Prince George Sports Hall of Fame member Boyd Bayne, best known in Prince George for his coaching in boxing, is mobile again after a nasty Halloween trick.
His truck was stolen on Oct. 31 but when it was recovered the next day, his wheelchair remained missing.
Thanks to a story in the Seniors' section of the Citizen, Bayne called first thing Tuesday morning to report it was found.
"I got my wheelchair back because of you," said Bayne during the happy call to The Citizen office.
"Thank you so very, very much! This is just great! Without you and The Citizen I would probably have never got my wheelchair back."
Bayne said he got a call from the local RCMP that told him his wheelchair was found at the College Heights transfer station.
Bayne was told someone took it from the transfer station because it looked like it was too good for the dump. As soon as that person read about Bayne's plight in the newspaper, he called police to say he had the wheelchair.
An RCMP officer retrieved the wheelchair and promptly returned it to Bayne.
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