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m thursday oct 11 2007 b servingthecommunrtyofwhrrchurchstouffville b 36 pages1 including gst town wantstaopen arts centre at 19 gvic ave by next summer opinion 6 things to do 26 sports 30 classified 32 helena jaczek escorted by liberal mp lui temelkovski greets election workers markham wednesday ms jaczek easily defeated the liberal candidate whitchurch- staff photosusie kockerscheidt in markhjam after winning oak ridges- stouffville deputy mayor phil bannon by simone joseph taff writer the red balloons out side the markham veter ans hall were perhaps a foreshadowing of what was to come inside the hall about a dozen people quietly watched a large screen as the results rolled in the mood jovial but con trolled large and small helena jaczek signs lined the walls and men were setting out silver snack trays when asked what she planned to do she replied can i say sleep after saying her first order of business would be to organize her mpps office she added im very happy but im not in the mood for indepth inter views i am usually conser vative this is the second time i have supported heu ena she is the best per son imay have to go lib eral in the federal election too said whitchurch- stouffville resident bob gayton mr gayton came back early from british colum bia to cast his vote she is intelligent he said pointing to his tem ple straightforward she has not been corrupted by politics beverley thompson a real estate broker in stouffville was concerned when conservative leader john tory decided to hold a free vote on funding pri vate faithbased schools it made me think the conservatives would go back to him maybe pre mier dalton mcguinty was peaking a little early the liberal major ity came as a relief to ms thompson it means the continu ation of a stable govern ment in education and health she said scrutineer marian kenny a markham resi dent was also optimistic it will give the govern ment the opportunity to continue programs four years is not very long to clean up the mess ms jaczek has been medical officer of health and commissioner of health services for york region for 18 years ms jaczek promised she would fight to improve see hospital page 2