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REMEMBERING THE STORM OF NOVEMBER 17, 2013
IN SPORTS
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rebuild Community comes together after devastating tornado
SENIOR SENDOFF ■ Notre Dame tops BYU, 23-13, in Irish’s final home game of the season. B1
IN PARADE A VERY KELLY CHRISTMAS ■ Pop star Kelly Clarkson feels merry and bright, thanks to a hit holiday album and a wonderful new life.
Plus: • The Best Gifts for the Holidays: From robot pups to ties to dye for, we’ve compiled the coolest presents for everyone on your list, all for $100 or less. Merry shopping! • Sunday with Miss Kay: “Duck Dynasty” matriarch Kay Robertson, dishes about her love of cooking and old-fashioned family values.
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ACADEMY COMES TO PLANT ■ Chrysler workers take courses from company’s quality production mobile classroom. D2
ICONIC IMAGE: The upper half of a home sits in the middle of Home Avenue near the intersection with Hoffer Street after the tornado ripped though Kokomo. Above, Phyllis Rawlins searches Monday through debris for items from her house that was destroyed on Ricketts Street.
n Nov. 17, 2013, a storm ravaged Kokomo, tearing homes from their foundations, ripping trees from the earth, flipping cars and destroying businesses. Two tornadoes took a violent path through a highly populated area of the city where birthdays were being celebrated, people were shopping and dining, and those at home KT photos by were huddling in for TIM BATH and a rainy afternoon. KELLY LAFFERTY The city was on high alert, thanks to many warnings sent out via all sorts of methods – TV, radio, cellphone alerts, Facebook and Twitter among them. In the end, there were few injuries and no deaths. In the minutes after the storm passed, emergency responders sprang into action. People were trapped inside businesses, homes and cars. On Home Avenue, a house was in the street and power lines across the city arced on the ground. In the days following the destruction, a movement emerged. Volunteers mobilized and leaders took charge of this army of helpers. Other cities sent equipment and manpower, utility workers streamed into Kokomo and nonprofit groups stepped forward. Together, the community proved we are #kokomostrong.
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PICKING UP THE PIECES: Ben Eikenberry helps box up household item that were salvageable from Rawlins’ home in the city’s south side neighborhood.
11-20-13 -Tornado that KT photo | Tim hit Cedar Crest Bath subdivision left a path
of destruction
that voluteer s helped to
remove. Buick
A day not so on REMEMBER
Lane is cleared
ING THE STORM OF NOVEMBER
on Wednesday
of some debree.
17, 2013
forgotten AROUND THE replacing linesCLOCK: The tornado knocked out power power all week.near Maplecrest Apartme nts Monday over much of Kokomo , with evening. Some Kokomo homesworkers were without
PITCHING IN: Tuesday, volunteers including Tiffany Corbit and Kirsten Wade, work to clear out a home on Pontiac Drive.
WOOD WORKIN G: Kokomo other debris from Pontiac city employees remove Drive Tuesday downed trees and in the Cedar Crest subdivis ion. TAKING TO THE STREET S: Residents suvey the destruction caused by the tornado Cedar Crest in the subdivision shortly after the storm had passed on Sunday. GOLDEN ARCHES : The McDona ld’s sign on the corner Washington of Street and Lincoln Rouad shows the damage from Sunday ’s tornado.
SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE TODAY INCLUDES NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS FROM THE STORM NEV
SEEING WHAT’S LEFT: A home Tuesday by on Pontiac family membe r Nicholas AntrimDrive in the Cedar Crest subdivision and friend Chad is cleared out Davis.
INSIDE
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BUSINESS D2 // CLASSIFIED D4-D8 // LOTTERIES A3 // OBITUARIES A2 // OPINION A4 // SPORTS B1-B6
WEATHER Partly sunny and very cold •
HIGH 28 // LOW 17
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KOKOMO TRIBUNE
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$3IN,5SID2E2
Sunday, November 24, 2013
www.kokomotribune.com
TODAY
Kokomo, Indiana
$2.00
REMEMBERING THE STORM OF NOVEMBER 17, 2013
IN SPORTS
We will
rebuild Community comes together after devastating tornado
SENIOR SENDOFF ■ Notre Dame tops BYU, 23-13, in Irish’s final home game of the season. B1
IN PARADE A VERY KELLY CHRISTMAS ■ Pop star Kelly Clarkson feels merry and bright, thanks to a hit holiday album and a wonderful new life.
Plus: • The Best Gifts for the Holidays: From robot pups to ties to dye for, we’ve compiled the coolest presents for everyone on your list, all for $100 or less. Merry shopping! • Sunday with Miss Kay: “Duck Dynasty” matriarch Kay Robertson, dishes about her love of cooking and old-fashioned family values.
inside
IN BUSINESS
ACADEMY COMES TO PLANT ■ Chrysler workers take courses from company’s quality production mobile classroom. D2
ICONIC IMAGE: The upper half of a home sits in the middle of Home Avenue near the intersection with Hoffer Street after the tornado ripped though Kokomo. Above, Phyllis Rawlins searches Monday through debris for items from her house that was destroyed on Ricketts Street.
n Nov. 17, 2013, a storm ravaged Kokomo, tearing homes from their foundations, ripping trees from the earth, flipping cars and destroying businesses. Two tornadoes took a violent path through a highly populated area of the city where birthdays were being celebrated, people were shopping and dining, and those at home KT photos by were huddling in for TIM BATH and a rainy afternoon. KELLY LAFFERTY The city was on high alert, thanks to many warnings sent out via all sorts of methods – TV, radio, cellphone alerts, Facebook and Twitter among them. In the end, there were few injuries and no deaths. In the minutes after the storm passed, emergency responders sprang into action. People were trapped inside businesses, homes and cars. On Home Avenue, a house was in the street and power lines across the city arced on the ground. In the days following the destruction, a movement emerged. Volunteers mobilized and leaders took charge of this army of helpers. Other cities sent equipment and manpower, utility workers streamed into Kokomo and nonprofit groups stepped forward. Together, the community proved we are #kokomostrong.
O
PICKING UP THE PIECES: Ben Eikenberry helps box up household item that were salvageable from Rawlins’ home in the city’s south side neighborhood.
11-20-13 -Tornado that KT photo | Tim hit Cedar Crest Bath subdivision left a path
of destruction
that voluteer s helped to
remove. Buick
A day not so on REMEMBER
Lane is cleared
ING THE STORM OF NOVEMBER
on Wednesday
of some debree.
17, 2013
forgotten AROUND THE replacing linesCLOCK: The tornado knocked out power power all week.near Maplecrest Apartme nts Monday over much of Kokomo , with evening. Some Kokomo homesworkers were without
PITCHING IN: Tuesday, volunteers including Tiffany Corbit and Kirsten Wade, work to clear out a home on Pontiac Drive.
WOOD WORKIN G: Kokomo other debris from Pontiac city employees remove Drive Tuesday downed trees and in the Cedar Crest subdivis ion. TAKING TO THE STREET S: Residents suvey the destruction caused by the tornado Cedar Crest in the subdivision shortly after the storm had passed on Sunday. GOLDEN ARCHES : The McDona ld’s sign on the corner Washington of Street and Lincoln Rouad shows the damage from Sunday ’s tornado.
SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE TODAY INCLUDES NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS FROM THE STORM NEV
SEEING WHAT’S LEFT: A home Tuesday by on Pontiac family membe r Nicholas AntrimDrive in the Cedar Crest subdivision and friend Chad is cleared out Davis.
INSIDE
It’s Hard To Stop A
BUSINESS D2 // CLASSIFIED D4-D8 // LOTTERIES A3 // OBITUARIES A2 // OPINION A4 // SPORTS B1-B6
WEATHER Partly sunny and very cold •
HIGH 28 // LOW 17
C d
>> More on Page A12
>> TODAY’S PAGE ONE DESIGNED BY RODNEY OGLE
Vol. 163, No. 83
Free B Birthday irthday M Meal *Call for details.
Steak Seafood Sushi
Kokomo ok komo Town To n C Center en nte Japanese Steakhouse se
www.takusteakhouse.com
Celebrate the Holidays with a Taku Gift Card!
P: 765-450-4166 TO SUBSCRIBE: 765-456-3821 OR 765-459-3121
TO ADVERTISE: 765-459-3121
CLASSIFIED: 1-800-382-0696
OFFICE HOURS: MON.-FRI. 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. / SAT. 8 A.M. TO 11 A.M.
