nce upon a time, summertime meant lazy days spent relaxing in a hammock, sipping lemonade. Nowadays, we seem to barely miss a beat between May and September. But with today's busy world comes today's convenient technology. If your life seems more crazy than lazy, recapture some of that summer free time (and beat the heat) by taking advantage of LaSalle's Web site. Shop for a car, refinance your mortgage and balance your checkbook -- online.

Here in this issue of the LaSalle NetLetter, you'll find valuable tips for buying a home or refinancing your mortgage, a warning about Y2K scams, information on investing for the millennium and a new way to travel, with the American Express^® TravelFunds^SM Card. See where the TravelFunds Card can take you with our interactive sliding puzzle game.