CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS Lee Enterprises, Incorporated and Subsidiaries See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 14 LEE ENTERPRISES / 2000 Annual Report September 30,  Assets 2000 1999  1998 (Dollars In Thousands) Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 29,427 $ 10,536 $ 16,941 Trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts 2000 $3,344; 1999 $4,460; 1998 $4,110 . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,212 67,122 60,443 Receivables from associated companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 1,438 1,437 Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,280 3,625 3,878 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,380 19,822 16,892 Net assets of discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,767 – – Total current assets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251,566 102,543 99,591 Investments: Associated companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,155 16,326 14,107 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,021 15,819 12,364 34,176 32,145 26,471 Property and Equipment: Land and improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,473 14,103 13,856 Buildings and improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,893 67,342 65,945 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,366 246,484 219,491 247,732 327,929 299,292 Less accumulated depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,376 188,726 170,920 127,356 139,203 128,372 Intangibles and Other Assets: Intangibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332,520 396,392 398,111 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 9,230 8,040 333,135 405,622 406,151 $ 746,233 $ 679,513 $ 660,585