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Follow Thesf <br />Keep Crimh <br />when it comes to cr;me-ono:- <br />mg. it’s the little thmi?s that count, <br />says Communit>' Crime Prevention <br />Officer fohn Evvald. Not only <loes <br />that advice apply to home and <br />personal safety, it also applies to <br />businesses—both large and small. <br />Ewald offers these tips: <br />• Call the Mound Police Depart­ <br />ment and ask to have a premises <br />survey completed. Ewald will <br />visit your business, survey the <br />building and grounds and dis ­ <br />cuss ways to improve security. <br />• Pay close attention to door locks. <br />But remember, a lock is only as <br />good as the door it is on. A S300 <br />lock on a $2 door will not deter <br />burglars. <br />• Proper lighting can make a dif ­ <br />ference. In one of New York City's <br />highest crime areas, high sodium <br />lighting was installed on an ex ­ <br />perimental basis. The result was <br />tsps and <br />3ut <br />T.a: ’.vis * <br />iriit. <br />City Cierk Elected to <br />Professional Soard <br />• inv.rnnmentai design will <br />rooberv ever* more diificii.t <br />Huw :s vour building land ­ <br />scaped^ Keen <;hnibberv and <br />trees juav rrom 'ne budding <br />:ney wiil not conceal burgiarv <br />attempts. Are lar^e vvindows <br />visible from the streetl^ Don't <br />paper your windows with ads <br />that obscure street sun eiilance. <br />• Internal theft supersedes shop­ <br />lifting. Because emplovee thett <br />can break ‘he back of a com ­ <br />pany. review your cash-fianuhn.^ <br />policies and take precautions so <br />that your inventorv' doesn t go <br />out the back door <br />For more information or to <br />have a premises survey conducted. <br />i:all the Mound Police Department <br />at 4r:-3rii. <br />Building Official <br />Begins Duties <br />/ A <br />foa It Sudwriand bte anm Mound's now <br />Building O/Fdal on July 9. SuCheriond has <br />mol* than Ihroo yoors of oxperienco os a <br />budding o/TIdal. fornwriy with Isanti <br />County and with a cooporolivo veniur:: <br />botwoo n Prior Loko. Sovoge and Scott <br />bounty. In addition to his duties as build­ <br />ing inspector. Suthoriond serves as head <br />of the banning and Zoning Department. <br />Suthoriond woloomos colls and visits from <br />OfM oontracton or homoowners with <br />quoetione on building praiocts. Coll him at <br />Qty Hod at 473-1195. <br />Mound ’s Crime Prevention <br />Association Needs <br />Your Support <br />The Mound Crime Prevention <br />.\ssociation is a coalition of area <br />residents and the Mound Police <br />Department. The associaron works <br />to promote activities and protects tor <br />the purpose of crime prevention and <br />the apprehension of cnminais. <br />Some of the programs assisted <br />financially by the association induce <br />the D.A.R.E. program. Child Safet\ <br />and School Liaison programs, .Neigh­ <br />borhood Crime Watch and Child <br />Safe House, a TIP line for anony ­ <br />mous information, rewards for enme <br />and arrest information, the police <br />canine program, community crime <br />prevention (see article abovel <br />resource materials ar^ *rc;nng. and <br />for Operation Iden» ' <br />.Membership is <br />Mound residents a <br />minimum SIO dor <br />Additional gifts arv <br />Recognition will bo gi\ *n to all <br />donors. For more information on this <br />program, call the Mound Police <br />Department at 472-3711. <br />*on. <br />1 all <br />:hants. A <br />required. <br />f welcome. <br />1 <br />r "'jr. Irjd.-k • /.ei.sjnijer <br />Francene (Fran) Clark-Letsinger. <br />.Mound Citv Clerk, was elected in # <br />Mav to the board of directors for the <br />International Institute of .Municipal <br />ClerKs (il.MC;. a professional organi ­ <br />zation for citv clerks. She will repre­ <br />sent the region that encompasses <br />Iowa. .Minnesota and Wisconsin. <br />Clark-Leisinger has served as the <br />.Mound Cit\’ Clerk for eight years. <br />Slie has been a member of the associ- <br />it:on unce 1982. As an active mem­ <br />ber. she attended numerous annual <br />conferences and served on the Host <br />Cwmmittoe wiwn rhe organization <br />held Its annual meeting in .Minne­ <br />apolis. She also served as chairper­ <br />son for the Stale of Minnesota IIMC <br />.Memoership Committee from 1904 to <br />1905 and received first place in the <br />membership contest for recruiting <br />the most new members to the organi ­ <br />zation <br />Clark-Leisinger is active in other <br />organizations, including the League <br />of .Minnes/a Cities, for which she <br />has ser/ec ior tJ’ * *^ast two years on <br />the Electior.s and Ethics Committee. <br />She is also active in local community <br />affairs, co-chairing for the past two <br />years the Mound City Days celebra ­ <br />tion. In addition, she is a member of <br />the Westonka Chamber of Commerce.