Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 131, Number 9, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 28 February 2008 — Page 2

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Advance News • Thursday. February 28, 2008

Board approves specs for street dept, garage By Mandy McFarland couor NAPPANEE What was lost will soon be recovered, in a sense. At their regular meeting last Friday, Feb. 22, the Nappanee Board of Works and Public Safety approved specifications for a new street department garage on Wabash Street. The first garage, along with one pickup truck and several other pieces of equipment, was destroyed in the F 3 tornado that struck Nappanee last Oct. 18. There will be some differences in the design and the new garage will be slightly larger, and will include a fire department auxiliary station. General specifications included a 100 foot by 125 foot steel building system. The new building is designed to be expanded 25 feet on the west side, Nappanee Street Superintendent Wayne Scheumann requested specifications to be returned by the next meeting, March 10 at 3:30 p.m. at the Nappanee Municipal Center. Work is tentatively scheduled to begin later this spring. Death notices Steven Earl Flake Feb. 18, 2008 ELKHART Steven Earl Plake, 51, of Elkhart, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 at his home. He is survived by a son, Steven Earl Plake Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.; his mother, Mary Ft. Plake of Warsaw; his father and stepmother, Earl and Ruth Plake of Wakarusa; brother, Keith (Susan) Plake of Pierceton; sisters: Marsha Russell of Lyman, S.C., Becky Tyson of Warsaw and Julie (Tracy) Weldy of Bremen; stepbrothers: Brian Schoch of Dunlap and Bryce Schoch of Elkhart; and stepsister, Sonja Schoch of Florida. Visitation was Saturday, Feb. 23 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home in Nappanee. Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial was at Olive Cemetery. Ruth N. Zechiel Feb. 18, 2008 Ruth N. Zechiel, 83, of Madison Township, died at 5:40 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 at Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa. She is survived by a daughter, Kay (Bob) Harrell of Maineville, Ohio; sons: Lee (Susan) Zechiel of Gurnee, 111. and Rev. Tim (Marie) Zechiel of Steeleville, 111.; seven grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; sister, Evelyn (Hanley) Barker of Eugene, Ore. and sister-in-law, Lois Kline of Mill Valley, Calif. Services was Friday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Woodland. Visitation was Thursday, Feb. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mishler Funeral Home in Bremen, and one hour before the service at the church. Burial was at St. Paul Cemetery in Woodland. Memorial contributions may be made to National Arthritis Foundation, 615 N. Alabama St., Suite 430, Indianapolis, IN 46204 or to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 15697 New Rd., Mishawaka, IN 46544 in Woodland. What do you lire? What can we improve? Let us know! 773-3127

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ADVANCE NEWS PHOTO/MANDY MCFARLAND Firefighters pile burned insulation and debris in the front yard of the Zentz house in Nappanee. The second floor of the house caught fire last Wednesday morning. Though the house was not destroyed, smoke and water damage will prevent the family from returning for a while.

FIRE continued from front page the blaze under control in about an hour. The room was severely damaged, while the rest of the house sustained smoke and water damage. While the Zentz family may not be able to return home for a while, family, friends and neighbors were not hesitant to offer a place for them to stay. The house was not far from the path of the Oct. 18 tornado and narrowly missed being destroyed. PHOTO PROVIDED/ ANDY KARNES Smoke pours from the second floor window of the Zentz home. While the upstairs was badly damaged, the fire was determined to be an accident and the family will be able to return once smoke and water damage have been repaired.

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