[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 177 (Thursday, September 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52858-52859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21082]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or 
Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec. [thinsp]225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons 
may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for 
that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must 
be received not later than September 26, 2008.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. The Schifferdecker Limited Partnership, Girard, Kansas; Mark W. 
Schifferdecker, Girard, Kansas, in an individual capacity and as 
managing general partner; Susan B. Friesen, Omaha, Nebraska, Joy L. 
Shoop, Hiawatha, Kansas, in an individual capacity and as general 
partners; and John and Carole Schifferdecker, Girard, Kansas, Nancy 
Schifferdecker, Girard, Kansas, and Nancy George, Hepler, Kansas, to 
become part of the family group acting in concert, to acquire control 
of GN Bankshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire control of The 
Girard National Bank, both in Girard, Kansas. In addition, the Neihart 
Limited Partnership, Kansas City, Missouri; and David Neihart, Prairie 
Village, Kansas, and Robert Neihart, Overland Park, Kansas, in an 
individual capacity and as general partners; and Wendy Neihart, Prairie 
Village, Kansas, to become part of the family group acting in concert 
to acquire control of GN Bankshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly 
acquire control of The Girard National Bank, Girard, Kansas.

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    2. Jeffrey F. Whitham, Garden City, Kansas; Stewart A. Whitham, 
Leoti, Kansas; Barth E. Whitham, Morrison, Colorado; Jennifer E. 
Jensik, Fredonia, Kansas; and Clay G. Whitham, Lamar, Colorado; 
individually and as co-trustees of various Whitham family trusts, and 
as a group acting in concert, to retain control of Whitcorp Financial 
Company, Leoti, Kansas, and thereby indirectly retain control of 
Western State Bank, Garden City, Kansas and First National Bank in 
Lamar, Lamar, Colorado. In addition, Michael Callahan, Pueblo, 
Colorado; Ward Loyd, Garden City, Kansas; Diana Tedlock, Wichita, 
Kansas; and Philip Sweeney, Denver, Colorado, also have applied to 
acquire control of Whitcorp Financial Company, Leoti, Kansas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire control of Western State Bank, Garden City, 
Kansas and First National Bank in Lamar, Lamar, Colorado, all as 
independent trustees of various Whitham family trusts as members of the 
same group acting in concert.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 8, 
2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8-21082 Filed 9-10-08; 8:45 am]
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