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Volume 162 · Issue 62 | 99¢

Credit Union: Schools Financial Credit Union

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Founded in 1933, Schools Financial Credit Union serves more than 111,000 members and has over $1.3 billion in assets. Schools has 11 branches in Sacramento and its nine surrounding counties. And now the credit union offers mobile bill paying or account transfers via your cell phone.

Placerville branch

4282 Golden Center Dr.

800-962-0990

 

Michael Raffety

Michael Raffety

Michael Raffety has been editor of the Mountain Democrat since 1989 and was managing editor beginning in 1986. He was city editor prior to that, having started here in 1978. He was the first person at the Mountain Democrat to be given the title of city editor. He also was an adjunct professor at the El Dorado Center from 1980-2003.
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