items on the agenda. One of the things that is happening this is the time of year when we start doing some of the lobbying at the state and federal levels so ne
Its approved that we approve the agenda with the following changes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposes . Ayes have it and the motion carries. The next item is approval of the january 4 meeting minutes. Could i have a motion. So moved. Second. Okay. It has been moved and second that we approve the january 4 Commission Meeting minutes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposes. Aye it is have it and the motion carries. Item 4 approval of the february 1 meeting minutes. So moved. Can i have a second . Second. Okay. Its been moved and second that we approve the february 1 meeting minutes. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposes . Ayes have it and so the motion is carried. [gavel] five item 5 directors report. Executive director. Good afternoon commissioners. Im going to keep my report very brief today because we have a lot of items on the agenda. One of the things that is happening this is the time of year when we start doing some of the lobbying at the state and federal levels so next week is the Cal
A Police Standoff in canton after one brother allegedly stabs another. Around 2 this Morning Police were called to this house on washington street. He sparked a standoff with police. He was taken into cut us to you for hours later. The da office says he died in an area hospital of selfinflicted injury. 6, 3 teenagers are under arrest after attacking Homeless People with a bb gun that is an exact replica of the department issued firearm. Take a look. Officers say they d be unable to tell the difference between the bb gun and the. 40 caliber pistol they carry. Officers found the young teens throwing rocks and firing the bb gun at a homeless gathering under a bridge. The teens ran but Police Caught up and all 3 were placed under arrest. Lowell Police Arrest lawrence one of the reporting parties had advised that the group was going to beat someone up. They found him hiding it inside his pocket. The defendant di the id attempts to have the officer. At this point the officer used his firearm
[inaudible conversations] next day here in looking how veterans are transitioning to civilian life. In a washington journal segment on the destruction of chemical weapons and later a discussion about brain injuries and the elderly. A lot of people dont know how difficult it is. I dont know one person may be in this room that can juggle the things me and my husband have to juggle every single day with having three children on medical disabilities going back and forth to work sometimes maybe having too taken under the table job just to bring in extra money. There isnt a lazy bone in my body. There are many people that live in the inner city under the Poverty Level that are not easy. We want to be a part of the conversation. We want to have fulltime jobs and go to school and go to college and things like that and i actually believe that certain people just put the stamp of sleazy on us and to put a smoke screen that could not can not be able to see what is really going on. To point the fi
Battlefield injuries are survivable, but it has left the system overtaxed and overburdened. Since 2001. Only 40 of veterans receive their full benefits entitled to at the v. A. With unemployment at its highest, marital discord, threatening social support, and other problems to read it and undetected, they are looking towards social Services Agencies like the red cross in providing help. So the Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces Provide services at every stage of a Service Members military life four, during, and after, so if we look military,vices after it consists of providing veterans with veterans claims for benefits as a vso as well to those who seek to appeal, and that is mostly through our andless outreach project case coordination. We have volunteers at v. A. Reintegration still building courses in the form of reconnection workshops. So our veteran claims have common characteristics. Support who to peer have been trained for the Veterans Service officers, and the red cross re