[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18210]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO NORBERT SEBADE

 Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Norbert 
Sebade as he celebrates his retirement after 43 years of extraordinary 
service in the banking community. Norbert is ending a career marked by 
outstanding community service and longstanding dedication to economic 
growth and development in the Black Hills through his numerous 
leadership roles in the banking field and beyond.
  Norbert began his banking career in Madison, SD, in the summer of 
1967. He quickly distinguished himself as a leader in the industry. 
Norbert has served as the former President of First Western Bank Wall, 
former chairman of the board of First Western Bank Custer, vice 
chairman of the board First Western Bank Sturgis, former board member 
of South Dakota Bankers Association, SDBA, Insurance Services, former 
chairman of South Dakota Rural Enterprise, and an appointee to the West 
River Economic Development Coalition. Additionally, Norbert has focused 
his attention and energy on the well-being of his communities in other 
ways, serving as a trustee and former chairman of the Rapid City 
Regional Hospital, a trustee for the Black Hills State University 
Foundation in Spearfish, and a board member of the South Dakota 
Community Foundation. He retires today as the regional president of 
First Interstate Bank of the Southern Hills.
  I would like to thank Norbert for his commitment to South Dakota's 
communities and congratulate him on a well-deserved retirement.

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