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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 2008
Page
1
Garden City High School alumni from the Class of 1953 gather to mark their 55th reunion in Garden City. Former classmates share memories, photos, and updates on family and careers as the community reflects on its long legacy.
Garden City sees a surge of roofing contractors after hail storms with 25 to 39 new licenses issued as of Friday. Kentner says many are out of town from Florida Oklahoma Texas and California. About 1 400 residential roof repair permits issued since May while August to October may bring 5 000 storm damage permits. Chamber chief Joseph notes hotel rooms scarce with crews in town. Tourism director Schoonover highlights high occupancy in rental and commercial properties.
Emily Behlmann reports families may apply for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs to help children receive free or reduced-price lunches. Officials note participation varies with economic changes, while USDA data show reimbursements per meal tiers depending on district eligibility, with Garden City USD 457 falling into the higher qualifying bracket.
Finney County Preservation Alliance dissolves ties with developer Tom Klein over misrepresentation concerns. President Don Harness says Klein’s claimed roles at Plains Hotel in Cheyenne and Eklund Hotel in Clayton undermined credibility, prompting a board reorganization with local groups to move forward on a $10 million Windsor restoration and $350,000 preconstruction campaign.
Kansas foreclosures showed a slowing in new filings from May to June yet the total in process rose 65 percent from a year earlier. RealtyTrac data indicate 599 June filings and 347 May repossessions, with concerns that ongoing high prices for food and energy could push more homeowners toward trouble as economic conditions worsen.
In June, Kansas foreclosure rate ranked 36th nationally with one in 201,7 properties entering the process, well below the national average of one filing per 501 households. Nevada and California remain hardest hit as their real estate markets cooled, with 1 in 122 and 1 in 192 households/properties affected respectively.
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