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February 11,1985 Des Moines, Iowa Vol. 13 No. 43 Nebraska News The 1985 Management Develop ment Workshop, sponsored by the Nebraksa Bankers Association, will be held March 6 at the Grand Island Ramada Inn. The workshop will feature Dr. Richard M. Robl from Hutchinson, Kan. He has dedicated his career to designing productivity management systems. The program will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a noon lunch planned. Advance registration fee is $65, $80 at the door. For more information, contact the N BA office in Lincoln. CAM BRIDGE: The following peo ple have been promoted at Cam bridge State Bank: Keith Klocke to executive vice president; Mary Kay Sexton from cashier to vice presi dent; Harriet Klocke to cashier and Shirley Mousel has been named the new assistant cashier. CARSEN: Alta Wagner has been promoted to vice president at Carson National Bank. She formerly was assistant vice president and has been with the bank since 1963. ELGIN: Dennis Ochsner has joined the Bank of Elgin as vice president and chief ag loan officer. He former ly was with Norwest of Omaha. JANSEN: Kevin R. Keiser has been named vice president of State Bank of Jansen, according to Robert D. Zuehlsdorf, president. Mr. Keiser, a loan officer with the bank, and has previously been associated with Crofton State Bank for three years. OM AHA: First Westroads Bank re cently appointed Peter W. Zandbergen executive vice president. Mr. Zandbergen is responsible for com mercial lending and market develop ment. Also appointed was James W. Kresha to vice president. His re sponsibilities include commercial and consumer lending. OM AHA: Harold Walton, president of Norwest Bank Omaha West has announced the election o f Brian D. Lierman as senior vice president/ manager of private and business banking sectors effective February 15 and Patrick J. McPherson as se nior vice president and cashier. TRENTON: Mark L. Forgue has been promoted to vice president and cashier at State Bank of Trenton. He joined the bank in 1981. Iowa News Russell S. Howard, Jr., chairman and president of Mahaska State Bank in Oskaloosa, has announced his candidacy for the office of president-elect of the Iowa Bankers Association for the 1985-86 year. If elected, he would assume office at the IB A convention in September, and would succeed J. Bruce Meri wether, who is slated to become president in September for the 1985-86 year. Mr. Howard has a long history of service with the IB A and its affiliates. The February 21 meeting o f the Central Iowa Chapter o f Bank Ad ministration Institute will be held at Adventureland Inn in Des Moines. This is a joint meeting with N ABW and will feature a panel discussion on “ What are Benefits and Perks W orth?” Social hour is at 5:30 p.m., fol lowed by dinner at 6:30 and meeting at 7:30. Cost per person $14. For more information contact: Tom Quinlin, Norwest Bank Des Moines. BURLINGTON: The program for the Group 11 meeting here February 17-18 will feature the guest speaker, Dr. Taggart Frost, PhD, University of Northern Iowa, at the noon lun cheon on Monday, February 18. Speakers during the business ses sion starting at 10:00 a.m. include IB A President Bill Logan; IB A Ex ec. Vice President Neil Milner, and Iowa Superintendent of Banking Tom Huston. This is the reverse of their appearance as announced in the complete program published February 4. CEDAR RAPIDS: Richard J. Benhart has been appointed vice presi dent and cashier at City National Bank of Cedar Rapids. Mr. Benhart has held several positions with the bank for the past eleven years and has served as cashier since 1979. CRESTON: C.B. “ Neal” Conover and Dwight Conover have signed an agreement to purchase nearly all of the stock o f First National Bank, RISMILLER, WEAVER AND YAKE Getting it done for you* i t £* W W É David Rismiller Warren Weaver Ernie Yake . 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Continental Bank of Chicago. Mr. Pappas heads the FDIC oversight team working on commercial loans that were spun out of Continental to FDIC under last year’s refinancing agreement. The other four divisions of special loans being handled by FDIC workout specialists are mari time, international, energy and real estate. Mr. Pappas has 28 years of banking experience—12 as a Federal Reserve senior bank examiner out of the Chicago office, 12 as senior loan officer at Bankers Trust Company, Des Moines, six months at State Central Bank, Keokuk, and the past three years as a banking consultant and loan workout specialist. DES MOINES: Chris Pappas has accepted an assignment as senior H ARLAN: Following the bank’s an credit specialist for the FDIC at nual meeting, Harlan National Bank announced the promotions of David Gude from assistant vice president to vice president/ag loans, and Becky Miller was promoted to loan documentation officer. JEFFERSON: Sid Jones has been promoted to executive vice presi dent of Home State Bank in Jeffer son. Mr. Jones will supervise the loaning function and be active in op erations management. He has been with the bank since 1983, most re cently as vice president. ASK TERRY MARTIN to make MNB work for you. MOORHEAD: Earl N. Bressman, president of Moorhead State Bank, died January 3. C. Keith Hieber has been named to succeed him as presi dent of the bank, and will also serve as cashier. Martin Cline will serve as vice president. Toll free 1-800-332-5991 SOLON: Solon State Bank has an nounced the promotion of Mary A. Hanzelka from vice president to senior vice president; Don C. Ellis Merchants A National Bank 151 Member F.D.I.C. A BANKS OF IOWA’ BANK Serving bankers quietly and efficiently. CAPITAL PERSONNEL SERVICE 714 U.C.B. Building, 515-283-2545 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 from cashier to vice president, and Douglas J. Stahle from assistant cashier to cashier. SWISHER: A t the annual meeting of Swisher Trust and Savings Bank, F. Eugene Robison was elected president. He succeeds G. Milton Chadima, who was elected chair man. Daryl J. Hynek was elected ex ecutive vice president and Philip R. Reed was elected cashier. WATERLOO: A t Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Josef M. Vich and Alan C. Schmeidel were elected vice presidents in the operations divi sion. Mr. Vich, a CPA, has been with the bank since December, 1983. Mr. Schmeidel joined Peoples Bank in 1979. South Dakota News The South Dakota Bankers A sso ciation 1985 Bank Management Conference will be held February 21 at the Holiday Inn, Mitchell. A com plete agenda for the conference can be found in the February N o r t h w es ter n B anker . North Dakota News CROSBY: Gaylen Melgaard has been promoted from vice president to executive vice president. Mr. Gaylen joined the bank nine years ago, after spending several years with a finance company. 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PIPESTONE: First Bank Luveme, Pipestone Office, has elected Mark L. Mosbrucker president and chief operations officer. He succeeds Steven A. Grell, who has accepted a position as president of First Bank Cando, N.D. He has been with the bank since 1979. SAINT PAUL: Jerome S. Yugend has joined American National Bank as vice president and senior trust marketing officer. He has over 28 years banking and trust experience. LIVINGSTON: The board of direc tors of First Bank Livingston has elected Robert J. Gersack president and director, effective March 1 . He will succeed Malcolm E. Adams, who has been promoted to president of First Bank in Miles City. Mr. Ger sack most recently served as senior vice president and second officer of First Bank Miles City, where he has been since 1964. M ILES CITY: Malcolm E. Adams has been elected president and a di rector of First Bank Miles City. He succeeds Gordon L. Bickle, who has elected to take early retirement ef fective March 31. 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