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Advertising Rates (cost includes same-size adjacent space for promotional copy, provided by advertiser) Gloss Stock 1/4 Page: $350 Half Page: $485 Full Page: $765 Advertising and Copy Deadline: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 For space reservations, contact your Daily News Display Advertising Representative at (530) 527-2151 • Ads and Promotional copy about the advertiser published side by side for every featured professional or business. Americans stressed out WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy trudges ahead yet debt dogs many Americans, stressing them out even as they firm up their own financial foundations. There are new jobs produced but old worries persisting for people despite belt-tightening and boosted savings, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. About 46 percent of those surveyed say they’re suffering from debt-related stress, and half of that group described their stress as ‘‘great deal’’ or ‘‘quite a bit.’’ On the other hand, about 53 percent say they feel little or no stress at all. That’s in line with findings from last year, even though times seem better today: The economy is growing and gen- erating jobs, and households have made progress in repair- ing their financial footing, trimming debt, watching spend- ing and saving more. It’s a big turnaround from a year ago — a shrinking economy, jobs jettisoned as businesses struggled to survive the deepest recession since the 1930s. So why aren’t the stressed — and the not-so-stressed — feeling better? For starters, it just doesn’t feel much like a recovery to many people. Unemployment is stubbornly high — 9.9 percent. The jobless face fierce competition for work. Those with a job are watching their paychecks shrink. A growing number of people are at risk of falling into foreclosure, and only those with the most stellar credit prob- ably can get a new loan. AP-GfK polls show that only 20 percent say the economy is good, compared with 15 percent last year. Cynthia Bryant, 73, feels stress from her bills — much of that heartburn related to medical expenses. ‘‘I need a different car. I can’t afford it. I have to watch every penny that comes in,’’ says Bryant, who worked as a purchasing agent for a computer company before she retired. Bryant, who lives in a Denver suburb, gets by on a fixed-income that hasn’t budged, although her expenses — rent, groceries and other basics— have risen. Ken Goldstein, economist at the Conference Board, a research group that keeps close tabs on consumers, says it’s people’s individual circumstances — more so than their sentiment about the economy — that shape their confidence and their stress over debt. ‘‘It’s about what happens to me — my house, my car, my job,’’ he says. Christina Standridge, 33, of Milwaukee, says she’s stressed about her debts, including car payments. Laid off twice in the past two years, Standridge has watched her income drop. She worries about losing her cur- rent job as an administrative assistant for a company that designs and builds waste water control systems. Standridge and her husband, who works at a factory fix- ing machines, have one daughter. The family is watching the pennies. ‘‘We’re trying to spend less and pay off the bills,’’ she says. ‘‘We’re cutting corners wherever we can. We’re trying to do things that are relatively cheap,’’ she adds, such as having a backyard barbecue rather than going out to eat or to the movies. ‘‘Bills gotta be paid,’’ she says. People are whittling their debt. The average amount owed on credit cards is $3,900, the poll said. That’s down from $5,600 in the fall and $4,900 last spring. Families with incomes over $50,000 have sliced their credit card debt by more than half, yet their stress from debt hasn’t changed much — it’s moderately low. Families with incomes under $50,000, however, have added only slightly to their debt, while their stress level rose sharply. PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT SAMPLE! FREE Elect