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NEWARK, Del.-Edwin Grebe has worked in the credit union industry since 1956, longer than some credit unions have been in operation.

DENHAM SPRINGS, La.-Michele R. Merle Lacour, who passed away in October, was named professional of the year by NAFCU for credit unions with assets less than $150 million.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-Roger Youngs, CEO of Finance Center FCU, attributes community outreach as the reason the $379-million CU won NAFCU's Credit Union of the Year award for CUs with more than $150 million in assets.

WASHINGTON-Two years after its national launch, credit unions are now offering 26 different products to low-wealth members through the REAL Solutions program championed by the National Credit Union Foundation.

MONTEREY, Calif.-A credit union channel on TV? "Free" marketing opportunities that most CUs aren't tapping? Members who want their deposits in another currency? All are trends that were touched on by technology consultant Ron Galloway. Among the tech trends Galloway urged credit unions to pay attention to:

DETROIT-53 years after founding AP Federal Credit Union in northern Detroit, Bob Volpe retired from the industry in late May.

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GOLDSBORO, N.C.-A member of North Carolina Community FCU for 36 years, Bill Reboli has been named a NAFCU 2009 Volunteer of the Year among CUs with assets of less than $150 million.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — U.S. District Judge William Griesbach last week upheld an earlier jury verdict in favor of Community First CU's challenge of the IRS position on unrelated business income taxation (UBIT).The ruling had been appealed by the Department of Justice.

PRINCE GEORGE, Va.-Management at Fort Lee FCU, winner of NAFCU's Federal Credit Union of the Year award among CUs with less than $150 million in assets, believes that developing goals at the beginning of the year is a big key to calling it a success at year-end.

ABERDEEN, Md.-David Gilbert describes being a volunteer in the credit union movement as like having been given a full scholarship to the Cooperative School of Financial Management.

LARGO, Fla.-For one successful CU leader here, it's all about the timing: time in the job, time spent with employees, and time spent listening to members.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.-No one was more surprised that Jean Yokum, CEO of Langley FCU, had been recognized with NAFCU's CEO of the Year Award for credit unions with assets of $150 million or more, than Jean Yokum herself.

OKLAHOMA CITY-A one-two punch of helping to create a successful Generation Y outreach program and focusing efforts on financial literacy earned Tinker FCU SVP-Marketing Matthew Stratton NAFCU's Professional of the Year Award (assets more than $150 million).

JACKSON, Miss.-Five months after launch of an awareness campaign, Mississippi's CUs are reporting significant gains in awareness.

NEW YORK-Credit unions are likely to continue to find talented potential employees with banking experience into the near future, predict analysts, who also remind that effective onboarding is the key making bank hires successful.

PHOENIX-The economic downturn hit the Grand Canyon State hard, but credit unions here are crediting a simplified message to members and the media as the reason membership numbers continue to climb.

MADISON, Wis. — As quickly as it started, the refinance boom may soon be over.

LIVE OAK, Texas-When times are tough in the short term, credit unions that want to succeed in the long term must go on offense and pound the pavement for business more than ever.