Clouds hang
over insurance

companies

TORONTO (CP) — Un-
certainties arising from re-
cent federal budget proposals
to levy new taxes on per-
manent life insurance and
annuity buyers cloud the
outlook for life insurance
companies in 1982, officials of
the Canadian Life and Health
Insurance Association say.

Harold Thompson, CLHIA ©

chairman and president of
Monarch Life Assurance of
Winnipeg, said the 16-per-
cent increase in premium in-
come in 1981 to an estimated
$9.65-billion “likely will not
be repeated in 1982, if the
federal budget proposals on
life insurance are passed by
Parliament.

As a result, he warned, an
adverse impact would be re-
flected in the life insurance
industry's ability to provide
long-term capital for the
economy.

“A number of companies
already estimate their flow of
funds for investment in Can-
ada could decline by one-
third asa result of the budget
Pro)

However, Thompson ex-
pressed optimism that
“amendments and adjust-
ments will be made that will
satisfy us and our policy-

-- holders” following two meet-
ings between a OLHIA del-
egation-and Department of
Finance officials, including
one with Finance bec
Allan MacEachen.

Fewer
Canadians

very satisfied
Fewer Canadians were
very satisfied with their lives
in 1981 than in 1979 or 1977,
says a national survey con-
ducted by the Institute for
Behavioral Research at Tor-
onto’s York University. The
survey is part of a five-year
. study of the quality of life in
* Canada,

“In 1981, 80 per cent of
Canadians described ‘them-
selves as very satisfied, com-
pared with 87 per cent in
1979 and 35 per cent in 1977.

During ‘each of the three
surveys, 60 to 60 per cent of
Canadians have described
themselves as “fairly sat-
isfied” with their lives while
‘about six per cent have'felt
neutral and five per cent
have felt dissatisfied.

In the latest survey, Can-
adians described themselves
as, on average, less satisfied
with their work, their mar-
riages and their economic
situation.

Money made a difference.
Middle-income earners, those
with family incomes between
$22,000 and $29,000, were the
most likely to describe them-
selves as very satisfied 34
per cent did so. Only four per
cent said they were dissatis-
fied.

In the group with the
highest earnings — family
incomes of $41,000 and: more
— 29 per cent were very
satisfied and three per cent
dissatisfied.

Among those with the
lowest earnings — family in-
comes under $14,000 — only
22 per cent were very sat-
isfied and 12 per cent were
dissatisfied.

Canada lacks

long-term

care facilities

EDMONTON (CP) — Can-
ada suffers from-= general

lack of assessment and long- |

term care facilities for blind
and deaf children, a Canadian

Pediatric Society committee _

studying facilities for dis-
abled children said.

Although results of the
study varied from region to
region, committee chairman
Dr. D. Robert Shea said
areas with smaller popula-
lations tended to have great-
er shortages.

Newfoundland particularly
lacked psychologists and
speech pathologists, Shea
said.

There was also found to be
considerable regional vari-
ation in the training of family
physicians and pediatricians
to deal with disabled chil-
dren,

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By GIB LIND

On New Year's Day. a.
crowd of over . 450° wit-
nessed two excellent hoc-
key games.) °

The Njuranda Bantams
of Sweden edged the
Castlegar Bantam team 7-6
in an exciting and well-
played opener, while the
Njuranda Midgets and the
Castlegar Midget B's. bat-
tled to a 4-4 draw.

In the Bantam game.

Castlegar held a 4-1 lead at

“ the end of the first ale
on two goals by Walter
Sheloff. and singles by
Kevin Biln and Bill Alex-
ander. Tom Bjorklund
scored the lone Njuranda
goal.

Njuranda stormed back
in'the second period to tie
the game 4-4 on two goals
by Krister Persson and a
single. goal by Klas Pet-
tersson.

‘The third period proved

to be exciting as Castlegar,

“took a 2 oné goal
; the period on Peter Stooch-

la tie for Swedish players

into:

noff's goal late in the Bec:

i ond ‘period.

However, Njuranda
‘wasn't to be denied as they
scored threo: “third-period
goals to Castlegar's' ‘one. ‘

The Njuranda scorers
were Klas Pettersson,
Lars Sjoebam.and Mikael
Anderson. Terry Soloveoff
scored the lone peiten

Noyiranda ae earn-
ing assists were Alex
‘Asenlund with two, and
Sjoebam .and Pettersson
with one each.

Bteve Picton, Andy Zib-

. in and Walter Wasilenkoff

of Castlegar were credited
with one assist apiece.
POSITIVE SUPPORT

Fan reaction to the game.

was extremely positive,
but then they were pro-
vided with good end-to-end
action with plenty of goals.

Njuranda goalie lets the puck byin ihe midgets’ game against Castlegar.

By CHERYL WISHLOW
Staff Sports Writer

From the land of the
midnight sun they've come
to engage in the sport they
are in love with — ice
hockey.

On Dec. 80, 41 Swedish
hockey players,.one ban-
tam and one midget team,
plus 34 parents and other
family members arrived in

. Castlegar for a week's stay.

Out of the land of

Seen hay are being
treated to a full diet of
hockey: in the West Koot-
‘enays. 3

The -group comes from
Njuranda .(pronounced
Newranda) in northern
Sweden. er “Norrland.”
‘Njuranda is a suburb of
sundsvall, which hos .a
population of 90,000. -

Many of the players and
parents on this trip were

hosts for last year's visit
by the Castlegar midget -
team to Sweden.

Sven: Jonsson is. one
member. of the. Swedish
group who has arrived
here with his wife Mar-
greta, daughter Petra, and
son Johan — who plays on
the Swedish midget team. -

Sven, an engineer, is
president of the youth sec-

.$25,000 to

tion of the hockey club
back in Sweden.

“It has been a lot of hard
‘work in raising money ‘in
the past year. to come to
Canada,” he says.

The group collected 175

tons of scrap paper which
sold for $6,000, operated a

grocery store at.a camping ~

site seven days a week for
three months (raising
$90,000. in the

In the midget game, -

Castlegar took a two-goal
lead in the first period on

goals by Troy Reid and Lee .

Lalonde.

Njuranda came back in
the second frame to out-
score Castlegar’ three to
one and set the stage for an
exciting final period.

Scoring for Njuranda in
the second period were
Johan Jonsson, Ulf Candell
and Patrik Persson,

Reld scored:his second of
the day for Castlegar.

The teams exchanged
single goals in a: close-
checking third period. Jon-
asson scored for Njuranda

: while Cliff Tomlin notched

the equalizer for Castlegar.

Rod Tamlin had two as-
sists for Castlegar while
Darryl Zibin, George Rob-
erts and Sean Culson
picked up one each.

Hans Jannkrok, Jonas-
son and.'Persson were

f

Swedish midget player Johan Jonsson and father Sven.

eredited with assists for
Njuranda. 3

Both teams had excel-
lent scoring chances in the
third period but the goalies
were steady, while making
several next-to-impossible
saves. :

The game was well
played and proved to'be a

pleasing match to watch. «

As in the first game, the
fans provided an appre-

ciative round of applause

the midnight sun

process) sold sand in the
winter, staged a fashion

_ show and jheld many lot-

teries. “+ ~

Many. of the mothers
made’ Christmas decora-
tions in order to help raise
the $55,000 needed for the
boys and two coaches to
come here. Parents and
family members paid their
own.way.

The Swedes have been

busy since they left home
on Boxing Day. The group
spent a day sightseeing in
Chicago, and three-days in
Vancouver before arriving
in Castlegar.

While in Vancouver the
midgets played Grandview
and lost 11-2, but won 6-5
against Burnaby. The Ban-

~.tams lost 12-4 to North

Delta but won-8-6 against
North Vancouver.

_ SAW CANUCKS GAME

They also had an oppor-

"tunity to see the Vancou-

ver Canucks lost 6-3 Dec.
29 to the Boston Bruins in
NHL action at the Pacific
Coliseum.

Sven says the pros
played a nice game.

“I liked the hi

more hours on the ice than
many others (in the
south),” says Sven.
Thomas Gradin comes
from Solleftea, 150 km
from Njuranda. .

Many of the small teams
in Sweden play on outdoor

i while large city
teams are privileged with

arenas.

ENJOY NHE SCORES

Johan enjoys reading
the NHL results and some-
times stories which appear
in Swedish newspapers.

‘The Swedes occasionally
get results on the tele-
vision. He looks extra hard
for reports on the Swedes
in the NHL.

“And for Gretzky,” Sven
adds, “I often think of how

of the whole game,” he

+ says, adding that the tight-

ness of the arena makes for
close contact with the
players.

He says the inrgest
arena in Sweden is in
Gothenburg in the south
and holds 10,500 specta-
tors.

The NHL game was a
real treat for the Swedes
who don’t have profession-
al hockey in their country.

The Canucks boast three
Swedish players who had
their start in northern
Sweden — Thomas Gradin,
Lars Molin, and Per-Olov
Brasar. As well, Anders
Hedberg of the New York
Rangers and Thomas Jon-
sson of the had

many of articles
he's got in the newspa-
pers.” A record in itself.
What about. Canadian
hockey?
“Canadians seem to play

” q bit harder,” says Sven.

“The main difference is
they play much harder
through the boards,” he
adds. As well, the Cana-
dians work harder in the

offensive zone to get the |

puck.

Johan agrees, adding
that the sport is simpler
here in Canada, and the
players don’t pass as much
as they do in Sweden.

He also says the rules
have a few differences. For
instance, in Canada a play-
er gets only two minutes
for highsticking and cross

their start in the north, as
did Borge Salming of the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
Why do the best come
from the north?
“We think the winters
are so long so we can spend

checking but they're five
minute penalties in Swe-
den.

As well, the referee
blows the whistle earlier
on icing the puck, than in
Sweden.

- keen, and good sports!
ship evident throughout’

for the players at the end
of the game.

Njuranda takes on the:

Castlegar Bantam A’s and
Midget A’s at 6 p.m. Tues-
day night at the arena
complex.

The hockey. should be

excellent, the competition,
man: |

the evening as the local
teams complete the sched-
ule of exchange games |
with Sweden.

- Hockey in Sweden be-
gins for boys when they
are six or seven years old,
as in Canada.

The club in Njuranda is
divided into a youth sec-
tion (six-15) and a senior
section (16-80). There are
270 players in the youth
section and only 40 in the
senior section.

Hockey is “the sport” in
winter but it's football
(soccer) in the summer.

Sven and his family like
Canada.

“Canada seems to be
similar to Sweden — even
the prices,” he says.

But he adds that there is .
much more snow in Swe-
den and it’s colder.

Sven was overwhelmed
by the hospitality of
Castlegar.

“It's magnificant, he
says. “T've never seen such
hospitality.”

To the Swedes, the name
of local resident Harry
“Smith is familiar.

Smith played with the
Trail Smoke Eaters when
they won the world cham-
pionships in Sweden in

1961.

“He (Smith) introduced
the slapshot to Sweden,”
says Sven.

He notes that Trail
didn’t have a very good
reputation then. They
were very physical com-
pared to other teams.

He says the Swedes
didn’t like the Canadians at
that time but have changed
their minds since. Sweden
has also reached the same
level as Canada inthe

amateur end of the sport.-

“Sweden wes a bad hoc-
key team at the time,” he
concludes.

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