Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press june 1987 pages 1322 Halifax cabbie Marks 50years behind begins urine tests for Tempo a Survey of 500 affluent people reveals Why the Rich get Richer Money magic by Richard Phillips Chicago Tribune How do Rich people stay Rich by working hard and avoiding High Accord ing to a Survey of the upper affluent that reveals the Rich get Richer by avoiding junk Bonds and the commodities they invest in real is to a lesser stocks and Money in doing there confident get even according to a recent Harris poll sponsored by Cigna individual and financial services a subsidiary of the insurance conglomerate that specializes in advising wealthy americans on investment Harris pollsters surveyed 500 peo ple based on census tracts of the United states richest neighbor net Worth each respondent made More than annually or had a net Worth of excluding a primary until no one had conducted a decent study of this says Charles Ignas Vic Epresi Dent of financial and the poll reveals a group Distant from the mainstream in terms of but nonetheless strongly oriented to traditional values and family this was we had expected to find More yup and Jet set says Merl the Harris organization executive Vic Epresi Dent who coordinated the recent eight two per cent of those polled regard themselves As hard with wealth largely self the primary income gatherer on the 48 years married to a working spouse sever Al years and has Chil Dren of College age or the richest among them Are Delfem played or own their own Busin the lesson at least from a statistical is that if you want to get get your own says observing that the self employed and business owners constituted 42 per cent of the Sample but 68 per cent of the real one businessman who successfully followed that formula is Jim president of James Anderson a suburban Hillside company that does million in ventilating and air conditioning contracts each Anderson left his fathers Busi Ness with Little Money in 1973 to form his own he worked 10 to 12 hours a six Days a and today he and his own 81 per cent of the Compa nys the company made Money the first and second but the third we lost More than i Ever thought there was in the it was an expensive an Derson that when i stopped being a Salesman and started being a favorite according to the real estate is the favorite investment vehicle of the attracting 79 per cent of the Many plan to invest even More heavily in real estate in the immediate future than in any other investment ranking closely behind Are stocks 76 per and Money Market funds 71 per at the Low end of the scale Are junk Bonds and commodities seen As too risky to invest there avoided by almost 90 per cent of the richest the poll maybe its Odd that a person in a High risk business would stay away from junk Bonds and commode Anderson the differ ence is that i control the but i cant control the youve got to recognize that youre Good at one then stay with mine is running a construction optimistic the Harris poll reveals that upper income people Are optimistic their fortunes will continue to despite vagaries in the Stock mar Ket and renewed inflationary 71 per cent claim self management of although Many seek advice from accountants and doing As the Rich int easy when you dont have the dough with which to do the advice they get nonetheless works Well for albeit on a More modest says a financial plan Ner who advises wealthy much of the financial advice we give to the upper affluent can be used quite effectively by people with moderate says Arthur regional Vic Epresi Dent of which counsels about customers on How to enhance anyone owning a for in or just one or who Doest worry about malpractice suits probably get into kidneys but virtually All can Benefit from suggestions his clients among them d with each pay Cheque before paying any Bills write a Cheque for a predetermined amount that goes into your investment or Sav do it if you pay other Bills youll never have any thing left aim to save 20 to 25 per cent of your net income this d to develop you must take some the smartest invest ments Are in real Money and avoid junk Bonds and commodities unless youre prepared to lose d inquire about company savings plans at some companies will match your savings with company often accumulating tax free Many permit you to Bor Row against the account at favor Able my guess is that 50 per cent of the people dont understand what they Kinney d reconsider life insurance if you dont have policies have changed dramatically in the last five one nifty version is single Premium life these policies pro vide death benefits and disability d whatever you invest dont just buy and forget about review it d dont bother subscribing to a slew of financial select just two a Magazine and a newspaper but read both consist i recommend Money mag says i used to buy 82 magazines and id never get around to Reading 81 of d figure out exactly where you spend develop a Good tracking know where it is this should be 1 on everyone Stop using credit cards unless youre in a position to pay full bal ances when the Bill remember the Rule of 72 Divide the number 72 by the prevail ing interest rate but leave off the the answer reveals How Long it will require to double your investment at that interest spinal Cord researchers excited about future by Donald Campbell in As in anything there Are says researcher David sitting in a test tube size office in the University of Manitoba Basic medical science building on William Avenue recently cancer research was a he and its still but spinal Cord research is research 10 years it has taken a Long time for the work of scientists such As Mccrea to become for the spinal Cord re search has assumed a prominent role in the fundraising sweep something which is unprecedented in its Young and those in the Field Are after years of fits and says John executive director of the Canadian paraplegic associations Manitoba Public awareness toward the human problem of spi Nal Cord injury has been raised at a time when credible advances in re search have been described As at the timing for All of this be he admits while shifting in his advancements Rick hansens fundraising Campaign is credited with speeding up the development of the new spinal Cord research Centre located at the health sciences which will Aid scientific advancements in the tangible advancements in scientific research in the area Are thought to be the key to maintaining fundraising momentum after the a peal of Hansen the Centre will create new positions for researchers and in will be Able to apply to the monies raised by Hansen As Well As other funding we dont know the details of the funds raised by Hansen will be explains Larry a professor of physiology at the University of i expect they will establish Grant competitions and expert committees will evaluate the if that is the process that they then i think the team Here in Winnipeg will be extremely compete Jordan says that the research planned for the Winnipeg Centre will be among the strongest in the country in certain according to the new recruits to the spinal Cord research team will look at How the brain controls spinal Cord activity and the timing for All this be better what goes wrong after new members to the team will be a who will study neurotransmitters in the body to determine which Are effective and which can be used to help repair the lost messages from the Dan electronic who will be required to help assemble equipment for research which will be used in the clinical application of the teams a who will be involved in the clinical implementation of relevant methods the team will be looking particularly involving drug injections to control d a rehabilitation Medicine special who has ii interest in the control of bladder will be involved in applying Basic knowledge of the brains control of the bladder to restoring it after d a specialist in molecular who will be involved with the complicated task of determining the types of substances that might help preserve nerve cells after injury to prevent recruiting has already begun and is expected to continue during the next two some of the positions will be filled within the next six graft cells he researchers will know enough about regeneration of nerve cells to help transplant or graft cells into damaged if we can find out enough about How pathways originally he we can look at what we can do to facilitate Mccrae says these plans Are very exciting for local we have the potential Here to become a major Force in spinal Cord re he by that i researchers from other coun other will want to come Here to spend some time and Exchange three people working alone rarely make big it takes a number of less than five years Lane there was very Little excite the Pas Manitoba chapter afford to spend More than of its annual budget on re it tried raising interest in the subject among traditional Money for various reasons it drum up a the spa decided to go ahead with its plans the of the re search was placed on projects which produced immediate results such As improvement of medical care and wheelchair it has been Able to expand its research budget and broaden its three years ago the spi Nal Cord unit was created at the health sciences Centre with a staff person funded by the Pas Manitoba last Lane says some was provided by the chapters fundraising the Manitoba paraplegic research foun All has changed 180 degrees since Hansen took to the during the next five a spending target of million for research has been established by the Manitoba paraplegic foundation and the health sciences Centre re search this is Only part of the Money which May be drawn to Winnipeg in support of the cites most of that million will be directed toward the further development of the spinal Cord its new and planned will be the focal Point of work car ried out in the Lane says the planned activity in Winnipeg is an enormous contrast to past he Points to As recently As 25 years ago when a cure for spinal Cord injury related problems were thought impossible and there was a dearth of resources for Basic physiotherapy and physical medi lots of cute n cuddly critters make Benji the hunted the paws that refreshes Benji offspring watching Benji the hunted is like stepping into a time once inside the darkened theatre its the late 50s and Early 60s All Over i Felt like i should have worn Short of and sported a Brush that because Disney new Benji flick recalls those wonderfully awful or awfully depending on your Point of View nature films Disney used to churn out a few decades Here Are lots of cute n cuddly critters inspiring loud choruses of from the Audi and the mean n Nasty Ani Mals which threaten the existence of our intrepid of these Are simply reflections of one terribly cynical As far As the kids Are concerned and forgive me for Benji is the paws that movies Paul Mckie Benji the Benji and lots of Tuny Little produced by Bon written and directed by Joe classification Northstar and for that you have to give writ Joe Camp full Camp first brought Benji to the big screen in 1975 he actually first appeared in televisions Petticoat Junction in the note the following paragraph is not to be read by impressionable those with any mathematical abilities will that i this is not the original As he would now be in his 20s in Doggie the present Benji is the originals and a Young Pup is a necessity for All the Chase and various action requirements of Benji the from a purely technical Point of this film is the film is virtually without Dia depending on the relation is tips Between the animals for emotional response and a Sappy musical score stolen from an Eleva the film is a Miracle of animal Camp shows scenes that Are so natural and so gos Danied cute you id swear it was Lucky and got a spontaneous moment on the reality was much staging scenes Over and Over again to get the right but How did Camp get those furry Little baby cougars to do double takes and act on Cue Benji ends up looking after these cougars after an unfortunate Acci Dent separates him from his owner Frank inn played by Frank Lenjis real life washed overboard during a boating Benji fights his Way to a massive search for Benji is the Pup has More important things on his a Mommy Cougar is killed by a Hunter and her babies Are left defense Benji takes it upon himself to see there Well looked Benji goes to the Hunter and steals some food for the Cougar a Benji Doest like but feels its Okay to eat what someone else has just when in beginning to like the Guy he demonstrates the same twisted ethics As Benji has other hurdles along the including a Wolf who constantly stalks our hero and the baby Cou talk about Arent there Wolf groups out there who should protest this sort of thing but then this exemplifies Camps feel for those old Disney nature if its cute its if its and has pointed its if it could Only be that easy in real none of which is going to bother who Are enthralled by Lenjis despite How cloying he is to As kids Are the intended Benji the hunted is a entertains ;