Apply Fill Color to Group Item with Applescript

Is it possible to set the fill color of a group item using applescript and CS3? The group contains paths and text that have the same fill color with no strokes.I am able to select the group and delete it or move it (with applescript) but have had no success in setting the fill color.
Thank you in advance for help on this question. And thanks for everything I have picked up from browsing.

Now that I am addressing the path items and text items of the group separately I am having some success. Now I am having difficulty getting the correct terms for assigning a Spot Color to the file. Here is a piece of the script.
This works:
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set openDoc to document 1
set ftClr1 to (first group item whose note is "Front3") of openDoc
set ftClr1Paths to path items of ftClr1
repeat with thisPath in ftClr1Paths
set fill color of thisPath to {red:255}
end repeat
set textFrames to text frames of ftClr1
repeat with thistext in textFrames
set fill color of every line of thistext to {red:255}
end repeat
end tell
Need help to set the fill color to a Spot Color that already exists in Swatches.
Thanks
Nick

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Now that I am addressing the path items and text items of the group separately I am having some success. Now I am having difficulty getting the correct terms for assigning a Spot Color to the file. Here is a piece of the script.
This works:
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set openDoc to document 1
set ftClr1 to (first group item whose note is "Front3") of openDoc
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repeat with thisPath in ftClr1Paths
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