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SECURITIES (Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Contractual Securities) (Details 1)

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SECURITIES (Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Contractual Securities) (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt securities available for sale
Amortized Cost	$ 299,354	$ 291,403
Fair Value	307,379us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	298,310us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Debt securities held to maturity
Amortized Cost	29,126	29,355
Fair Value	29,886	29,974
Due within one year [Member]
Debt securities available for sale
Amortized Cost	17,111	16,944
Fair Value	17,232	17,246
Due from one to five years [Member]
Debt securities available for sale
Amortized Cost	126,487	121,591
Fair Value	129,405	123,962
Due from five to ten years [Member]
Debt securities available for sale
Amortized Cost	62,526	60,079
Fair Value	64,095	61,221
Debt securities held to maturity
Amortized Cost	298	298
Fair Value	322	325
Due after ten years [Member]
Debt securities available for sale
Amortized Cost	350	350
Fair Value	383	358
Debt securities held to maturity
Amortized Cost	5,254	5,253
Fair Value	5,720	5,716
Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Debt securities available for sale
Amortized Cost	92,880	92,439
Fair Value	96,264	95,523
Debt securities held to maturity
Amortized Cost	23,574	23,804
Fair Value	$ 23,844	$ 23,933

- Definition

Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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This item represents the cost of debt and equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments including accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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Fair value of investments in debt securities classified as held-to-maturity.

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