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 Girls' Night Out!

Celebrating womanhood with friends, fitness and fun! 

 Friday, October 14, 2011

Wells County  4-H Park - 1240 S 4-H Road - Bluffton, Indiana

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Angie Topp Joins MarkleBank 

MarkleBank is pleased to announce that Angie Topp has joined its staff as an Assistant Vice President - Mortgage Department Manager.

Angie Topp is a Wells County native and has lived and worked in Wells County for most of her life.  Angie married Dean (Chip) Topp in 1990 and they lived in Goshen, Indiana for almost a year before deciding that Bluffton was where they wanted to put down their roots and eventually raise their family.

Angie has been in banking for over 25 years with 20 years specializing in residential mortgage lending.  She has served on the board of directors of Agape Respite in Berne and is currently on the Board of Family Centered Services.  As a family, they also volunteer with Family Centered Services through the Host Home Program.  Angie and Chip head up FAM Ministries which encourages foster care, adoption and mentoring within their church.  She is involved with the Special Events Committee with the Wells County Chamber, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Bluffton, Secretary for the Norwell Show Choir and has volunteered for Junior Achievement over the past 20 years.  Angie also recently completed Level I of the Wells County Leadership Academy.  

Angie is the mother of 3 amazing children, Alivia, Marianna and Gavin, all at home.  The entire family is active in various church activities at the Apostolic Christian Church.

Topp will be based in MarkleBank's Bluffton North office. She can be reached toll-free at (888) 758-3111 or at atopp@marklebank.com.

Tim Steffen Brings 'Sounds of Worship'

to 'The Voice'

Recent ownership changes of WNUY have left many wondering in the Wells County community and in the Greater Fort Wayne market about the fate of the long standing 'Sounds of Worship' program which aired every Sunday morning on 100.1 from 6 am to noon.

While the 'Sounds of Worship' may have been missing from loyal listener's routine for the last several weeks, that void won't last much longer. Tim Steffen, the host of the "Sounds of Worship" since 2004, and The Voice Enterprises (home of Wellscountyvoice.com, Allencountyvoice.com and Adamscountyvoice.com) have agreed to partner together to bring "Sounds of Worship" back to Wells County and NE Indiana.

The target launch date for "Sounds of Worship is the Sunday prior to Labor Day, September 4th.

Starting then, listeners can find Tim and the "Sounds of Worship" by going to any of The Voice Enterprises websites (Wellscountyvoice.com, Allencountyvoice.com and Adamscountyvoice.com) and clicking on the "Sounds of Worship" logo. Every Sunday the same "Sounds of Worship" can be found from 6 am to noon and will then be followed by a continuous stream of Southern Gospel music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, called "Voices of Worship".

Smitley Shares Lessons Learned at GSB-Madison

Greg Smitley, President and CEO of MarkleBank, Markle, Indiana, was recently invited to teach a senior-year course at the Graduate School Banking at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Smitley joined two other bankers-Mike Jacobson of Nebraskaland National Bank, North Platte, Neb., and Jeff Voss, J.M. Voss and Associates, Frankfort, Ill. - to teach an all-new course, Leadership Lessons Learned: Forward to Execution.

These distinguished CEOs or former CEOs from diverse asset size and diverse markets shared their stories of how well their respective banks weathered the industry storms and the leadership lessons each of them had personally learned or applied as best practices.

This course was appropriate to GSB's mission of educating professionals and creating leaders in the banking industry, said section leader and long time GSB faculty member Terry Saber, partner, Wipfli, LLP, Minneapolis, who developed the course as part of the senior class leadership curriculum. Based on student comments, the class was extremely well received; one student described it as the best course of his GSB experience.

"These CEO's hit a home run with the students," said Saber. Their leadership lessons were poignant, clear and loaded with recommendations for the students to use in their respective leadership roles going forward. Most importantly, they were 'real'."

The 2010 Annual Report for the Wells County Foundation is now available online. 

www.wellscountyfound.org