ELLIJAY, Ga., Nov. 9, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Appalachian Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq:APAB) today announced that it will participate in the Sandler O'Neill & Partners East Coast Financial Services Conference on November 13, 2007 in Naples, Fl.
Tracy Newton, president and chief executive officer, will be a participant on the "Differentiated Growth Strategies" Panel. The Panel discussion will begin at 7:45 am ET.
The presentation will be Webcast and can be accessed via a link on the Investor Relations page on the company's Web site, www.apab.com. Those accessing the presentation through this Web site should allow extra time to register and download any necessary software. The Webcast will be available on Appalachian Bancshares' Web site for sixty days following the presentation.
About Appalachian Bancshares Inc.
The Company is based in Ellijay, Georgia, and is the holding company of Appalachian Community Bank, a Georgia state-chartered bank, and Appalachian Community Bank, F.S.B., a federally-chartered thrift. The Company, through Appalachian Community Bank (which also operates in Gilmer County, Georgia, under the trade name of Gilmer County Bank, and in Whitfield County, Georgia, under the trade name of Banco Fuerza) and Appalachian Community Bank, F.S.B., provides a full range of community banking services to individuals and to small and medium-sized businesses, through its thirteen banking offices, located in Ellijay, East Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Blairsville, Chatsworth, Dawsonville, McCaysville, Dahlonega and Dalton, Georgia, and in Ducktown, Tennessee, and Murphy, North Carolina. The Company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol APAB. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.apab.com.