December 12, 2000 NEWS RELEASE

VMF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTES TO CSF OF BGM

The Citizens Scholarship Foundation of BGM (a Dollars for Scholars Chapter) received $500.00 from VMF Capital in Des Moines, Iowa.

VMF Capital is the largest independently owned registered investment advisor in Iowa with twenty-seven employees and offices is Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Chicago, Sausalito and Orlando. VMF Capital focuses exclusively on investment management and the servicing of institutional and high net worth client relationships.

VMF Capital currently manages the investments for the CSF of BGM, and

VMF Capital is a big believer in the Citizens Scholarship Foundation. They feel that it is an excellent cause to support the education in Iowa and defiantly want to be involved with that investment.

The foundation would like to thank VMF for their continued support of the education process. Education is a gift for a lifetime.

Anyone or organization wishing to make a contribution to the foundation, please contact Lyle Oswood, board of trustee representative for the BGM Education Association, or any other board member. You can also write to Box 469, Brooklyn, IA 52211.

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