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Income Tax (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Schedule of Income tax provision calculated at the Statutory Federal Income tax rate
Income tax at statutory rate	$ 1,965	$ 1,483	$ 1,298
Tax-exempt interest income, net	(358)	(311)	(289)
Earnings on life insurance assets, including gain from proceeds in 2010	(113)	(118)	(172)
Low income housing partnership tax credits	(127)	(127)	(127)
Write-off capital loss carryforward			60
Change in valuation allowance			(54)
Other items, net	63	32	5
Total income tax provision	$ 1,430	$ 959	$ 721

The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to writing off the previous years capital loss that can no longer be carried forward.

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The sum of the current income tax expense or benefit and the deferred income tax expense or benefit pertaining to continuing operations.

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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets in the period.

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