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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan property	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan industry property	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) property
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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts \| loan	0	0	0	1
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| loan	0		0
Industry exposure expressed as percentage of total loan portfolio	10.00%		10.00%
Number of portfolio concentration industries \| industry			2
Non-residential building operator loans expressed as a percentage of the total commercial real estate loans	26.00%		26.00%
Lodging loans expressed as a percentage of the total commercial real estate loans	25.00%		25.00%
Interest lost on nonaccrual loans	$ 129,000	$ 225,000	$ 272,000	$ 455,000
Proceeds from the sale of mortgage loans			12,833,000	416,000
Gain on sale of mortgage loans			292,000	17,000
Loans held for sale	1,426,000		1,426,000		$ 0
Other real estate owned	651,000		651,000		1,587,000
FHLB advances, general debt obligations, pledged collateral	840,300,000		840,300,000		843,200,000
Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans restructured due to credit difficulties that are now performing	5,300,000		5,300,000		4,500,000
Financing receivables impaired TDR non-performing	479,000		479,000		1,400,000
Residential Real Estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivables in process of foreclosure	$ 3,800,000		$ 3,800,000		$ 4,900,000
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans in foreclosure percentage of non-performing loans	58.00%		58.00%		61.00%
Commercial Real Estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| property	3		3		6
Other real estate owned	$ 351,000		$ 351,000		$ 1,000,000
Residential Real Estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| property	4		4		11
Other real estate owned	$ 300,000		$ 300,000		$ 575,000
Fixed Rate Residential Mortgage
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of mortgage loans	7,700,000	399,000	12,500,000	400,000
Gain on sale of mortgage loans	162,000	17,000	292,000	17,000
Loans held for sale	$ 1,426,000	$ 0	1,426,000	$ 0
Commercial Loan
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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| loan		1		1
Recorded investment modified as a TDR				$ 43,000
Nonoperating Income (Expense) \| Fixed Rate Residential Mortgage
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gain on sale of mortgage loans			$ 18,000
Minimum [Member]
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Number of Months	18		18
Maximum [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Months	24		24