Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.11.1991, Blaðsíða 18

18 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 1. nóvember 1991
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.Lonely Planet
\ TravéíSurvivalKit
I by Ðeanna Stvaney
$14,99
M Canada * $18.95 (paper)
Don’t Worry - Just Go
by Kristine Sigurdson
Tony Wheeler, Lonely
Planet’s founder,sums
up their basic travel
philosophy as, “don’t
worry about whether
your trip will work
out, just go.”
That’s the way
my husband Kris
loves to travel; every
day is an adventure. “Plan ahead?
Why bother, just let it happen!” I,
on the other hand, love planning
the trip months in advance. Poring
over travel books, deciding what
we’ll do, where we’ll go, how we’ll
get there. Luckily, these two schools
of thought balance well together. I
do the planning and the unexpected
is left to Kris.
Deanna Swaney provides a de-
tailed account of, it seems, every
mile of Iceland, Greenland and the
Faroe Islands, which will definitely
appeal to the travel enthusiast.
Ifyouarea Saga enthusiastyou’ll
appreciate the mention of such
places as the farm of Aðalból in the
east of Iceland, the home of
Hrafnkell Hallfreðarson Freysgoði,
the priest of Freyr and hero of the
popular Hrafnkels Saga. The au-
thor describes the area, briefly sum-
marizes the Saga and then informs
the traveller ,on practical matters
like how to get there and where to
stay.
lí/like Goodman, last oflegendary ice hockey team
by Lourdes Fernandez
Magnus “Mike” Goodman, the last
surviving member of the Canadian
ice hockey team that won the 1920
Olympics, died recently in Miami at
the age of 93. He suffered heart failure,
his family said.
Until then, “he never had any bad
health. He had a lot of stitches from
playing hockey,” said his son John.
Mr. Goodman’s accomplishments
as part of the 10-man Olympics team
and as a Canadian speed-skating
champion earned him a place last
year in the Calgary, Alberta, Olympic
Hall of Fame. He also had been
inducted into the Manitoba Hall of
Fame.
Mr. Goodman joined the American
Hockey League after the Olympics. He
was a player in Duluth, Minn., and
Wichita, Kan., and a manager and coach
with the Kansas City Playmores.
“I was starting to get over the hill by
then, so when something new came
up, I decided to take it,” he once
said.
The something new was a 1939 offer
to coach in South Florida’s newest ice
hockey league, the Coral Gables
Seminoles. The team, mostly Canadian
players, played in the Coliseum in Coral
Gables and competed against teams
from Havana, Miami and Miami Beach.
But it was too expensive to bring the
players from Canada, and the Coli-
seum was no place to play— Florida’s
humidity, combined with the ice and
high ceilings in the Coliseum, created
clouds of fog inside the building. The
league folded a year later.
Mr. Goodman then worked at the
Coral Gables Laundryuntil 1981, when
he retired at the age of 82. But he kept
giving skating lessons throughout his
80s.
“He continued skating until a year
ago,” his son said. “Hé could still move,
even at that age, faster than I could.”
In addition to his son, Mr. Goodman
is survived by his daughter, Marsha
Bradley, of Rockport, Texas; sister
Gudrun Johnston and brother Jim
Goodman, both of Winnipeg; five
grandchildren and four great-grand-
children.
Courtesy oí The Herald
Are you interested in “other
worldly” adventures? In west cen-
tral Iceland, Deanna directs you to
Ólafsvík and Snæfellsjökull and
captures that feeling. The glacier
apparently has a sort of New Age
following because it is considered
one of the world’s great “power cen-
tres”. There is power, certainly, but
it is mostly in the form of wind and
rain. However, she explains in de-
tail the various approaches to the
glacier, whether you are hiking or
driving.
This pocket book begins each sec-
tion with facts about the country
including history, economy, holi-
days and festivals and many more.
Each country is then broken down
into divisions. Iceland is divided
into 11 divisions including a sepa-
rate section on Reykjavík, The
Reykjanes Peninsula and central
Iceland. Informational headings
like, Things to see, Getting there
and away, Places to stay and eat,
and Walks and Tours are included
for almost every town or area.
The author’s personal and caring
attention to detail produces a well
written, easy to follow and informa-
tive travel book. This thoroughness
is repeated in the chapters on Green-
land and the Faroe Islands. These
three countries can be toured easily
and with confidence with this travel
survival kit in hand.
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Obituary
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öuimunuson dnu und uuurun Jónasdóttir in Gimli, Manítoba on the sixth of April, 1904, Leo was nrerierr'aseri hv h is hplnveri wí Rpttxf Manuyor bipnaa,two sons. inGOaore “Ted” and his wife Bonnie of Ari- zona and David and his wife Ginnie
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joíidnn jut; oi vjfiinii, ivijo, oíiiioii oi Hnausa, MB, Einar of Heela, MB, Sólmundur “Loii” of Winnipeg and oi rionaa, ana numerous mcces anu ncphews.
Veterans of lcelandic Descent, World War II
published by
The Jón Sigurösson Chapter IODE
is available at
$35-00 each plus $2.00 shipping charges.
U.S. orders remit $37. in U.S. funds.
Icelandic Heritage Dolls
dressed in traditional costume are available.
They will surely become Collector's Items
and make a beautifui Christmas Gift.
$35-°° each pius mailing charges.

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