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4- The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday August 23, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Powerful messages delivered at Take Back the Night By Hiba Kesebi SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Halton took back the night, Aug. 21, in tears and laughter, in songs and dances, in compassion and understanding. One hundred people came to the 18th annual Take Back The Night event at Hopedale Mall with entertain- What's keeping you from having your dream kitchen? Consider these time, mess & cost saving options... a. Renew your cabinets with our unique "Tune-up". Our exclusive process restores and repairs the finish on wood cabinets (and any other woodwork in your home) to 90-95%. Time: 1 day Mess: almost none Cost: a fraction of replacement. ment provided by BellyUp BellyDance Studios, singer Ginger St. James, and Constable Geraldine DeFoe. The attendees came to the event with an understanding that sexual, physical, and verbal abuse sees no colour, no gender, and no race and that violence happens to all--the old, the young, the celebrity and the non-celebrity. The story that Diane LeeClemons, Michael "Pinball" Clemons wife and co-founder of Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation, told during Thursday's celebration reminded all attendees of how common abuse truly is. "It is very important for us to understand there's strength in communication and there's also strength in community. That's why we are here tonight, to Take Back the Night," said Clemons. Clemons told the story of a young woman, who seemed to loose her self confidence and her family began to see a change in her. "They noticed every time she would come around, she would always want to take goodies from her mom." "Her husband would drop MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER MEMORABLE SPEECH: Diane Lee-Clemons speaks at the 18th annual Take Back the Night at Hopedale Mall on Thursday night. her off, pretty much every "On the first evening that weekend. He would never stay she had some groceries to take around. He would drop her and back with her, the husband he would always come back on came to pick her up as usual, Sunday evening to pick her up," and he sat in the car as the added Clemons. young lady towed all these bags The mother began to think of groceries in the car. Never that the young lady is not eat- once did he say, `Can I help you? ing enough at home, so she Do you need any help."' would bring groceries for her to The mother began to dislike See Participants page 5 take home. b. Reface You may already own half of your new kitchen! If your cabinet boxes are in good shape, why pay to replace them? Choose from the largest selection of door styles and finishes available anywhere. 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