Water, concerns keep rising

The posts at the end of the article are as entertaining as the article itself...

Janesville Gazette

NEWVILLE — The tree a few feet from the Rock River in Spencer DeRemer's backyard marks the 2008 record flood.

..."See where that orange mark is?" he told them. "When it gets three-quarters of the way up there, we'll get sand."

...Vern Berg, DeRemer's next-door neighbor on Ellendale Road, has a pump running about every minute removing water from his basement.

Both neighbors made it through last year without flood damage, but it was the first year out of Berg's 32 years on the river that he had to sandbag.

...Nearby, where Lake Koshkonong empties into the Rock River, homes and streets already are flooded in the Mallwood subdivision. North Lakeview Drive has become part of the lake, and several homes are surrounded by water.

...Back in Newville, John Kinnett, owner of Anchor Inn bar, restaurant and boat rental, was feeling "nervous but optimistic" Wednesday. Last year, he was forced to close June 15 to July 15—the worse possible time of the year.