Alan Rains Appointed to Mid-State Bancshares' Board of Directors.Business Editors ARROYO GRANDE Gran·de 1 , Rio A river, about 1,046 km (650 mi) long, flowing from southeast Brazil generally northwest to the Paranaíba River, with which it forms the Paraná River. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2003 Alan Rains has been appointed a director of Mid-State Bancshares (Nasdaq:MDST MDST Media Studies (college course) MDST Missile Defense Space-warning Tool MDST Mountain Daylight Savings Time MDST Missile Defense Space Tool MDST Minimum-Degree Spanning Tree MDST Manpower Decision Support Tool ) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Mid-State Bank & Trust. The company's board of directors approved his nomination at their November meeting. "We are pleased to welcome Mr. Rains to the Board," said Carrol Pruett, chairman. "His knowledge of retail business, his experience in banking, and his strong ties to the Ojai Valley community will be great assets to us." Rains served as chairman of the board of Ojai Valley Bank until its merger with Mid-State Bank & Trust on October 31, 2003. He joined the Ojai Valley Bank board in 1978 and was elected chairman in 1983. He also served as chairman of the bank's loan committee and audit committee. A lifelong resident of Ojai, Rains is the owner and chief executive officer of Rains Department Store, an independent, specialty department store founded by his grandfather in 1914. He started working at the store in 1954 and purchased the business from his father in 1969. Rains has served as treasurer for the city of Ojai since 1995. He has served as president of Ojai Valley Service Foundation since 1976 and served as chairman of the board of Ojai Valley Community Hospital and later as chairman of the hospital's foundation. Since 1976, Rains has served on the board of the Ojai Tennis Tournament, the oldest amateur tennis tournament in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . He also served as treasurer and board member of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy. Rains joins former U.S. Congressman Robert Lagomarsino as representatives from Ventura County on the Mid-State board. Other members of the board are Gracia Bello, Trudi Carey, Daryl Flood, H. Edward Heron, James Lokey, Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born March 13, 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow. When he was young, he was so keen to play the game that his grandparents knocked a wall out of their flat to ensure that a table would fit. , Gregory Morris, and William Snelling Snelling can refer to: People
Mid-State Bancshares is a $2.2 billion holding company for Mid-State Bank & Trust, an independent, community bank serving California's San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , and Ventura Counties. Since opening its doors in 1961, the Bank has grown to 41 offices serving more than 100,000 households.
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