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applications frol those citizens who are interested in becoling IcGruff House sponsors. issentially, the police depart lent will screen applicants to ensure that no crilinal record exists along adult lelbers of a particular household. Once this process is cOlpleted, we will provide a brief training progral to IcGruff participants. Once selected, IcGruff House participants place a HcGruff poster in the window of their hOle. Children will learn to recognize the poster as a place where they can receive help when they are threatened. McGruff House participants do not provide first aid, they do not allow their hOles to be used for "potty breaks., they silply call the police when a child is feeling threatened. We will be kicking off this progral during the April 5th Carnival at Centerville Klelentary School. Anyone who is interested in the progral and who did not pick up an application during the carnival, silply let City Hall know that you're interested, or call the police departlent at 784-2501, linute and close your garage door so we don't advertise that you have things of value inside. Also, residents who have boats and lotors sitting in their driveways. Take a few linutes and relove your valuables frol the boat, to include rods and reals, depth finders and sililar. Also, whenever possible, park your boat and lotor within a locked building. lach Spring, thieves start looking for outboard lotors that are easily reloved frol boats together with boating accessories. Outboard lotors in particular are "hot. itels in our area each Spring. Why not lark sOle of these itets with an OPERATION IDKNTIfICATION nUtber as well? Silply stop by the police departtent a~d we will issue you a nalber and loan you an engraver. The police departlent recently conducted a training session with the Centerville School Patrol, and now we're shifting gears and getting ready for our Bicycle Safety Progral. Plans are in the works to provide educational instruction in the classrool sOletile in lay, to be followed by Centerville's 1st Annual Bicycle Safety Rodeo which is scheduled for Saturday, Kay 18th, starting around 1:00. We have asked the school district to allow us to utilize the parking lot at Centerville Kletentary School. Essentially, parents bring interested children and their bicycles down to the elelentary school where we practice safe riding skills, hand signals, etc. At the end of the progral, all participants will be eligible for a drawing whereby a new bicycle and nUlerous bicycle accessories will be given away to the kids. Additional inforlation on the Bicycle Safety Rodeo will be forth coting in the Quad COllunity Press. Lastly, citizens who are interested in starting a Neighborhood Watch Progral should contact either City Hall or the Police Departlent. Neighborhood Watch is an extrelely worthwhile progral whereby neighbors band together and fori a watch group within their own neighborhood. We provide sOle basic training to participants and establish an ongoing progral within your neighborhood. Working together, we can lake a difference!!! Call the police departtent for additional inforlatioD. David VanBurkleo Chief of Police 184-2501 As I wander around Centerville, a couple of thoughts cOle to lind which are in need of sharing with local residents. first of all, there are too lany garage doors left standing wide open. Regardless of whether you are at hOle, or have just run down to fill the gas tank, I can assure you that individuals are "casing" yoar garage, looting for things of value to steal. Please take a