BEAU BLEDSOE: Kansas City Guitar Society. Guitars in the Garden. 7 p.m. July 30. Loose Park, on lawn just east of rose garden. Lawn chairs and blankets suggested. Free. www.KansasCityGuitarSociety.org (816-235-6222)
JULIE CONWAY: Organ recital. 3 p.m. July 29. Community of Christ Auditorium. Free. .asp#OrganRecitals (816-833-1000, Ext. 56)
IIYM INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION STUDENT RECITALS: 7 p.m. July 26. University of Kansas, Lied Center. www.iiym.com (785-864-3421)
AARON JAYNES: Organ recital. 3 p.m. July 22. Community of Christ Temple. Free.
KANSAS CITY STRING QUARTET: Distinguished faculty concert. 6 p.m. July 28. Kauffman Foundation. Free. www.kcstringquartet.org (816-363-7689)
KANSAS CIVIC BAND: By city of Overland Park.
A Boston-based company that services lenders of student loans has applied for permission from federal regulators to purchase Union Federal Savings Bank.
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 19, 2006
BY LYNN ARDITI
Journal Staff Writer
A Boston-based company created to service lenders offering nongovernmental student loans has requested permission from federal regulators to buy the Union Federal Savings Bank in North Providence.
The First Marblehead Corp. announced this week that it has applied for approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision to purchase the single-office savings bank in North Providence. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Union Federal Savings Bank specializes in "flexible, residential mortgage plans and has enormous good will in the community, reflected in its local and loyal depositor base," Eli Neusner, vice president of Fleishman-Hillard, the public relations firm representing First Marblehead, said in an e-mail.