LOANS, ALLOWANCES FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	$ 3,588	$ 3,437	$ 2,931
Change in classification			0
Provision charged to expenses	930	588	1,351
Losses charged off	(1,694)	(669)	(1,098)
Recoveries	297	232	253
Balance, end of year	3,121	3,588	3,437
Individually evaluated for impairment	514	1,032	904
Collectively evaluated for impairment	2,304	2,556	2,533
Acquired credit impaired loans	303	0
Balance, end of year	3,121	3,588	3,437
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	15,179	16,846
Collectively evaluated for impairment	665,581	551,481
Acquired credit impaired loans	18,196	6,027
Balance, end of year	698,956	574,354
Commercial & industrial
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	175	320	162
Change in classification			18
Provision charged to expenses	173	(30)	299
Losses charged off	(261)	(119)	(159)
Recoveries	42	4	0
Balance, end of year	129	175	320
Individually evaluated for impairment	10	2	159
Collectively evaluated for impairment	119	173	161
Acquired credit impaired loans	0	0
Balance, end of year	129	175	320
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	401	165
Collectively evaluated for impairment	33,941	28,809
Acquired credit impaired loans	1,092	332
Balance, end of year	35,434	29,306
Commercial, secured by real estate
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	2,520	2,296	1,941
Change in classification			(18)
Provision charged to expenses	(20)	256	536
Losses charged off	(573)	(58)	(234)
Recoveries	63	26	71
Balance, end of year	1,990	2,520	2,296
Individually evaluated for impairment	415	760	607
Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,273	1,760	1,689
Acquired credit impaired loans	302	0
Balance, end of year	1,990	2,520	2,296
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	13,022	14,522
Collectively evaluated for impairment	352,774	295,028
Acquired credit impaired loans	12,984	4,363
Balance, end of year	378,780	313,913
Residential real estate
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	826	712	656
Change in classification			0
Provision charged to expenses	712	327	535
Losses charged off	(652)	(244)	(486)
Recoveries	40	31	7
Balance, end of year	926	826	712
Individually evaluated for impairment	89	270	138
Collectively evaluated for impairment	836	556	574
Acquired credit impaired loans	1	0
Balance, end of year	926	826	712
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	1,701	2,132
Collectively evaluated for impairment	249,374	212,378
Acquired credit impaired loans	3,425	1,332
Balance, end of year	254,500	215,842
Consumer
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	66	108	166
Change in classification			0
Provision charged to expenses	18	12	(47)
Losses charged off	(129)	(181)	(134)
Recoveries	108	127	123
Balance, end of year	63	66	108
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	63	66	108
Acquired credit impaired loans	0	0
Balance, end of year	63	66	108
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	55	27
Collectively evaluated for impairment	17,954	12,703
Acquired credit impaired loans	81	0
Balance, end of year	18,090	12,730
Agricultural
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	0	0	0
Change in classification			0
Provision charged to expenses	11	0	0
Losses charged off	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	0	0
Balance, end of year	11	0	0
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	11	0	0
Acquired credit impaired loans	0	0
Balance, end of year	11	0	0
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	11,371	2,472
Acquired credit impaired loans	101	0
Balance, end of year	11,472	2,472
Other
Allowance for loan losses:
Balance, beginning of year	1	1	6
Change in classification			0
Provision charged to expenses	36	23	28
Losses charged off	(79)	(67)	(85)
Recoveries	44	44	52
Balance, end of year	2	1	1
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	2	1	1
Acquired credit impaired loans	0	0
Balance, end of year	2	1	1
Loans:
Individually evaluated for impairment	0	0
Collectively evaluated for impairment	167	91
Acquired credit impaired loans	513	0
Balance, end of year	$ 680	$ 91

The balance of financing receivables that were acquired with deteriorated credit quality.

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