Contact: Steve Badman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. 330-868-9022

January 14, 2014 sbadman@consumersbank.com

HOMER UNKEFER AGRICULTURE SCHOLARSHIP 2014 APPLICATION AVAILABLE

Minerva, Ohio-Consumers National Bank announced today that its 2014 Homer Unkefer Agriculture Scholarship application is now available for students pursuing secondary education in an agricultural related profession. The scholarship is named in recognition of the late Homer Unkefer, a founder and Director Emeritus of Consumers National Bank and a life-long advocate for agriculture in Ohio.

The purpose of the Homer Unkefer Agriculture Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to students pursuing higher education which will prepare them for a career in agriculture. Applicants must be a high school senior attending a school in or residing in Carroll, Columbiana or Stark counties. Five awards in the amount of $1,000 each are based on the applicant's experience in agriculture, and must meet all of the educational eligibility requirements. Applications for 2014 must be received by Consumers National Bank by April 30, 2014. Scholarship applications can be obtained at any of Consumers' 12 locations and from Guidance Counselors at local high schools.
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Consumers National Bank is an independent community bank that provides a comprehensive line of banking and other investment services to business and personal customers through its main office in Minerva, and branches in Alliance, Carrollton, East Canton, Hanoverton, Hartville, Jackson-Belden, Lisbon, Louisville, Malvern, Salem, and Waynesburg, Ohio. More information about Consumers National Bank can be accessed online at www.ConsumersBank.com. Member FDIC.

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