Pub. 4 2016 Issue 2

10 The Community Banker www.mibonline.org Member News FIRST SECURITY BANK PROMOTIONS THREE RIVERS BANK OF MONTANA SUPPORTS KALISPELL’S 41ST HIGHLANDER TRACK SEASON FIRST MONTANA BANK PROMOTIONS AND NEWHIRE FIRST SECURITY BANK OF ROUNDUP SPONSORS COMMUNITY SHRED DAY GARFIELD COUNTY BANK PARTICIPATES IN PROGRAM TO SERVE LOCAL BEEF IN SCHOOL LUNCHES O rry Fruit has been promoted to Assistant Vice President/Lending. He has been with First Security Bank since 2013. An Ekalaka native, he grew up working for the family repair and ag supply shop and on his grandparent’s farm and ranch. He graduated from Montana State Univer- sity-Bozeman with a degree in Agricultural Business and Minor in Economics. Orry is an avid rodeo competitor. Scott Geda , Senior Vice President/Lending, will be the manager of the bank’s new Loan Production Office in Havre. He will be returning to the Fort Benton office weekly to assist local customers. Scott has 30 years of experience in banking and finance and has been with First Security Bank since 2013. A native of Glasgow, he attended Mon- tana State University-Bozeman and Montana State Universi- ty-Northern in Havre, graduat- ing with degrees in Business, Ag Business, and Farm/Ranch Management, and a minor in Farm Mechanics. T hree Rivers Bank was a huge supporter of Ka- lispell’s 41st Highlander track season. It had a record year with 418 participants, 101 coaches and 65 volunteers per track meet. The Highland- er program is important for Kalispell’s community as it’s the only free community offered sporting program. For many of the participants, this is the only sporting program they partic- ipate in due to it being free. It was very rewarding to have the parents thank Three Rivers staff for providing it. They are proud of being a part of something so great! A shley Larkin has been promoted to Commer- cial Loan Officer for First Montana Bank in Missoula. Larkin, a native of Billings, Montana, has been with First Montana Bank since 2011, most recently as a Junior Lender for the Bank with experience in consumer and commercial lending. Larkin holds a degree in Finance from the University of Montana School of Business Administration with minors in Mathematics and Economics. Larkin is a graduate of Leader- ship Missoula 31 and a member of the Missoula Young Profes- sionals in addition to actively volunteering for a variety of community organizations. Aaron Gardes has been promoted to Portfolio Assistant for the Missoula branches of First Montana Bank. Gardes has been with First Montana Bank since 2011, previously working as a corporate Credit Analyst for the Bank. In his role as Portfolio Assistant, Gardes will support the Bank’s com- mercial loan portfolio provid- ing assistance to commercial officers to underwrite, structure and document loans, managing loans throughout the lending process. Gardes is originally from Moscow, Idaho and holds an Accounting degree from The University of Montana School of Business Administration. John Hastings has joined the First Montana Bank as a corporate Credit Analyst. Orig- inally from the Cleveland, Ohio area, Hastings is a recent Dean’s List Finance graduate from the University of Montana School of Business Administration. While attending the University of Montana, Hastings was an Officer of the Finance Club and served on the Dean’s Advisory Council. Hastings previously held internships with Jared Losing and Associates (Amer- iprise Financial), the Montana Community Development Corporation and KMPG, LLC. Hastings is a regular volunteer for A Carousel for Missoula. I n May, for the first time, First Security Bank of Roundup sponsored a Community Shred Day. The Montana Records Management secure shredding truck was available for five hours with the only cost being a donation of canned goods for the local food bank. A dozen bins of records were shredded and 30 pounds of food was delivered to the Musselshell County Food Bank. First Security Bank of Round- up has had two retirements this year. In January, Karen Skagen retired after 28 years with First Security, most recently serving as Loan Secretary. In June, Pat Moseman retired after 27 years with First Security Bank in various functions. Both will be missed. A ll of the beef served in Jordan Public Schools Lunch Program in Garfield County, Montana during the 2015-2016 school year was from seven local beef donated by six local ranches and Garfield County Bank. The beef donated by Garfield County Bank was a 4-H beef purchased at the Garfield County Fair in August, 2015. The other beef donors were Lee and Toni Murnion; Bryan and Chelsea Phipps; Rick and Earline Lawrence; Colin and Carrie Murnion; Philip and Kar- en Gibbs; and Brent and Hillari McRae. Ryan’s Processing Plant donated processing of one beef while the school paid for processing the other six beef. School Superintendent, Nate Olson, and School Head Cook, Marla Pluhar, put forward extra time and effort to implement the program. The program was the result of Superintendent Olson and the members of the school board searching for ways to improve the quality of school lunches for the 130 students enrolled in grades K-12. The program went from concept to reality in less than 8 months. All beef served in school lunch programs must be USDA inspected. The seven live beef were transported by volunteers to Quality Meats of Montana, LLC in Miles City for harvesting and USDA inspection. After harvesting and inspection, the school paid for transport of the carcasses back to Ryan’s Processing Plant in Jordan to be processed into useable cuts of beef for the school. Students, donors and other community members were treated to a prime rib dinner the day before Christmas Break. Prime rib was also served at the Junior/Senior Banquet and the students were served steaks on the senior class’ last day of school. Efforts are under way to expand the local meat program to include pork in addition to beef for the 2016-2017 school Orry Fruit Scott Geda