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                                                                                                               PHOTO PROVIDED BY JOHN LEWIS                      PHOTO PROVIDED BY JOHN LEWIS









           Residents of Gray Fox Dr. gather at the home of John and Sheryl Lewis for a Neighborhood Watch meeting.   Mayor Pro Tem Larry and his wife Sparrow speak to a
                                                                                                                group of neighbors about CPR and how to stop bleeding.
           Residents come together for neighborhood meeting




             Twenty-five neighbors who reside  on the topics of CPR and how to stop  and trust each other they can work to-  ing the block actively involved in crime
           on Gray Fox Dr. gathered at the home  bleeding. They also demonstrated  how  gether and in partnership with law en-  prevention efforts, as well as the impor-
           of John and Sheryl Lewis for an infor-  to use an automated external defibrilla-  forcement to create an effective crime-  tant  process of information  exchange
           mal  Neighborhood  Watch  meeting  on  tor.                                fighting team. Neighborhood  Watch  between neighbors.
           the morning of Oct. 13. John and Sheryl   The next Neighborhood Watch meet-  fights the isolation that crime can feed   As  block captains, John and Sheryl
           serve as the  neighborhood block  cap-  ing for Gray Fox Dr. neighbors will be  upon.                            facilitate the unity of the group, distrib-
           tains for residents who live on Gray Fox  held on the morning of Dec. 8. Crime   How  successful a Neighborhood  ute information,  host social gatherings
           Dr. between Blue Bird Dr. and Sparrow  and safety will be the topic of the next  Watch  group  is depends  on the  block  and provide their neighbors with infor-
           Hawk Dr. They host two to four meet-  meeting. For more information, contact  captains and the support they receive  mation  on ways to protect themselves
           ings per year.                       John Lewis at grayfoxwatch@gmail.     from their neighbors.  While  some  and each other.
             The guest speakers were Mayor Pro  com.                                  Neighborhood  Watch groups flourish,    John  and Sheryl have been serving
           Tem Larry Greene and his wife Sparrow,   The National Neighborhood  Watch  others dwindle or disappear altogether.  as the block captains for Gray Fox Dr.
           who serve on the Canyon Lake Emer-   Program is based on the premise that     The key person in any Neighborhood  for the past four years. Since then, they
           gency Preparedness Committee.        one of the best crime prevention tools is  Watch group is the block captain. This  have made every effort to see that their
             Larry and Sparrow spoke to the group  a good neighbor. When neighbors know  person is an integral component to keep-  Neighborhood Watch group flourishes.
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