September 14 - 20

Bankers in the News

Shelly Ginn, NebraskaLand Bank | North Platte, celebrated her 15th anniversary with the bank this week. She is a commercial credit analyst officer. (pictured)

Angelica Morrow, Five Points Bank | Grand Island, was recently named to the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation board of trustees. She is the assistant marketing / digital media director at the bank. (pictured)

Angie Muhleisen, Union Bank & Trust Co. | Lincoln, was named Woman of the Year at this year's Inspire - Celebrating Women's Leadership Awards last week. She is the president and CEO of the bank and has worked at the bank for over 40 years. (pictured)​

Special Thanks:
Thank you to all of the bankers who volunteered at our Husker Harvest Days booth last week! We hope you had a great time representing the NBA and connecting with others in the ag and banking industries. (pictured below)

• LaTonna Brand, Five Points Bank | Grand Island
• Mary Clifton, York State Bank | York
• Vikki Daily, Five Points Bank | Grand Island
• Al Dlouhy, Security First Bank | Beatrice
• Corby Forbes, Midwest Bank | Plainview
• Hope Janitscheck, First National Bank of Omaha | Kearney
• Joe Libal, Flatwater Bank | Gothenburg
• Don & Vonnie Moore, First Central Bank McCook | McCook
• Tom Murphy, Exchange Bank | Gibbon
• Richard Nelson, Central National Bank | Superior
• Brett Oltman, Union Bank & Trust Co. | Auburn
• Stephen Postier, Henderson State Bank | York
• Emilie Schardt, Heartland Bank | Grand Island
• Clayton Suckstorf, Heritage Bank | Loup City
• Dave Van Pelt, Midwest Bank | Lincoln

Photos, L to R: Shelly Ginn, Angelica Morrow and Angie Muhleisen

Richard Nelson, Hope Janitscheck and Stephen Postier

Clayton Suckstorf and Brett Oltman

Joe Libal, Emilie Schardt and Corby Forbes

Vonnie Moore, Don Moore and Dave Van Pelt

LaTonna Brand, Vikki Daily and Mary Clifton

Not pictured: Al Dlouhy and Tom Murphy

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Banks in the News

Bank of the Valley | Schuyler, recently finished construction on the newest branch at 559 Road 11 in Schuyler. The location will open to the public on Sept. 26, with a grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting scheduled for Oct. 11.

Core Bank | Papillion, opened a new branch at 11305 Cumberland Drive in Papillion on Sept. 1.

First Interstate Bank | all branches, held its fifth annual Volunteer Day on Sept. 14. Bank employees helped at nearly 400 separate service projects throughout their communities across Nebraska. Additionally, the Lexington branch recently donated $25,000 to L2 for Kids to help the organization purchase clothing for school-aged children in need.

Heartland Bank | Aurora, competed in the Memorial Community Health Golf Benefit fundraising competition on Sept. 17 in Aurora. The bank's team placed second in the first flight of teams. The event raised over $15,000 towards the Memorial Foundation's new ultrasound system purchase.

Henderson State Bank | Henderson, recently received a 50-year Appreciation Award from Computer Services, Inc. (CSI).

Pathway Bank | Grand Island, recently hosted a food truck rally outside of the bank to celebrate the completion of recent renovations and the bank's updated logo.

Platte Valley Bank | Chadron, recently moved locations and is now located at 141 W 3rd Street in Chadron.

Union Bank & Trust Co. | Lincoln, recently donated $100,000 each to 10 area nonprofits. Online public voting from Aug. 12-26 helped narrow down the list of 58 finalists to find the winners.

Washington County Bank | Blair, has announced plans to open a fourth location at 205 E Erie Street in Missouri Valley, IA. The bank is currently renovating the building and will announce the opening date at a later time.

West Gate Bank | Omaha, recently opened a new branch at 17617 Manderson Street in Omaha.

Western States Bank | Gering, will be temporarily closing the branch at 1940 10th Street for a remodeling project to make the building compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The reopening is planned to coincide with the bank's conversion to First National Bank of Omaha in early Nov.

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Deaths

Richard "Andy" McMullen | Stella (age 87), passed away on Sept. 19. He was part-owner of the State Bank of Stella, now Frontier Bank.

Ernest Thayer | Grand Island (age 87), passed away on Sept. 15. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking-Wisconsin. Ernest worked at First National Bank of Omaha and Commercial National Bank, now U.S. Bank, in Grand Island for many years.

Bridgette Thompson | North Platte (age 40), passed away on Sept. 20. She had previously worked at NebraskaLand Bank and Adams Bank & Trust before changing jobs.