OXON HILL, Md. – Six area credit unions partnered with Operation HOPE to provide instruction to nearly 1,000 Oxon Hill High School students on October 15.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Chevron FCU said it has implemented Digital Dialogue’s 24/7 call center operations and software solution for credit unions.

ABERDEEN, Md. – Aberdeen Proving Grounds FCU said it awarded $4,500 to three students as part of its "Back to School, Back to Savings" sweepstakes.

FLINT, Mich. – Branches of Security FCU will be renamed Security Credit Union, as a result of the $275 million credit union’s merger with Lapeer County Community CU.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – KC Councils FCU has introduced a new product that helps members plan for the death of loved ones.

DENVER – A Texas savings and loan that had contracted with Norlarco CU to service its millions in Florida mortgages, filed suit against NCUA last week claiming the federal regulator illegally repudiated the servicing contract when it took over and liquidated the one-time $360 million credit union last year.

DES MOINES, Iowa – The National CU Foundation said yesterday it has awarded a $24,050 Innovation Grant to Village CU to help the tiny credit union build a Latino Real Estate Coalition among the growing Hispanic population in this Midwest city.

ALBANY, N.Y. – With the last Republican in the six-state New England congressional delegation faced with extinction this year and the New York GOP delegation expected to shrink again, the Northeast is rapidly becoming a one-party region.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – Michigan credit unions are putting their resources behind two endangered House Republicans, both supporters of the credit union regulatory relief bill known as CURIA, who are threatened by the expected tide of Democratic voters in next week’s elections.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Carol Anne Burger, a former reporter with Credit Union Journal who also worked for several other credit union organizations, was found dead in her home of an apparent suicide.

WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Police are hunting for a woman who has robbed four financial institutions in recent days, three in the last week, including BMI FCU.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – A one-time temporary custodian at Connecticut Natural Gas FCU was charged last week with trying to break into the credit union’s ATM.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska USA FCU has signed with ImageRight to have its wholly owned AlaskaUSA Insurance Brokers CUSO implement the company’s content management and workflow system.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has approved financing for a Neighborhood Housing Services project that will house low-income residents.

WICHITA, Kan. – Boeing Wichita CU, the state’s largest credit union, announced Friday that Robert Corwin, chief operating officer at $1.8 billion First Tech CU in Portland, Ore., was hired to be its president and CEO.

TOLEDO, Ohio – A state appeals court on Friday reversed the conviction of one of five men involved in a string of credit union robberies that netted them almost $1 million.

WASHINGTON – With the banking crisis eliminating any chances for regulatory relief legislation this year, credit unions are hoping to get their main reg relief priorities on the final train leaving Congress this year–the economic stimulus package expected to be debated after the congressional elections.

WASHINGTON – CUNA reported last week it has spent almost $500,000 on campaign funding in the prior two weeks, as election day rapidly approaches.

TOPEKA, Kan. – In an unusual show of political muscle, CUNA is putting an inordinately large amount of resources behind Republican Lynn Jenkins in her effort to unseat freshman Democrat Rep. Nancy Boyda.

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Eastern Financial Florida CU, the one-time airline credit union plagued by problems in the mortgage markets, reported an $18.2 million loss for its third quarter, more than doubling year-to-date losses to $35 million.