The smell of hamburgers and hot dogs on an open flame is good, well, just about any time. And grilling said food in preparation of a good football games makes it even that much better. But what really puts the cherry on top is when you can have a freewill donation cookout that benefits a school in your community. In conjunction with the fine folks at TMP-Marian, the cookout was held prior to the football game against Cimarron on September 29^th at Lewis Field.

Summer is long gone and school has been in session for over a month now. Football games and other high school fall sports are well underway. With sports usually comes an abundant amount of school spirit from parents, students, and faculty. While there are many ways to show your school spirit, there aren’t many ways you can do that and give back to your school as well. Astra Bank is proud to provide a community-focused high school debit card program that combines school spirit and giving back.

Astra Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Jessie Linn and Lynn Dejmal to their team! Jessie will serve as a Lending Assistant II, while Lynn will hold the position of VP Commercial Loan Officer. They will both be working in our Abilene location and bring many years of experience in the banking industry with them. So, without further ado, let’s get to know a little bit about each one of our new employees, shall we?

Recognition of an employee who has significantly contributed to the overall success of Astra Bank; that is the mission of the Shining Star program. This award is given out on a quarterly basis to an employee who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in their day-to-day work. Nominations are submitted by their fellow peers.  Astra Bank is pleased to announce the two recipients of the “Shining Star” award for the 2^nd quarter of 2017 are Chandler Johnston and Vicki Nothern!

“Celebrate good times, come on!” It isn’t every day that you open a brand new location, and better yet, get to celebrate it with the community in which you serve. We were privileged to have had the opportunity to do just that last week with an open house event. Months of decisions, planning, and construction were now complete. The only thing left to do was share this occasion with…YOU!