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<MULTIPLIER>         1,000

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                     EXHIBIT 27 - FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
Article 5

The schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Monarch
Services, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year ended April
30, 2000, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements and the notes thereto.

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<PERIOD-TYPE>                                     12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                                 Apr-30-2000
<PERIOD-START>                                    May-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                                      Apr-30-2000
<CASH>                                                  8,422
<SECURITIES>                                               32
<RECEIVABLES>                                             282
<ALLOWANCES>                                               52
<INVENTORY>                                                 0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                        8,874
<PP&E>                                                    659
<DEPRECIATION>                                            447
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                          9,100
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                   1,811
<BONDS>                                                     0
                                       0
                                                 0
<COMMON>                                                  527
<OTHER-SE>                                              3,378
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                            9,100
<SALES>                                                 4,001
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                        4,363
<CGS>                                                   2,776
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                           3,558
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                            0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                            0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                          0
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                           805
<INCOME-TAX>                                              301
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                       504
<DISCONTINUED>                                           (230)
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                             0
<CHANGES>                                                   0
<NET-INCOME>                                              274
<EPS-BASIC>                                             .17
<EPS-DILUTED>                                             .17


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