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GEORGETOWN TOYOTA SALES $23,400 MSRP 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-2296 WEBSITE at www.georgetowntoyota.com 2008 CAMRY LE PER MONTH FOR 48 MONTHS WITH $2000 CASHBACK APPLIED. FREIGHT AND P.D.E. INCLUDED. LEASE FOR Model #BE46KP-A $3390 + TAXES *PST & GST is applicable on the $2,000.00 Cashback. All leases are 24,000 km per year with an excess mileage charge of 10 per km. See dealer for full details. Tota l Re l ie f Event DOWN Special pullout section Friday, July 11, 2008 8 Pages Circulation 22,500 www.independentfreepress.com Bulldogs begin series with Green Gaels Page 6 Another family affair at Bromont Page 3 SPORTS AND LEISURE Halton Hills Community Newspaper Getting her kicks at new Acton park Five-year-old Mary Jane MacDonald from Acton practises up with her coach, Alicia Manuel, prior to the official opening of the first phase of the Acton Community Sports Park. Located next to the Acton Arena and Community Centre, the lit senior soccer facility is the first of its kind for Acton, made possible by a $100,000 contribution from the Acton Soccer Club. The total cost of the project is tabbed at $632,000, with phase two scheduled to begin later this year. Photo by Calvin Dyke Butcher caps career at head of the class Although his U.S. collegiate track career didnt end with the results he would have liked, Georgetown South resident Ian Butcher recently received one of the top awards that an NCAA athlete can get. The 21-year-old St. Francis University student recently complet- ed his four years of study and athlet- ic eligibility for the mens varsity track team in tiny Loretto, P e n n s y l v a n i a , graduating in May as an English major and History minor. And while Butcher is proud of his accom- plishments and near record-breaking times on the track for Division I St. Francis, its his impressive numbers in the class- room that earned him the prestigious ESPN The Magazine Academic All- America award for track & field/ cross-country running. A select few NCAA student-ath- letes who excel on both stages are nominated for the award and the 18 First Team recipients in 2008 were selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Butchers amazing 3.99 grade- point average on a scale of 4.0 easily met the academic requirement, but a nagging hamstring injury limited his effectiveness out of the blocks this year in the 200m and 400m events. I never really felt healthy the whole year. Its been frustrating, said the Christ the King Secondary School graduate. My second year at St. Francis was probably the most successful competitively and I was nominated then and didnt get it. I thought that was the last Id hear of it. Last year, Butcher was on the Red Flashs 4x400m relay team that came within two one-hundredths of a sec- ond of breaking the school record at the conference finals, qualifying the group for the NCAA Regionals. It was the first year we had a whole team of sprinters healthy enough to run a decent relay and then to have a good team all of a sud- den was fantastic, he added. As for his future plans, Butcher will attend grad school for English at Oregon State University over the next two years but hasnt decided on a career path at this point. Thats the million-dollar ques- tion, acknowledged Butcher an Ontario junior gold medalist in the 400m for CtK in 2002. I really like school and the environment of it and Im going to stay as a student as long as possible. Lapointe edged at womens amateur Leading after the first two rounds of the Golf Association of Ontarios womens amateur championships in Belleville this week, Mary- Ann Lapointe of Georgetown was passed dur- ing the final 18 holes by Brantford teen Nicole Vandermade and lost by one stroke. A steady-shooting Lapointe turned in even- par rounds of 72 to lead Vandermade by two shots heading into Thursdays action at the Bay of Quinte Country Club. The North Halton Golf & Country Club member recorded back- to-back bogeys, a birdie and 15 pars yesterday to finish at +1, but Vandermade went bogey- free and turned in a final round of two-under to deny the 48-year-old Lapointe her sixth GAO womens amateur title. Meanwhile, at the GAO mens amateur event this week, Georgetowns Robbie Greenwell remained near the top of the leaderboard through the first two rounds of the 72-hole tourney at the Islington Golf Club in Toronto, but shot a 78 Thursday to slip to a tie for 16th. IAN BUTCHER 3.99 Grade pt. avg. Sixty-five teams from as far away as Sudbury will participate in the Georgetown Soccer Clubs annual All Star & Select Mini Tournament this weekend for the 8-10 year-old age groups. Games will be held at Trafalgar Sports Park, Mold- Masters Park, Miller Park and the Gellert Recreation Centre begin- ning at 9 a.m. Saturday, running through until Sunday afternoon. There are 10 divisions in total and the teams will play a 7-on-7 mini format. For detailed schedules, visit the GSC website at www.george- townsoccerclub.com All Stars on mini spree EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer Academic All-America honour