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Short Term Borrowings (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements

Short Term Borrowings (Tables)

		($ In Thousands)
		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2012				2011				2012				2011
Average Daily Amounts Outstanding		$	24,635			$	19,548			$	24,102			$	18,426
Weighted Average Interest Rates			1.38	%			1.59	%			1.35	%			1.59	%

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Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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