Tips and Tricks for Getting Out of Hot Water with Creditors

Do you, like millions of other Americans, feel like you’re sinking in an ocean of credit card debt? Well, fear not--there are many options for reducing your debt way before you have to be concerned about receiving notices or daunting telephone calls from debt collectors. The important thing to remember is to be proactive in handling your credit card debt. Unmanaged debt can ultimately lead to lawsuits, loss of property, and tarnished credit reports.

After their successful two-show run at Jackie’s restaurant, STROyKA theatre will be performing as guest artists at the Round House Theatre Silver Spring. This amazing 150-seat black box venue is right in the heart of downtown Silver Spring and allows STROyKA to continue to achieve their mission of bringing innovative theatre to the downtown community. For this production, Director Roman S. Gusso will be bringing to life Wendy MacLeod’s The House of Yes.

The giving spirit of the season not lost on the Collective Banking Group this year as Prince George’s Suite magazine was one of several local and regional organizations to receive an award at the CBG’s 13th Annual Awards Gala Dec 12.

The Collective Banking Group saluted Prince George’s Suite Magazine with a Consumer Empowerment Award. The award symbolizes the magazine’s role offering readers insight and practical information on many of their key purchases and money issues. The Suite’s Be Preparedenergy story which appears in the current special Fall 2008 edition is an example of the magazine’s consumer value. (Also see cover story Saving The Dream: Our Stand to End the Mortgage Crisis in the Winter 2007/Spring 2008 edition.)

For a glimpse inside the new edition, go to the Flashbook just below the lead story on the homepage. Click and then drag the pages as you would do with a print magazine.

The Fall/Holiday Edition of Prince George’s Suite, now reaching newsstands in the coming weeks, is special. The cover, a reproduction of oil on canvas portrait of Barack Obama standing before the American Flag, sets the tone for this exciting time in national history. The painting, entitled “Unyielding Faith,” was created by local artist Tim Hinton (click on cover above on homepage to see a preview).

“He always presented himself as centered and balanced,” Hinton says of President-Elect Obama and the influences he gathered in completing the work. “Throughout his campaign, he seemed to have that spiritual grounding and fortitude.” Hinton is a Lanham resident who has been painting for over 35 years.