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Introducing: new post clock in Dwight Lydell Park Comstock Park has a new community focal point. On the corner of Leland and West River Drive in Dwight Lydell Park, area residents will notice a new post clock that was installed on Dec. 9. Nick Purwin, Comstock Park Downtown Development Authority board member, got the idea for the clock after admiring one in downtown Rockford. The clock is the Georgetown model form Verdin Bells & Clocks. It is 17 feet high including the new base. The two faces are back lit with LEDs with a diameter of three feet. “I chose Georgetown because the aluminum post most resembled our existing light poles,” Purwin said. The DDA spent $21,000 for the clock not including installation. The DDA received permission from Kent County Parks to locate the clock on their land.
Workers install a new post clock in Dwight Lydell Park on Dec. 9.
Community Policing Officer gives personal safety tips When it comes to personal safety, you have a gift – your gut. When you see something that your gut tells you “isn’t right,” it probably isn’t. “Trust your feelings, the gut feeling that things aren’t right,” advised Kent County Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Douglas, Alpine Township’s Community Policing Officer. “The body
and they are also key to staying detects stimulus long before we consciously put it together.” safe every day. Douglas talked about personal safety and situational awareness, or knowing what is going on around you, at a Comstock Park Golden Panthers program on Nov. 1. Being observant and mindful are skills taught in aviation, the military, and law enforcement,
“Personal safety is eighty percent common sense and twenty percent intuition,” said Douglas. “Learn to trust that inherent ‘gift of the gut’ instinct.” For instance, a commonSee douGLAS, PG 2
ECRWSS POSTAL CUSTOMER Common sense and intuition are a big part of personal safety according to Alpine Township’s Community Policing Officer Jose Douglas.