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If you visit Peggy Sparks of
3311 Heitman Drive, the first
thing she'll do after saying hello
it direct you to her television.
: "I'm real proud of it," Mrs.
Sparks said, pointing not to the
set but a certificate on top of it.
> The certificate, the Citizens
Commendation Award from the
Winston-Salem Police Department,
praises Mrs. Sparks for
organizing Community Watch
programs on several streets in her
neighborhood.
: Part of the certificate reads:
!*The Winston-Salem Police
Department gives this certificate
pf appreciation for special and
Commendable services above and
beyond the ordinary duty of a
citizen which was rendered to the
<?rime Prevention Unit of the
Neighborhood Watch Program
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: After jp&ding the certificate,
take a seat and be prepared to
watch a little television. Just as
sfre is proud of her certificate,
Mrs. Sparks is equally proud of
her cameo appearance on a local
news station that covered the cer
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uncaie presentation. She said her
family videotaped the newscast.
But stardom on the little screen
or no, Mrs. Sparks continues her
work. It's not an uncommon
sight to see this 44-year-old white
woman going through this
predominantly black
neighborhood knocking on doors
And telling people about
Neighborhood Watch.
\ Pulling out a notebook that
outlines her work strategy, Mrs.
Sparks, who is chairman of the
Neighborhood Watch program
on her street, said that so far she
has helped organize
Neighborhood Watch programs
on Nancy Lane and Leona and
Charles streets.
; A watch program has existed
On her street for several years,
Mrs. Sparks said. She was part of
1 that organizing effort, too.
: She said involvement in the Neighborhood
Watch program
On her street had tapered off to
K only a few meetings over the
years. But a break-in in a nearby
house in May prompted Mrs.
Sparks to renew her efforts to
getting the community organized.
Mrs. Sparks introduces people
to the program by going through
the phone book to find the people
living on the streets she wants to
organize.
"It took me days," she said.
She said that addresses and
names she can't find in the phone
book don't bother her. She just
goes to the house and introduces
herself.
* She holds meetings at Mount
Carmel Baptist Church on Heitman
Drive, where Crime Prevention
Officer O.G. Bruce shows
films on how to secure one's
home against crime.
; Mrs. Sparks said she announces
her meetings through
word-of-mouth and by putting
up posters in the community.
J Attendance at the meetings
varies. Mrs. Sparks said, but she
Can always count on one person
to attend.
] "I haven't had a meeting yet
(hat my alderman, Larry WornWe,
hasn't been to," she said.
VThat makes me feel good."
* While the other streets are being
organized, people often call
Mrs. sparics witn questions.
: 'They call me up and ask me
things tike where to go to get
signs to put in their yards," she
said.
When she moved into her
neighborhood 20 years ago with
her husband, Larry, it was allwhite,
Mrs. Sparks said.
i She doesn't remember when
blacks started moving in, she
laid, but neither does she care.
I Unlike many whites, Mrs.
Sparks and her family chose to
remain in the neighborhood.
Jtfrs. Sparks said that, at the
time, her house was almost paid
for and she saw no reason to
hove.
* "I can get along with anybody
M long as they behave
themselves," she said.
I Mrs. Sparks said she has found
the blacks in the neighborhood as
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"I would want no better
neighbors," she said. "Doing
this Community Watch, I want
the blacks to feel like I'm trying
to help them as much, as the
whites.* *
Mrs. Sparks, a housewife, said
she spends all her time between?
her Community Watch organizing
efforts and her family. She
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