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stouffville suntribune m saturday may 19 2007 7 1000 tories expected from page 1 he and his wife janice live in ballantrae the couple has two grown daughters mr pigott 57 his wife pam and two children have lived in markham for more than 26 years a sales manag er mr pigotts community involvement includes being a member of a local ratepay ers group and serving on a conservation advisory com mittee ms weerasinghe 32 a chief executive officer for a private company has been an advocate for improved health pare and a communi ty volunteer she also has a history of advocating for homeless children and teenagers ms weerasinghe was raised in markham and is married to a local dental sur geon the couple have three children oak ridgesmarkham was left vacant when mpp frank klees shifted his inter est farther north to win the conservative candidacy in newmarketaurora the conservatives are confident theyll be reelect ed in oak ridgesmarkham frank klees did a lot of ground work here riding president paul calandra said more than 1000 mem bers of the oak ridges- markham conservatives are expected to pack the high school auditorium to vote oak ridgesmarkham with a population of 167000 is the largest riding in cana da its bigger than prince edward island mr calan dra said jaczek to run for liberals in oak ridgesmarkham by joan ransberry staff writer a former liberal candidate will run in the new riding of oak ridges- markham dr helena jaczek was acclaimed by area liberals thursday evening in oak ridges ms jaczeks crowning marks the doctors second attempt to capture a seat at queens park while the lib erals formed government under pre mier dalton mcguinty in 2003 ms jaczek was defeated by tory frank klees since the mcguinty liberals came into office our communities have already greatly improved dr jaczek told supporters in oak ridgesmarkham we have benefited from improved public educa tion and better health care with the increased growth in this part of the gta there is much more work to be done she added former york medical officer dr jaczek served as commissioner of health services and medical officer for york region for 18 years bom in england ms jaczek came to canada in 1963 graduated from med ical school 10 years later while complet ing a masters in health sciences and a masters in business administration before joining york regions health services ms jaczek practised medicine for 1 1 years in toronto she lives with her partner in oak ridges and has two children for the conservatives oak ridges- markham became vacant when mr klees accepted the nomination in new marketaurora the party will choose its candidate in a four- way race june 2 the new democrats have yet to select a candidate to the most populous riding in the country with a population of 167000 oak ridgesmarkham takes in whitchurch- stouffville and parts of markham rich mond hill and king township ontario will go to the polls oct 10 to form its 39th legislative assembly girl guides ofcanada guides du canada join us at anytime 18005658111 wwwgirlguidesca this message brought to you as a community service of the economistsuntribune funding program for adults with a developmental disability adults with a developmental disability can apply for ministry of community and social services initiative called passport funding for community participation supports the goal of passport is to improve the quality of participation in the community for adults with a developmental disability passport gives individuals the option of receiving funds to purchase community participation supports andor they can use the funding to access services through community agencies applicants must be adults who are no longer in school or within 6 months of leaving school application deadline for this round of funding is june 15 2007 for more information and an application contact york support services network passport coordinator 18662579776 or 9058986455 ext 444 or go online at mcssgovonca or wwwcentraleastinfo or 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