Available For Sale Securities Pledged as Collateral, Amortized Cost Basis

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Proceeds From Sale of Available For Sale Securities Including Mortgage Backed Securities

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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This item represents the cost of debt and equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments including accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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This item represents the gross profit realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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This item represents the gross loss realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Amount of unrealized gain before deducting unrealized loss on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities.

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Amount of unrealized loss before deducting unrealized gain on investments in available-for-sale securities.

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The fair value of available-for-sale securities that serve as collateral for borrowings.

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Investment and Mortgage-Backed Securities, Available for Sale (Schedule of Available for Sale Securities) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Losses	$ 207,000	$ 0	$ 432,000	$ 0
Available For Sale Securities Pledged as Collateral, Amortized Cost Basis	129,000,000		129,000,000		118,300,000
Available-for-sale Securities Pledged as Collateral, Fair Value	132,800,000		132,800,000		121,100,000
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	428,932,644		428,932,644		430,241,854
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			10,560,586		8,193,931
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			2,682,397		7,432,333
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	436,810,833		436,810,833		431,003,452
Proceeds From Sale of Available For Sale Securities Including Mortgage Backed Securities	13,400,000	10,900,000	27,300,000	31,800,000
Investments [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gains	168,000	370,000	477,000	754,000
FHLB Securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	14,325,249		14,325,249		13,538,723
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			100,255		25,695
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			421,073		893,968
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure					12,670,450
US Treasury and Government [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	5,750,000		5,750,000		5,750,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			0		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			137,495		383,820
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	5,612,505		5,612,505		5,366,180
US Government-sponsored Enterprises Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	996,457		996,457		1,993,473
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			791		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			0		18,543
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	997,248		997,248		1,974,930
SBA Bonds
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	95,497,940		95,497,940		99,228,708
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			1,822,916		1,914,720
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			271,402		319,443
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure					100,823,985
Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	58,330,018		58,330,018		63,590,959
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			1,776,888		410,151
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			352,949		2,685,988
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure					61,315,122
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	253,775,042		253,775,042		245,882,053
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			6,812,674		5,843,365
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			1,499,478		3,128,883
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure					248,596,535
Equity Securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Amortized Cost of Investment And Mortgage-Backed Securities Available For Sale	257,938		257,938		257,938
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains			47,062		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses			0		1,688
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure					$ 256,250