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Laissez Le Bon Temps Rouler -
Let the Good Time Roll!
Mark your calendars for our
2009 Mardi Gras Celebration Convention
Thursday - Saturday,
September 17 - 19, 2009 at
The Vail Cascade Resort & Spa

IBCEF CONVENTION INDUCTED TO RING OF FAME!

<>Community bankers are the winners of our Tournament of Champions Convention. The Independent Bankers of Colorado Education Foundation’s 35^th Annual Convention held in September at the beautiful Vail Cascade Resort and Spa was spectacular! One hundred and thirty nine bankers were in attendance representing more than 55 banks. It was a great crowd and I think it’s safe to say everyone had a wonderful time. We appreciate the support of our exhibitors and sponsors.

Fred Bauer, IBC President and President, Farmers Bank and Chuck Johnston, IBC Education Foundation Chair and President, North Valley Bank; and the entire convention committee: Dave Wade, Jim Pieters, High Plains Bank; Tammie Lowrie, BKD; Patrick Lynch, Colorado Community Bank; Allan Tormohlen, Canon National Bank; Angie Weed, The Eastern Colorado Bank; Jay Rickstrew, Alpine Bank; Mari Lynn Glidden, M4G Investments; Joe Tennessen, New Frontier Bank; Ed Merritt, Jr., The Dolores State Bank; Tony Thompson, Alpine Bank; and Joan Lawson, Farmers State Bank of Calhan; did an outstanding job in planning and coordinating this year’s convention.

<><>Eagle Ranch Golf Course proved to be a challenging course for the more than 80 tournament contenders. A number of events were sponsored at the tournament. Three teams mastered the course with enough skill (and luck) to win our Peoria scored tournament. Our Tournament of Champions are:
First Place
Ed Merritt, Jr.                      The Dolores State Bank
Doug Aiken                          The Dolores State Bank
Dave Johnson                       Wells Fargo Bank
Sam Jarvis                           First National Bank of Cortez

Second Place
John Sneed                         Fort Morgan State Bank
Bob Vinton                          Fairfield and Woods, P.C.
Jack Hitt                            Bankers’ Bank of the West

Third Place
Dee Wint                            The Baker Group
Jim Sower                           Pine River Valley Bank
Rocky Levkulich                  Fortner Bayens Levkulich & Co.
Pam Levkulich
<>Congratulations to our 10 hole contest winners: David Harris (twice), Matt Cornwell, Nathan Strohmeyer, Tony Thompson, Chuck Johnston, Scott Sexson, Mike Boian, Sam Jarvis and Norm Arends. A big thank you goes to Melissa Emery, Harland Clarke, for taking the golf pictures.

Attendees started their engines at Thursday nights opening reception. More than 40 exhibitors filled the exhibit hall and everyone enjoyed great food, lively conversation, visiting with exhibitors, and so much more.

<>Fred Bauer, IBC President and President of Farmers Bank called the IBC annual meeting to order on Friday morning. President Elect Brett Legg, President of The Eastern Colorado Bank, under our by-laws succeeds Fred Bauer as the IBC President for the 2008-2009 term. Congratulations Brett! Fred Bauer is now Chairman of the IBC. The board and membership unanimously approved DJ Tedesco, President of Castle Rock Bank, to the position of President Elect for the 2008-2009 term. Congratulations DJ! In addition, our membership unanimously elected our new slate of Board Members for the 2008-2009 term. Harry Devereaux, President, Home State Bank, Loveland and Jay Rickstrew, President, Alpine Bank Rifle, Rifle; were successfully re-elected to serve an additional three year term as Directors in District B and D respectfully. Dave Brewick, President, Evergreen National Bank, Evergreen was successfully elected to serve a three year term to fill a vacancy in District A. The IBC bids a very fond farewell to Patrick Lynch, Executive Vice President, Colorado Community Bank after serving two consecutive three year terms on the board. We also wish Chuck Johnston, President, North Valley Bank continued success and prosperity as his term of IBC Chairman came to an end. <>

Thank you to Cynthia L. Blankenship, ICBA Chairman and Vice Chairman and COO of Bank of the West, Irving, Texas for her pointed and timely federal legislative update from ICBA. Fred Bauer presented Ms. Blankenship with the covenanted silver spur.

Brett Legg, IBC President, took center stage to present his agenda for the upcoming year.

<>Erik Wahl, The Wahl Group, mesmerized the audience with his powerful message and amazing artistic capabilities. Erik painted three painting while presenting his message. Allan Tormohlen, Canon National Bank, took the risk posed by Erik and was the recipient of the Abraham Lincoln painting. Way to go Allan. There is no reward without risk. Can you believe there is an economist with a sense of humor? Jeff Thredgold, Thredgold Economic Associates, followed Erik with an information-packed presentation on the economy and had the crowd laughing while delivering the news.

Lunch was non-stop. Barbara Walker, Executive Director of the IBC presented the 2008 legislator awards. Representative Rosemary Marshall was recognized as Legislator of the Year; Senator Jim Isgar was recognized as Champion of Colorado Rural Communities; and Senator Josh Penry, Representative John Soper and Representative Frank McNulty were awarded the Spirit of Independence award.

<>Charles Johnson, Assistant Athletic Director, University of Colorado, inspired everyone to look beyond the obvious to find what you are passionate and most proud of. CJ declared the greatest moment of his life wasn’t: being the winning quarterback in the Orange Bowl; being voted the Most Valuable Player of the Game or even being national champions. His greatest moment was helping his little brother succeed and choose a right path for his future.

Friday afternoon was filled with four standing room only breakout sessions. Dr. David Kohl, AgriVisions, presented Mega Trends of Agriculture in an Age of Turbulence. Bob Wells and Dave Johnson, World Humor Organization, presented Mental Floss: Communication, Innovation and Cooperation. Tom Mecredy, Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett, presented information on today’s bank valuation and Mike Colvin, LEVEL5 presented how to explore a new competitive edge idea.

Our Friday evening events went into overtime. Attendees had a grand time visiting with our vendors and perusing the silent auction tables in the exhibit hall. Our live auction took center court just before we were off to dinner. A special thank you to Norm Arends, Colorado East Bank & Trust for being our auctioneer. We couldn’t have done it without you! We raised more than $5,200 for the IBC Education Foundation. Thank you to everyone who donated and to those who purchased items. Dancing capped off the evening.

<>Five spouse/guest programs kept our non-bankers busy throughout our convention. Friday was filled with wreath making, fly fish casting and a fabulous cooking demonstration complete with wine pairings. Saturday many ventured off the go fly fishing while scrapbooking events filled the remainder for the morning. <>Four information-packed breakout sessions followed. Bill Elliott, Young & Associates, presented a regulatory update. Mark Evans, ICBA Securities, spoke on directors’ responsibilities in the investment portfolio. Tom Bieging and Jim Shortall, Bieging Shapiro & Burrus LLP, tackled the bank exposure to customer claims in a troubled environment and Larry Martin, Bank Strategies, LLC and Lauren O’Connell, O’Connell Consulting Group, presented information on preparing for your next CRE exam.

Mark Fidel, Executive Director, Western States School of Banking, was on hand to present the IBC Education Foundation’s scholarships to Greg Bianchi, American National Bank and Clinton Hemphill, Colorado East Bank & Trust. Each received a $500 scholarship to the Western States School of Banking. Greg and Clint were awarded the scholarship based on their outstanding academic performance. Congratulations!

<>Fred Bauer, IBC Chairman recognized two of our outstanding scholarship recipients during our Saturday evening events. Whitney Gilliland and Sean Moritzky were present to receive their $1,000 scholarships. Congratulations! The IBC Education Foundation awarded six scholarships for a total of $6,000. <>The evening ended with an amazing dinner and casino night. Even the fire alarm couldn’t put a damper on our spirits. Steve Rickard, Farmers Bank was the big winner with more than $125,000 in winnings followed by Jay Dahlberg, TriNet, with $85,000 and Cole Younger, First National Bank of Hugo (our youngest participant) came in third with $24,750.

We’ve already begun planning next year’s convention. Mark your calendar for Thursday – Saturday, September 17 – 19, 2009 for the Independent Bankers of Colorado Education Foundation’s 2009 Mardi Gras Celebration – Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler – Let the Good Times Roll Convention at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa. We look forward to seeing you next year.

Exhibitors

1^st Reverse Mortgage USA
21^st Century Financial Services
Accent Purchasing Solutions
Aspen Business Group, LLC
The Baker Group
BancVue
Bank Financial Group
Bankers’ Bank of the West
BrandPartners
Central States Family of Companies
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Colorado Lending Source
DCI (Data Center, Inc.)
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Fifth Third Processing Solutions
Financial Designs, Ltd.
Financial Equipment Co., Inc.
Fiserv
Gill Capital Partners
Graduate School of Banking at Colorado
Grayco Bank Products/AccuSource
Harland Clarke
HUB International
ICBA
ICBA Securities
Jack Henry Banking
Kansas Bankers Surety Company
Level 5, LLC
Multi Bank Securities
Pentegra Retirement Services
Pinnacle Financial Strategies
Promontory Interfinancial Network
Raymond James
SecureWorks
The Sholar Companies
Silverton Bank
Strunk & Associates
Summit Financial Solutions
Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.
TransFirst
Travelers
United Credit Recovery LLC

Thank you to our sponsors

Super Bowl
ICBA Services Network

Stanley Cup
The Baker Group
Bankers’ Bank of the West
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Fifth Third Processing Solutions

World Series
BancVue
Colorado Lending Source
FHLBank Topeka
Fiserv
Travelers

Masters
Bieging Shapiro & Burrus, LLP
BKD, LLP
Fortner, Bayens, Levkulich & Co., P.C.
Harland Clarke
HUB International
Kennedy and Coe, LLC
Pentegra Retirement Services
Pinnacle Financial Strategies
PULSE
Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP
TransFirst
Zurich Financial Enterprises

Final Four
Bieging Shapiro & Burrus LLP
Block Markus & Williams LLC
Grayco Bank Products/AccuSource
INTRUST Bank, N.A.

Buckle
Central States Families of Companies

Viva Las Vegas Hit the Jackpot!

Cha-ching! Community bankers had a whale of a time at the IBC Education Foundation’s 34^th Annual Convention held in September at the beautiful Vail Cascade Resort and Spa. One hundred and thirty five bankers were in attendance representing more than 55 banks. It was a great crowd and I think it’s safe to say everyone had a wonderful time. We appreciate the support of our exhibitors and sponsors.

Chuck Johnston, IBC President and President, North Valley Bank and Jim Sower, IBC Education Foundation Chair and Chairman, Pine River Valley Bank; and the entire convention committee: Dave Wade, Front Range Bank; Tammie Lowrie, BKD; Patrick Lynch, Colorado Community Bank; Jay Rickstrew, Alpine Bank; Mari Lynn Glidden, M4G Investments; Alice Voss, Heritage Bank; Tony Thompson, Alpine Bank; and Brenda May, Colorado East Bank & Trust; did an outstanding job in planning and coordinating this year’s convention.

Eagle Vail Golf Course proved to be a challenging course for the 77 tournament contenders. A number of events were sponsored at the tournament. Mike Bass, First National Bank of Hugo/Limon won the golf raffle. Six teams played with enough skill and luck to win our Calloway scored tournament. Congratulations to:

Low Gross - First Place
Jim Strovas, Adams Bank & Trust
Scott Peters, The Baker Group
John Sneed, Fort Morgan State Bank
Kelly Malone, FHLBank Topeka

Second Place
Ed Brady, FirstBank of Littleton
Jim Davis, FirstBank of Evergreen
Tom Wright, FirstBank of Cherry Creek
Paul Wible, FirstBank of Vail

Third Place
Humphrey Shin, FirstBank of Aurora
Matt Cornwell, FirstBank of Colorado
Nathan Strohmeyer, FirstBank of South Jeffco
Kendrik de Konig, de Koning & Co.

Low Net - First Place
DJ Tedesco, Castle Rock Bank
John Thatcher, HUB International Southwest Tom Miller, Castle Rock Bank
John O’Connor, Strunk & Associates

Second Place
Mike Bass, First National Bank of Hugo/Limon
Brett Plant, HUB International Southwest
Randy Younger, First National Bank Hugo/Limon
Tom Cladis, Gill Capital Partners

Third Place
Fred Bauer, Farmers Bank
Gary Butler, Farmers Bank
Jim Pennington, Farmers Bank
Roger Schulz, Farmers Bank

Congratulations to our 8 hole contest winners: John Wallace, Tom Wright, Fred Bauer, Randy Younger (twice), Brett Plant, Grant Froggatte, and Brad Mangum. The Welcome to Las Vegas opening reception was held in the exhibit hall, filled with more than 45 exhibitors, capped off the evening events. Everyone enjoyed great food, lively conversation, visiting with exhibitors, and so much more.

Chuck Johnston, IBC President and President of North Valley Bank called the IBC annual meeting to order on Friday morning. President Elect Fred Bauer, President of Farmers Bank, under our by-laws succeeds Chuck Johnston as the IBC President for the 2007-2008 term. Congratulations Fred! Chuck Johnston is now Chairman of the IBC. The board and membership unanimously approved Brett Legg, President of The Eastern Colorado Bank, to the position of President Elect for the 2007-2008 term. Congratulations Brett! In addition, our membership unanimously elected our new slate of Board Members for the 2007-2008 term. Jim Davis, President, FirstBank of Evergreen, Evergreen and Jim Pieters, President, High Plains Bank, Flagler; were successfully re-elected to serve an additional three year term as Directors in District A and B respectfully. Allan Tormohlen, Vice President, Canon National Bank, Canon City and Steve Short, President, First National Bank of Durango, Durango were successfully elected to serve a three year term to fill vacancies in District C and District D respectively. The IBC bids a very fond farewell to Slim McWilliams, President, Citizens State Bank Cortez after serving two consecutive three year terms on the board. We also wish Jim Sower, Chairman, Pine River Valley Bank continued success and prosperity as his term of IBC Chairman came to an end. Jim served on the IBC board a total of nine years. Jim’s dedication, service and commitment is unsurpassed. We will miss you.

Thank you to Jim Ghiglieri, Jr., ICBA Immediate Past Chair and President and CEO of Alpha Community Bank, Toluca, Illinois for his pointed and timely federal legislative update from ICBA.

Tim Gard, had everyone laughing the moment he took center stage. Tim’s life experiences were to-the-point, yet presented in a manner that you felt and sensed the humor in the situation. Attendees were still laughing and using some of Mr. Gard’s techniques throughout the convention. Diana Nyad, received a standing ovation for her spirited presentation. The audience appreciated her honesty and willingness to share her life experiences. We tip our hats and heart to her.

Lunch was non-stop. Barbara Walker, Executive Director of the IBC presented the 2007 legislator awards. Representative Joe Rice and Senator Gail Schwartz were recognized as Legislators of Year; Representative Cory Gardner and Senator Ken Kester were recognized as Champions for Colorado’s Rural Communities; Representative Don Marostica and Senator John Morse were recognized as Freshman of the Year and Representative Ellen Roberts was awarded the Spirit of Independence award.

Nadia Perrman, Personal Banking Assistant Manager, First National Bank of Durango, was presented a $500 scholarship to complete her second year at the Western States School of Banking. Nadia was awarded the scholarship based on her outstanding academic performance. Congratulations Nadia!

Doug Tuminello, Attorney at Law, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, then guided us to the summit of Mount Everest. His tenacity and perseverance are to be admired. The pictures and narrative were amazing. Quite a success story.

Friday afternoon was filled with four standing room only breakout sessions. J. Michael Woody, J. Michael Woody, Inc. presented Fighting with Both Fists: Creating Business Through Directors. Larry Martin, Bank Strategies, presented information on shareholder value creation. Derek Dugan, Harland Clarke Education Services, presented information on marketing to the Hispanic market and Carol Croft and David Wright, 1031 Corporation Exchange Professionals presented pertinent information on 1031 exchanges.

Friday evening was just dog gone fun. Our events in the exhibit hall had everyone mingling and busy. Between the exhibitor drawings and cash giveaways there wasn’t a dull moment. Dinner was divine. Elvis rocked the house and the casino night was standing room only! Attendees would probably still be there if we hadn’t closed things down.

Four spouse/guest programs kept our non-bankers busy throughout our convention. Heck, we even had a program for the fellas – fly fish casting. Rumor has it the fall fishing has been epic. The ladies enjoyed the fashion show and the afternoon tour of the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens was spectacular. When Saturday morning arrived it was time to put away the playing cards and learn how to make greeting cards. Everyone had a ball once they got the hang of it.

Saturday began with bankers speaking their mind about issues in their communities at the district meetings. IBC board members were on hand to listen and participate in the roundtable discussions. Your voices were heard and we appreciate your feedback. Four information-packed breakout sessions followed the district meetings. Jeff Gerrish, Gerrish McCreary Smith, PC, presented Director’s and CEO’s Navigating Today’s Challenges. Dr. David Kohl, Agrivisions, spoke on the megaforces of agriculture. David Peterson, Goldleaf Financial Solutions, tackled the emerging remote deposit produts and Tim White, Bankers Toolbox, presented information on OFAC and BSA.

Saturday evening was a gala event complete with a silent/live auction and recognition of our high school scholarship recipients. Proceeds from the auction benefit the IBC Education Foundation. Thank you to everyone who donated and to those who purchased items. We raised more than $8,000. A special thank you goes to Norm Arends, Colorado East Bank & Trust for being our auctioneer and to Steve Sherlock, Colorado East Bank & Trust and Mike Lenning, Kiowa County National Bank for being our ring men. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Chuck Johnston, IBC Chairman recognized one of our outstanding scholarship recipients during our Saturday evening events. Amber Bristol was present to receive her $1,000 scholarship. Congratulations! The IBC Education Foundation awarded six scholarships for a total of $6,000. The evening ended with an amazing dinner and the Rolling Tones kept the dance floor packed until late in the evening. A BIG thank you to Mitchell McCallister for being Jennifer and Maelynn’s dance partner.

Exhibitors
1^st Reverse Mortgage
Accent Purchasing Solutions
AccuSystems
Amerisource Funding, Inc.
The Baker Group
BancInsure
Bankers’ Bank of the West
Central States Family of Companies
Clark Consulting
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Colorado Lending Source
Computer Services, Inc.
DCI (Data Center, Inc.)
Express Teller
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Fifth Third Processing Solutions
Financial Designs, Ltd.
Financial Equipment Co., Inc.
Financial Forensic Services
Fiserv
Gill Capital Partners
Goldleaf Financial Solutions
Graduate School of Banking at Colorado
Grayco Bank Products
H.W. Houston Construction Company
Harland Clarke
HUB International Southwest
ICBA
ICBA Securities
Index Powered Financial Services
Instant Cash Services/Star/First Data
Jack Henry
K Financial
Kansas Bankers Surety Company
LendingTools.com
Level 5
Pentegra Retirement Services
Pinnacle Financial Strategies
Promontory Interfinancial Network
PULSE EFT Association
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
SecureWorks
Strunk & Associates
Summit Financial Solutions
Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.
TransFirst
Travelers

Whale Sponsors
Fifth Third Processing Solutions
ICBA Services Network

No Limit
The Baker Group
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
FHLBank Topeka
Travelers

High Stakes
Bank of the West
Bankers’ Bank of the West
BKD, LLP
Clark Consulting
Fortner, Bayens, Levkulich & Co., P.C.
Goldleaf Financial Solutions
Grayco Bank Products
Harland Clarke
Kennedy and Coe, LLC
Pentegra Retirement Services
Pinnacle Financial Strategies
Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP
TransFirst
Voice Access/MEA Financial

One Arm Bandit
Bieging Shapiro & Burrus, LLP
HUB International Southwest
PULSE EFT Association
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Zurich Financial Enterprises

Keno
Fiserv

Bingo
Amerisource Funding, Inc.
Central States Families of Companies
INTRUST Bank