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Monday, January 10, 2000 Contact: Ella P. Allen
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OTS Releases December National CRA Ratings

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2000 -- The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) today released savings associations' Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluation ratings that became available in December 1999.

Of the 35 institutions in the December report, 5 were rated Outstanding, and 30 were rated Satisfactory.

The CRA requires financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of their local communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with safe and sound lending practices. CRA performance is assessed as part of each financial institution's examination for compliance with non-discrimination and consumer laws and regulations. Each institution must make its rating available to the public upon request and is permitted to charge a nominal fee for a copy of its public CRA performance evaluation.

December 1999 CRA ratings by region:

NE SE CEN MW W Total
Outstanding 1 1 2 1 0 5
Satisfactory 5 4 15 5 1 30
Needs to Improve 0 0 0 0 0 0
Substantial Noncompliance 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 5 17 6 1 35

OTS' five regions and the states in each are as follows:

Northeast (NE) Southeast (SE) Central (CEN) Midwest (MW) West (W)
ConnecticutAlabama Illinois Arkansas Alaska
DelawareFlorida Indiana Colorado Arizona
MaineGeorgia Kentucky Iowa California
MassachusettsMaryland Michigan Kansas Hawaii
New JerseyNorth Carolina Ohio Louisiana Guam
New HampshireSouth Carolina Tennessee Minnesota Idaho
New YorkVirginia Wisconsin Mississippi Montana
PennsylvaniaDistrict of Columbia Missouri Nevada
Rhode IslandPuerto Rico Nebraska Oregon
West VirginiaVirgin Islands North Dakota Utah
Vermont South Dakota Washington
New Mexico Wyoming
Oklahoma
Texas

In some cases, an institution may be examined by an OTS region other than the one that includes the state in which the institution is located, because of the institution’s corporate structure.

Lists of institutions' CRA ratings are available to the public through the Records Management and Information Policy Division, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20552, or telephone (202) 906-5900. Copies of institutions' individual CRA performance evaluations are available directly from the institutions, through the OTS regional offices, or the OTS web site at www.ots.treas.gov.

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The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), an office of the U.S. Treasury, regulates and supervises the nation's thrift industry. OTS's mission is to ensure the safety and soundness of thrift institutions and to support their role as home mortgage lenders and providers of other community credit and financial services. For copies of news releases or other documents visit the OTS web page at www.ots.treas.gov.


                                                                                
                       OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION                          
                CRA PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR DEC-1999 
                             REGION NORTHEAST                               
                                                                               
CRA Performance Evaluations prepared by the OTS for the savings 
associations listed below became publicly available during this 
reporting period.        
                                                                               
        NAME OF ASSOCIATION/                                                    
STATE   HOME OFFICE ADDRESS                     CRA RATING                      
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  NJ    FIRST FINANCIAL SAVINGS BANK, SLA       SATISFACTORY                    
        581 MAIN ST                                                             
        WOODBRIDGE, NJ - 07095                                                  
                                                                                
  NY    CITY AND SUBURBAN FSB                   SATISFACTORY                    
        3 EXECUTIVE BLVD                                                        
        YONKERS, NY - 10701                                                     
                                                                                
  NY    MOHAWK COMMUNITY BANK                   SATISFACTORY                    
        PO BOX 669                                                              
        AMSTERDAM, NY - 12010                                                   
                                                                                
  NY    WALDEN FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOC     OUTSTANDING                     
        PO BOX 72                                                               
        WALDEN, NY - 12586                                                      
                                                                                
  PA    GREAT AMERICAN FS & LA                  SATISFACTORY                    
        4750 CLAIRTON BLVD                                                      
        PITTSBURGH, PA - 15236                                                  
                                                                                
  PA    SLOVENIAN S & LA OF CANONSBURG          SATISFACTORY                    
        107 LATIMER AVE                                                         
        STRABANE, PA - 15363                                                    
                                                                                
 
OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION CRA PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR DEC-1999 REGION SOUTHEAST NAME OF ASSOCIATION/ STATE HOME OFFICE ADDRESS CRA RATING ----- ------------------------------------- ------------------------- FL FIRST COMMUNITY BANK OF AMERICA SATISFACTORY PO BOX 380759 MURDOCK, FL - 33938 MD HARBOR FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK OUTSTANDING 705 YORK RD BALTIMORE, MD - 21204 MD THE BACK AND MIDDLE RIVER FS & LA SATISFACTORY 1520 OLD EASTERN AVE ESSEX, MD - 21221 SC AMERICAN FEDERAL BANK, FSB SATISFACTORY PO BOX 1268 GREENVILLE, SC - 29602 VA FREDERICKSBURG SAVINGS BANK SATISFACTORY PO BOX 748 FREDERICKSBURG, VA - 22404
OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION CRA PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR DEC-1999 REGION CENTRAL NAME OF ASSOCIATION/ STATE HOME OFFICE ADDRESS CRA RATING ----- ------------------------------------- ------------------------- IL FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK SATISFACTORY 633 LA SALLE ST OTTAWA, IL - 61350 IL MT MORRIS S & LA SATISFACTORY 18 W MAIN ST MOUNT MORRIS, IL - 61054 IL SUPERIOR BANK FSB SATISFACTORY 1 LINCOLN CTR STE 700 OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL - 60181 IN CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK OF FRANKFORT OUTSTANDING 60 S MAIN ST FRANKFORT, IN - 46041 IN PEOPLES FSB OF DEKALB COUNTY SATISFACTORY PO BOX 231 AUBURN, IN - 46706 IN SCOTTSBURG B & LA SATISFACTORY PO BOX 2 SCOTTSBURG, IN - 47170 IN SOBIESKI FS & LA OF SOUTH BEND SATISFACTORY PO BOX 3058 SOUTH BEND, IN - 46619 KY COMMUNITY TRUST BANK, F.S.B. SATISFACTORY PO BOX 219 CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - 42719 KY HOME FEDERAL BANK, FSB SATISFACTORY 1602 CUMBERLAND AVE MIDDLESBORO, KY - 40965 KY WINCHESTER FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK SATISFACTORY 57 S MAIN ST WINCHESTER, KY - 40391 MI NEW BUFFALO SAVINGS BANK, A FSB SATISFACTORY 45 N WHITTAKER ST NEW BUFFALO, MI - 49117 OH OHIO CENTRAL SAVINGS SATISFACTORY 6033 PERIMETER DRIVE DUBLIN, OH - 43017 OH THE AMERICAN S & LA SATISFACTORY P.O. BOX 388 MIDDLETOWN, OH - 45042 OH THE HOME LOAN SAVINGS BANK SATISFACTORY 401 MAIN ST COSHOCTON, OH - 43812 TN ELIZABETHTON FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK SATISFACTORY 112 N SYCAMORE ST ELIZABETHTON, TN - 37643 WI FIRST NORTHERN SAVINGS BANK, SA OUTSTANDING PO BOX 23100 GREEN BAY, WI - 54305 WI UNIVERSAL SAVINGS BANK FA SATISFACTORY 754 N 4TH ST MILWAUKEE, WI - 53203
OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION CRA PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR DEC-1999 REGION MIDWEST NAME OF ASSOCIATION/ STATE HOME OFFICE ADDRESS CRA RATING ----- ------------------------------------- ------------------------- AR POCAHONTAS FS & LA SATISFACTORY PO BOX 427 POCAHONTAS, AR - 72455 CO SALIDA BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING PO BOX 309 SALIDA, CO - 81201 IA JOHNSTON BANK SATISFACTORY 5526 NW 86TH STREET JOHNSTON, IA - 50131 MO HEARTLAND BANK SATISFACTORY 212 SOUTH CENTRAL, SUITE 200 CLAYTON, MO - 63105 MO SYSTEMATIC S & LA SATISFACTORY PO BOX 50930 SPRINGFIELD, MO - 65805 NE FIRST AMERICAN SB, FSB SATISFACTORY 3540 S 84TH ST OMAHA, NE - 68124
OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION CRA PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR DEC-1999 REGION WEST NAME OF ASSOCIATION/ STATE HOME OFFICE ADDRESS CRA RATING ----- ------------------------------------- ------------------------- UT FRONTIER BANK, FSB SATISFACTORY P.O. BOX 981180 PARK CITY, UT - 84098

Created: Monday, 1/10/2000