Hills Street Views

August - National Spiderman Day

AUGUST 2024

HILLS STREET VIEWS

The Hills Street Views team understands that with great

power… there must also come great responsibility. It’s with this thought in mind that we celebrate National Spiderman Day, commemorating the superhero’s first appearance in the

If you know, you know.

Amazing Fantasy #15 comic book. So without further ado, let’s swing into this month’s edition of Hills Street Views!

Sydney Abodeely (Lisbon) and Austin Edwards are the proud parents of a baby boy, Wesley Koe, born on July 21st!

Allyn Francis (ICSG) and Katherine Eichhorn are the proud parents of a baby boy, Henry Joseph, born on July 23rd!

Ashley Axtell (Lisbon) and Ryan Axtell are the proud parents of twin girls, Kinsley Suzanne and Olivia Rosamae, born on July 22nd!

Liam Eldridge is graduating from Indian Hills Community College this month with his Associates of Arts degree.

Taylor Long (CRNE) married Dustin White on June 29th. Her new name is Taylor White.

Hills Bancorporation Total Assets $4,416,612,000

Hills Wealth MGMT Total Assets $2,856,498,842

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NEW HIRES

Say hello to our new coworkers when you see them in passing!

Khushi Tuteja

Noah Erickson

Olivia Brown

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Karen Liu

Ethan Long

Ben Werner

ANNIVERSARIES

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A Note From Lisa

What a wonderful July we had here at Hills Bank! Our Customer Appreciation Days ended the month on a high note (and started August off right too). We gave out 46,560 ears of sweet corn. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help make this highlight of the summer a success. We also had our annual Milestone

Anniversary Celebration! This year, thanks to feedback we received from all of you, we changed things up and held the celebration after work rather than as a breakfast. This made such a great difference as we had so many more people who were able to attend and

celebrate our honorees! This is one of my favorite occasions every year as it is a chance for all of us throughout the bank to gather, talk, laugh, and meet our celebrants’ family members.

This celebration is also always an inspiration to me in witnessing the longevity of the careers of so many people here. We celebrated 13 coworkers this year, who have worked at Hills Bank for a collective 400 years! Congratulations Tim, Keith, Pam, Becky, Cindy, Joni, Sandy, Karin, Stacey, Ken, Jill, Todd, and Kyle – you have each dedicated your years and yourselves to making Hills Bank a place of which we are honored to be a part and we are better for it. In my excitement around this event, Karin Bauer graciously helped me out in calculating the total number of years of service of all of our coworkers, and this number is simply astounding – together we have contributed a collective of 4,172 years with Hills Bank! That means that the average length of service with Hills Bank is roughly 8.5 years per coworker, which is more than double the national average of how long people stay with the same company of 4.1 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I sincerely believe that our coworkers’ longevity with Hills Bank is one of the biggest differentiators we have that allows us to continue our Hills Bank Way of truly caring for our customers and each other. Thank you to each of you, and I look forward to seeing what August brings our way! Not pictured: Stacey Bradley

Lisa Shileny, President and COO

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HBAI Golf Outing

Congratulations to our employees who raised money and participated in the Home Builders Association of Iowa golf

outing to provide scholarships for people going into the housing and building industries!

Nominate a

Friends Club Member

Do you know a customer who is age 50 or better and fosters community growth through volunteerism and involvement? Each quarter, Friends Club features an employee-nominated member and will donate $250 to a local non-profit on behalf of this member to show our support for the work they do in our community! Nominate a customer here.

Spider, meet Lizard The first comic book antagonist of Spider-Man is The Chameleon, known for his ability to impersonate virtually anyone.

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120 Years in Thousands of Beads

We’re blown away by this work of art from customer Geraldine Ries, who created our 120 year anniversary logo by placing thousands of tiny beads in the pattern of our 120 logo!

Helping People Buy Homes

Our mortgage lenders have facilitated over $200,000 in down payment assistance grants to income eligible borrowers in the Corridor so far this year! These grants (from local, state, and federal programs) can help prospective buyers close financing gaps and make their homeownership dream a reality.

LEARN MORE

6 A Real Life Spider-Man? In Spider-Man (2002), Tobey Maguire’s titular character catches his love interest Mary Jane along with her lunch after she slips and falls in a cafeteria, tossing her entire tray of food into the air. Impressively, the shot was filmed with no CGI: Maguire required 156 takes to catch all the falling items on the tray one by one – and one-handed!

Le quatorze Juillet

Merci beaucoup to Nick Kemp and Matt Brunner, members of our networking team, who took a field trip to check out the Hills Bank servers in Marion on Sunday, July 14th. They celebrated Bastille Day at the server farm, all while they coordinated and performed a day- long maintenance event. Due to their excellent planning and execution, no one noticed their hard work (or their berets). Hourra!

Note of Thanks

My niece loved the penny press, something her mom and I have done all over the country when we took family trips as kids. Always had to stop in and get as many shine pennies as we could before our trips.

Thank you,

-Joshua

More Than Just a Web Shooter Along with his super-strong spider web, Spider-Man can also jump about 50 feet high and run up to 200 miles per hour.

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The nerve cell connections in the brain can be more efficient if your brain is stimulated and activated. As you do this, the age of your brain is lowered. There are many fun and easy ways to lower your brain’s age. Here are five:

PLAY AROUND

BELLY LAUGH

LEARN NEW THINGS

ENJOY STORIES

HEALTHY DIET AND EXERCISE

Tell stories:

Try:

Laughing can boost brain blood flow by 22%, rivaling a 15-30 minute workout (Source: University Of Maryland School Of Medicine Study (2005, March 19)) Laughter strengthens immunity, releases stress- fighting

Play diverse games to challenge different brain functions Seek puzzles and games that get more challenging as you improve Devote 15 to 30 minutes a day to your favorite games and puzzles

Fuel your brain with leafy greens, omega- 3s, and antioxidant-rich foods to fight free radicals Aim for 150 minutes of moderate- intensity exercise weekly (30 min x 5 days or 50 min x 3 days)

A new recipe Painting Woodworking

Exercise your memory reminiscing about the past Let younger generations know you and learn about your life Travel to new places Experience various cultures

Learn:

A language An instrument Programming skills

Read:

Find stories:

To keep your brain fed with new knowledge

endorphins, and boosts mood

Watch the “Mayo Clinic Minute: 3 tips to reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.” WATCH

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