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          added to the prize for the annual Classic Tournament.5                      
          Petitioners award the remaining $36 as tournament prizes in the             
          regional tournament in which it is collected: $5 of that amount             
          is awarded to the couple catching the largest bass, and $31 is              
          allocated to a fund for general tournament prizes.  Petitioner              
          wife prepares an expense report for Mr. Taylor at the end of each           
          tournament.                                                                 
               During the years in issue, petitioners routinely awarded               
          regional tournament prizes of approximately $300 to $400.  CAST,            
          itself, awarded an annual prize of approximately $14,000 during             
          the yearend Classic Tournament.6                                            
               During the time petitioner has worked as western region                
          director, CAST has grown from three to eight regions with more              
          than 400 member couples, of whom 38 couples are members of                  
          petitioner’s western region.                                                
               In addition, CAST tournaments have also begun to attract               
          several nationally recognized corporate sponsors, including                 
          Ranger Boats, Mercury Marine, Continental Batteries, Santone Lure           
          Company, and Terminator lures.  In 1995, Ranger Boats, one of               
          CAST’s corporate sponsors, began providing CAST with fishing                

               5    Member couples also pay $135 to compete in the annual             
          Classic Tournament.                                                         
               6    The top prize is usually based on a percentage of all             
          tournament fees collected by CAST.  In 1995, however, the top               
          prize was a Ranger fishing boat and trailer provided by Ranger              
          Boats and valued at approximately $35,000.                                  





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