Shawnee area Neighborhood Watch Meeting

Join the Shawnee Police Department on Tuesday August 26. From 6:30-8:30pm at the Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech Center Auditorium for information on Personal Safety. The event is open to everyone in the Shawnee area or anyone that is interested in learning about and participating in a Neighborhood Watch.

The Shawnee Police Department will be offering training the last week of the following months that you might want to know more about. Such as

• Crime prevention information.
• Block captain training and special events for all watch neighbors.
• Securing you home, making it less attractive to criminals.
• Property Identification, or also known as Operation I.D. It's where you mark your property using an engraver, with your driver's license number and state. The idea behind this is that it discourages theft and helps law enforcement identify and return stolen property when it is found or has been pawned.

For more information on these community meetings call the Shawnee Police Department, 273-2121

Waiting in line

Waiting in line to pick up your kids can be tiresome, but here are a few tips to make the time go by faster.
1. Keep a book in the car that you have been wanting to read.
2. Read the newspaper.
3. Do your nails.
4. Keep a trash bag in your car and clean up the trash left behind
from the weekend trip.
5. Clean out your wallet or purse.
6. Look over your planner.
7. Take your bills, check book, stamps and get some bills paid.
If you have your baby with you, take a bag filled with toys and books. Play "I Spy". Bring drinks and snacks. Or play the radio.