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saturday may 1 9 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pagessi including gst 3 students get environmental lessons at bruces mill water festival public safety 2 entertainment 10 sports 20 classified 23 school boards get 6m to teach autistic kids specialized instruction modifies behaviour by michael power staff writer starting in september school boards must provide specialized instruction for students with autism education minister kathleen wynne announced this is what those in the field have asked us for ms wynne said adding the province will spend 6 million to make it happen there needs to be more capacity in the system for teach ers to be able to work this way with students with autism she added the specialized teaching method known as applied behaviour analysis involves modifying a childs behaviour by manipulating the environment the technique can be used to teach behaviours such as brush ing teeth or tying shoe laces the directive comes in response to a report from the autism reference group made up of parents educators service providers and others it was asked for recommendations regarding autistic students the announcement made thursday in markham includes training for teachers and other staff on how to use the teaching method she said between six and eight repre sentatives from each school board will be trained during the sherban bannon in fourway race for provincial conservative nomination by joan ransberry staff writer provincial conservatives in oak ridgesmarkham have a choice a four- way race slated for june 2 at 10 am at markhams brother andre catholic high school includes a former mayor deputy mayor and two community activists whitchurchstouffvilles former mayor sue sherban and deputy mayor phil bannon and markham residents darcy pigott and gayani weerasinghe are vying to join the provincial political scene to repre sent oak ridgesmarkham for the conservatives ontario will go to the polls oct 10 earlier this week the local liberals picked helena jaczek as their candidate to run once again while the new democrats have yet to determine wholl carry the party banner at the local level elected in 1997 as a local coun cillor mrs sherban was the mayor of whitchurchstouffville for one term before being defeated by wayne emmerson in november she also served on the board of directors of markhamstouffville hospital mrs sherban and her husband peter have three grown daughters marking his second term on whitchurchstouffville council mr bannon 55 is deputy mayor a retired staffsergeant with the toronto police services following 32 years of service mr bannon has also owned a transportation company see 1000 page 7 see training pages ani gallery inspects the orks in celebrations 2007 the gallerys annual elemen tary school show before thursdays opening the stu dent show featuring the work of grade 8s from nine local schools ends wednesday for more on the gallery goq latchamgalleryca wsm mm mm m staff photomike barrett 27 heritage rd markham 8030 beachcomber no us 12th annual premiem fine art seiowisatl ranoksfaln art antiques in the park markham yg- admission adults 500 seniors 300 kids under 12 free a acura saturday julyw looqam- 500 pm markharn museum hwy 48 justnorth of 1 6th ave nixsk formfire fnfdrmatioh please cali g jvzf stsr hkhab p johannebr steveat 9052942200 over 100 artists artisans antique dealers collectors silent auction 1100am 300pm saturday sunday kre kids create your cwn masterpiece town and country realty ltd 6400888