By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Vader area residents interested in reducing crime are invited to a gathering next week to be held at Vader City Hall.
A Neighborhood Watch meeting has been scheduled by and will by facilitated by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Support Volunteers.
The program is designed to help curb crime by educating residents on prevention techniques and helping neighbors get acquainted, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Support Volunteers coordinator Melody Nelson said a resident of the area requested the event because “they’ve had some problems going on down there.”
Neighborhood Watch [1], sponsored by the National Sheriff’s Association, is meant to bring citizens and law enforcement together to help make communities safer.
The meeting is at 7 p.m. on Thursday April 12.