First Security Bank has expanded its Credit Department with three new hires. The new hires include a Senior Credit Officer, a Special Asset Manager, and Credit Analyst, adding to the growing employee-base of the Owensboro-headquartered bank. The Bank’s Chief Credit Officer, Scott Powell, has increased the credit department to better serve customers with lending relationships while mitigating credit risks and exposures for the bank.

“It is our goal to deepen each customer’s financial relationship with us. That relationship starts with a strong understanding of their business and personal banking needs. These three new roles create capacity for growth and top-level service to First Security Bank customer’s through the bankers in each of our markets,” said Powell.

“This helps our growing bank be ready to lend like we never have before, and it expands our ability to offer customers even more from their relationship with us — their community bank.”

Alan Jones was hired as Senior Vice President – Credit Officer. Jones joins First Security with 20 years of experience in banking and credit, including business development, credit administration, loan review and management.  A graduate of the University of Southern Indiana, Jones received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance. Most recently he spent the past six years working as the Vice President/Loan Review Manager with The National Bank of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Kathi Nickel joined First Security Bank as Vice President – Credit Officer and Special Asset Manager. Nickel has an extensive background in commercial banking, credit administration, and special asset management. She graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agricultural Economics. Most recently with Clifton Larson Allen, Nickel has worked as the Senior Banking Consultant for Loan Review and has held previous positions at PBI Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Trust Co., and MainSource Bank.

Landon Rone was promoted to Credit Analyst. He began at First Security as a Loan Processing Specialist in June 2015, and joins fellow Credit Analyst Dayne Higginbotham in analyzing the customer’s financial capacity and risk. 

First Security Bank is a $600 million asset bank with 11 banking centers in Owensboro, Bowling Green, Franklin and Lexington, Kentucky, as well as Evansville and Newburgh, Indiana. With more than 150 employees in its four markets and corporate offices, First Security Bank has differentiated itself from larger competitors with its focus on relationship banking and the ability to make credit and other business decisions locally.

Making Sense by Michael Reagan

Donald Trump is still no conservative and never will be.

He still hasn’t figured out that the mix of insults, bluster and off-the-cuff political statements that won him the Republican Party primary won’t work in the general election.

But a lot of us conservatives enjoyed watching him attack the news media for the way they’ve questioned his handling of the $6 million donation he raised for veterans organizations.

For decades we’ve watched the unfair and unbalanced mainstream news media spew its liberal bias and wanted to throw a brick through the TV screen.

Trump symbolically did just that when he called that press conference on Tuesday.

He went overboard in his attack, of course, because he’s Donald Trump. But his media rage was justified.

The news media questioned him like a war criminal about the details of the $6 million he raised for the vets, acting as if he had never really raised the money or never intended to disburse it.

Trump is hopelessly naive if he really thought he was going to be given a standing ovation by the news media for raising money for the vets or anyone else.

But the liberal media wolf pack nitpicked at every part of Trump’s charitable effort.

Some of the checks had not been sent out yet!

It was only $5.6 million that was raised, not $6 million!

And look! Trump hadn’t yet paid the million bucks he promised to chip in!

Everyone knows it was a PR stunt for Trump to skip Republican Debate No. 37 and go on TV and pander to military veterans.

And it’s true that it was way back in January when he was bragging he raised the $6 million.

But come on. Did anyone — other than the biased reporters in the news media — really think the checks were going to be mailed out the next day or next week?

To any vets group that sent in an email asking for money?

The organizations clamoring for a share of the money had to be carefully vetted by someone on Trump’s staff.

Imagine what the news media would have done to Trump if some wacko paramilitary group ended up spending $100,000 on hate billboards or worse.

And really, did anyone — other than the media dumbos — think Trump was planning to never pay his million or pocket all the money himself?

Trump’s message was valid. He just didn’t deliver it well.

He shouldn’t have singled out individual reporters, and he should have taken a more lighthearted, sarcastic, mocking approach, not an angry one.

He should have said he was sorry the liberal news media thought the process was taking too long, but that raising and responsibly handing out $6 million takes time.

He should have explained that he had his small staff working on it, but that they were also busy trying to help him become president of the U.S.

At his press conference Trump also should have asked something like, “I was wondering. When will the Washington Post’s crack investigative team and the rest of you so-called journalists show the same level of interest in exposing the shady fund-raising techniques of the Clinton Foundation?”

It’d be a major accomplishment if the Washington press corps merely asked Hillary a few tough questions about the lucrative international influence-peddling racket she and Bill are running.

But of course Hillary doesn’t do press conferences. She hides from the press — and the press is so biased it barely complains.

I’m not a big fan of Trump, but he was right to attack the Washington media. The trouble is, the way he did it was not even close to being presidential. And in November that could prove to be his Achilles Heel.

1) Governor, First Lady Celebrate Historic Race // May 29, 2016. Governor Mike Pence, First Lady Karen Pence and family join race fans from around the world for the 100^th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 

2) Governor Honors Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day // May 30, 2016. Governor Mike Pence honors our nation’s fallen service members and greets veterans at the Washington Park East Memorial Day Service at the Hoosier Patriot Memorial in Indianapolis.

3) Governor Pence Chairs IEDC Board Meeting in Southeast Indiana // June 2, 2016. Governor Mike Pence chairs a joint meeting of the board of directors of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and the Indiana Economic Development Foundation Inc. at Hillenbrand in Batesville. Pictured in the first photo is State Representative Cindy Ziemke (R- Batesville) and Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith. Pictured in the bottom photo is Hillenbrand President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Anthony Raver.

4) Governor Pence Celebrates Donut Day in Indy // June 3, 2016. Governor Mike Pence joins the Salvation Army and WIBC for National Donut Day on Monument Circle to crown Indianapolis’ best yeast donut, Square Donuts, and overall donut, the maple bacon doughnut from Titus Bakery.

5) Governor Pence Honors Disabled Hoosier Veterans // June 3, 2016. Governor Mike Pence attends the Disabled American Veterans 91^st Annual State Convention at the Marriott in Indianapolis.