Press Release

$1,000 Prize Awarded to June
Online Bill Pay Sweepstakes Winner


(L to R): Nancy Webb-Wright, Vice President and Manager of the
Bank's Electronic Banking and Call Centers, Prize Winner Chris Pike,
and Gary C. Smith, the Bank's President and CEO.

August, 2005 - Nancy Webb-Wright, Vice President and Manager of the Bank’s Electronic Banking and Call Centers and Gary C. Smith, President and CEO, presented a $1,000 prize check to Chris Pike, owner of Ridgefield Music. Mr. Pike is the winner of the Bank’s June Online Bill Pay Sweepstakes.  Bill Pay customers were automatically entered to win the $1,000 cash prize each time they completed five bill pays using the Bank’s Connect24 Bill Pay service.  Mr. Pike was selected via a random drawing from among all of the bill pays completed and entries received during the month of June.

“I’m very pleased to have won the bill pay sweepstakes,” stated Mr. Pike.  “I’ve been using the bank’s online bill pay service since it was first introduced in 1999 and I think it’s great!  It’s free, saves me time, and lets me pay my bills whenever I want to.”