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September/October 2011 15 Extraordinary Service for Extraordinary Members. Read more about Alice’s Integrity Loan Fund at http://cdr-nebraska.org . Reprinted with permission of the Lincoln Journal Star, http://journalstar. com. Reach Richard Piersol at the Lincoln Journal Star at (402) 473-7241 or dpiersol@journalstar.com. “We’re in the forever legacy business,” Bartle said. “This is Alice’s legacy to this community. Her hope is that other banks and individuals will step up and do likewise.” She has a list of a dozen people she’s going to ask to check in on borrowers. The program manager and coach will be Deb Payne at Community Development Resources. Qualified applicants have to be residents of Lancaster County, have a written business plan, documented quali- fications, be willing to use the Nebraska Business Devel- opment Center, and accept mentoring from members of SCORE, which encourages and helps entrepreneurs. This also is a call for mentors, Dittman and Bartle said. And this is uncharted program territory for the Lincoln Community Foundation, Bartle said. It’s the first program- related investment, not assets converted to prudent securi- ties. “These are risky loans,” Dittman said. The foundation hopes to earn a return on the loans, but its costs leave nothing for loan losses. “That’s where the integrity comes in,” Dittman said. experience guidance How will you get where you want to go? BKD National Financial Services Group can help you choose the right path with more than 180 professionals who have the expertise you need to help improve performance, reduce risk, lower costs and stay in compliance. Learn more at bkd.com . experience Lincoln 402.473.7600 Omaha 402.392.1040 After she “retired,” Dittman said, she worked on recover- ing 10 loans that Cornhusker Bank hadn’t collected. She got most of all of them. She still uses the word thrift without self consciousness. And she recalls things her father said. “Use it up. Wear it out. Make it do. Or do without. It’s servedme well,” she said. Bartle thinks of Dittman as a pioneer. “We’re in the forever legacy business,” Bartle said. “This is Alice’s legacy to this community. Her hope is that other banks and individuals will step up and do likewise.” Z