One would think that our neighbors should be respecting each other and ready to help in time of need. However, with living expenses and work schedules and other social issues, being a good neighbor may not be important in our daily lives. Now this situation is just what criminals are hoping for! Your detachment from your neighbors becomes your Achilles’ heel in your own homestead. Therefore, let’s at least talk with our neighbors and perhaps attend the local crime watch meeting to make our area a better and safer place to live amongst our neighbors.

We are all so busy that it is nice to get together with our neighbors one hour every month to mingle and discuss concerns we might have. We learn what suspicious activities are going on in our area and how to piece together what is going on around us. It’s enjoyable to see each other and find out from the police what criminal activity is in our community.

The Cataract Lake Area Crime Watch covers Jackson and Jennings townships in Owen County and Cass Township in Clay County. We meet the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Cataract Volunteer Fire Department located at 9582 Hi Ridge Trail. Please come join us.

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Martha Barnett

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