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NOTE TO EDITORS--REPEAT-FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEEK
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  Premier John Savage and Dartmouth Mayor Gloria McCluskey,
  representing the Mayor's Task Force on Family Violence, will
  lead a ceremony Sunday, Feb. 11 to launch Family Violence
  Prevention Week. It will be held at St. Paul's Anglican
  Church, Grand Parade, Argyle Street, Halifax beginning at
  2:30 p.m., culminating with the official bell-ringing at 3
  p.m. The media and public are invited to attend.
  
  Similar ceremonies will take place in communities across the
  province at the same time.
  
  Law enforcement officers in the province will also join in
  the community ceremonies by ringing their sirens at 3 p.m.
  this Sunday.
  
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  Contact: Judy Hughes, Family Violence Prevention Initiative
           902-424-2079 or 902-429-8198.
  
  trp                     Feb. 09, 1996 - 8:58 a.m.