VOLUME 27 NUMBER 6 JUNE 2016

FRIENDS PLUS NEWS

Community Corner Look what is happening in your neighborhood.

The arts are flourishing in Mount Vernon and Lisbon and one of the many gems that stands out is the Mount Vernon Commu-nity Band.

Research, conducted by Evan Yeats, indicates that the Mount Vernon Community Band

began around the 1850s. Don Stine has been the Director for the last 49 years and is assist-ed by his wife Judy.

Members of the band are from Mount Vernon, Lisbon and several surrounding com-munities. You might even see a few bank employees on stage. The age of the perform-ers range from 13 to 88. Anyone that plays an instrument is welcome to join. Practice is Monday evenings 7:00 pm at the Mount Vernon High School band room.

The 2016 concert season will begin this month with performances, weather permit-ting, on Tuesdays, June 7th through July 12th,

7:30 pm at Memorial Park. Concerts last one hour and you are encouraged to bring your lawn chairs. The bank will once again provide free popcorn for you to enjoy during the concert.

For more information Contact Don or Judy Stine at 895-6319.

Palisades-Kepler State Park

Palisades-Kepler State Park has been a part of our community since the early 1900’s, however, many are una-ware of how it came to be. On Wednes-day, June 15th, 7:00 pm, Jerry Reisinger, the Park Ranger for Palisades from 1992-1998, will give a presentation on the devel-opmental history of the park.

Jerry will focus on the events that led up to the area functioning as a park to mod-ern times. The program will include infor-

mation on the resort that

existed prior to the area becoming a state park, old photographs, government d o c u m e n t s , newspaper articles, and personal interviews with past park rangers and members of the Civilian Conservation Corps that helped de-velop the park.

Please join us in the lower level meeting room as Jerry takes us on a hike through the Palisades-Kepler State Park’s history.

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There is a trip being planned for this summer. As the details get firmed up we will be able to set the date and get the infor-mation out in the next newsletter. Get your traveling shoes ready!

Mystery Trip

Upcoming Events

June 4th Chocolate Stroll and

City of Mount Vernon Bulky Item Drop off

June 5th Abbe Creek School Museum Bell Celebration, 12:30 pm to 1 pm.

June 7th Mount Vernon Community Band Concerts begin, Tuesdays, 7:30 pm at Memorial Park.

June 15th Jerry Reisinger Presents Palisades-Kepler State Park History, 7:00 pm, Bank Lower Level Meeting Room

June 18th City Wide Garage Sale

June 25th City of Lisbon Bulky Item Drop Off

Traveling This Summer?

If you have travel plans in your future here are a few ways to access funds for your trip:

Debit Card

If you currently have a debit card remember to let us know your travel plans. We will put a travel alert on your card so we are aware that there could be transactions outside of your normal shopping area. Also, please make sure we have your current phone numbers in case we would need to reach you. We rec-ommend that you save our phone number, 319-895-8835, and the phone number on the back of your debit card, 1-800-383-8000 (for a non-banking hours contact), on your cell phone. This gives you a fast and easy way to contact us if your card is lost or stolen.

If you currently do not have a debit card and would like one, stop in and we can get a card issued for you while you wait.

Credit Cards

Mount Vernon Bank offers several Visa or American Express options and our Customer Service Representatives would be glad to talk about these with you. Plan ahead as it can take 7 to 10 business days to get a card to you.

Travel Cards

We offer a Visa Travel Card for those who don’t have a debit card or for those that would prefer not to use their debit card while travel-ing. The cost for the card is $9.95. You pre-load the card with whatever amount you would like, up to $5,000.00, and use it just like a debit card. You are able to add additional funds to the card once every 30 days. There are other fees with the card so please ask so we can get you the full disclosure.

Cash

Do take some cash with you. There are times when there may be a glitch with the comput-ers/processing systems and they are tempo-rarily out of service. Although, for safety, we do recommend limiting the amount of cash you take with you.