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Illinois; to acquire voting shares of 

Ridgestone Financial Services, Inc., 

Brookfield, Wisconsin, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Ridgestone Bank, Brookfield, 

Wisconsin.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 

63166–2034:

1. Richard T. Gregg and Jenny D. 

Gregg, both of Nixa, Missouri; to acquire 

voting shares of Southwest Missouri 

Bancshares, Inc., Ozark, Missouri, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Southwest Community Bank, Ozark, 

Missouri.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Bill D. Inhofe, Muskogee, 

Oklahoma; to acquire voting shares of 

Boynton Holding Company, Muskogee, 

Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Territory Bank, 

Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 2, 2005.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 05–2333 Filed 2–7–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 4, 2005.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Patrick Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:

1. LeRoy C. Darby, Inc., Employee 

Stock Ownership Plan, Monona, Iowa; 

to acquire an additional 11.33 percent of 

the voting shares of LeRoy C. Darby, 

Inc., Monona, Iowa, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Peoples State Bank, Elkader, Iowa, and 

Union State Bank, Monona, Iowa.

2. LeRroy C. Darby, Inc., and LeRoy C. 

Darby, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership 

Plan, both of Monona, Iowa; to acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of PSB 

Bancshares, Ltd., Postville, Iowa, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Postville State Bank, Postville, Iowa.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 2, 2005.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 05–2332 Filed 2–7–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary; Notice of 

Interest Rate on Overdue Debts 

Section 30.13 of the Department of 

Health and Human Services’ claims 

collection regulations (45 CFR part 30) 

provides that the Secretary shall charge 

an annual rate of interest as fixed by the 

Secretary of the Treasury after taking 

into consideration private consumer 

rates of interest prevailing on the date 

that HHS becomes entitled to recovery. 

The rate generally cannot be lower than 

the Department of Treasury’s current 

value of funds rate or the applicable rate 

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of 

Certified Interest Rates with Range of 

Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised 

quarterly by the Secretary of the 

Treasury and shall be published 

quarterly by the Department of Health 

and Human Services in the Federal 

Register. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has 

certified a rate of 117⁄8% for the quarter 

ended December 31, 2004. This interest 

rate will remain in effect until such time 

as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies 

HHS of any change.

Dated: January 31, 2005. 

George Strader, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance.

[FR Doc. 05–2392 Filed 2–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Request for Application 05049] 

A Cooperative Agreement To Advance 

the Practice of Preventive Medicine; 

Notice of Intent To Fund Single 

Eligibility Award 

A. Purpose 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) announces the intent 

to fund fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds for 

a cooperative agreement program to 

promote the attainment of the objectives 

outlined in ‘‘Healthy People 2010’’ by 

strengthening the workforce of health 

professionals (public health 

professionals, primary care 

practitioners, and health professionals 

specializing in prevention) ensuring that 

graduates of medical schools and 

graduate programs in public health 

receive excellent instruction, 

educational preparation and practical 

experience in the areas of disease 

prevention and health promotion. To 

move toward attainment of these 

objectives by (1) Assisting medical 

schools and public health graduate 

programs in integrating a preventive 

medicine curriculum into medical and 

graduate school curricula; (2) Serving as 

a resource to professional organizations 

and academic units in developing 

programs which deliver up-to-date 

education in prevention for health 

professionals; and (3) Assisting member 

institutions to develop projects on 

prevention effectiveness to (a) increase 

years of health life, and (b) eliminate 

health disparities as set forth in ‘‘Health 

People 2010.’’ Every health care 

provider must understand the basic 

principles of public health on which the 

objectives are grounded and must be 

adequately prepared to provide the 

clinical preventive services and 

counseling listed in ‘‘Healthy People 

2010’’ objectives. 

B. Eligible Applicant 

Assistance will be provided only to 

the Association of Teachers of 

Preventive Medicine (ATPM). ATPM is