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CINDY DAY: Facing the Wreckhouse winds

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Cindy Day (cindy.day@saltwire.com)

Published: Aug 09 at 8:21 a.m.

Updated: Aug 09 at 8:23 a.m.

Longtime Telegram reader Doug Spracklin visited Cindy during her book signing at Coles in the Village Shopping Centre and shared his first hand experience with the Wreckhouse winds.

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