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Soapbox derby races through downtown Salmon Arm
Jim Elliot
Jim Elliot
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Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer Friends push Friendship Day organizer Brody Savoie downhill at the soapbox derby on Hudson Street.

The Friendship Day Soapbox derby turned Hudson Avenue into a raceway for a few hours on Saturday, September 23.

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Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer Brighton Irwin, Hudson Kearl and Christian Henrie, members of Salmon Arm 2nd Boy Scouts, laugh all the way down the hill in their canoe-shaped soapbox car.
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Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer Mason Gage weaves among the hay bales of the soapbox derby course on Saturday, Sept. 23.
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Jim Elliot/Salmon Arm Observer Cason McAllister drives his ‘green machine’ down the hill during the soapbox derby on Saturday, Sept. 23.
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I’m a B.C. transplant here in Whitehorse at The News telling stories about the Yukon's people, environment, and culture.
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