After 43 years of banking, Howell set to retire

After 43-years as a banker, Malta's Gary Howell will retire from his president position at First Security Bank, but last Thursday the financial institution held a party complete with cake to send the boss off into the sunset.

"My last day will probably be next week sometime though it hasn't been officially set yet," Howell said ahead of the party.

Howell started his finical career with the Alaska USA Credit Union at the age of 24 after graduating with a degree in business from the University of Montana in Missoula in 1976. Howell headed to Anchorage, Alaska, and took a job at a local Kentucky...