Saturday, February 26, 2005

Gotcha!

Had some fun producing this week's paper, as you can see....


The Front Page

Last week, we, and a local fraud investigator, Bruce Dwyer, aka Minder, offered a reward for information leading to the whereabouts (as they say) of a bloke who who'd charged kids $125 for a soccer clinic, only to cancel the clinic and then disappear. We also revealed (how easy it is to slip back into the old phrases) that he had a conviction for supplying drugs. Within 24 hours, several former and vengeful girlfriends had called, one of whom dobbed him in, and he was promptly arrested for failing to comply with a weekend detention order.

Not only that, but a local businessman and soccer coach decided to organise a replacement clinic for the disappointed kids. So the front page was great fun. We also found out the con man was a drug addict. Now, if only I'd been working there next week...wait....it's coming....yes...SOCCER SCAM LOVE RAT IN COLD TURKEY CELL HELL...yes, that'll do nicely.

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