The $64 million Montana 1st Credit Union of Missoulais trying again to win member approval June 26 for a merger withWashington State's Horizon Credit Union after its first attempt wasrejected in a member vote.

This time, complete with TV ads, fact sheets and billboardmessaging, the Missoula credit union for weeks has waged a vigorouscampaign to win approval from the credit union's 9,700 members.

In turning down the merger offer from the $452 million SpokaneValley credit union inJanuary, some members of Montana 1st complained oflosing local control to an out-of-state credit union and expressedworries over poor service.

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