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10 Home Security Tips<br />
By: Jim Valkenburg / Insurance Insight<br />
We all need to be aware of the many types<br />
of security actions we can take to prevent<br />
home burglaries. Here are a few ideas:<br />
1. Landscape with safety in mind. Walk around<br />
your property and see if there are any potential areas a thief could hide.<br />
2. Lighting is important! Outdoor lights can be the difference<br />
between a robber targeting your house – or not. Motion sensor lights,<br />
LED (bright) lights and automatic lights at strategic parts around your<br />
house can encourage the thief to move on.<br />
3. Protect outdoor<br />
valuables – be sure to<br />
secure your grill, bicycles,<br />
etc. And for heaven’s sake<br />
don’t leave your garage<br />
door open. Some folks<br />
open their door a foot<br />
or two for ventilation<br />
which makes it easy for<br />
a thief to go under, open<br />
the door and walk away<br />
with valuables from the<br />
garage.<br />
4. Always lock your<br />
home, even if you are<br />
out for only a few minutes. Many burglars just walk in through an<br />
unlocked door or window.<br />
5. A spring latch lock is easy prey for burglars – they can just merely<br />
slip a plastic credit card against the latch tongue, depress it and unlock<br />
the door. A deadbolt stops this.<br />
6. If you lose your keys, change the locks. If you have given a key to<br />
anyone and they no longer need it, change the locks. Employ the same<br />
idea if you have keyless entry – change the code.<br />
7. To keep your tools or other items from being stolen, paint the<br />
handles. Thieves don’t steal anything that can be easily identified.<br />
8. You can burglar-proof your patio door by setting a pipe or metal<br />
bar in the middle bottom track of the door slide – or just cut a broom<br />
handle to the correct length.<br />
9. Install a peephole in the door separating the house from the<br />
garage. This way, if you hear something suspicious in the garage, you<br />
can check without opening the door.<br />
10. Purchase a “Ring doorbell” or similar device for both the front<br />
and back of your home. This gives you cameras and alerts to your<br />
phone if anyone approaches your home.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are so many things you can do to provide home security and<br />
many are free or inexpensive. Protect what is probably your biggest<br />
asset – your home.<br />
Super Summer <strong>The</strong>atre &<br />
Speeding <strong>The</strong>atre Present:<br />
House of Tomorrow<br />
A Play by Susan Shear<br />
This production weaves together believable, humorous, and touching<br />
stories about seniors facing life with vigor, keeping their lives (their<br />
houses) open to remodeling, their dreams big, their hopes high!!<br />
December 5,7,12, & 14 at 7 pm<br />
December 7, 8, 14 & 15 at 2 pm<br />
At the Super Summer Studios<br />
4340 S. Valley View Blvd, Suite 208,<br />
Las <strong>Vegas</strong>, NV 89103<br />
Tickets: $20 at Box Office<br />
(Mon.-Fri. 9am-3pm; 702-579-7529)<br />
$22.50 on supersummertheatre.org<br />
This performance is made possible by ArtAge Senior <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
Resource Center, www.seniortheatre.com<br />
Jim Valkenburg is a retired military officer and insurance executive.<br />
He and his wife owned and operated their own insurance agency for<br />
over 16 years. His primary purpose is to give out real information<br />
that can be used to make intelligent insurance decisions.<br />
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