“Sir Pennywise” In the Artists words: When I first read about Woodland in the City, it took me all of 2 A theme and name for Sir Pennywise was chosen from over two dozen Bank employee entries from our area branches, Operations and Administration offices. Some of the A collection was requested from the area employees to donate the more than 1200 pennies that make up the base for Sir Pennywise. The staff, of course, came through in Community Bank fashion and more than enough pennies were collected with the extras being donated back to our staff committee. It may sound a little “nutty”, but this squirrel is actually a group effort and has been right from the start. Bio: Linda Harrington is the Retail Loan Assistant at Community Bank NA (16 years). She 
Artist: Linda Harrington
Sponsor: Community Bank, N.A.
seconds to ask my boss to get involved. I have toured Washington, DC to
see the Pandas, Buffalo for the herd and Canandaigua for the deer.
Knowing how involved Community Bank gets with their communities and
projects that benefit them I figured I would take that inward and the
“Name that Squirrel” contest evolved.
entries voted into the top six were, Pearl the Squirrel, You ain’t Nuttin but a Squirrel and Cash-ew. The Old time Banker idea came from Kerry Jordan, Credit Analyst and Team Leader in Olean. She has been a great supporter of the project and has enjoyed seeing her idea evolve at every stage.
involved herself in painting the year before her oldest child graduated (2000) to
find use for her "spare" time. Although she doesn’t consider herself to be an artist, she enjoys painting for family and friends, special occasions and just for fun.
Linda also serves as coordinator for the Maple Festival King and Queen contest,
volunteers at Franklinville school with scenery and props for school plays and musicals, and on the weekends during the winter, works at Holiday Valley in the Children’s Ski School. Linda and her husband Matt live in Franklinville, NY. She is also a proud mom of two daughters and a granddaughter.