DESPITE THE FLUCTUATING ECONOMY AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, STORIES OF ACTS OF KINDNESS ARE STILL ABOUND.

            IN HOPKINSVILLE, MAYOR DAN KEMP PRESENTED GARY YOUNG KEYS TO HIS NEW HOME AT 804 EAST 19^TH STREET, IN THE DURRETT AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE INNER CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE.

            OFFICIALS SAY MR. YOUNG HAS LIVED IN A HOUSE AT THAT ADDRESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL THE CONDITION OF THE HOME BECAME UNINHABITABLE.

            IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE HIS HOME, YOUNG BECAME A PARTICPANT IN THE HOPKINSVILLE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND SAYS HE IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS NEW HOME.

            THE HOME WAS DEMOLISHED AND A NEW HOME WAS BUILT ON THE SAME SITE THANKS TO THE KENTUCKY HOUSING CORPORATION GAP FINANCING POOL FUNDS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
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