UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2000
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Atwood & Palmer, Inc.
Address: 800 West 47th Street
Suite 705
Kansas City, MO 64112
13F File Number: 028-06528
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person singing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Steven N. Palmer
Title: President
Phone: 816/931-2266
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Steven N. Palmer Kansas City, MO November 9, 2000
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[ ] 13F NOTICE REPORT
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
None
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 62
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 261,262
List of Other Included Managers: None
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING
AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL
DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Sealed Air Corp New Pfd $2 CNV 81211K209 1018 22626 SH SOLE 22626
A T & T Corp COM 001957109 5270 179397 SH SOLE 179397
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 312 6560 SH SOLE 6560
Agilent Technologies COM 00846U101 4132 84430 SH SOLE 84430
Amer Home Products COM 026609107 1403 24813 SH SOLE 24813
America Online COM 02364J104 5802 107950 SH SOLE 107950
Amgen Inc COM 031162100 16564 237210 SH SOLE 237210
Automatic Data Proc COM 053015103 11379 170148 SH SOLE 170148
BP Amoco PLC ADR COM 055622104 2497 47105 SH SOLE 47105
BankAmerica Corp COM 06605F102 7330 139953 SH SOLE 139953
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 2367 41437 SH SOLE 41437
Butler Mfg COM 123655102 344 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Cerner Corp COM 156782104 11135 239792 SH SOLE 239792
Chevron Corp COM 166751107 250 2936 SH SOLE 2936
Chiron Corp COM 170040109 870 19328 SH SOLE 19328
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 29214 528760 SH SOLE 528760
Citigroup Inc COM 172967101 11891 219956 SH SOLE 219956
Coca Cola COM 191216100 1800 32656 SH SOLE 32656
Commerce Bancshares COM 200525103 284 7714 SH SOLE 7714
Disney (Walt) Co COM 254687106 7561 197684 SH SOLE 197684
DuPont(EI) DeNemours COM 263534109 2871 69287 SH SOLE 69287
Electronic Data Sys COM 285661104 1783 42960 SH SOLE 42960
Enron Corp COM 293561106 1179 13460 SH SOLE 13460
Exxon Mobil COM 30231G102 2644 29662 SH SOLE 29662
Fed Natl Mtg Assn COM 313586109 472 6600 SH SOLE 6600
Firstar Corp New COM 33763V109 305 13636 SH SOLE 13636
Gateway Energy New COM 367600301 14 17608 SH SOLE 17608
General Electric COM 369604103 16912 293164 SH SOLE 293164
Genzyme Corp COM 372917104 1500 22000 SH SOLE 22000
Gillette COM 375766102 216 7000 SH SOLE 7000
Hewlett-Packard COM 428236103 7389 76175 SH SOLE 76175
Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 258 4865 SH SOLE 4865
Int'l Business Mach COM 459200101 458 4074 SH SOLE 4074
Intel COM 458140100 7500 180441 SH SOLE 180441
Jack Henry COM 426281101 15147 349200 SH SOLE 349200
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 7011 74631 SH SOLE 74631
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 4195 137261 SH SOLE 137261
McDonald's Corp COM 580135101 507 16800 SH SOLE 16800
Merck & Co COM 589331107 7763 104284 SH SOLE 104284
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 10307 170887 SH SOLE 170887
Motorola, Inc COM 620076109 2184 77300 SH SOLE 77300
Nextel Comm COM 65332V103 11579 247670 SH SOLE 247670
Non Invasive Monitoring COM 655366508 36 55000 SH SOLE 55000
Paychex Inc COM 704326107 6186 117830 SH SOLE 117830
Pfizer Inc COM 717081103 260 5785 SH SOLE 5785
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 974 14542 SH SOLE 14542
Royal Dutch Petro COM 780257804 4451 74264 SH SOLE 74264
SBC Communications COM 78387G103 884 17679 SH SOLE 17679
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 244 5238 SH SOLE 5238
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 6165 74900 SH SOLE 74900
Sealed Air Corp COM 812115103 3557 78600 SH SOLE 78600
Texaco Inc COM 881694103 294 5600 SH SOLE 5600
Transocean Sedco Forex COM G90078109 633 10789 SH SOLE 10789
Tyco Intl LTD New COM 902124106 8226 158566 SH SOLE 158566
Tycom Ltd COM 9144B1063 562 14650 SH SOLE 14650
Verizon Comm COM 92343V104 359 7406 SH SOLE 7406
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 374 7766 SH SOLE 7766
Walt Disney Intrnt Grp COM 254687205 2742 258025 SH SOLE 258025
Williams Companies COM 969457100 425 10068 SH SOLE 10068
Am Centy Eqty Grw Inv MUT 02507M600 237 9259.320 SH SOLE
9259.320
T Rowe Price Int'l Stock MUT 77956H203 496 29540.322SH SOLE
29540.322
Vanguard Intl Growth MUT 921910204 543 26102.093SH SOLE 26102.093
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