Event set for Oct. 22 Go-kart races planned as CAShh fundraiser There are two races, with registration being 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Each team is required to raise a While Cancer Assistance minimum of $400, or $100 per driServices of Halton Hills (CAShh) ver and all team members must be has had some unique fundraisers at least 16 years of age and possess over the years-- like the outhouse a valid driver's licence. A deposit of races-- this month there will be $200 is required to secure a kart for the team. something really different. The amount each team raises is Race For A Cure, in support of used to grid the karts in CAShh, will be held their positions in the Sunday, Oct. 22 and fearace. ture a series of go-kart "We're hoping local races, in which teams of businesses will assemble four drivers will pit themteams and make this selves against other teams something of a challenge in a 136-lap endurance to see who can raise the race. Teams must take a most for CAShh," said pit stop every 17 laps for Lang. a driver change and at "Not only is it a good least one mandatory JUDY LANG event to raise money, it's timed fuel stop. a lot of fun," added Lang. Co-ordinated by Judy "I hope we can get as Lang of Georgetown, the event takes place at Indoor many teams as possible to take Formula Kartways located at 79 part." Karts are supplied for the race Bramsteele Road in Brampton. The races feature approximately and registration is done on-line by two hours of endurance racing, visiting the website www.racewith driver changes, so each driver foracure.ca for more information will race at least twice. Each ses- and to register or by e-mailing sion behind the wheel is 17 laps. raceforacure@msn.com. (Ted Brown can be reached at The computerized timing will keep tbrown@independentfreepress.com) track of the placing of each kart. TED BROWN Staff Writer CAShh volunteer Ron Nelson (left) and Race for the Cure organizer Dave Geall were in Georgetown Market Place last week as they promote the upcoming Race for the Cure, which takes place Oct 22. Photo by Ted Trustees can keep laptops KIM ARNOTT Special to The IFP Halton Catholic school board trustees will keep their laptop computers, despite an attempt by the chair of the board to eliminate them as a cost-cutting measure. At a meeting of the Halton Catholic District School Board recently, board chair Al Bailey brought forward a recommendation to scrap the policy that sees laptop computers supplied to trustees for the duration of their elected term. Noting that the board is expecting to face very tight budgets over the coming few years, Bailey said, "This is my suggestion of what (trustees) can do to help." In 2004, trustees approved a policy to provide laptops to members of the board in an attempt to save time and paper, as well as fax and courier costs. Arguments for the policy included the suggestion that the computers would make communication with trustees quicker and more efficient. Bailey argued that the computers haven't resulted in any significant costs savings for the board. "At a time when we're looking at where our budget money is going to go, supplying computers to us on a regular basis is not a feasible thing," he said. But several of his fellow trustees questioned the logic of eliminating the laptops, which cost the board $2,200 each to purchase. "It is such a miniscule amount, compared to the enormous budget the board deals with on an annual basis," said Burlington trustee Joanne Matters. The board's approved operating budget for 2006/07 is $205.4 million. Along with laptop computers, the board also supplies trustees with Internet access and a printer. Prior to the 2004 policy, the board provided trustees with fax machines and fax telephone lines. The policy, which applies to all trustees, including student trustees appointed for a oneyear term, says trustees must return their computers at the end of their terms, or purchase them at an agreed-upon depreciated price. Bailey's defeated motion had suggested that the board continue to supply Internet access and a printer to trustees owning their own computers. "As a budget item, this has to be .001 per cent of nothing," noted Burlington Trustee Bob Van de Vrande. "I don't think we should make a hasty decision here, based on a cost thing, which I think is spurious, at best." Slow day at the office Regina Corkum (left) and Maggie Gordon wait to make sales at the last day of the Acton Trunk Sale held in the parking lot of the Olde Hide House recently. Photo by Sabrina Byrnes