HNB rumors

Lisa Roberts, of the marketing dept. at Home National Bank, stopped by Friday to answer questions about HNB and rumors that the Brown family, Roger and Trent, were no longer active directors of the bank.

NOT TRUE, says Lisa. Both are still on the board and involved in the operations of the bank. She reiterated that the recent management change was voluntarily done by bank owners/managers to develop a new strategy (doesn't want to reveal that to competitors) and to get through the tough times. She thinks tough times for banks and economy in general will last until 2012. (Hope not). The regulators did not force the management change, but had to sign off on it. Operations in Ark City remain the same and no jobs have been cut, she said again.

So ...... this did not make the newspaper, because there's really nothing to base the rumors on, but the blog seems a good place to air her statements so that it might shed some light on the subject.