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23 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Fiddlestix plays for Amnesty Oakville, local singer releases album Arts Briefs Fiddlestix, a local Celtic rock and bluegrass group, will be performing in support of Amnesty International on Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation, 1240 Old Abbey Lane. There will be light refreshments and a silent auction. Tickets cost $25 per person. Children under 12 are free. Reserve your tickets by calling Wendy Belcher at 905-844-4194 or Louise Briggs at 905-841-8044. Oakville's Amnesty Group 75 is part of a worldwide organization fighting for human rights and supporting human rights defenders. Since its inception in 1981, the 17 prisoners of conscience assigned to Amnesty Oakville have all been released. Presently Group 75 is working on behalf of Huseyin Celil, a Canadian citizen from Burlington who was arrested in Uzbekistan while on a family visit and extradited to China. Amnesty Oakville meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Incarnation and welcomes new members. CD release concert Oakville band Viveynne is holding a CD release party for the album Becoming Jane Doe on May 22 at 8:30 p.m. at Hardball Café, 8750 Hwy. 25 in Milton. Tickets cost $10 at www.viveynne.com or $15 at the door. Lead singer, Mikki Straatsma, is a 14-year-old Oakville resident. She is a classical vocal student of Linda Fletcher. Straatsma has already won many awards from songwriting competitions and singing contests. For information and song samples, visit www.viveynne.com. Protect your skin in the sun (NC)­ · Shade your face, neck and ears and avoid direct sun rays in the middle of the day. · Wear sunglasses with lenses that block 99 to 100 percent of both ultraviolet A and B (UVA/UVB) radiation rays. · Drink lots of water and wear light coloured clothing · After showering, apply a moisturizer with a built-in SPF 15 sunscreen.