February 1, 2002 NEWS RELEASE

MANATTS INC MUNCHERS CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO CSF

The Foundation received a check for $400.00 from the Mantts Inc Munchies Fund.

The munchies are snack products available for Mantts Inc employees to purchase during work hours. For eleven years the proceeds from the munchies have been distributed to other school and community related activities, as well as contributing a scholarship to the Citizens Scholarship Foundation of BGM. Deb White is the coordinator for the munchies at Manatts Inc., and keeps the employees well fed.

The Foundation would like to express their gratitude to all the munchers at Manatts Inc. and for their continued support of the Foundation, and Deb White for all her work.

Without the support of the community and each individual the Foundation would not be where it is today. Please remember the Foundation does not spend your money but invests it for the future. Your contributions go into an endowment fund and just the interest earned is awarded each May as scholarships.

The sooner you make your contribution the larger the interest will grow for the scholarships. This is the reason the Manatts Munchies contribute early each year.

Anyone wishing to make a contribution to the Foundation please contact Marty Kolars, CSF of BGM Board of Trustee for the Malcom Ruritan, or any other board member. You can also write to Box 469, Brooklyn, IA 52211.

Saying for the week: Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. - Helen Keller