FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU has leased a 2010 Toyota Camry for four Stafford County school employees, one of whom will end up with the car for a year as part of the division's Service Employee of the Year competition.

TEXAS CITY, Texas – AMOCO FCU said it will reward members with a special dividend of $1 million.

JACKSON, Mich. – America 1 CU said it returned almost $157,000 to its members as a loan rebate.

MILWAUKEE – In a move that could prevent corporate credit unions from suing to recover losses from U.S. Central FCU and WesCorp FCU, NCUA asked a federal court here to dismiss a suit brought by Corporate Central CU asking for reinstatement of regular distribution of funds under U.S. Central bylaws.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – Donations for Haiti continue to pour in from all sectors of the credit union industry, including pledges announced Friday by CUNA Mutual Group and CO-OP Financial Services and CO-OP Shared Branching.

PITTSBURGH, Penn. – After five robberies in five years, A-K Valley FCU has closed its crime-plagued Homewood branch.

HONOLULU – Aloha Pacific FCU has installed a new ATM at the First Insurance Center in Kakaako.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Huntsville City Council awarded Rocket City FCU a 10-year lease to place ATMs in City Hall and the Municipal Justice and Public Safety Center.

PORT NECHES, Texas – MCT CU said it named Thad Angelle, its executive vice president, as president and CEO of the $180 million credit union.

JAY, Maine – Otis FCU paid its members a year-end dividend amounting to 6% on dividends and a 6% interest refund on all loans including VISA credit cards.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Five credit unions have signed to offer Aimbridge Indirect Lending’s new online car buying service to its members, called WhereMembersBuy.com.

FARMINGVILLE, N.Y. – Teachers FCU was approved by NCUA to serve virtually all 3 million residents of Long Island, the third credit union to obtain such a charter.

CHAMBERSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU said it has signed with BoardVantage to distribute board materials, enhance the efficiency of the corporate secretary's office and streamline its board process.

NEDERLAND, Texas – DuPont Goodrich FCU gave checks worth a total of $42,500 to local charities on Friday, as part of a campaign to give back to members and local non-profits.

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine’s credit union will kick off a new advertising and marketing campaign next month promoting their shared branching network.

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York credit unions got a boost last week in their decade-long quest to win municipal deposits when Gov. David Patterson introduced a bill that would change a 100-year-old law to allow local government entities to open accounts at non-profit institutions.

WASHINGTON – Regulators shut three more banks Friday, including $900 million Barnes Bank of Kaysville, Utah.

GARY, Ind. – A Gary Police officer who admitted he drained an elderly Alzheimer’s disease sufferer’s credit union account of $117,000 last week asked a state court to withdraw his guilty plea, saying he was under duress when he made the admission.

DALLAS – A federal bankruptcy court has confirmed an arbitrator’s $6.3 million award against Texans CU’s wholly owned CUSO to the former owner of the company, once known as Curley Insurance Group.

RICHMOND, Va.-The good, old-fashioned suggestion box is making a comeback at Virginia CU here as part of a process improvement program that has reduced the need for six full-time employees in one year, or the net equivalent of more than $250,000.