| October 2006
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Otis Federal Credit Union: As strong as its members
In April of 1954, Otis (Division) Federal Credit Union was formed to provide financial services to paper mill workers in Jay, Maine. It was started with 11 members and $55 dollars in assets. By the time of their first annual meeting in January of 1955, membership had grown to 261 members and $9,000 in assets. According to the recently rediscovered minutes of that first meeting, the treasurer was to be paid $250 over the course of the year for expenses and salary and the board of directors had the discretion to cut that amount if needed.
S.C. or else for Thompson
The issue that he hears about most on the campaign trail is illegal immigration. But voters also are concerned about a variety of other issues, such as the war in Iraq, radical Islam, health care, the nuclear threat posed by Iran and the political turmoil in Pakistan, he said. Wherever he goes, his message is the same - that he is the only candidate who has fought consistently for the issues that matter to conservatives, things such as national security, tax cuts, balanced budgets and gun owners' rights. "I've been fighting for these things for a long time," Thompson said. The other Republican candidates "have had to adapt their positions, bring them up to date, shall we say. Where they have been in times past, I have not." Judging from the size and enthusiasm of the crowds that show up at his events, Thompson is convinced that his message is getting through.
ORU's leader speaks on suit
He says three former professors suing him and the school are attempting blackmail.
Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts spoke out Wednesday against three former professors who filed a lawsuit against him and the school, saying the trio was after money but he was "not intimidated by blackmail and extortion."
John Swails, Tim Brooker and Paulita Brooker filed a lawsuit against ORU on Tuesday, saying they had been wrongfully terminated or wrongfully caused to resign, and claiming the Roberts family had spent university money for personal uses.
Roberts spoke to students at a regular chapel service on campus, .
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