Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 130, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 25 October 2007 — Page 7

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Though the tornado pulled the roof off of the McClungs' house in the Blackstone subdivision, the ceiling fan and light fixtures still from the rafters and the furniture, though covered in dust and debris, remains untouched.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Pastor Mick Tomlinson of the New Beginning Assembly of God walks slowly toward a row of damaged houses that used to belong to members of his congregation. In the foreground, three boards and two tires are all that was left of the church's tool shed. The remains of the tool shed were nowhere to be seen.

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• ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND A home in the Blackstone subdivision lay in a pile following the storm. The garage roof collapsed on a minivan parked inside. It is uncertain whether the pickup truck was in the driveway during the storm or whether it was parked there later.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTOS/MANDY MCFARLAND A house in the Blackstone subdivision formerly belonging to the McClung family was a total toss. Yet in one of the demolished rooms, (Inset) A coffee mug and several glass vases remain unharmed on a counter top inside the McClungs' house, though three walls and the roof were ripped away in the storm.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND The bus that used to belong to New Beginning Assembly of God lies on its side, its windshield smashed and its sides badly damaged. A plastic snowman from somebody's yard leans casually against the windshield, dented but smiling as if nothing happened.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO4UANDY MCFARLAND A breeze turns the pages of a hymnal in what used to be the sanctuary of New Beginning Assembly of God. The sanctuary was completely destroyed, along with a large portion of the upstairs. Other rooms, including the pastor's office, suffered little damage.

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLANI The Taco Bell building on the east end of town was one of the worst-damaged businesses in the tornado's path. Reports later said that five people were in the building wher the storm hit and were able to seek shelter after hearing the tornado sirens.

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