FIRST TIME AROUND for this SHSS team as they battled for a position Monday evening in the Reach For the Top play-offa at Penticton proved alittle bigger task than anticipated as they went down to defeat before last year’s veteran team from Kelowna with a score of 379 to 225. SHSS team members shown here with teacher Jeremy Palmer, left, are right to left, Freda Kelly, Dan Barnes, Kelly Baron and Wayne Poohachoff. The other winning team, also with a previous year’s experience, were the Vernon’ students who downed South Okanagan‘350 to 115. Winner of the semi finals wan, to be determined last night. Results of the color for Dec. 2 and can be confirmed ‘isgar to that date by consulting TV listings. —CasNewsFoto y Lois Hughes Driver Loses Life In Vehicle Accident Castlegar RCMP are in- vestigating a fatal single ve- hicle accident which occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. Sun- day on Deer Park Road some four miles from Syringa Creek. i A vehicle driven by Carl Richard Popoff, 21, of Pass Creek, apparently left the road, crolling down a steep embank- >.ment into 20 feet of water in the ~Atrow Lake, Popoff's body was recover- ed by divers at 11:10 a.m. «Police expressed their gratitude for the diving work done by Denny Kraft of the. Nelson Fire Department and Barry Mann. Kootenay Furnace For Your Annual Servicing 693-2209 821 - 16th Ave., Genelle The divers worked from a tug supplied by Canadian Cellu- ose. {CBC Premiums — To Be Increased An increase in court awards for bodily injuries will mean the Insurance Corp. -of British Columbia will have to increase its premiums for bad drivers in 1978, Education Minister Pat McGeer sald last week. McGeer, minister respon- sible for the Crown-owned in- : surance company, told a news City Coundll Digest The city's accounts payable for the month of September amount to $879,585.89, finance committee chairman Ald. Ger- ald Rust told council last week: cs + 8 =. Council agreed to continue renting Kinnaird Hall to the Church of Christ at arate of $15 pér Sunday for religious ser- vices in 1978, and voted to examine the hall's rental an- nually. ‘* «8 (es . City council approved a request from Branch 170 of the Royal Canadian Legion Pacific Command for permission to distribute poppies throughout the city Nov. 4 and 5. Council An Outrageous BANS | | 11 ml 342 New Fragrance Just Call Me Maxi Only By Max Factor Tommy Biln, Corner of Pine & Columbia, Ph: 365-7813 Open Mon.,-Thurs.:9 a.m. to 6 p.m. pons Fri. 9 am.-9 p.m Saturday 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.rn. CLOSED THIS SUNDAY Carl's Drug Hours: 12-1 p.m. & 6-7 p.m, that: di for safe drivers might also have to be reduced in the wake of the higher court awards, . The minister made. the while disclosi: also granted Legion: bi permission to parade from the Legion Hall to the cenotaph and back as part of their Remem- brance “Day service. Mayor Audrey Moore said she would speak briefly and lay a wreath at the cenotaph on behalf of council. es 8 An application from Mr. and Mrs, John Marshall of 1209 Fifth Ave. S. and Mr. and Mrs. Gale McKinnon of 1211 Fifth .Ave. S. for purchase of the bank in the rear. of’ their properties was referred to the works and services committee. An accompanying request for an access road to the rear of their properties was also’refer-- red to the committee. Slocan' WI Host West Kootenay - District President West Kootenay district president, Mrs. Phyllis Phipps, and Mrs..Helen York of Kin- naird, were guests at. the October meeting of the Slocan Women’s Institute. Plans were ‘made for a ‘smorgasbord’ to be ‘served at the Slocan Oktoberfest and a concession booth at the Slocan . Turkey Shoot. Members were also asked to have refreshments available at cost for the Teen Halloween Dance on October 31. It was-decided to rent a table at the Senior Citizens’ Flea Market, Nov. 5 and members are meeting Oct. 19 to make Christmas decorations to be sold along with other flea market items. Conveners were reminded reports are due by next month and Mrs. D. Hird volunteered to look after nominations for yearly elections to be held at the next meeting. Tea time raffle was won by Mrs. L. Blades and hostesses were S. Jensen, D. Anderson and D. Barclay. ” that profits made by the corporation were ‘significantly less for the first half of the current fiscal year than for the corresponding period last year. “There's a 44-per-cent in- crease in bodily injury awards,- on the average, to the corpora. tion,”. he said. 7 “This is an inflation for the motoring public which is every bitas real as if there were to be a 44-per-cent wage settlement. or if prices were to go up by 44 per cent. The effect is exactly the same.” McGeer said that to count- er this unexpected increase, the corporation is taking $13.5 million that would ordinarily be applied to the safe driving discount and is transferring it into reserves to pay bodily injury claims. The minister said he hopes + the government's new. seatbelt legislation and its campaign against drinking: and driving will help reduce bodily injury claims, so money originally tabbed for discounts. could revert to its original purpose. McGeer mentioned the “unexpected _ inflation” giving the corporation's, six- month report. He said that - for ‘the half-year ended Aug. 31, ICBC showed a profit of $1.1 million, compared with $25.8 million at the same time last year. 69-Year-Old Grow Garden Neighborhood kids gave a 69-year-old Greenburgh, N.Y. woman 15 plants, telling her’ they would. ‘grow “beautiful flowers". The flowers never came but police say the fruit of the woman's labor was a thriving marijuana garden. “She had no idea they were marijuana plants," a Police spokesman said. - “She thought they were real pretty.” Police removed the crop. while “SHOES THAT MAKE AN IMPRESSION* FOR SAVAGE SHOES AND ALL YOUR FAMILY, FOOTWEAR 365-7025 _- Pine ‘st _ ~ Castlegar Charged Dri Without: Vehicle Insurance vA Castlogar: man has been charged with driving a vehicle *, without insurance \ after \ the (1962: Envoy: he was) driving, Friday,‘atruck ‘a parked car belonging to Sigalet Leasing of ‘ Kelowna, . Charged is Thomas Frost, who. was driving a vehicle owned by Woodland Park Esso, Police said Frost was moving the Vehicle at: Woodland Park +Esso and stated he was having trouble putting it into reverse when it unexpectedly did back up catehing the driver unpre- pared, Damage to the leasing vehicle, a 1977 Plymouth, has been estimated at $200. - ing. Plan to U ‘twill go to referendum: asking for a‘capital works program to upgrade the ; ;New. Denver arena, © Village clerk: Dan’ Nishi, “reported that a referendum will likely be'called for the spring to get approval for the project. Voters in the village of Silverton and Regional District of Central Kootenay Area “H” will also. get’a chance to * approve the ‘project. ~~ ‘The, village has two new members on the’ works crew: Biggo Nicholson and Paul Malk- ing. - ed to: establish a farmer's ‘market for transient peddlers : Law of Jungle Rules Pet store owner George Magbee of Middletown, Ohio has found the law of the jungle and the laws of economics are not always compatible. Magbee said he let two cats loose from their cages in his shop to discourage’ white mice from sneaking out of their cages to devour packages of hamster food. When Maghee returned, he found the $1 white mice had behaved themselves. 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Thureday, Oriober 29, err” The travel industry minis. # has asked Castlegar and ther West Kootenay-: com- (Mnunities to co-operate in at- tracting film. and ‘television } production to the province. )-Ina letter circulated to the C. would . be the’ ling features” in attracting film’ industry.’ ’ ‘The letter asked the muh, as: Work’ started last week on ‘a new Japanése’ centre in New 3 se ona new centre to replace Rthe old wartime. hall. ~ Pessble Film Prodeciion lection Site | City on Film? -cipalities to indicate their will- ingness to co-operate and ap- point contact’ persons, through whom ‘requests ‘should be ‘di- rected, a motion last Tuesday by Ald. Len Embree, parks and recrea- tion committee chairman, that the city:co-operate ‘and appoint administrator Bill Krug as the contact person. “The RDCK board passed a» ‘similar motion Saturday, nam- > ing RDCK administrator Reid Henderson as the contact. _ New Denver Builds New japanese Hall | - The new building will, feature Japanese architecture and: will be furnished: partly, with hardware ‘ Amported, from Japan. . Money for the project * came from a $7,600 grant from’ the B.C. Ministry. of “Human Resources ‘to’ mark “the 100 will years ‘of. Japanese in British c ‘Assessment Chan Resid tial ‘property: will assessed at: 6 per. cent of ‘actual value for school tax pur: