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Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of And 20-year-old David Wayling had one of “Well it didn’t get off to the best of start, It’s totaled.” The car’s insurance was transferred from Wayling’s previous vehile, which had limited insurance. “I didn’t have comprehensive (insurance), so there’s really nothing I can do.” What makes matters even worse is the fact that Wayling was hauling some valuable car- OF] Fireside Ww Dining Room SURF- ——— « SOLE Wayling was traveling east on Highway 3 in a car he purchased the same day — a 1981 Monte Carlo — when things started to go wrong. “I was on my way to visit a friend when a adding that a leaking fuel line may be to blame. “Pretty-soon it took over the whole car. | Wednesday. go. “I had about $1,300 in (compact discs) and Nintendo games and stuff (in the car),” he said. “It’s all gone too.” But even though Wayling’s day was less tarted i ine,” ling said, than perfect, he remains positive. pay es ase “It only happened once in 20 years,” he said. “I can’t see it happening again soon.” TURF ALMONDINE i 8 oz. 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Murray Cameron, an associate of MT, says his company donates a lump basketball team left empty handed some of money to the host team of the tournament to “help defray the cost of the tourney itself.” ‘ Cameron says any other money raised goes to covering the expenses of publishing the program, and the rest is profit. ; He says the only team that receives the donated money is the host team. A number of Castlegar businesses claim they paid MT for advertising in the program with the understanding that a portion of that money would help the Stanley Humphries senior boys basketball team attend the tour- nament. . One local merchant, who wished to remain unidentified, said he was told Another operator says three weeks after getting a phone call to support the local team, a salesman showed up Wednesday with a handful of invoices. “I never gave him money and he’s not getting any,” the merchant, said. 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