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SENTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
1800 North Point Drive
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Telephone (715)346-6000
May 2, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Sentry Variable Account I
File No. 2-87746
On behalf of Sentry Variable Account I (the "Variable Account"), in lieu of
filing the Variable Account's current Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended
(the "Securities Act"), you are hereby provided with notice in accordance with
Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act that the Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) would not
have differed from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
contained in the most recent amendment to the Variable Account's Registration
Statement (Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Variable Account's
Registration Statement filed on Form N-4) which was filed electronically on or
about April 28, 2000.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me directly at
(715)346-6373.
Very truly yours,
s/ Sue Brock
Sue Brock
Legal/Corporate Specialist
