Short-Term Debt (Summary Of Short-Term Borrowings) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Short-term Debt [Abstract]
Federal Home Loan Bank advances	$ 0	$ 40,000	$ 54,000
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	211,255	221,911	198,219
Federal Funds Purchased	0	0	0
Federal Home Loan Bank advances (Avg Bal)	10,752	74,102	46,639
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (Avg Bal)	200,697	190,702	183,890
Federal Funds purchased (Avg Bal)	3	353
Federal Home Loan Bank advances (Max Outstanding)	154,000	185,000	126,500
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (Max Outstanding)	226,603	221,911	257,034
Federal Funds Purchased Maximum Outstanding at Any Month End	$ 0	$ 10,000	$ 0
Federal Home Loan Bank advances (weighted average interest rate)	2.72%	2.21%	1.30%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (weighted average interest rate)	1.59%	0.93%	0.33%
Federal Funds purchased (weighted average interest rate)	2.84%	2.10%
Federal Home Loan Bank advances (end of year interest rate)	1.85%	2.76%	1.57%
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (end of year interest rate)	1.51%	0.80%	0.31%
Federal Funds Purchased Average Interest Rate at Period End	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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Amount of borrowings as of the balance sheet date from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are primarily used to cover shortages in the required reserve balance and liquidity shortages.

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