Gilead Fitness celebrates new look, hours
By Alberta Stojkovic - For The Sentinel
From left at Gilead Fitness grand re-opening ribbon cutting: Amanda Welch, Kim Bood, Brandon Fleming, Amanda Bush, Jeanine Girard and Mount Gilead Mayor Jamie Brucker. Kneeling are Eugene Ambler, Erin Kelty, Greg Gompf and Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Director Joel Smythe.
Alberta Stojkovic | For The Sentinel
MOUNT GILEAD A new chapter opened in February for the Morrow County Community Center with its new name “Gilead Fitness,” a new logo and 24/7 access to the gym.
“It’s really exciting to see all the new changes you’ve made,” said Chamber of Commerce member Erin Kelty at the Chamber’s ribbon cutting for the gym Thursday.
Time for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, gary schatsky, a financial planner and president of objecti objectiveadvice.com. gail cunningham with the national credit foundation. gary, alexandra wrote in i m trying to refinance an investment home that other members of my family live in. the property s financer tells me that my debt ratio is too high and that they have no option for me because the home is not my primary residence. how can i get that monthly payment down? she s trying to refinance work out a deal here. it is really a difficult situation. because if the banking institutions aren t going to fund you because of your credit situation, it becomes problematic across the board. an investment property is particularly problematic because standards are much higher. you can try to think about some out of the box scenarios. one might be i don t know what the family situation is.
If you sold it to the family, all of a sudden it would be a primary residence situation and that could change the equation. other possible alternatives in some cases could be if you had a 401(k), under the right circumstances, big caveat, you might take a little bit out on a loan there that you have to pay off and pay down your other debt which could change your other ratios. you got to think about the tax consequences. no, no, you re borrowing, not drawing it out. but you ll have to pay it back on a relatively accelerated basis and woe to you if you don t do it. good tip. gail, your question comes from thomas in new mexico. my wife and i are upside down on two car loans. we ve maxed out our credit card and our student loan debt will hit in six months. my wife recently lost her job and we just had our first child. we cannot afford a home and have been bouncing around to families houses. is bankruptcy an option for us. they are in such a hard position that a lot of americans, unf
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similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that it s fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm iranian oil exports. the government also threatens to take action if u.s. air craft carrier goes through the strait. italy s mount etna roaring back to life. ireporter joseph posten caught all of it on video. he said it started rumbling yesterday morning. once he saw the huge ash cloud he pulled out the camera and his eruption reportedly poses no danger to villagers. so far no flights have been canceled because of that big ash cloud. well, new orleans. city leaders there say teenagers not welc