"iCal got an error: Can't Make id of event of calendar 4 into type referen

Hello everyone. i am completely new to MAC's and very new to scripting. Thanks in advance for any help.
I am tying to run an Apple Script that is called Scheduled Delivery.
I'm running 10.4.10 and have the most recent version of the script.
Basically what happens is I type up and email, add in the email address and save it to my drafts folder. The Scheduled Deliver script, when run, finds all the emails in my drafts folder and uses iCal to schedule a time to mail them (which is a specific time I enter)
Here is my process I go through-
I run the apple script by double clicking on the Scheduled deliver Icon, which was in my appications/MailScript folder. It brings up a new window with all my saved drafts. I select the draft I want to schedule a specific time to deliver. This is great.
When I click on the lower right button "Update Schedule" I get an error message...
"iCal got an error: Can't Make id of event of calendar 4 into type reference. (-1700)"
I cannot figure this out. I've tried testing it anyway. I can close the Scheduled Deliver window but the "Done" button is always grey out. It seems to place an event in iCal but no message ever gets sent.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Anyone? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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