Posted on Monday, 14th May 2012 by Nate Sawers
That sounded like a good deal to West Liberty police officer Tim Smedley, 46, whose house was among the 299 homes destroyed in the Feb. 29 and March 2 tornadoes that hit Morgan County.
Smedley recently learned that he qualified to receive a $15,000 grant, which will be taken off the top of the $75,000 purchase price for a three-bedroom, one-bath house in West Liberty.
Smedley said the house is in a safe, quiet neighborhood — as a police officer, he said, he has never been called to the area — and should be a good place for him and his fiancée, Heather Russell, to raise her 6-year-old daughter, Kaylee.
The FHLBank is one of 12 around the country. It is owned by 741 member institutions in Kentucky; it does not receive taxpayer dollars.
So the Cincinnati bank set aside a $5 million fund to aid disaster recovery. That
Tags: Tornado, Tornado Victims
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