BEAUMONT, Texas -- The credit union community had plenty of misery to deal with last week in the cleanup and loss of personal property from Hurricane Ike, which affected nearly 200 CUs in two states.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jim Blaine, the president/CEO of State Employees' Credit Union, Tuesday called on the industry, now liquid and in good shape, to avoid any appearance of seeking a handout from Congress.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jim Blaine, the president/CEO of State Employees' Credit Union, Tuesday called on the industry, now liquid and in good shape, to avoid any appearance of seeking a handout from Congress.

OMAHA, Neb. -- SAC Federal Credit Union said this week it is making gains with a campaign to open in-store grocery branches and by year-end expects to have four facilities in operation, a jump from the one unit a year ago.

MADISON, Wis. -- CUNA Mutual Group said Monday more than 200 Gulf Coast credit have now reported some type of loss from Hurricane Ike with about 20 of those preparing to file claims for "significant damage."

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Considering hard economic times in Michigan, the head of a Kalamazoo crisis center Monday expressed both "surprise and gratitude" to a group of area credit unions for extending a $2,500 grant to his agency that wound up administering services to CU employees after a spate of robberies.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Speaking before Indiana credit union executives, Gov. Mitchell Daniels reinforced the industry's newly calibrated campaign to emphasize deposit insurance and regulatory protection in connection with the Treasury's $700 billion bailout legislation.

GALVESTON, Texas -- The nation's financial chaos, including yesterday's takeover and sale of giant Washington Mutual Savings Bank in Seattle, continues to overshadow the "dire conditions and destruction" on the Texas Gulf Coast in the view of Richard Ensweiler, the president/CEO of the Texas Credit Union League.