IMPAIRED LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES - Modified Loans (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Number	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Number
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number	6	8
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,660	$ 1,955
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	1,489	1,857
Specific Reserve Recorded	0	0
Valuation Allowance Recorded	$ 171	$ 98
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number	6	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,660	$ 26
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	1,489	25
Specific Reserve Recorded	0	0
Valuation Allowance Recorded	$ 171	$ 1
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number		3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 1,881
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		1,787
Specific Reserve Recorded		0
Valuation Allowance Recorded		$ 94
Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number		4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 48
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		45
Specific Reserve Recorded		0
Valuation Allowance Recorded		$ 3

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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