Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 130, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 25 October 2007 — Page 4

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Advance News • Thursday. October 25, 2007

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Roland and Evadean Hansen, 1947 Roland and Evadean Hansen of Bremen will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house on Nov. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the VFW Legion Hall in Bremen. They were married Nov. 1, 1947 at the bride's home in South Bend by Rev. M.E. Reed. Their children are Mike (Joyce) Hansen of Bremen; Curtis J. Hansen, deceased; Terry (Pam) Hansen of Bremen and Debra (Mark) Thompson of Argos. They also have eight grandchildren, two great-grandcnildren and six step great-

City releases information for tornado victims

I ** The dt of Nappanee has reteased the following information for building department requirements for structures damaged during last Thursday's tornado The department has waived all permit fees. •Those with no structural damage may contact NIPSCO at 1*800464-7726 to have service restored. If NIPSCO will not tarn on electric, residents are asked to contact the building ; | •The building department asks that those with structural gmii Cpntact an electrician who is licensed with tite dty of Nappanee. An electric permit and inspection will be required ancbcan be obtained from the building department. •Those with no structural damage may contact NIPSCO, amt can call the building department if NIPSCO will not turnon gas.

Tornado victims fund established

Those who wish to make a donation to Nappanee tornado victims may write a check payable to the Nappanee Victims

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Heckaman Homes would like to express our concern for our friends and neighbors and all the families who have suf-

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sered damage and losses from this recent tragic event. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate and are truly thank-

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Roland and Evadean Hansen, 2007 grandchildren. Roland is retired from Miller Bearing in Bremen as a cut off machine operator and from Hands TV in Nappanee as a TV repairman. Evadean is retired from Meister Drugs in Bremen as a pharmacy assistant and Associates Investment in South Bend. They are members of VFW, Legion and the Auxiliaries.

•Far those with structural damage, the department requires a pressure test, permit te£d inspection. The property owner or the contractor will be responsible for the pressure test. The permit and inspection may be obtained from the building •For class one (multi-family or commercial) buildings that have structural damage, remodel plans must be filed with the Department of Homeland Security's building safety division. Local building permits and inspections will be required. • Demolition -permits are required for buildings to be KCdIUCiN lIAL •For buildings with structural damage, a permit is required before work begins. % *lf a building is to be demolished, a demolition permit is

ful that we sustained minimal damage and that our business remains intact and operational. Accordingly, in an effort to provide our assistance wherever possible, Heckaman Homes will give immediate attention and priority for construction of homes to those

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of the Lake City Bank on West Market Street.

undergoing the rebuilding process. To find out more about how they can help contact: Heckaman Homes Larry Lant at 773-4167 or D.N. Construction Delbert Borkholder or Norm Yoder at 862-2682.

STORM, continued homfrant Other residents were not so lucky. Between 200 aiwL2so homes and businesses received damage. Of those, 10D to 150 were destroyed. Despite the devastation, mere was no loss of life, and only five reported injuries, all cute and lacerations from flying glass. Officials attribute this to the fast action of the Nappanre police, fire and EMS in sounding the tornado sirens. Randy Spitaels lost his home, but his family was able to it to their basement before the tornado hit. "We heard the siren and the family headed to the basement," he said. "We felt the sensation of our ears popping, like if you were on an airplane." Spitaels estimates that approximately five minutes lapsed from the time the family heard the sirens to when he emerged from tire basement, but the tornado was only over their house for a moment. "We heard the crashing and tire windows breaking," he said. "The whole incident lasted no longer than 10 seconds n Rural residents had only their TVs and radios to warn them, and Amish residents had no warning. Kevin Yoder and his family did not make it to their basement before tire tornado crossed into their property. "We were in bed " he said. "We made it to tire kitchen." Though tire family was not in the basement, tire worst injury they suffered was a tiny cut on Yoder's thumb. "We believe a higher power is watching over us," he said. The Yoders lost much of their property, including four large outbuildings, seven horses, three cows and more than 30 trees. "We believe one of our buildings went right over our house," Yoder said. Brad and Shelly Thomas lost nearly all of their buildings, but damage to the house was limited to broker windows and roof damage. "We're blessed it spared the house," Shelly said. "Things can be replaced, but lives can't* The destruction was not limited to homes. Most of what was left of New Beginning Assembly of God south of Nappanee was unrecognizable. "We were trying to find the church and my mom noticed tire crosses, and we knew this was tire building," worship leader and children's ministry leader Michelle Meese said. The worst of the damage took place on East Market Street where many businesses were destroyed. The Fairmont and Gulf Stream facilities received heavy damage, including a number of newly finished trailer units ready for shipping that weekend. Other businesses that received severe damage were John's Auto Spa, Marty and Ted's, the Marathon store, Taco Bell and several others. Mayor Larry Thompson commented on tire disaster Friday morning during a press conference at City Hall. "I think we're a resilient community with a lot of volunteers," he said. "We tore down a McDonald's here and re-built it in three months. Something tells me that once we get toegreen light these businesses will bounce back." /'“ZT Despite theheavy structural damage, there'were no deaths and only a few minor injuries. "That in itself is a miracle," Thompson said. For most of Friday, the entrances to Nappanee from U.S. 6 and S.R. 19 were blocked to traffic. City officials asked businesses to remain closed and urged residents to stay home Friday. While 4,000 homes did not have power following the storm, that number decreased to 700 by Friday morning. The Blackstone subdivision was one of tire most severely damaged neighborhoods. Several homes were a total loss- •

North Wood student earns certification from Career Center Erica Walters of North Wood High School has earned national food safety certification through the Elkhart Area Career Center culinary arts program by passing the National Restaurant Association s ServSafe Food Safety Manager Exam. Walters is in her second year of culinary arts training at the career center.

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