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Vigil Remembers Montreal Massacre A vigil was held at the Town Hall in Bowmanville on Sunday afternoon to remember the 14 women who were murdered at L'ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. Francine Nicholas, a Bowmanville woman who was herself a shooting victim, addressed the group. She is holding one of the white carnations given to each of the participants. The ceremony included a reading of the names of each of the Montreal victims victims and also the citing of facts pertaining to violence against women. The 14 women who died at the hands of a gunman in Montreal's L'ecole Polytechnique were remembered remembered on Sunday, December 6, during during a ceremony at the Town Hall in Bowmanville. Exactly three years earlier, 13 engineering engineering students and a member of the school staff were shot by a gunman gunman who then killed himself. Sunday's vigil was a time not only to remember the victims of the Montreal massacre, but also recognize recognize all women who are victims of violence. Francine Nicholas, a Bowmanville Bowmanville woman who in 1991 was shot five times by the man who was then her husband, addressed a crowd of approximately 35 who gathered for the memorial ceremony. "They were sentenced because they were women," said Ms Nicholas Nicholas of the Montreal victims. "This should never happen again." Yet, she reminded the group that violence continues. "Women arc murdered every day. And this is why we are here today." Ms. Nicholas added that, as a survivor, she can tell women who live with violence that "there is hope." Following Ms Nicholas' remarks, the names of the women killed in Montreal were read aloud, along with facts and statistics concerning the continuing violence against women. Those attending the memorial ceremony were reminded that 120 women were murdered by their partners partners in Canada last year. Five of these were from the Durham Region. Region. Among the other information cited cited during the vigil were the following following facts: •62 per cent of all women murdered murdered are victims of domestic violence. violence. •One girl in every five is abused or sees the abuse of her mother. •54% of Canadian women are afraid to walk in their own neighbourhoods neighbourhoods at night. •Popular culture either directly or indirectly condones violence against women, especially through the portrayal portrayal of Rambo-style male heroes who operate outside of conventional laws. "Women must organize for a life without fear," the group attending Sunday's vigil was told. The ceremony -- the only one taking place on December 6 in the Durham Region -- concluded with an opportunity for further conversation conversation and refreshments at a nearby church hall'. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, December 9,1992 3 Week in Review Moonlight Madness From Page One town-wide event. Shoppers will also be invited to ■ sip on some cider or hot chocolate and maybe some nibbles, provided by store owners, during their Christmas Christmas shopping tour of Bowmanville. While shoppers are looking in store windows perusing the different selections "they should be on the look-out for some creative artwork," Mr. Anyan stated. Weather permitting, shoppers might be able to travel the downtown downtown area in a horse drawn buggy. Also in the works are some terrific terrific deals by area shop owners, said Mr. Anyan. "Some of the merchants are say ing that the later the shoppers come in the better the deals will be," Mr. Anyan told The Statesman. Later shoppers might also catch not only an eyeful of decorated stores, but also some shopkeepers and staff in their pyjamas, Mr. Anyan Anyan said. "We all have lots of ideas and the merchants are excited about Santa's Midnight Madness," Mr. Anyan said. To help foster some goodwill within the downtown core, merchants merchants are also being encouraged to set out Christmas boxes for food and toy donations for the 1992 Salvation Salvation Army Christmas Food Bank and Toy Drive. Christmas Open House at Clarke Museum No Name Change for Bennett Road by Laura J. Richards Bennett Rd. won't be getting a new name. ; A change from Bennett Rd. to Wil- mot Creek had been requested in order order to help market homes in the nearby nearby Wilmot Creek community. "We felt we needed any feather in our cap to sell homes," said David Rice, of Ride Pine Park Inc. But, lifelong residents of the immediate immediate area objected to the change. And, after hearing arguments for and against the name change, Newcastle's general purpose and administration committee decided on Monday that the old name was best. ; That decision will now go to Town Council for ratification next week.. Mr. Rice told the committee, his company would shoulder the costs of re-naming the road, not the home owners within the Wilmot Creek Adult Residential Community. When he contacted the Home Owners' Association, he said the idea of changing the name of the road was met with enthusiasm. "Having the road renamed would make it easier for visitors to find the community. "There have been occasions when ,we have received telephone calls from ! people who have gone by the turnoff and have gone to Newcastle Village looking for Wilmot Creek," Mr. Rice recalled.. But the name change faced strong opposition from lifelong residents in the local rural community. One of 1 those who objected to the re-naming of Bennett Rd. was Garnet Rickard. 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COMMISSIONER OF WORKS NISSAN POWER SALE Fi 5r>°' SAVE $ 1500 On all In-stock V6 King Cab Pick-ups including 2WD King Cab V6 4WD King XE 4WD King Cab SE V6 m MIDWAY MOTORS J ■* nnn I Oi i r 1300 Dundas Street E. Whitb 668-6828 "Bennett Road has been well- established as an interchange on 401, and a landmark for several places of business and hundreds of citizens," said Mr. Rickard at Monday's committee committee meeting. Re-naming Bennett Rd. as Wilmot Creek Rd. would be historically incorrect, incorrect, he said. "Wilmot Creek is well known as a major water course with historical significance. significance. Bennett Road and Wilmot Creek are unrelated, the closest distance distance apart is more than 3.2 kilometers." kilometers." Continuing on in that line of thought, Mr. Rickard told the council committee that "If we change the name of Bennett Road it will stand as a precedent for the opportunities for change of all other roads named by the province such as Lamb, Lovekin, Stephenson, Martin, Holt, ' Rundlc, Trull, Westney and so on." Besides, he argued "This municipality municipality has been through a name change process to remove confusion. Changing Bennett Road to. Wilmot Creek Road .would createimass confusion." confusion." To further the point that the Town of Newcastle should not change the name of Bennett Road to Wilmot Newcastle Fire Report Dec. 1 15:30: 55 King St. W., equipment malfunction 15:34: Waverly Road Public School, smoke or steam mistaken for fire Dec. 2 12:28: 1678 King St. E., rubbish fire, no dollar loss 15:25: Comer of Baseline Rd. & Martin Rd., rubbish fire, no dollar loss Dec. 3 11:37: 6 Penfound Dr., unknown odor investigated, no fire 13:27: 1678 Hwy. Two, rubbish fire, no dollar loss 18:06: 2839 Hwy. Two, alarm, no fire Dec. 4 00:43: 22 Varcoe Rd., chimney or flue fire, no dollar loss 10:37: 57 Liberty St. S., unknown odor investigated, no fire Dec. 5 16:45: 169 King St. W., electrical fire, estimated damage $25,000, mechanical mechanical or electrical cause Dec. 6 , 14:29: 3410 Concession Rd.. #4, Clarke, propane gas leak, public hazard hazard 23:54: Hwy. 401 westbound, west of the Burger King, vehicle accident, no fire Dec. 7 06:49: 1715 Brownsville Rd., assist assist ambulance Creek Road, area resident Eugene Dupuis Dupuis asked the committee to think of the inconvenience it would cause him and his family personally. "My wife and I have gone to a great deal of effort to do historical research research regarding our property," Mr. Dupuis said. He asked that the committee consider consider the cost and inconvenience that would be incurred by his family to change their street address from Bennett Bennett Road to Wilmot Creek Rd. Mr. Rickard and another delegate to the meeting, Gordon Barrie, produced produced petitions to keep Bennett Road as it is now. Mr. Rice, who spoke to the committee committee as the last delegate on the issue told the members: "We certainly would like to see it changed." However, "I am surprised by the negative attitude towards" the application application to do so, Mr. Rice added. Stephanie McKenna tries her hand at printing a Christmas card from a wooden block during a Christmas open house at Clarke Museum Museum on Sunday. Curator Mark Jackman was on hand to show visitors visitors how illustrations appearing in early magazines and newspapers were originally carved from wood. Before 1830, it was customary for printers' apprentices to carve illustrations, he said. On Sunday, museum guests could try their hand at printing Christmas cards from several wooden blocks made by the curator. 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