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We ’ r e proud to be your fall foot-

ball headquarters throughout kansas, Missouri and Colorado, no matter your team, no matter your pride.

besides customer giveaways and employee cheerfests, we love the fall because it’s our chance to choose a kick-off kid each week – giving one student plus his or her family a chance to watch k-state or ku from the sidelines.

Prior to each ku and k-state home game, we select a student between grades k-8 as the kick-off kid. they get four tickets for the whole family, a pregame meal and sideline tour, and they watch the team burst from the tunnel before the game.

this fall, we chose several lucky students to attend k-state and ku home games, visiting the sidelines while the ’Cats or ’Hawks warmed

Lau r a rightmeier, math teacher at Free state High,

earned the sunflower bank teacher of the year honor for 2010-2011 – quite a way to kick off the school year!

sunflower bank’s glynn sheridan and karen Mcgrath announced rightmeier’s name in front of a banquet at the oread honoring all eight sunflower bank teachers of the Month from the 2010-2011 school year.

•LauraRightmeier,Free State High

•StephanieHilaves,Sunset Hill Elementary

•BernieWest,Wakarusa Valley Elementary

•RhondaChaffin,South Junior High

•JoBall,Free State High

•KathleenGyles,West Junior High

•MelanieCrawley,Pinckney Elementary

•JenyBellavia,Woodlawn Elementary

•ShannonBiggerstaff,Schwegler Elementary

all eight nominees received an award presentation at their school and tV profile on 6 news lawrence, with students and teachers saluting their efforts.

rightmeier received several nominations leading up to her september award in 2010. Her students cited an ability to make geometry fun, but also because she’s always there for questions, help, review, and assistance. she goes above and beyond, and

students were proud to have her as a teacher.

the bank kicked off teacher of the year 2012 on sept. 23, recognizing kennedy elemen-tary teacher Debbie wulf- walter, a special educator dedicated to helping children with learning disabilities.

It seems these days, everybody is talking about social media. How should we use social media? What are the pitfalls of social media? Is social media becoming too inva-sive? Too distancing? With all that chatter, we at Sunflower Bank still believe in the importance of engaging shoulder-to-shoulder in our communities.

Why is that important? In part, because of our commitment to not only bring great products and services to our customers, but to bring our values of passion, integrity and respect to our communities. Sharing our leadership skills and enthusiasm with our neighbors is more than fun, it’s a privilege.

On these pages, you’ll see those values in action. You’ll see Sunflower Bankers who help local causes with donations. You’ll see Sunflower Bankers rewarding education. You’ll see our volunteer stars, donating more than 16,000 hours (and counting) in your communities so far this year.

At Sunflower Bank, we’re there, partnering with you, helping to make our world a better place.

Oh, and don’t forget to visit us on Facebook!

Mollie Carter, President and CEO Sunflower Bank

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Yo u k n ow sunflower bank operates three

branch offices in salina: 2450 s. ninth, 2070 south ohio, and 176 n. santa Fe.

but recently, all sunflower bank commercial lenders and sunflower wealth manage-ment officers moved into new offices at sunflower bank’s headquarters – 3025 Cortland Circle.

the move is the most recent stage of consolidation for sunflower’s corporate offices and headquarters. built in 2008, 3025 Cortland Circle houses more than 200 sunflower employees, all working together to provide the best in banking: loans, checking, commercial services, small business accounts, trust services and more.

it takes a team of talented and dedicated people to help provide the best service to customers and communities each day. with everyone now under one roof, we’re providing even more!

Sunflower insurance Groupsunflower bank also announced in May that the senior manage-ment group of sunflower

insurance group purchased the insurance agency in its entirety.

sunflower insurance group management has maintained a minority ownership interest in the agency since sunflower bank purchased a majority interest in 1999.

“both sunflower bank and sunflower insurance group have long histories of premium service to our clients, and that will continue. we believe this change will provide clarity and simplic-ity for our customers and for us,” said Mollie Carter, President and Ceo of sunflower bank.

sunflower insurance group remains located at 2090 south ohio in salina.

all under one roof Giddyup! a stroll down memory laneEv e ry y e a r i n

Monte Vista, the community enjoys a

three day parade that cele-brates Colorado’s oldest PrCa professional rodeo!

this year was the rodeo’s 90th anniversary. the theme for the parade was “take a stroll Down Memory lane.” they paired into teams and created

scenes from each of the 10-year stampede anni-versaries for the last 50 years. sunflower bankers were excited to win first prize for the best adaptation of the theme.

Coming soon to a school near you: The aBCs

Ou r a n n ua l program is almost here.

once again, on January 1, we’ll launch abC: be true to our

schools, back and better than ever.

for more than 10 years, we’ve partnered with you, our customer, to help raise donations for local schools, districts, and foundations.

the 2012 program will do the same! we’ll partner with schools throughout our region, and offer customers the chance to select their school. then, when that customer uses his or her

debit card, we contribute to their school.

Plus, we also feature a report card contest, paying $10 per a to select student winners. now more than ever, our schools can use our help.

in past years, we’ve contributed an annual average of $50,000 to schools and students, and a total surpassing half a million dollars.

so what’s going on in these pictures? well, our Ceo, Mollie Carter

announces the program for 2012, complete with student helpers at southeast of saline high school. watch for Mollie on your tV beginning in December, and sign up for the abCs on January 1!

Su n f low e r bank Dodge City helped sponsor the latina

outreach and leadership Cancer awareness luncheon for the Hispanic community cele-brating “el Dia De la Mujer.” the event, om saturday night, october 15 at the Cathedral our lady of guadalupe, featured more than 100 ladies.

latina outreach and leadership (lol) is a group of Dodge City women who formed the organization in order to increase health awareness

and education for latinas in the community, and to work with other civic and social groups to bridge cultural gaps.

Maria Ferreiro of sunflower bank has been an active member since the group formed in June of 2008 (below, center).

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up, standing for the anthem, and greeting fans from the Jumbotron! there’s nothing like going on the field for a big-time college game, and the kick-off kids had an experience to write home about.

in Pueblo, our sunflower bank crew pumped up their customers for the area’s big rivalry games – the bell game, the Cannon game,and the Pigskin Classic. Check out the stars, decked out in their high school’s colors.

and throughout sunflower nation you saw school spirit from grade school through college, festive Fridays, and a fun atmosphere. sunflower bank served as your kick-off headquarters this fall – but it’s the place to be all season long, and then some!

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Ji m E i l e rt helped with the st. aloysius

Fund Fest during July, including the planning of the Fest, but also the auction that followed the meal.

Deb Hardman helped her sorority plan fund-raisers for scholarships in the spring, and Janene kuhlmann rode with her husband on several poker runs that helped benefit toys for tots and the american Cancer society.

angie goheen worked at the osborne County rural Fair, helping the sunflower 4H group at the concession stand, and everywhere else throughout fair grounds. angie also serves on the grade school Pto, and helped raise money for new playground equipment.

barb brown helped with the 125th alumni reunion for osborne High school by setting up for breakfast and the saturday night banquet. “a lot

of work goes into the weekend but it’s well worth it when you meet old friends or sit back and watch friends reunite,” barb said.

barb also helped with the troop 105 booster Club selling fire-works for the local boy scout troop, and helped the rotary by taking money at the home high school football games.

rich linton, Deb Hardman, Janene kuhlmann, angie goheen and barb brown served over 200 hotdogs, chips, cook-ies, watermelon and water to the athletes and bulldog backers! (above) the osborne branch joined in this year to make the Fall kick-off a huge success.

fall times in osborne

Want to enter our Super Sweepstakes? it’s super easy!From now until December 27, 2011, any time you use your sunflower bank Visa Credit Card, you win an entry in Visa’s super sweepstakes.

the winner? one grand Prize winner – selected from all Visa card users throughout the coun-try – will go to the 2012 super bowl, including:

• trip for winner and 10 friends• airfare to indianapolis• 5 days, 4 nights hotel accom-

modations• transportation to and from

the event• $100 prepaid Visa cards for

the winner and his or her guests

no purchase is necessary to enter or win. Just use your Visa credit card, and the more times the merrier. each swipe gets you an entry into Visa’s sweepstakes.

Don’t have a sunflower bank Visa credit card? give us a call or visit a branch. we’ll get you started!

Additional restrictions may apply. Full contest rules available at any Sunflower Bank location. Promotion conducted by Visa, USA, inc.

Win a Super Bowl trip

In Au g u st , t h e crew of sunflower bank Pueblo, santa Fe ave.,

braved the sun and heat to visit a poolside open house at the landings at eagleridge apartment complex. the event brought together busi-nesses near the complex to visit with new residents who asked questions and signed up for special offers. there was plenty of excitement generated by the

sunflower bank table and the spend & sign & save account.

Poolside in Pueblo

Su n f low e r bank welcomed more than 300 premier

customers to an exclusive open-ing night screening of The King and I on sept. 8.

an annual rite of passage each year to kick-off the salina Community theatre’s fall season, sunflower sponsors the first show and invites its customers, holding a random drawing among thousands of entries.

the bank also proudly helped sCt unveil the brand new sunflower Financial theatre, a “black box theater” – a square, unadorned space designed for flexible, improvised, and intimate perfor-mances with a variety

of seating arrangements. the 150-seat theater opened with “the Dixie swim Club” this summer.

the new space is part of a $3.5 million major expansion project at the theater that began with a groundbreaking ceremony in 2010 and includes an expanded lobby, modernized restrooms, new concession and ticket booths, a large meeting room, two large classroom-dance facilities, a reconfigured park-ing lot — and the new 150-seat performance space.

The Salina Journal contributed to this report.

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Th e 2 0 t h annual Herzogfest was held in Victoria on

august 12 and 13. sunflower bank has been one of the long time sponsors of the event, and this year sponsor employees were invited to personally meet and greet candy Coburn, who presented a concert on Friday, august 12.

candy has recently

released a new CD with a major nashville producer. watch for it, listen for it…better yet, go to itunes now and download “Pink warrior.” all profits from sales of the song go to susan g. komen’s race for the Cure.

Victoria’s Herzogfest

“i was most excited to see a family that nominated me,” wulf-walter said. “i love seeing the kids. i love seeing the progress they make every day, even if it’s a new word or something different that they’re doing, it’s exciting to see their progress.”

the 21-year special education teacher was nomi-nated by todd and leeann Miller. their two daughters have autism and were students of wulf-walter.

the sunflower bank teacher of the year is in its fifth year,

recognizing Douglas County teachers who help make a difference in their commu-nity. nominate your teacher at sunflowerbank.com. if chosen, they’ll be recognized on Channel 6 news with the golden sunflower award.

best of all, at the end of each school year, we “crown” one teacher with the grand prize - the sunflower bank teacher of the year! and the winner earns a leased car for a full year! wow!

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Su n f low e r bankers in Colby filled boxes and boxes with

needed items for options: Domestic and sexual Violence services, donat-ing items to help victims in need.

Periodically, options secures items like sham-poo, toothbrushes, clothes, household

items and more to help serve its mission of victim advocacy. Pictured, sunflower staff in Colby prepares the donation.

donations for Community

Ov e r 8 0 k i d s beat the heat by attending McPherson’s

First kids summer bbQ and swim Party.

First kids, along with their families and friends, gath-ered at lakeside Park to enjoy a barbecue and a visit from bubba the bear on saturday, august 6 (above).

Following dinner, First kids and their families and friends were invited to the McPherson water Park for a splashing good time!

in russellthe First kids and immediate families enjoyed

an evening at the pool august 3. it was a much cooler night than had been all summer – but

after weeks of 100-plus degree days, everyone was happy. kids enjoyed snacks, fruit punch, and prizes.

first Kids gather for fun in the Sun

An ot h e r successful back to school Picnic was

held at Victoria elementary school. this event has been sponsored by sunflower bank for many years.

this is a great time for families to meet each other and for students to introduce their families to teachers. everyone has a great time doing so.

sunflower bank staff members

Dale gottschalk, Mike briney, Jack Dennis, Judy Parks, Carol legleiter, Jessica elsen, bridget stenzel, Deb Hoffman, olivia becker, gina oberle and darlene braun attended and enjoyed.

Back to School Picnic

Pa p e r sav i n gs bonds will no longer be sold at financial institu-

tions after December 31, 2011.

but they’re not going away — electronic savings bonds can be purchased online through treasuryDirect.gov.

existing paper bonds are still valid and will earn interest for 30 years from the issue date or until redeemed. you

can continue to redeem savings bonds as accustomed.

learn more at www.treasurydirect.gov.

Changes coming to paper savings bonds

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Su n f low e r bank Pueblo recently participated in a hous-

ing project that earned national accolades.

the bank participated in financing for the Pueblo Housing authority’s ashwood apartments complex, designed as affordable structures and housing for seniors, and located at the corner of Mildred Place and e. 21st in Pueblo.

the complex earned the pres-tigious national association of Housing and redevelopment officials Merit award for community enhancement programs. the complex consists of five buildings with energy-effi-

cient, handicapped-accessible, one-bedroom units designed to provide decent and affordable housing for senior citizens on Pueblo’s east side. the Housing authority accepted its award at the narHo conference in louisville, kentucky

“we’re pleased to help in any way we can,” said tammy Fesmire, president of sunflower bank Pueblo. “the ashwood apartments truly enhance the Pueblo community, and we’re glad to be a small part of it.”

Du r i n g the 2011 united

way of McPherson County kickoff Campaign, the McPherson united way recognized sunflower bank employees and presented them with a placque for their partici-pation in the 2010 united way Campaign, as they had a hundred percent participa-tion. they continue to make a difference in the McPherson community by having contribu-tions matched dollar for dollar, corporately.

Stuff the Bussunflower bank in Junction City served as a collection point for the united way “stuff the bus” campaign to collect going back to school items for the elementary school children. (above)

kevin lull is a board Member of the local united way, supported in the photo by Junction City employees (below, left).

arr, matey! Tis a great day for the United Waythe united way of Central kansas celebrated their kick off with a buccaneer bash. the purpose of the united way of Central kansas is to help raise funds for the nineteen agencies that provide numerous services to the community. becca Maxwell, Customer service officer is the newest member of the united way of Central kansas board of directors and sunflower bank was a proud sponsor of the event (below).

Helping the United Way

Swinging into action for liberal child in needKaren Guereca,

a cousin to Manuel guereca Jr., was

awarded a swing handcrafted by Frank Copeland during a drawing at sunflower bank. sunflower bank organized the drawing to help offset medical costs incurred by Manuel’s June 24 diagnosis of acute lympho-blastic leukemia – and nearly $3,700 was raised for the family.

Manuel, 8, is a third grade student at turpin elementary school. this summer, his life changed. Manuel’s sister, Mariela Marquez, 20, said although her brother is currently hospitalized in oklahoma City, his spirits are high and the family and physi-cians remain positive regarding Manuel’s condition.

Mariela explained her brother will be receiving a bone marrow transplant in the near future.

the donor? Manuel’s 14-year-old sister, Marina guereca Marquez. Compatibility – even between siblings – is extremely rare, but on a date to be deter-mined, Marina will donate marrow to her suffering brother.

Marina, a freshman at turpin High school, said she is so thankful she is a match, but the joy is still sinking in. linda ridley of sunflower bank chose Marina to draw from the many raffle tickets for Copeland’s handcrafted porch swing.

ridley said the drawing itself raised $3,690 for the family’s medical and travel expenses. However, sunflower bank employees have started a special fund of their own.

Jessica Crawford of the High Plains Leader and Times contrib-uted.

FrankCopeland(left)andLIndaRidleyofSunflowerBankinthebank’sparkinglotafterdonatingahandcraftedswingtotheGuerecafamily.

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Hav e yo u ev e r wondered what makes

your hometown tick?

are you curious about local business? local government?

well, this fall, high school seniors throughout sunflower bank cities once again learn all about their communities and discuss busi-ness and local government with community leaders.

Community ambassadors is sunflower’s unique lead-ership program that gives students a solid footing before embarking to college

– and encourages them to keep their hometown in mind as a future destination.

Community ambassadors is open to a select group of students in all sunflower bank cities.

stay tuned to the Community news for ambassador updates, and see what the best and the brightest are up to!

Community ambassadors back again

SalinaBankerssupportedtheUnitedWayonOct.14.

Helping Pueblo earn affordable housing honor

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Wh at ’ s a d rov e r ?

in the old west, drovers helped migrate cattle along trails, often from kansas to Colorado or texas or further west.

Drovers of Dodge City are a welcoming group for the community, appearing at events and showing up around boot Hill. they traveled to wichita for the riverfest and stayed in their wagon, spreading the good word about Dodge City and kansas!

below is a picture of the Drovers of Dodge City. Dave wetmore, sunflower presi-dent, is the far right in the big mustache. His daughter plays Miss kitty and his wife holds the dog.

drovers of dodge City

Sc h o o l i s bac k in session, and with that, comes Fall and

winter Homecomings! each year, the sunflower bank McPherson team is eager to provide tiaras to several local schools for Homecoming royalty. Jen bonham, branch Manager, presents the fall homecoming tiaras to Mikayla

goering and oaklee abernathy of inman High school.

McPherson’s red Carpet

Su n f low e r bank salina greeted new and returning

kansas wesleyan students before the year began on august 24. as part of the meet the merchants at kansas wesleyan university, the bank introduced several of their friendly faces to freshman, seniors, faculty and more. two students earned Visa gift

cards as part of a contest, and the booth overflowed with cookies and soda. go ’yotes!

KWU meets the merchants

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A g ro u p o f sunflower bank kickball stars banded

together to support the Fourth annual love, Chloe kickball Jam, on saturday, sept. 17 featuring 20 teams and over 400 participants.

the community event raises funds for the love, Chloe foun-dation, a memorial cause that

celebrates the memory of chloe watson Feyerherm, who tragi-cally lost her battle with cancer at the tender age of 7. love, Chloe Foundation proceeds help the fight against childhood cancer.

Sunflower’s swift kickers!

Su n f low e r bank’s lynda Jamison and becca

maxwell presented the annual donation – more than $200 – to the barton County Children’s Miracle network, an amount determined by customer usage of sunflower bank’s Health Care Professional debit card.

specifically targeted for individ-uals working in the health care field – doctors, nurses, admin-istrators, support staff and more – sunflower bank donates 5 cents to a separate health care organization or cause within each sunflower community.

For example, in great bend and ellinwood, each time a barton

county-area customer uses the Health Care Professional debit card, the bank’s donation rises by a nickel. throughout all sunflower banks, health care donations annually total more than $2000.

interested in learning more about the sunflower bank health care professional card? ask any of our sunflower bank staff, they’ll be happy to visit with you.

Children’s Miracle donation

Am b e r H e n d r i ks o n , Director of Fund

Development at Mt. Hope sanctuary, accepted a check from Chet lang, Market President of McPherson, on July 14, from the proceeds of the McPherson branch’s pop machine.

Mt. Hope sanctuary brings restoration, hope and whole-ness where there was once brokenness. they provide a transitional housing program

for single women and chil-dren. their mission is to provide a sanctuary that offers Healing, opportunity, Peace & empowerment to single women who are committed to achieving self-sufficiency.

Support for Mt. Hope

On Sat u r day, June 18, sunflower bank provided lunch

and beverages for the bigs and littles who participated in the

second annual big brothers big sisters of McPherson County Fishing Derby. the Fishing Derby took place at wall Park from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.

The fishing derby

It’sgametime.

Sa l i n a First kids lined up outside the

starlight skating rink for the annual Halloween skate with bubba the bear on tuesday, october 18. one of bubba’s favorite events, the Halloween skate spook-tacular routinely draws more than 300 First kids in full costume.

spidermen, batmen, ghosts, goblins, princesses and witches

flocked to dance with bubba, who reminded everyone he can skate, he just prefers to slide around the floor.

Skatin’ with Count Bubba

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Who’s news?Cheryl Cook, Pueblo regencycheryl just earned a promotion to customer service manager of sunflower bank’s 1715 s. Pueblo blvd. office.

with more than 20 years in banking and a lifelong resident of Pueblo. Cook also volunteers throughout the community, including service at her church.

larry reiswig, Topekalarry reiswig joined sunflower in 2011 as Vice President of Commercial loans, primarily serving eastern kansas markets.

larry has spent 40 years in the kansas banking industry, most recently as President of Central national bank’s Marion and salina markets. a native of McPherson and graduate of emporia state, larry began his banking career in the early 1970s.

Brent rees, Junction CityPreviously manager of our branch inside Dillons in manhattan at 130 sarber lane, brent now moves back to Junction City as customer service manager, where he joined sunflower in 2007.

rees earned a promotion to branch manager at sunflower’s supermarket branch in 2010. an alumnus of kansas state and native of lincoln, kan., he also is a member of the army reserves.

Sabrina lawrence, Salina ohio St.sabrina was named manager of our 2070 ohio street branch in salina.

sabrina will oversee all customer service initiatives and daily operations at sunflower bank’s ohio street location.

a native of salina, sabrina joined sunflower bank in 2004, first as a teller and later as a teller supervisor, overseeing sunflower bank offices at 176 n. santa Fe and 2070 south ohio.

Mo r e t h a n 200 girls attended sunflower bank’s

13th annual softball showcase on august 5 and 6 in salina, kan. – another strong turnout for the annual recruiting show-case!

sunflower bank’s softball showcase is an affordable, unique round-robin tourna-ment, featuring chances for players to play in front of more than 30 college coaches and assistants, with hopes of earn-ing a scholarship before their senior seasons.

sanctioned by the kansas amateur softball association, players and families attend the showcase kick-off banquet on Friday night at k-state salina before the tourney.

During the banquet, players and families have a chance to visit with college coaches, assistants and players in attendance – the event attracts coaches from most community college and Div. iii schools in kansas.

the tournament features five pools of ten-player teams, a chance for players to test themselves against incoming seniors from all over the state, with teach-ing and improving as the focus.

During the last decade, the showcase has grown into a premier softball recruiting event in kansas. several players each year earn scholarships as a result of contacts made at the showcase.

Softball standouts square off in Salina

Fr i e n d s o f the salina animal shelter held the first annual

wagathon 5k Dog run/walk, dog costume contest and expo at webster Conference Center on saturday, october 22, with 132 entries who raised more than $5000 for the cause.

the 5k wagathon is a 3.1-mile walk or run, with or without a leashed dog, that benefited the salina animal shelter. For the more serious competitors – man or dog – manhattan cross Country Club provided the scoring and timing services. the top 3 overall male and female finishers earned prizes.

even if you are not a serious competitor, every dog had its day! immediately following the event, racers and pets enjoyed the expo, refreshments, pet

costume contest and much more! sunflower bank joined the webster conference Center, soggy Dog, salina running Company, PetCo, bennington state bank, Cox Communications, great Plains Credit union in lead-ing major sponsorships for the event.

For more pics, find Friends of the salina animal shelter 5k wagathon on Facebook!

the primary mission of the Friends of the salina animal shelter is to support the efforts of

the salina animal shelter (sas) to enhance the lives of compan-ion animals in our community. Fsas is an all-volunteer group created to assist the sas staff with our time, labor, and inter-est in re-homing abandoned and stray animals, reducing animal overpopulation, and promot-ing actions by pet owners that insure healthy, safe, and life-long relationships with their animals.

Helping pets with the Wagathon!

Th e s e wo r d s once again echoed over the kansas plains as

the kansas 150th anniversary Cattle Drive headed for the end of the trail at ellsworth.

several kansas towns held celebrations along the old ellsworth/Cox Cattle trail, including ellinwood, which marked the 150th kansas anniversary Celebration the weekend of sept 17-18.

the Cattle Drive traveled down Main street with four hundred head of texas longhorn cattle along the route of the old Cox Cattle trail to the kansas Pacific railhead at ellsworth.

Modern cowboys trailed the cattle on the very same route used by the original drov-ers, bedded down the cattle on historic bed grounds and camped at the very same cow camps that made the cowboy famous.

sunflower bank was a spon-sor of this event and several employees volunteered

throughout the day selling water and working at special events.

Head ’em up and move ’em out!

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almost holiday season … what’s on tap for next year?another year for fantastic, fabulous First ladies and Club Vogue tours throughout our great country is well under way. stay in touch with your local coordinators to learn what’s going on in your community, and don’t forget to check the pages of sunflower bank’s Community news to keep up-to-date on all our adven-tures. as a reminder, all trips are open to sunflower bank First ladies anywhere. Please direct your inquiries to your contact. bon Voyage!

aloha, first ladies!save the date, because McPherson’s First ladies and Club Vogue Members are going to Hawaii!

January 18 – 27, 2013

if interested in cruising to Honolulu, Maui, Hilo, kona and kauai, please contact Jen or sandy at 620-241-1220.

first ladies Holiday luncheonsSalina tuesday Dec. 6, 11:30 a.m. salina Country Club

Great Bend/ Ellinwood Friday, nov. 18 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. the Page, kansas room great bend, ks

Junction City thursday, Dec. 15

Hays First Ladies Christmas Party Dec. 13, 5:30 p.m. FHsu black and gold room.

Lawrence & Topeka First Ladies Holiday Party the oread, lawrence Dec. 8, 6 p.m.

Leeton First ladies Christmas luncheon tuesday, nov. 29 bingham -waggoner estate independence, Mo.

Pueblo Christmas luncheon wednesday, Dec. 7, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 pm garcia & onion Mexican grill

Osborne First ladies & Club Vogue Christmas Dinner thursday, Dec. 1, 6:00 p.m.

Russell First ladies Christmas luncheon tuesday, Dec. 6, 12-1:30 p.m. Fossil Creek inn

McPherson First ladies & Club Vogue Holiday Party tuesday, Dec. 13

Club Vogue Salina dice runnovember 9, 6:30 pm Place: 2450 south 9th. sunflower bank basement

roll the dice at each of the 5 stops. Prizes for high and low totals. appetizers and drinks will be served during the prize drawings. bring a guest.

rsVP: Jessica sprecker (785) 827-5564 ext. 2397 or jessicas@sunflowerbank.com

first ladies & Club Vogue Calendar

FirstLadiesPuebloheldtheirJuneluncheonattheSoutheasternColoradoHeritageCenterandMuseum.LocateddirectlyacrossthestreetfromPueblo’sHistoricUnionDepot,inarestored1924railroadfreightdepotbuilding,theHeritageCenterandMuseumprovidedaninterestingandelegantsettingfortheluncheon.

Su n f low e r ’ s community bankers are committed, one and all, to the improvement of our commu-

nities. together, we work alongside with you, donating time, talent and energy to causes, efforts, clubs, charities, and more, unafraid to roll up our sleeves and help our enrich the lives of area citizens. in fact, sunflower employees regularly accumulate more than 20,000 hours volunteering within their communities each year.

this year is no different - throughout 2011, sunflower bank’s finest have tallied more than 8,000 volunteer hours this year – perhaps when communities need effort, energy and expertise the most. stop into your area sunflower bank and thank your local bankers for helping out!

Who stars in your community?

150 hoursken berryJenna braunlarry britegamamanda Chapmancheryl cooktammy Fesmirebette HamiltonDebbie HaynesCrystal Herveycheryl itschner

sheila krehbiellinda lillyrhonda mcdaneldkasi MoralesDave newcomerJo ann radielPatrick salmansChuck scottglynn sheridantammie stratmanCharlotte Vasquezkaren wood

100 hoursMelissa adamsonChristy almquistJen bonhamMichael brineybarb brownPeggy DunnJim FaithPeggy gonzalezrich gottschalksandy Jacobslynda JamisonJennifer Johnsontammy JenningsChet langCarol legleiterkevin lullDavid Marshallbecca maxwelltrey Mowerybarbara Musicksue niernbergerClaudine PaolinoJudy Parkswanda Petersamanda Proffittbud Pruyn

Heather rindtCindy starikaangie timsonMiranda watkinsnancy weikleron willems

50 hoursbonnie barrettolivia beckerdarlene braunJenny bruckerJerad buschcheryl campbellJeannie Caselmanstacy CloydDeidra DivineMarie edgartravis Flemingbob fletcherbeth foosalissa FothDana Frederkingangie goheenChuck gorneyDeb HardmanDebbie Hoffman

Patrick Jonesrandy kinderJanene kuhlmannkandi laroshrich lintonamanda Maley-smithkaren McgrathJoan Milestammy Mitchellkeith Moyerneil oehmealicia ortizHeather Paulsonsteve Phillipslinda ridley

karen robertsonDebbie ruudburke schroederMarcia simmsJessica spreckerMelinda thimeschlisa unreinkathryn unruhMaria Vigil-Mondragonlinda waltonMarc wardlaura wasingerlarry weaverJen wicksDennis Zimmerman

AngieKiefer-PhillipsandCherylCampbellweretwoofmanySalinavolunteersattheTri-RiversFair.

SunflowerBankersinMonteVistaafterwinningtheparadecontest