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The Board of Directors approved a 5.55% dividend for credit union investment shares for the period October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008.
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The article For Your Information:  Organ Donation provided information should an individual be interested donating their organs or tissue upon their passing.

This month’s article is courtesy of The Kidney Foundation of Canada Southern Alberta Branch.  It is entitled Myths About Donation and Transplantation and clarifies many questions that individuals may have when making this important decision.

The Stocking Stuffer Loan is now available for members until December 19, 2008 at a rate of 6.95% - borrow up to $3,000 per member! Your stocking stuffer loan will be processed quickly so you can start your Christmas shopping right away!

The annual DIRECT PLAY AND WIN!™ MEMBER CARD® Debit Card Sweepstakes are back this fall. The contest will be running from Monday November 3rd, through until Sunday November 30th.

Education Credit Union members with MEMBER CARD Debit Cards will be automatically entered to win every time they use their cards to make an INTERACT† Direct Payment (IDP) transaction.

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It's that time of year again. Tickets are now available in branch! On Tuesday November 25, 2008 we will be holding our 37th Annual General Meeting at the Concordia Club in Kitchener. A $15 refundable deposit is required to secure your reservation. Click here for more information!

Credential Direct, the credit union’s online brokerage,  has just been named Canada’s Top Overall Online Broker. This is the sixth time (yes, 6th time!) Credential Direct has received such kudos since 2004 and the latest review is by Surviscor.

Okay, onward to the Stock Market Challenge….As of Nov 3rd, 26,000 people are now playing at stockstar.ca. Together they’ve made 425,000 trades (that’s 175,000 trades more than 2 weeks ago). Obviously, people are using our Stock Market Challenge to dip their toes in the online trading waters and testing their strategies.

The current Trader leader is still Doug O’Brien, (Stock Star name is ‘Risingstar’) whose portfolio is close to ONE MILLION DOLLARS after making 2,375 trades. Too bad it’s just fantasy cash! He’s got a really loyal following and 71 buddies who cheer him on – and of course, lots of people copying his trades.

In the Investor category the leader is Lexiwins whose portfolio is worth almost $375,000 after making ONLY 15 TRADES. Also a great performance and an inspiration to us all.

It's free to play and it's the perfect risk-free way to learn to trade online or hone your trading skills using $100,000 fantasy cash.

Start now at stockstar.ca. The game officially started on September 16 and runs until January 16, 2009. Good luck and may the best Stock Stars win!