A Lakers at Los Angeles earlier in the year

She also served as Chief Financial Officer forthe California Restaurant Association, the largest state restaurant andhospitality trade organization in the United States and was Controller forGelson's Markets, a premier upscale retail grocery chain in Southern California.Neal began her career at the Cincinnati office of Arthur Young, where she workedfor eight years as an accountant and audit manager.Neal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy and Finance from MiamiUniversity in Oxford, Ohio, and is a Certified Public Accountant.About Unified Grocers, Inc.Founded in 1922, Unified Grocers, Inc. Unified and its subsidiaries, which generated approximately $4.1 billionin sales during fiscal 2008, offer independent retailers all the resources theyneed to compete in the supermarket industry.Safe Harbor StatementThis press release contains forward-looking statements about the futureperformance of Unified Grocers based on Management's assumptions and beliefs inlight of information currently available to it. There are a variety of factorsthat could cause actual and future results to differ materially from thoseanticipated by the statements made above. These factors are outlined in theCompany's Form 10-K and other interim reports filed with the Securities andExchange Commission.

Furthermore, Unified undertakes no obligation to update,amend or clarify forward-looking statements whether as a result of newinformation, future events, or otherwise.The photo is also available via AP PhotoExpress.-0-CONTACT:Unified Grocers, Inc.Tom Schaffner323-264-5200 (ext. 4150)Bob . When it was all said and done, the Florida Gators defeated the Florida State Seminoles in The Swamp as most predicted. However, that story-line was the second most important of the day for the Gator Nation; by far it will always be remembered as the day Tim Tebow said goodbye to The Swamp.As each Senior was introduced prior to the game, the 90,000 people in the stands cheered and waited until the last player ran out of the tunnel to greet his coach and parents. Fittingly, No. 1 and 2 respectively, but one will lose and one will go on to Pasadena for the National Championship.No matter what happens in the coming weeks, the Gator Nation can fall back on the memories Tim Tebow provided. The book is almost over, but two chapters need to be written to complete the story. Unfortunately, we can't skip to the end to see how it ends.. (Adds more details, analyst comments) Bonds By John Parry NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - As the new year opened, aglacial thaw of credit markets was starting to ease banks' andcompanies' still heavy reliance on the Federal Reserve aslender of last resort, data released on Thursday hinted.

Liabilities on the Fed's balance sheet incurred from itsmassive support lifelines to the financial system fell to$2.122 trillion on Jan 7, from $2.249 trillion on Dec 31. "Basically what's happening now is that short-term lendingliquidity doesn't need to be as tapped, because now they(companies and banks) can use the open market," said WilliamLarkin, fixed income portfolio manager at Cabot MoneyManagement in Salem, Massachusetts. "This is a sign a lot of people in the fixed income marketsare seeing, that we are taking steps toward a normalization ofthe credit markets," Larkin said. Banks' overall direct borrowings from the Fed averaged$185.80 billion per day in the week ended Jan. 7, slightly downfrom an average $187.77 billion per day the week before.

Banks' primary credit discount window borrowings averaged$87.94 billion per day in the latest week, versus $86.55billion the previous week. Net portfolio holdings of the Fed's Commercial PaperFunding Facility which is buying three-month top-rated CP tofree up this key area of short term lending, were $334.41billion as of Jan 7, versus $334.10 billion on Dec 31. Primary dealer and other broker dealer borrowings were$34.33 billion as of Jan 7, versus $37.40 billion on Dec 31 Loans to insurer AIG, were $39.12 billion as of Jan 7,versus $38.91 billion as of Dec 31. (Burton Frierson contributed to this report) (Reporting by John Parry; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) Bonds. The Mavericks (12-5) entered the contest winning nine of their last eleven ball games and have beat the defending champion L.A Lakers at Los Angeles earlier in the year. But the Cavaliers (12-5) looked to shake their lackadaisical performance against the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.