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Crime watch gets its day in sun
By BRADY DENNIS, Times Staff Writer LAND O'LAKES -- Most times, this group lives for darkness. They slide through the neighborhood by night, with cell phones and radios in hand. They look for anyone, anything that might threaten this area they call home. The members of the Oak Grove Crime Watch take their jobs seriously. But on Saturday, they're planning to let their guard down for a few hours and come out into the sunshine. To celebrate the success of the neighborhood's crime watch program, Oak Grove residents will hold a "Summer Bash" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Denham Oaks Elementary School, off Oak Grove Boulevard. "The community response has been overwhelming," resident John Robinson, who helped organize the program, said earlier this year. "It's just been a good community effort." Tony Wilim, a former deputy now overseeing the Sheriff's Office crime prevention program in central Pasco, agreed. "Out of all my subdivisions, Oak Grove is the only one that has pulled together and organized to form a crime watch so fast," said Wilim, who oversees about 20 neighborhoods. "For a subdivision that size, there are a lot of people who have come together. I'm very happy." Robinson said anyone is welcome to attend Saturday's event, which will be put on with help from sheriff's deputies. A cookout, children's games and tours of county emergency vehicles are all part of the scheduled activities. Those planning to attend are asked to bring their own chairs, as well as a nonperishable dish to share and some ice. Attendees also are asked to leave pets at home.
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