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Off Balance Sheet Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments to extend credit [Member]
Outstanding financial instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk
Concentration of Risk	$ 191,790	$ 146,598
Credit card arrangements [Member]
Outstanding financial instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk
Concentration of Risk	14,451	14,152
Standby letters of credit [Member]
Outstanding financial instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk
Concentration of Risk	$ 1,470	$ 1,038

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The fair value of financial assets, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 10

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7491637&loc=d3e13433-108611

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