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2 The Canadian Statesman Bowmanville, Saturday, November 7,1992 Male Violence Topic of Speech Pine Ridge Insurance Gives to United Way At St. Stephen's High School from Page 1 sisters, girlfriends and mothers -- cannot be silent any more on this issue. issue. "We have to break the silence," the guest speaker said. Doing that will be complicated, he noted. Stating facts from a recent survey, survey, he gave the students something Durham College to Bowmanville with the walkers. "During the walk, she held a framed picture of her sister. She told me that her sister had been killed by her husband who is now in prison. "That man is due to be out of jail in December this year and is saying he wants custody of his children." These are some of the people to think about by offering, the fol- who ^ hurt b vio | ence com F mil ied lowing facts: against women! •One of every four women will be sexually assaulted during during her lifetime. •One of every four men is a rap- cept it because "it would take away from the money donated to women's women's groups," Mr. Brzustowski said on Wednesday evening during a public event at the Bowmanville Library. Library. Although only three other people besides The Statesman Weekender reporter showed up for the event, the men were not discouraged. "We only had 12 people show up in Oshawa which is about four times ist. •In a college survey, 58 per cent of the men surveyed said that if they could get away with forcing a woman woman to have sex with them -- which is rape -they would do it. •One in three women in Grade 13 had been raped by the guy she was Church minister from Cambridge, a truck driver from Toronto and an interested interested man from Montreal. datin All the walkers, of which there r . . . j .u r h • are seven, were put through a series informé ^ fol '° Wmg of interviews by a selection commit- mrormation. tee made up from women in a num ber of careers ranging from nurses to sexual assault centre workers. the population of Bowmanville--so you're not just the leader of a pack. ^ is avera S e '" 531(1 ^ Brzustow - but that you care about women," said Mr. Brzustowski to the males in vj U © S 110 PI f) 31 T© S his audience as he ended his speech. . .. , , __ . . to well over 200 students in theM311©0 tO R©SldentS school s gymnasium. Town of Newcastle residents will Among the walkers is a United get a chance to have input into the •Two women per week in Canada Canada are murdered by their male partners, partners, the man that she loved. •Sixty-two per cent of all women murdered in Canada have died as a result of male violence in the home." Brzustowski told the students about a woman he had met on Wednesday who had walked from 14:33: Comer of Middle Rd. & Concession #3, smoke or steam mistaken mistaken for fire 1 15:46: 79 Concession St. E., rubbish rubbish fire, no dollar loss Oct. 28 11:28: Intersection of Courtice Rd. & Hwy. Two, assist ambulance 20:52: 91 Waverley Rd., rubbish fire, no dollar loss 05:38: 2732 Concession Rd. #4, chimney or flue fire, no dollar loss Oct. 29 20:48: 6010 Old Scugog Rd., assist police . ' Oct. 30 15:08: Concession Rd. #5, east of Hwy. 115, rubbish fire, no dollar loss 15:23: Port Darlington Rd., rubbish rubbish fire, no dollar loss 21:53: 355 Waverley Rd., diesel spill clean-up 23:38: 14 Candler Cr., public service, service, child in car Oct. 31 11:20: 246 King St. E., detector activated, activated, no fire 18:52: Church St., south of King St., rubbish fire, no dollar loss 20:06: 243 King St. E., natural gas leak 23:09: 94 Concession St., rubbish fire, no dollar loss Nov. 1 12:07: 2640 Prestonvale Rd., rubbish rubbish fire, no dollar loss 17:02: 583 North St., rubbish fire, no dollar loss 17:02: 954 North St., rubbish fire, no dollar loss 23:06: 246 King St. E., detector activated, activated, no fire Nov. 2 11:26: 65 Sandringham Dr., detector detector activated, no fire PAYING TOO MUCH for Home and Auto Insurance? Call 623-0331 ÀÀÀ PINE RIDGE insurance 3 Silver Street, Bowmanville Oshawa-436-6239 The walkers are not financed by government funding and will not ac te wn's official plan beginning in November. That is when a three and one-half page questionnaire pertaining to local local communities will be sent out to reS 'some of the Questions deal with mis cllet l ue on betuUt 01 h,s company to The United Way on October how people think growth in the 20th.. The staff at Pine Ridge decided to forego the traditional Open- town and rural areas should be han- Day party and instead opted to make the donation. 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