We congratulate Joyce Cummings on her semi-retirement from her 35-year tenure at First Bank.

We have observed first-hand Cummings commitment to her work and her fellow employees. Over the years she became an expert at mortgage loan production and has been repeatedly named as a top loan producer by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation in Southeast Alaska.

For decades we have watched as she trained new employees and branch managers about all things Petersburg as it related to First Bank. She was a steady behind-the scenes person that kept the branch running efficiently.

We were pleased when sh...