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DAILY CHRONICLE, Online at NIsite.com and Thursday, December 14, 2000 Daily Record VERLA L. SWINGLEY Verla L. Swingley, 73, of Sycamore, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Born Oct.

8, 1927, in Ramsey, she was the daughter of Virgil and Ida Mae (Spires) Rhodes. She married Allan J. Swingley on Oct. 3, 1956, in DeKalb. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of DeKalb.

One of her favorite hobbies was reading. Verla is survived by a sister, Evelyn (Ray) Funkhouser of Sycamore; three nephews, Brent Funkhouser of Sycamore, Brandon (Dena) Chicago Board of Trade Com Prior Open High Low Last Dec. 2.16 2.18 2.15% 2.17½ Mar. 2.24 2.26¼ 2.23% 2.25½ May 2.31% 2.33% 2.31¼ 2.33½ July 2.49% 2.51% 2.49½ 2.51 Chicago Board of Trade Soybeans Prior Open High Low Last Jan. 5.06½ 5.09¼ Mar.

5.14½ 5.18½ 5.14¼ 5.16% May 5.20 52.4½ 5.20 5.22 July 5.26 5.29% 5.25½ 5.27½2 IN REVIEW STOCKS OF YID Ex Div Yid PE Last Chg Nasd 21 24.06 .25 NY .88 3.9 13 22.31 NY 23.25 NY 10 16.75 NY 59 37.44 NY 91 48.45 NY .28 .5 14 61.75 Nasd 18 42.69 Nasd 66.81 Nasd 71.19 Nasd 66.25 NY 1.40 2.8 49.56 Nasd 22.06 Nasd 138.25 Nasd 9.63 1.36 3.3 14 41.69 NY 1.28 2.9 11 44.50 Nasd 104.63 11.45 Nasd 51.13 NY .56 1.1 21 53.00 Nasd 38.56 Nasd 37.88 NY .10 .6 20 18.10 NY .90 3.7 26 24.31 NY 1.40 3.3 11 41.94 NY 24 .3 72.50 Nasd 2.78 NY 2.22 5.1 6 43.80 Nasd 28 20.44 NY 1.40 3.2 18 43.19 NY 77.88 Nasd .06 .5 12.69 13 NY 1.69 2.6 49 66.01 Nasd 30.50 NY 1.76 2.0 25 87.69 Nasd 27.75 NY 1.20 5.1 23.63 NY .55 1.0 43 53.00 NY 2.00 3.8 6 53.19 NY 1.20 6.5 16 18.52 NY .32 1.0 19 33.19 Nasd 56.31 Nasd 11.67 Nasd 38.38 Nasd .08 2 28 35.50 Nasd 64.69 Nasd 155.00 NY 5.56 Nasd 9 16.56 Nasd 41.00 MONEY RATES Last Pre Prime Rate 9.50 Discount Rate 6.00 Federal Funds Rate 6.50 Treasuries 3-month 5.88 6-month 5.76 5-year 5.30 10-year 5.25 30-year 5.47 Total Assets ObJ Idx Fds: 500 SP 104,357 Invest: Magelin 101,625 American Funds ICAA 56,614 American Funds WshA 46,780 Fund LG 46,499 Invest: Contra XG 42,437 Invest: Groine 42,059 American Funds GwthA XG 39,400 TIAA-CREF Funds: GroEq LG 920 TIAA-CREF Funds: Groinc LC 689 TIAA-CREF Funds: MgdAlc MP 338 TIAA-CREF Funds: IntiEq 279 TIAA-CREF Funds: BdPlus IB 251 -Balanced, GL -Global Stock, IL -International Stock, L.C Bond, SP 500, SS-Single-State Muni, in NAW with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund Invt: Minimum needed to invest in fund. NA Not avail. Fund Footnotes: Ex cash dividend. distribution costs.

fee or contingent and Losers must be worth at least $2 to Volume in hundreds of shares. The Funkhouser of Sycamore and Bryan (June) Funkhouser of Geneva; and several greatnieces and -nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Allan, who died earlier this year. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec.

15, at Quiram-Sycamore Funeral Home, with the Rev. Stephen Person officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec.

14, at the funeral home. A memorial fund is established for the American Cancer Society in care of Quiram-Sycamore Funeral Chicago Board of Trade Wheat Prior Open High Low Last Dec. 2.69% 2.72½ 2.69¼ 2.70¼ Gold Measured in Dollars per Troy Ounce Prior Open High Low Last Apr. 275.60 275.60 273.00 .00 237.70 Silver Measured in Dollars per Troy Ounce Prior Open High Low Last Mar. 4.70 4.70 4.70 4.70 YID Div Yid PE Last Chg .14 .3 20 42.25 .31 .08 4 44 19.94 .20 .6 21 31.13 1.36 1.5 33 92.00 .64 1.0 18 67.06 15.13 13 34.38 34 57.25 2.32 2.0 24 113.81 .16 .8 29 20.13 68.73 3 21.19 72.75 33.94 1.66 4.2 42 40.00 .19 4 48.13 4.8 .08 2 36.44 .80 4.1 12 19.50 73 28.38 1.44 47.44 .36 .8 48 45.81 .48 .8 58.56 2.12 5.2 11 40.81 21.19 .64 1.4 27 44.90 91.31 1.75 9.25 63 73.75 .04 55 30.13 85.63 .52 3.1 8 16.88 .52 3.1 8 16.69 29 28.61 52 31.75 63.56 22 24 32.25 .09 2 25 48.00 8 6 10.06 1.00 6.0 10 16.56 .68 1.1 26 62.63 104.88 1.54 2.7 19 57.56 .24 .5 36 50.31 11 18.19 22.75 20 3.5 5.69 51 43.31 91 34.88 Name Lowes Lucent McDnids Merck MerrLyn MtrmdF MicronT Microsft MMM Motorola Nasd100T Navistar NetwkAps NextelC Nicor Nokia NortelNw Olin Oracle PSINet Palm Pfizer Pharmacia PhilMor Prideint Pulitzer Qualcom Rzrfish RedHat Sanmina Schwab SiebelSys SmtA0A SmithA0 Solectm SunMicro Sycamre Targets Texinst 3Com USXUSS UPS Veritas VerizonCm WalMart WridCom XO Com Xerox Xilinx 5 Yahoo CURRENCIES Last Pve Day Britain 1.4545 1.4484 Canada 1.5200 1.5270 France 7.4898 7.4583 Germany 2.2332 2.2238 Italy 2210.86 2201.56 Japan 112.44 111.52 Mexico 9.3900 9.4810 British pound expressed in U.S.

dollars. All others show dollar in foreign currency. FUNDS Total Pet Min Init 12-mo Load NL 3,000 0.1 3.00 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 2,500 3.00 2,500 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NS NL NS NS NS NS NL 25 Core, LG -Large-Cap Growth, LV-Large-Cap MT -Mortgage, Core, XG -Multi-Cap Growth, XV Val. Total Return: others with same objective: A is in top in bottom Min Data in question. NS Fund not in existence.

Source: Lipper, Inc. No up-front sales charge, Fund assets used to pay sales load may apply. 1 Both and r. in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least Press.

Sales figures are unofficial. nr. Castle Investment Management Group DeKalb Sycamore Sugar Grove Yorkville We're investing today earn your trust. McHenry Plano to Sandwich Harvard Annr. Call Joel Binder at Castle Bank (815) 758-2411 LENDER member FDIC 1.

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1. 1. 1. 1. Obituaries LYLE SCOTT RIDDELL Lyle Scott Riddell, 50, of Oblong, died Sunday, Dec.

10, 2000, from pulmonary congestion at his residence. Born Sept. 5, 1950, in Rochelle, he was the son of John Scott and Nancy Lucille (Sholders) Riddell. He was a laborer at Harvestore Silos in DeKalb before moving to Oblong. He was a member of the Baptist church in Rochelle and was a computer buff.

He is survived by his mother, Lucille Riddell of Oblong; a brother-in-law, Earl Deane King of Westfield, two sisters, Helen Deloris (Bill) Cipolla of Rochelle and Commodities Patricia Hector of three nieces nephews. He was by his The at 7 p.m. Pulliam Oblong, Huey in Woodlawn Creston. from 5-7 funeral service will Saturday, Woodlawn Creston. For 592-4221.

Local Grain Prices, 9:30 a.m. today Corn March Com Beans Soybean Hintzsche's 1.86 4.81 Chicago Prior The commodity market reports are Open provided by DeKalb Commodities, bro- Dec. 77.50 ker for ADM Investor Services, 303 Feb. 78.20 E. Hillcrest, DeKalb.

Stan Storm and Apr. 74.15 Connie Wallin, commodity representa- Jun. 74.17 tives. All figures are for the previous day. Chicago USDA Livestock Slaughter Prior Under Federal Inspection Open Cattle Hogs Dec.

58.90 Yesterday .127,000 380,000 Feb. 58.15 Week Ago .128,000 383,000 Apr. 63.75 Year Ago .125,000 392,000 Jun. 61.35 DAILY DOW JONES Lorraine (David) Billings, and three preceded in death father, John, in 1970. funeral service will be Friday, Dec.

15, at Funeral Home in with Brother David officiating. Burial will be Cemetery in Visitation will be p.m. Friday at the home. A graveside be held at 1 p.m. Dec.

16, at Cemetery in information, call (815) basis .:16.5 January basis ..:7.5 Mercantile Live Cattle High Low Last 77.77 77.05 77.50 78.47 77.90 78.42 74.45 74.00 74.35 74.45 74.00 74.27 Mercantile Lean Hogs High Low Last 59.05 58.65 58.80 58.60 58.05 58.42 64.00 63.60 63.87 61.70 61.35 61.50 THE MARKET Dec. 13,2000 DOW JONES! 12.000 CLOSE 10,794.44 11.000 NE1 CHANGE 10.000 CHANGE 9.000 HIGH 10,914.26 Law 10,77292 9.000 RECORD HIGH A Ja. 14,2000 7.000 1172298 SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER STOCK MARKET INDEXES 52-Week YID 12-mo High Low Name Last Chg 11,750.28 9,654.64 Dow Industnals 10,794.44 3,017.18 2,260.78 Dow Transportation 2,847.41 41 404.08 268.59 Dow Utilities 389.85 681.19 575.01 NYSE Composite 653.30 1,043.46 823.99 Amex Market Value 5,132.52 2.523.04 Nasdaq Composite 2,822.77 1,553.11 1,294.90 500 1,359.99 549.63 409.28 MidCap 508.71 614.16 440.80 Russell 2000 469.91 14.734.25 11,976.24 Wilshire 5000 12.545.64 STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS AMEX 879.96 GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) Name Last Chg MSMCI01 3.00 Maxam 17.13 PeaceA 2.38 Cabletel 2.50 StnehvnR 2.00 ShefidPhm 4.13 Interlott 16.75 SCEd pfE 14.38 SherwdB 2.50 HLM Ds 3.25 LOSERS Name AdvMrktg DairyMt Atlantis BigCRad OhioArt StdAuto pl PGECap pf SCEd44 DivCpRes ($2 OR MORE) Last Chg 2.25 14.3 3.38 3.00 .38 2.00 3.81 5.31 18.63 10.00 18.00 3.50 MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Nasd100T s514428 68.73 SPOR 60612 136.14 SP Mid 13385 93.56 Nabors 11315 51.24 SP Tech 10462 36.69 DevonE 9457 54.20 DJIA Diam 8132 108.06 SemiHTr 7777 53.35 FAusPr 7277 3.97 GreyWolf 7198 4.44 DIARY Advanced 280 Declined 373 Unchanged 168 Total issues 821 New Highs 12 New Lows 50 Con stock in U.S. S. New in past weeks.

cc PE over 99. dd loss in In bankruptcy or receivership, wd Home, 1245 Somonauk DeKalb. Sycamore, IL 60178. For infor- He retired in 1983 from mation, call (815) 895-6589 or Radiology Limited in visit www.quiram.com. Sycamore, a practice he began in 1958 with the late DR.

WILBUR O. Dr. Carl Clark. THOMPSON Funeral arrangements are Dr. Wilbur O.

Thompson, being completed at Quiram81, of DeKalb, died Sycamore Funeral Home. For Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000, at information, call (815) 895- Pine Acres Care Center in 6589 or visit www.quiram.com. Agendas The DeKalb Park District Park Board will meet tonight at the Hopkins Park Community Center. The agenda: 6:45 p.m.

Executive session 1. Shirley Nehring 2. Parkside Oaks update 7:15 p.m. Study session Budget workshop 2. intergovernmental agreement update 3.

Maintenance shop update 8 p.m. Public meeting 1. Meeting called to order 2. Approval of agenda 3. Approval of minutes 4.

Review of relevant correspondence 5. Business from the floor 6. Old business A. Public hearing on bond ordinance B. Annexation ordinance C.

Levy ordinance D. Tax abatement ordinance E. Cultural and tourism center proposal F. Haish Gym G. Holiday party 7.

New business 8. Financial reports A. Payroll and contractuals B. Purchase orders C. Vouchers D.

E. Staff and Ellwood reports 9. Meeting adjourned The meeting for Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426's Board of Education will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the middle school library (open session). The agenda: I.

Call to order II. Roll call III. Consent agenda (five minutes) 1. Approval of the minutes of Nov. 27 IV.

Communications V. Added items discuss resolution of tax levy 2001 VI. Reports (45 minutes) 1. K-6 principal's report 2. 7-12 principal's report 3.

Superintendent's report 4. Other VII. Recognition of the public Police Booking Report Editor's note: Information in this booking report was obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department and includes individuals booked recently into the county jail. Although charged with a crime, these individuals have not been proven guilty in a court of law. Arresting agencies may include the sheriff's office, city police departments and the state patrol.

VIII. Business (40 minutes) Action items: 1. FY 2001 tax levy 2. Final decision on sports lighting project Discussion items: 3. Details of surveillance camera proposal 4.

Board of Education goals for superintendent 5. IASB conference update 6. Executive session evaluation of personnel for employment, and student discipline 7. Return to open session 8. Approval of executive session minutes 9.

Approval of executive session agenda 10. Other IX. Comments X. Announcement XI. Adjournment The Sycamore Park District Board of Park Commissioners will meet at 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the clubhouse. The agenda: Convene December meeting Name ADC Tel ATT Wris AMD Alza AmOnine Apache ApidMat AMCC Ariba BEA Sys BP Amoco BroadVis Brocom CMGI Caterpillr ChaseM CienaCp Cisco Citigrp Come sp ComOne Compaq ConAgra Cooper Coming CovadCm DaimirC DellCptr DuPont EMC EricTel Exelon ExodusC ExxonMob Flextrn FordM GenElec GnMotr Goodyear HewlettP: 12 Tech InfoSpce Inktomi Intel JDS Uni mart LamAsch Level3 LOCAL MUTUAL NAV 125.88 124.16 32.83 30.68 40.71 54.40 43.89 32.02 14.97 15.12 12.97 13.01 10.06 -Large-Cap XC performed vs. NE NIL. deferred be listed Associated INTEREST Ex NY NY NY NY NY Nasd NY Nasd NY NY Amex NY Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY Nasd Nasd Nasd NY NY NY NY NY Nasd Nasd Nasd Nasd NY Nasd Amex NY NY Nasd Nasd NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd NY NY Nasd Nasd NY Nasd Nasd Roll call Approve minutes of Nov. 21 Executive session of Nov.

21 Claims and accounts Persons to be heard from the floor President's report Director's report 2000 tax levy Park superintendent's report Golf course superintendent's report Golf operations director report Recreation superintendent's report Executive session personnel and land acquisition Vote to adjourn The Sycamore Park District Board of Park Commissioners will have a hearing about truth in taxation at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the clubhouse. Convene special meeting Roll call Discussion on 2000 tax levy Persons to be heard from the floor Vote to adjourn NYSE 653.30 GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) Last Chg 3.69 4.38 HuntCorp 4.38 4.95 Finova pf 10.13 4CwnCork 4.06 Weider 2.31 1 Ultrapar 10.00 1StJoLP 21.25 ParTch 2.38 LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) Last Chg (DesgnF pt 2.50 RentWay 3.63 1.00 1ArmstHid 2.06 17.5 8.75 10.38 1.88 15.3 2.56 2.94 "SFeintl 26.50 16.75 Compaq 18.10 MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Vol (00) Last Chg Lucent 470010 19.94 NortelNw 357732 36.44 (Compaq 271610 18.10 269339 22.31 Pfizer 191554 45.81 GenElec 174704 53.00 166963 77.88 Schwab 5 164973 30.13 .56 140910 40.81 Motorola s134204 20.13 .63 DIARY 4 Advanced 1,395 Declined 1,516 Unchanged 438 Total issues 3.349 New Highs 101 New Lows 59 Div or earns in for stock div of 20 pct or more in past 52 Trading halted on primary market. vij Jut Warrants. ww With warrants.

NASDAQ 2,822.77 GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) Name Last Chg TOR Min 2.00 StartecG 4.56 Irvine 2.06 wt 2.38 BraunChsit 5.00 StkhsePart 3.75 OmegRs 2.81 Caldera 3.44 431.0 SportsLn 6.63 Paradyne 2.69 LOSERS ($2 OR MORE). Last Chg NaviSite 3.56 MaxmP wt 6.75 HyprtD un 7.00 GibiNet 2.16 Autolog 2.09 SmrtSrv wt 3.84 LexarMd 3.75 Avistar 5.63 OnSmend 6.59 AvoctCp 32.63 10.25 MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg SunMicro s905145 31.75 WridCom-8634352 18.19 Cisco 522430 51.13 Microsft 483912 57.25 Intel 477319 35.50 DeliCptr 439892 20.44 Oracles 370500 28.38 JDS Uni 280141 64.69 ApidMat 249795 42.69 AMCCs 222889 66.81 DIARY Advanced 1,581 Declined 2,273 Unchanged 958 Total issues 4,812 New Highs 38 New Lows 215 52 weeks. pf Preferred. Split last 12 months, it Rights. a Units.

When distributed. wi When issued. Michael Valenzuela, 25, of Batavia, arrested on a body attachment warrant. Elias Millan, 26, of Waukegan, charged with possession of a fraudulent ID, forgery and unlawful use of a credit card. Week 9.50 6.00 6.5625 5.91 5.78 5.33 5.30 5.52 FRESH EXTRA JUMBO GULF SHRIMP Dec.

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