[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6376-6377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3649]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Valley Ridge Financial Corporation, et al.; Formations of; 
Acquisitions by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec.  225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted 
for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of 
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must 
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in 
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that 
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at 
a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than March 15, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Valley Ridge Financial Corporation, Kent City, Michigan; to 
merge with Community Bank Corporation, Grant, Michigan, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Grant State Bank, Grant, Michigan.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
    1. Country Bancorp, Inc., Hillsboro, Illinois; to acquire at least 
51 percent of the voting shares of Keyesport Bancshares, Inc., 
Keyesport, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank of 
Keyesport, Keyesport, Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

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    1. James Valley Bancorporation, Inc dba New Capital Corporation, 
Jamestown, North Dakota; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 
76 percent of the voting shares of Northern Plains Investment, Inc., 
Jamestown, North Dakota, and North Star Holding Company, Jamestown, 
North Dakota, and thereby indirectly acquire Stutsman County State 
Bank, Jamestown, North Dakota, and Farmers State Bank of Ypsilanti, 
Ypsilanti, North Dakota.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. First State BancShares, Inc., Scottsbluff, Nebraska; to acquire 
90.8 percent of the voting shares of Security First Bank, Cheyenne, 
Wyoming.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 13, 
1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-3649 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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