Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

I’ve been in a bit of a quandary this week in regard to what my column would be about. I mean, I had originally planned on sharing another embarrassing camping story, but then all the rains came.

Like many people throughout the region, my wife and I had a ton to deal with. Living on the south side of Lena, she even got a video of the water backing up from our storm drain and running into the sump pump that simply couldn’t keep up.

While Sunday morning was bad, Monday morning was much worse – as in 18 inches of water in the basement … which also happens to be the main office for Vi...