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dainty donuts deli 18 ringwood drive buy a sandwich get a small coffee or pop free ine inbune vol 107 no 25 a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 28 1995 12 pages tujwymueoeilpffc c 6424540 tuzmiln strati stoalftlbe 50 f wtlu3w people rev wayne reed is citizen of the year by bruce stapley correspondent wayne reed left stoufiville in the late 1960s with a high school diploma on his way to a future that would see him eventually ordained as a united church minister more than twoandahalf decades later he is leaving again as stouffvilles citizen of the year for 1995 with eight years of unswerving community dedication and involvement behind him reed was the nearunani mous choice as this years citizen of the year spon sored annually by the tri bune he was cited by resi dent after resident for the admirable way in which he conducted himself as minis ter of stouffville united church since 1987 and for how he gave himself in a variety of ways to the com munity in which he lived reed became known for opening the doors of his church to anyone wishing to come in and for extending professional and personal courtesy to people of all reli gious persuasions he head ed up his churchs successful youth group and involved himself in seniors activities including divinity tours reed was cited by resident after resident for the admirable way in which he conducted himself as a minister and for how he gave himself in a variety of ways to the community in which he lived which travelled as far as texas alberta and prince edward island he has been an enthusias tic member of the stouffville ministerial association helping organize the annual strawberry festival service in the park he became noted for his magnanimous attitude when it came to conducting weddings and funerals for church out siders and helped arrange christmas care packages for the needy armed with a keen sense of humor reed has been a stouffville advocate who supported town projects such as music mania for whom he has served as audi torium manager since 1989 he was a parent volunteer for local public school trips and worked with the cubs and scouts as part of their religious program reed was surprised to the point of embarrassment upon being named citizen of the year i had no idea i never gave it any thought said reed its a great honor but humbling in that i didnt do anything more than anyone else to try to keep that village atmos- please see page 3 fake lawyer faces charges by joan ransberry staff reporter a stouffville man charged in february with being a fake lawyer is now facing fraud charges david maharaj kissen also known as david m kissondath and michael kissen has been charged with five counts of fraud involv ing four oshawa residents and one clarington resident reported durham detective bob schumacher kissen 42 will appear in criminal court in oshawa on july 7 r these charges are the result of the accused holding himself out to be a lawyer when in fact he was not and never has been a lawyer regis tered to practice law in ontario said schu macher between march of 93 and february 94 the five durham residents paid kissen a total of 48315 for his services as a court lawyer and for business deals that never materialized explained schumacher in early february toronto police charged kissen with impersonating a lawyer after a fraud detective witnessed kissen tell a judge he was yet another lawyer representing david kissen on a charge of impersonating a lawyer in this case kissen had a friend pretend to be him metro detective chuck vander heyden told the tribune kissen came very close to convincing a crown attorney in a toronto court to drop the charges he added there is growing evidence that the party has actually appeared in criminal courts although he had never been called to the bar he was never challenged in court vander heyden told the tribune the detective added that the actions have resulted in significant losses to those parties that he collected fees from without providing any legal services and other cases where has appeared in court the law society of canada has been made aware of this case kissen will make separate appearances in toronto courts in connection with the fake lawyer charges said vander heyden recording deal for wallace lawnie wallace has finally made her big breakthrough the 18yearold ballantrae new country singersongwriter with the dynamic voice recent ly inked a longterm contract with mca records canada her first cd entitled wild child is to be released across canada in late august or early september it contains original mate rial written by lawnie her fathermanager william wallace and musicianfriends of the fatherdaughter writing tandem this is what wed been looking towards to get a big label behind me said wallace who has been singing professionally since she was in her early teens its a dream come true im very excited while she has had some success in canada and europe with independent new country single releases over the past five years this marks her first record deal with an established label its been a long long road my father says its like little pieces of a puzzle and theyve finally all come together wallace who has just completed her grade 12 degree program at stouffville district sec ondary school said shell be laying low this summer in preparation for the release of the ini tial album all 11 tracks of the first abum have been completed along with a video to accom pany her first single release wild child a second video is to be made shortly to go with the second single release with a track entitled little lies big trouble the tentative choice wal lace describes the music on the album as funky country on the edge william wal lace said his daughter is ready for the chal lenge that goes with landing a record con tract were going to push it as far as we can he said he said a meeting was to be arranged in the near future with mca to plan a mar keting schedule with a crosscanada radio promotional tour likely to begin sometime in august he said lawnie would probably be linked up with a wellknown mca artist such as vince gill for a 1996 performing tour across the country lawnie said the deal with mca guarantees her two albums and could see her cut as many as five its a longterm commit ment some of the details still have to be worked out wallace has been singing since she was seven she got into music seriously at the age of 10 winning several gold medals at such competitions as the cne music festi val she is a regular performer at stouf fville area dining establishments and has sung at the stouffville strawberry festival and at harvest fest bruce stapley lawnie wallace citizen of the year rev wayne reed has been selected as the 199495 whitchurchstouffville citizen of the year the united church minister is moving to a new appointment in hamilton in early august the communitys selection of reed was nearly unanimous photolorn emmerson new events planned for festival by kate gilderdale correspondent among the newcomers to this years strawberry fes tival is the mike feher orchestraswing band who will be performing in memo rial park from 730 pm to dusk on canada day the 15piece ensembles repertoire includes many favorite numbers from the era of swing and big band music the bahais will bring the sweet sound of music to the memorial park and will also present a chil- stage on friday at 7 pm please see page 3 bia brings stage to life the stouffville bia is getting into the swing of things at this years strawberry festival by sponsoring a host of great acts on the downtown stage all day july 1 beginning at 9 am music karate demonstra tions a pie auction and a presentation by corey carman modelling inter national will be just part of the days entertain ment i i acton named sports person former nhlor keith acton has been named stouffvilles sports personality of the year cited for his contributions to local minor hockey and chari ties in town acton will receive his award july 1 its berry time young ahsan bayat got into the strawberry festival spirit early this week by sampling the ripe and ready berries at strawberry creek farm north of town photolori emmerson now refinish your treasures craftsman refinishing services available for your furniture our experts will reveal the exquisite beauty of your furniture our hand rubbed finish will enhance the value forever call us today for a free estimate antiq refinished beyond compare mastercard visa tel 9056404564