Posts Tagged ‘Chris Reid’
For Those Who Still Believe in Happy Endings
“Every time a bell rings an Angel gets its wings.” What a great ending to the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” I recently read an article that hypothesized how the story would end if it were played out today. It predicted that...- Martini’s Bar filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy
- The builder in the Bailey Park subdivision got caught in mortgage fraud
- The examiners put Uncle Billy in jail even though the money was replaced
- George is fired by the board only a month before the Bailey Building and Loan closes but receives a $5,000,000 Golden Parachute severance
- George then leaves his small hometown and family toread more...
I Want to be a Carpenter
I didn’t want to attend college after high school so my father helped me get a job with a customer of the bank who built houses for a living. Years later, my father admitted to telling the contractor to “make it tough on the boy” and with pleasure he did. I worked very hard and by the end of the summer I was considered one of the best employees and was asked to stay on permanently. I informed Chief that college wasn’t in the cards for me. He abruptly told me why I would enroll that day and LOVE it. read more...
Revolutionary Riders
You may ask what makes Independence Bank Revolutionary... One thing that makes us Revolutionary is the way we go to battle. Once our cause has been established, we go at it with brute force and in a way that no one else would. In late September, we decided that our cause was to fight cancer and the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life would be our beneficiary. We wanted to come up with a way to raise money and awareness for this cause that would also be beneficial to our employees. That is when the bike ride came into play. Our entireread more...
Building Dreams into Reality cont.
Read more in the Evansville Courier & Press about how Independence Bank and other community leaders turn one family's dream about owning their own home into a reality...The 41-year-old husband and father of three not only has the abiding love of his family, but also is celebrating the fact that in a few days they can start moving into the first home they've ever owned. That's a huge event in their lives. As Joe said last Wednesday while he and Carol and their kids walked from room to room in their spanking new Habitat house, "It's so great to know that my familyread more...
Building Dreams Into Reality
“The highest reward for a person’s work is not what they get for it, but what they become because of it.” – John Ruskin
Last week while working with the Martinez family on their home, the father Joe asked me, “Why does Independence Bank participate in Habitat Homes?” I answered without hesitation, “Habitat helps dreams come true – together we build homes - not houses. You and your family helped on previous Habitat homes, you have all worked very hard on your home and you will help out the next family and perhaps othersread more...
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