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POWELL CF Media writer michael@cfmedia.info The small community of Waco has decided it was their turn to "take a bite out of crime", so they have recently started Waco Community Watch, a "first" for them, but based on an idea that has been around for a while now. Mayor John Barrett, who has been mayor of this small town, since being elected in 2016, said the Watch was "… something we've wanted to do for the entire community", noting the Watch extends be- yond the town's actual limits to encompass some of the businesses that aren't just in the locale by the post office and the convenience and gas mart. Barrett has been a busy man, making sure the little town gets its fair share of attention from the state as well as the mov- ers and shakers in Raleigh and elsewhere. Founded in 1880, incorporated in 1906, and sand- wiched, as it were, between the cities of Shelby and Cherryville, and lying right on Hwy. 150, with a railroad literally sitting in its lap. Possibly due to the high- way's location, as well as the crossroad and the intersection, the town sees its fair share of enough through-traffic, some of which might (or might not) har- bor folks who don't have the citi- zens of the town's best interests at heart on occasion. Granted, Mayor Barrett noted their incidents are much smaller, by comparison, than the afore- mentioned nearby cities, one break-in, assault, narcotics incident, property damage or robbery… well, that is one too many! "Oh, make no mistake," said Mayor Barrett. "The Town of Waco does have crime. Thus, the idea for the Watch was driven by citizens' ideas. Some of them approached the Board about it before the COVID pan- demic." He continued, "It came back into play in De- cember 2021 and we approached the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office about it and set up a meet- ing with them in March 2022. We have had two meetings with Sheriff (Alan) Nor- man and Capt. Christopher Ca- nipe, and they were both very supportive and very interested in helping us." Barrett said they want to get this community of roughly 380 peo- ple involved, so to that end a brochure was created by Jimmy Carpenter (www.jimmycarpen- ter.com) and can be found at the Waco Town Hall, located at 200 A.W. Black St., in Waco. The brochure covers all of the aspects of what a Commu- nity Watch is and does and has a great deal of helpful informa- tion on what to watch for so far as anything or anyone suspi- cious in your neighborhood, he said. Mayor Barrett said their Board has been "very active", adding they meet once a month at the Waco Community Build- ing, just across the street and a bit east of the Town Hall, in the grey stone building on the cor- ner of A.W. Black Street. Mayor Barrett did note that w h i l e m o s t crimes commit- ted in Waco are what he termed "petty crimes", he believes a Watch will be good for the community and its businesses. "We've seen this (Commu- n i t y W a t c h ) idea continue to grow," he said. "Through donations, fund raisers, window stickers and signs, which are installed on all of our speed limit signs in the city limits." Barrett also said the town is planning to have a free town-wide block party on Aug. 27, with a bounce house for the kids and food, all of which is covered by $1,000- plus in donations, so that not a penny from the town's budget was spent for it. "The donations all came from our 25 businesses," he said. Mayor Barrett said for those with questions or wanting more infor mation to please either visit their Facebook page (Waco Community Watch; ask to be invited), or visit the town's web site at www.townofwaco.com, or call him at (704) 718-8475 and leave a message, if pos- sible. Waco starts Community Watch program A recent Waco Community Watch meeting at the Town Hall was well-attended, with a great Watch program given by Cleveland County Sheriff's Office deputies. (photo provided) TOWN OF WACO MAYOR JOHN BARRETT (photo by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media) An example of the Community Watch signage that is attached to the speed limit signs in the Waco city limits. (graphics by Jimmy Carpenter) The Waco Community Watch logo. A graph of the Town of Waco's incidents that took place in 2020-2021. Helping you Prepare for Summer! Helping you Prepare for Summer! Around Around Your Your Home Home See Pages 12 & 13