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Carrying value of available for sale held to maturity and federal home loan bank.

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The gain realized from the sale, exchange, redemption, or retirement of securities, not separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity.

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Investment Securities, Debt Maturities, Weighted Average Maturity Term.

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The loss realized from the sale, exchange, redemption, or retirement of securities, not separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity.

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Percentage of investment securities portfolio rated.

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Disclosure regarding factors used to determine that the impairment of securities categorized as held-to-maturity where cost exceeds fair value is not an other than temporary impairment (OTTI). This item contains disclosure of the number of investment positions in the held-to-maturity investments determined to be temporarily impaired.

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Amount after tax of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income for unrealized gain (loss) realized upon the sale of available-for-sale securities.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities.

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Investment [Line Items]
Gross investment gains	$ 289	$ 12
Gross investment losses	85		358
Realized gain (loss), net of tax	135	8	(236)
Income tax effect	69	4	(122)
Weighted average expected maturity for investment securities	3 years 6 months 4 days
Investment Securities:
Proceeds from sales of investment securities - available for sale	11,185	4,221	16,518
Book value of securities available for sale and held to maturity	$ 110,780	$ 94,206
Positions considered temporarily impaired	60
U.S. Agency [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Weighted average expected maturity for available for sale securities	3 years 10 months 2 days
U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Weighted average expected maturity for available for sale securities	5 years 26 days
Weighted average expected maturity for held to maturity securities	6 years 8 months 23 days
Corporate bonds [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Weighted average expected maturity for available for sale securities	4 years 8 months 23 days
Corporate bonds and other securities [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Weighted average expected maturity for held to maturity securities	5 years 9 months 26 days
Standard & Poor's, AAA Rating [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Portfolio rated	89.00%	92.20%
Standard & Poor's, A Rating [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Portfolio rated	1.30%