<div dir="ltr">Thank you Dawn!!<div>It's a lot to remember. I'll watch it again.</div><div><br></div><div>Joan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant via Fuusm-l <<a href="mailto:fuusm-l@fuusm.org">fuusm-l@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear FUUSM members and friends,</div><div><br></div><div>The FUUSM Board of Trustees asked me to notify all of you that two separate and unrelated member households are battling bedbug infestations. </div><div><br></div><div>Note: <b>FUUSM does not have a bedbug infestation</b> and is not likely to face such a problem. Panic and overaction are neither helpful nor productive.</div><div><br></div><div>First, please watch this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/f0X042Bk_gQ?si=XKM8TwS_tyiUD9w2" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/f0X042Bk_gQ?si=XKM8TwS_tyiUD9w2</a> . It is enormously informative, calming, and helpful. </div><div><br></div><div>Second, when one bedbug was observed crawling out of a bag brought in by one of the households—several months ago—I called the Washington County Health Department pest inspector to ask him to come to FUUSM and check for bedbugs. He said he has never seen a bedbug infestation in a church building in his many years of experience, because the church sits empty for long periods of time every week. There's just not enough human activity there to be suitable habitat for a bedbug aggregation. He said something to the effect of, "You saw one bedbug? It would be a waste of my time and yours for me to come inspect your church. I won't find anything." </div><div><br></div><div>And no bedbugs were found at FUUSM for many months.</div><div><br></div><div>In the past few weeks however, several bedbugs were found at FUUSM—on members of the households who have infestations. Vic sprayed with bedbug insecticide the places where the individuals had been sitting; later, I "bombed" the nursery. Both efforts were probably unnecessary, because FUUSM DOES NOT HAVE A BEDBUG INFESTATION.</div><div><br></div><div>But FUUSM could become a bedbug "depot" if we are not careful. Please watch the video link above to learn how to identify bedbugs—and<u> how to inspect your belongings</u> to make sure you didn't pick one up.</div><div><br></div><div>Third: Although bedbug bites cause rashes on some people (not everyone), bedbugs are not known to carry disease. They are really, truly difficult to get rid of once an infestation occurs (and being blood-suckers, they're gross) but they are not a threat to human health. </div><div><br></div><div>Fourth: This is not a reason to panic—which won't help at all. Rather, this is a time for caution and vigilantly paying attention. Please help by not panicking, and by being alert.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks! Now, please watch that video!! Seriously!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dawn Hewitt</div><div>Office assistant</div><div>First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</div><div>232 Third St.</div><div>Marietta, OH 45750</div><div>(740)373-1238</div><div>Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. <br></div></div></div></div>
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