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Unscramble the clue and copy it onto an entry form found at any of the 12 participating sponsors. Ballot boxes will be emptied each week. ETHEL PRIGGHAM Staff Reporter What was expected t: of merry-making for t) turned to tragedy. Breath tiful socialite, heiress, ent land mogul, Ethel Priggt dead on the grounds of} tate outside Castlegar. A snowstorm, the grounds, Popoff, finished shovellin; DASH RIPROCK Did Dash Riprock, aging movie matinee idol, knock off Ethel Priggham? Everyone knew he hated Ethel Priggham. Some suspected his hatred was fueled because he was a victim of extortion. Ethel was good at dredging up dark secrets and Riprock often referred to her as a "blood sucking vampire". However, guessing blackmail in this cozy circle of friends did not require second sight. Ethel had something on everybody. Being the theatrical type, Dash Riprock always had to appear larger than life and found himself in really big trouble. The dust settled but an exceedingly rattley skeleton remained in his closet. The hosiest of Dash Riprock's skeletons was his early film career... Later, when he started making feature films with a costume budget, and his fame grew, Riprock quietly began buying, and destroying the negatives of his naughty epics. One evening, just after receiving an Academy Award for best actor in "The ‘Ethel sent him a congratulated him on included film strips of efforts. These last ' flicks were sufficier Priggham's purposes. several years, the acto to prevent "A Unique Dash Riprock Film} Ethel had put it. Earlier this year,-¥ deciced to run for polit experienced the full Ethel Priggham's bit wanted even more because she had any just for the pleasure of squirm. Sick to deat there was only one so Riprock had to elimir ice those SUSPE Dash Rif He arrived at th manor house at abor Year's eve. He remem noon because the cloc tower of the court yarc and he looked up; into of He got out of his A opened the boot, and valises. This was the fir actually thought abo friend, Biff Bradshe good it would be to se Since receiving his i Ethel's party, Dash hz little else. Ethel's "| were thinly disguis/ appear before the G) Drywall Sealer For New Drywall Reg. $24.98 special °11.99 3.78. Breeze Eggshell The Scrubable Latex. Reg. $38.48 Special $24.99 378. WE'RE CASTLEGAR'S VACUUM CLEANER SPECIALISTS!! WE SPECIALIZE IN: + Electrolux * Kirby ° Filter Queen ° Tristar - Central Systems ¢ Other Brands ¢ Parts and Service INTERIOR VACUUM CENTRE 3énvice 365-251 7 LAM cles magia Ave. had actually been dynamited. WHODUNIT SPECIAL ~ SAFEWAY S We bring it all together ¥ CASTLEGAR 2 be a weekend ne social elite -takingly beau- Yepreneur, and tam, was found /1er palatial es- amid a blustery -keeper, Nikoli g the walks and 5:17 p.m., when he made his grisly dis- covery. Covered by a thin blanket of snow, Priggham’s body was clad only in a de- signer hostess gown and the usual dia- monds and emeralds she wore constant- ly. The weather was much too severe for the pampered socialite to be outdoors without a heavy wrap. To add to the mys- tery, a single white feather was found tangled in her ffaxen hair, Aside from.a supposed accident, two other theories gham was not suicidal, and the butler’ didn't do it. Priggham's weekend guest list, for the most part, read like a society roster’s who's who. In Castlegar, and present at the Priggham Estate at the time of the death were: Priggham's current hus- band, Biff Bradshaw; her half sister twice removed, Alexis Romanoff; movie star, Madge LaMarr; political hopeful, Dash Riprock; plastic surgeon, Dr. + Doughboy”, note. She his win and three earlier three porno at for Ethel For the past r paid dearly ly Revealing festival", as vhen Riprock ical office, he grandeur of chiness. She money, not ise for it, but * making him -h of games, lution. Dash iate her and CT: wock be Priggham it noon New bered it was k in the bell ; twas ringing the direction ston Martin, } removed his | -st time he | -ut his close w, and how te him again. nvitation to ) id thought of } invitations” ed edicts to rand Viper, {behind the political hopeful's herself. But this time, she'd played into Riprock's hand, giving him the opportunity to get close enough to strike. He ran his murder scenario through your mind yet another time Just then, a taxi pulled in English sports car. The driver quickly exited his vehicle and gingerly opened a rear passenger door. He assisted a pickly old bat, from the car: Nose in the air, the woman sniffed in Riprock's direction, expressing her disapproval. She entered the house- without knocking. The cab driver, carrying her bags, quickly followed. Obviously, a horrible accident, Ethpel's body was discovered in a crumpled heap on the snowy flagstones below the terrce. The time was 5:17 p.m. In the garden, as the snow fell, Dash Riprock expressed his theories to all present. He hypothesised some unknown assailant must have bludgeoned poor, dear, Ethel with a blunt instrument such as a lead pipe or a plumber's wrench. This was when Riprock delivered his bombshell. Standing in the gently falling flakes of snow, he told all the others: "The murderer must be one of the eight of us who just arrived for Ehtel's party. There's no way in or out. The bridge has collapsed from the weight of the snow. We're all marooned here, at least till morning. There's no getting out tonight, at least not alive.” Klause Von Binkie; former nanny, Abi- gail Anchorweight; possible mafioso, Sal Sanducci; and Randy Flagstaff, a com- plete unknown. Due to the blinding snowstorm and impassible roads, police authorities and other officials were unable to get to the death scene till the morning following the murder. By that time, the body had been moved indoors and other physical evidence had been obliterated. A full in- vestigation continues. ALEXIS ROMANOFF Alexis Romanoff was Ethel Priggham's half sister, twice removed. Virtually cut off from the vast Priggham fortune, Alexis had survived her early years on a modest pension allowed her by Ethel after the mysterious deaths of their parents. Taking anything from Ethel had its price, for Alexis, the tariff had been her self respect. Since 1981, Alexis had found fame and modest fortune as the NAPA Calendar Girl. Appearing in print at countless garage bays and greasy truck stops earing miniscule swimsuits an often less, allowed SUSPECT: Alexis Romanoff Regal and soft-spoken, virtuous and true, everything Ethel ws not, Alexis seethed with rage benefth a genteel facade. it had been more than five years since she had last set foot in Priggham Manor. her return only fueled her rage to the flash point. Coming home had not been a good idea emotionally but her return opened hitherto only dreamed of possibilities. She knew she must endure this weekend, her return was prompted more by passion than vengeance. Alexis arrived at Priggham Manor at 11:30 p.m., the evening prior to Ethel’s death. She carried her own luggage, not allowing the aged butler, Butlor, to risk hurting his brittle, old back. She carried the weighty bags with ease. In an effort to stay trim for her modelling, career, Alexis was. compelled to work out at the gym every day; asa result, she had her iderably more di than taking Ethel's hand-outs. Recently, Alexis had made a killing on the stock market and was presently engaged in a secret but hostile take over of Priggham International. Interviewed by Entertainment Tonight during a calendar photo shoot a year ago, Alexis had lost her composure when questioned about her jet-setter sister. Incensed, she spat: "That Ethel is such a bitch, I'd love to pull every hair out of her moustache!" ly strong. Shortly after Alexis’ arrival, a loud and lengthy argument transpired between the sisters. Alexis stormed out of the Study at 1:32 a.m. and tromped off to her room in the East Wing. According to Alexis, that was the last time she saw Ethel alive. Though Alexis had numerous motives to expunge her half sister, she appeared to have an iron clad alibi. 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