JUAB COUNTY, Utah -- Former Utah Congressman Bill Orton, a strong credit union advocate during three terms in Washington and one-time candidate for the NCUA Board, was killed in an ATV accident at Little Sahara Sand Dunes Saturday afternoon.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Students from Miami (of Ohio) University), traveled to the state House yesterday to lobby against a bill that could doom their student-run credit union, First Miami CU.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board voted yesterday to extend the corporate share guarantee program to accommodate a two-year rolling expiration date on deposits and provide the option of quarterly extensions through December 2012.

VAN NUYS, Calif. – Los Angeles Police FCU has donated swipe card readers to all LAPD stations to help the department combat card fraud.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Fort Campbell FCU and Operation Eagle's Nest were sponsoring a complimentary movie night at Great Escape Theater for active-duty families for last night’s showings of "Hannah Montana" and "Monsters vs. Aliens."

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Greylock FCU has created a Youth Advisory Board of teenagers to help develop programs that will appeal to and help the teen market.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU lowered its rates for new and used vehicle loans made over the Internet to 3.99%.

LODI, Calif. – Moklemune FCU said yesterday it has contracted with Gila Group to provide collection services on their delinquent accounts.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Arizona State CU announced yesterday it has replaced its eight existing self-service coin counting machines with Coinstar kiosks, and will add another Coinstar machines at its branches.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Teachers CU has signed with iRise to visualize software projects before coding as way to speed delivery and cut cost.

ANNISTON, Ala. – Police were searching yesterday afternoon for an escaped jail inmate they say robbed a downtown Fort McClellan CU branch yesterday morning.

SAN DIMAS, Calif. – Credit unions left staggering by their share of the corporate credit union bailout are struggling with the added injury from last month’s WesCorp FCU failure, which wiped out $2 billion of credit union capital.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The NCUA Board agreed today to extend the corporate share guarantee program to accommodate a two-year rolling expiration date on deposits and provide the option of quarterly extensions through December 2012. If the option to extend each quarter is fully utilized, the final guarantee would expire December 31, 2014.

DALLAS– Authorities are searching for a man wearing a sling and bandage on his face who may have robbed as many as four credit unions and banks in as many days last week.

DES MOINES – Alvin Jordan, who helped found credit unions after the Great Depression and went on to head the Iowa CU League, passed away Saturday at the age of 101.

DENVER – Bellco CU has partnered with PayItGreen, a program that encourages credit union members to use online banking and rewards them by planting a tree in their honor.

VANCOUVER, Wash. – iQ CU will convert its Internet banking system to Online Resources Corp.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU has renewed its long-standing cards processing contract with TSYS.

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. – Michigan First CU has created its own online banking system that offers members additional features, like a financial management tool that helps members create customized monthly budgets and monitor and trend transactions.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA reported that seven low-income credit unions tapped into its 1% community development loan fund last month, the first loans from the fund this year.