Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 130, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 25 October 2007 — Page 6

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Advance News • Thursday. October 25. 2007

Tornado cuts path of destruction through Nappanee

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Michelle Meese, worship leader, women's ministry leader and pastor's daughter at New Beginning Assembly of God, stands among the rubble that used to be the church's sanctuary, clutching hymnal as she surveys the damage.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MATT MCFARLAND The fickle nature of tornadoes showed clearly in the rural areas. A bam and several outbuildings belonging to Brad and Shelly Thomas were completely destroyed. However the house, only a few yards away (inset), suffered only a few broken windows and some roof damage.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Mayor Larry Thompson (left) listens as Lynn McClung, Dan Toflinger and Grant McClung relate their experience with the tornado. Grant a senior at North Wood High School, is a member of the North Wood Panthers football team, which beat Mishawaka Manan the next evening in the first sectional game of the season. The game had to be postponed. Because traffic was blocked along U.S. 6 and S.R. 19, the game took place in Bremen. Thompson visited residents Friday following the tornado.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLANt A neighborhood south of town suffered minimal damage. Along one side street, an uprooted tree fell between two houses. Hac it fallen to the left or the right, the damage would have been worse.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Congressman Mark Souder (right) speaks with Tom McClung, whose house was destroyed in the storm. Behind them the home belonging to McClung's neighbor was also destroyed. Souder visited Nappanee Friday evening to survey the damage and visit with residents.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLANC« ► A house in the Blackstone subdivision suffered major damage in the tornado. However, against’ one wal, a bookshelf sits untouched, a reminder of the seemingly fickle nature often attributedto tornadoes. ;

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