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ROANOKE, Va. -- After some 36 years Member One Federal Credit Union CEO Dick Williams is retiring.

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. -- With the New Jersey National Guard slated to have its largest deployment since World War II later this year with some 3,000 soldiers being deployed to Iraq, the New Jersey Credit Union League is showing its support by teaming up with Adopt-A-Soldier Platoon.

WICHITA, Kan. -- The expected passage of the bank-sponsored field of membership bill, now before the Kansas House, has economic ramifications for a tornado-ravaged Kansas town, opponents of the legislation pointed out Friday.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. -- Wings Financial Federal Credit Union is reassuring members that the financial institution is "safe and secure" in the midst of the subprime mortgage crisis and liquidity issues affecting markets worldwide.

LINTHICUM, Md. -- More than 55 employees from a number of departments at State Employees Credit Union of Maryland recently participated in a day-long session to build up their small business service skills.

WASHINGTON -- New figures released by the Commerce Department show a disappointing 0.1% uptick in consumer confidence for the month of February.

LOS ANGELES -- Water and Power Community Credit Union, together with the Los Angeles Firemen's Credit Union, has established a memorial fund to honor firefighter Brent A. Lovrien, who lost his life in an explosion outside Water and Power's Westchester branch Wednesday afternoon.

MADISON, Wis. -- Security executives with leading credit union insurance and credit card portfolio managers sought to reassure the industry that it's still too early in the investigation of the card security breach at the Hannaford Bros Co. grocery chain to make any judgments about the industry's card security standards.