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HDSB seeks input Police chorus hosting Kick Cancer Coffee House on English, French program viability People can have their say on the direction the Halton District School Board (HDSB) takes on elementary English instruction and French Immersion programming. The HDSB has established a special delegation evening for Monday, June 13 to hear responses to its Program Viability report, and recommendations. The director's report on Program Viability will go to the board of trustees for a decision on June 15. The report will first be shared, for information and discussion, with trustees at the June 1 board meeting. Members of the public interested in delegating the board are required to register by Tuesday , June 7 at noon by email to Gail Gortmaker, manager of the director's office, at gortmakerg@hdsb.ca. Written materials are to be emailed to the same address by noon on Thursday, June 9. Delegates will be listed on the agenda in the order delegation requests are received, and will have five minutes to present their delegation materials. The delegation evening will be held on Monday, June 13 at the J.W. Singleton Education Centre, 2050 Guelph Line, beginning at 6 p.m. Members of the public can attend. Special delegation nights follow the same registration process as all others. Delegation information outlined in the board's delegation bylaw identifies the need for written registration, as well as the submission of materials prior to the delegate's five-minute presentation. The bylaw can be found at http://bit.ly/1Y0221I. The Halton Regional Police Service Chorus is hosting its Kick Cancer Coffee House and Silent Auction on Friday, June 10. The event is inspired by chorus charter member Kerry Halcovitch, who is also the executive assistant in the Office of the Chief of Police. In November 2014, Halcovitch was feeling "off," and after a serious gallbladder attack, was sent to hospital where three spots on her liver were discovered during a routine test. A week later, Halcovitch was told she had pancreatic cancer. "For someone who had just recently completed the Ironman race and was never in better health, this came as a shock," stated a media release. Halcovitch was told the survival rate is less than five years for 97 per cent of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer -- but she was in the three per cent with the rare form of that cancer that carries with it a better outlook. While her cancer is non-operable, it is slow-growing and treatable, and she is currently getting monthly injections. Halcovitch said she feels compelled to increase awareness of the disease and the need for research. "We desperately need funds to research this terrible disease," she stated in the release. 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