Investments (Aggregate Carrying And Approximate Market Values Of Available-For-Sale Securities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	$ 270,336	$ 251,954
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	6,583	5,922
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	3,063	3,833
Securities available-for-sale	273,856us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	254,043us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
U.S Treasuries and U.S. Government Agencies [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	1,713	1,816
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	2	11
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	0	0
Securities available-for-sale	1,715	1,827
Obligations Of States And Political Subdivisions [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	38,147	41,382
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	772	722
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	5	8
Securities available-for-sale	38,914	42,096
U.S. Government Agencies Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	207,754	185,831
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	3,767	3,470
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	1,306	1,973
Securities available-for-sale	210,215	187,328
Private Label [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	1,551	1,700
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	7	8
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	5	4
Securities available-for-sale	1,553	1,704
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	9,704	9,763
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	475	425
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	1,234	1,152
Securities available-for-sale	8,945	9,036
Corporate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	7,811	7,806
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	162	204
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	513	693
Securities available-for-sale	7,460	7,317
Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	266,680	248,298
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	5,185	4,840
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	3,063	3,830
Securities available-for-sale	268,802	249,308
Marketable Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	2,131	2,131
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	1,388	1,082
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	0	0
Securities available-for-sale	3,519	3,213
Investment Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, Amortized Cost	1,525	1,525
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	10	0
Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	0	3
Securities available-for-sale	$ 1,535	$ 1,522

Amount before tax of unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) on investments in debt securities classified as available-for-sale.

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