Bank of the Sierra Receives Blue Ribbon Recognition.Business Editors PORTERVILLE Porterville, city (1990 pop. 29,563), Tulare co., S central Calif., on the Tule River; founded 1859 on the old Los Angeles–San Francisco stage route, inc. 1902. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Based on the call report data from the third quarter 1999, Bank of the Sierra (company, games) Sierra - (Or "Sierra On-Line") A computer game developer founded in the early 1980s by Ken and Roberta Willams in the small mountain town of Oakhurst California. Sierra was named after the local mountian range, 15 miles from the famous Yosemite National Park. has once again been designated a Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize Bank by VERIBANC. VERIBANC is an independent bank research and analysis firm which, in 1981, became the first company in the country to rate the safety and soundness of all of the nation's banks and thrifts. Kitty T. Heller, President of VERIBANC, Inc., notes, "During the eighteen years it has been awarded, there has never been a failure of a bank holding this Blue Ribbon distinction." "It is always a good feeling to be recognized by outside analysts in the financial arena," says Bank President, Jim Holly holly, common name for members of the Aquifoliaceae, a family of widely distributed trees and shrubs, most numerous in Central and South America. The evergreen English holly (Ilex aquifolium . "We believe this designation DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to. the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide 1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2. 2. emphasizes our commitment to our shareholders and our customers to be the best that we can be." Bank of the Sierra is the largest independent bank headquartered in the South Valley, and operates twelve branch offices as well as five real estate centers, three agricultural credit centers and a bank card center. The Bank recently announced that it had signed a Definitive Agreement for the acquisition of Sierra National Bank. More information about Bank of the Sierra is available on the Bank's web site, www.bankofthesierra.com. |
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