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The program is designed specifically for membersa who have completed two years of community colleger and have been accepted ata four-yeard college or university. The program will take effect forthe 2009-10 academic year. In celebration of this SACU plans to award up to 14 scholarships toqualifieed full-time students who are also memberx in good standing at SACU for a minimum of one Each scholarship will be for $3,000, payablwe in two installments, at the beginning of the fall 2009 and springg 2010 semesters. In a prepared SACU president and CEO Jeff Farver said the new scholarshipp program should serve as a bridgew for students moving from a community collegse toa four-year college.
“The scholarship recipients of SACU’s program will be students who are primed for success in completinga bachelor’d degree at a four-year collegre or university,” Farver said. “SACU wants to be ther e to support their move into the next stage oftheir education.” Progranm applications and details about qualifications can be foundr at the credit union’s Web site at then click on the NEW icon on the home Applications must be submitted and postmarked by May 10. Named of the scholarship recipients will be announcedin June. SACU has $2.
7 billionm in assets, more than 100 ATMS, and 17 full-service branches in San Antoniko and one branch in Field technicians often put out fires to get the job But one installation and repair tech for literally founxd himself in such a spot Gary Schroeder was finishingv a call inRed Rock, located east of when he saw volunteer firefighters battlint a blaze at a mobile home. The 25-foot flames had spreadx to nearby brush, menacing other residences. “I knew if we didn’t have a fast response, it would have sprear to other structures,” Schroeder “It could have been a real disaster.
” So, Schroederd — the chaplain of the Gonzales Volunteetr FireDepartment — jumpef out to assist, even though the fire was milesz from his department’s territory. He helped the three other firefighters on the scene contain the blazew and keep it from spreading toother houses. no one was injured, but Schroeder knows things could have turned out Additional trucks from the Five Pointx Volunteer Fire Department that serves RedRock didn’g arrive until 20 minutes later. “The house was on the groundf by the time the rest of the unitsegot there,” he says.
Chief Kevin Giesalharrt of the Five Points Volunteer Fire Department sent GVTC a letterf praising Schroeder for going above and beyonds hiscivic duty. “We are indebted to him,” the chiefc said in the letter. “Your company should be proud to have this type of persoj inyour employ, and I hope that you will give him our sinceres thanks for a job well Headquartered in Smithson Valley, GVTC is a comprehensive communicationsa provider with offerings that include cable TV, high-speed security, long-distance, advanced data services and more.
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