Solemn placards, like this one, dotted the walkway at the Hikaru Mizu Japanese Garden at Four Rivers Cultural Center last week during a candlelight vigil to mark Domestic Violence Month. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell).
ONTARIO – Along the stone pathway inside the Hikaru Mizu Japanese Garden at Four Rivers Cultural Center, small, white placards stood.
Next to each placard was a pair of shoes. A red pair of women’s pumps. A pair of men’s tennis shoes. A tiny candle inside a blue container burned before each, a signal to mark another death from domestic abuse.
The somber displays stood as a centerpiece of the annual candlelight vigil on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the cultural center. The event, sponsored by Project DOVE, a local nonprofit that offers services to victims of domestic violence, attracted 25 people and . . .
