LOANS (Schedule of Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) N
Number of Contracts \| N	1	7	9	10
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,803	$ 5,069	$ 2,795
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,803	$ 5,069	$ 2,795
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Junior Lien [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N		1	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 60	$ 66	$ 60
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 60	$ 66	$ 60
Primary Residential Mortgages [Member] \| Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N	1	5	7	7
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,645	$ 4,924	$ 1,870
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 368	$ 1,645	$ 4,924	$ 1,870
Investment Property [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N			1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 79
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 79
Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member] \| Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N		1		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 98		$ 98
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 98		$ 98
Owner Occupied Property [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N				1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment				$ 767
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment				$ 767

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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