During my years serving and working with the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (BCMA), I have had a chance to meet many interesting folks. I count Dierks Bentley among them. Dierks has been a noted performer for a long time. He was (and is) an admirer of a Public Radio Show called “Mountain Stage” (MT)… Read more »

I know what you are thinking. Is this the latest romance novel from a famous author? Or a story of a chance encounter? No, it is the story of two people born roughly around the same time but worlds apart. They have never met, but they are kindred spirits. Earlier this month (May 6, 2019),… Read more »

This week I’d like to share a story from Jim Swartz, Vice President and Loan Review Officer: “Last month I donated blood with Marsh at the Virginia Tech 4/16 blood drive. The Marsh folks reminded me of us. Very friendly, jovial, and got the job done. I had never donated with them before. I’d donated… Read more »

Each summer our church sends a Mission team out to help others. The past 3 summers, we have sent the mission team to North Carolina to help rebuild a church and homes impacted by a hurricane from a few years back. After their work, the team comes back and shares special stories of their efforts… Read more »

Like flowers, they sprout up in the spring. Of what or whom do I speak? – Girl Scout Cookie Sales Tables. In front of the Wise Fire Department. In front of Food City. They are everywhere, and their cookies (especially Samoas and Thin Mints) call to me like the Sirens of O’Brother Where Art Thou… Read more »

As we prepare for our Annual Shareholders Meeting on Friday and our first annual meeting without George, I’d like to share this story with you. Back in December, George and Karen came by to enjoy Christmas lunch with the Jonesville staff. George was wearing red corduroy pants, and it was the last time I saw… Read more »

A number of years ago, Tammie and I had the opportunity to meet and spend some time with Lily Tomlin at a Barter Event. Very kind and warm lady. Ms. Tomlin has played a lot of memorable characters over the years, including Ernestine the Operator (she did a take on Ernestine at the Barter event).… Read more »

Recently having spent the better part of 12 days at Duke with my wife’s mother, we ate out many evenings. There was one restaurant that visited twice. We went twice because we had such great service and food the first time (emphasis on first time). The second time we went, the service was not so… Read more »

It’s not unusual (especially during the Holiday Season) to come home to a box on your porch or in your driveway. How many of those boxes are from Sears? How many are from Amazon? Sears and Roebuck began operations in 1893 (five years after your Bank began). Sears was known for its catalog order system… Read more »

This month, corporate executives, government leaders, economists, and others gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. That’s a lot of influential folks all in one place talking about what’s going on in the world’s economies. One morning, Bloomberg Radio aired an interview with Mike Corbat, the Chief Executive Officer of Citibank… Read more »