Starting over from scratch

OK, iCal and Entourage are not playing along nicely in the least. I had to rebuild Entourage's database, and it started working fine again. But as soon as I turned on the Syncing Services with iCal, Entourage beachballs again.
So I think I should do a clean install of iCal. I've searched in this forum for a way to revert iCal, but haven't seen anything.
Is it a matter if deleting preferences? Can anyone point me in the right direction? I just want iCal to be a blank slate.
Thanks!

Hey Pascal -
That does help, but i have one concern. When I go to delete my calendars, it says it will send out a cancellation notice to all my attendees I've invited for events. I'd like to avoid that, as I call a lot of meetings to a lot of people.
Is there a backdoor to delete them without sending notification that you know of?
Thanks again for your time.

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