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    Pictured is the stage at practice this evening.  Tonight we blocked out act II of the play.  I have a nice list of things to do once I have time to spend in the theater.  I picked up the theater key at break during my English class, so I just need to schedule some time.
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    Pictures is Melissa at Denny's last night (this morning).
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    Last night we had a body paint gathering.  Pictured is Phil, whom I gave a war paint mask.
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    Retreat flood waters.
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   As of noon we are 13.23 feet and falling.  Our record was 13.51 feet--almost 6 inches above the previous record from 1916.  Much of the standing water has developed into pools of swamp life, and has the matching smell.  At the waterline's edge are enormous amounts of insects.  While walking, I could hear a steady "buzzing" sound from all their wings.  If I stopped for a few seconds, the sound would disappear, but as soon as I moved they all took flight again and the sound returned.
   The once flooded areas are a bit of a mess.  The grass is colored white with what I assume to be silt.  A lot of debris marks were water once was and cleanup from this ordeal should be a lot of fun.
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   The Red Cross has been coming by lately to deliver food and water.  Today they dropped off two palettes of food and water.  The river crested on Friday and just started it's retreat.  We have been warned not to drink our well water, so the canned water is quite helpful.  Our house doesn't really need the food--our natural gas is still on and we're able to cook just fine.  Some others down the street are not so lucky.
   Since we had dark clouds overhead, I got out some plastic and covered the donations.  Then, Noah and I broke out our spray painting skills and made a sign to let everyone know it was for them.
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   Tonight was the first night of rehearsal for U-Rock's production of Macbeth Did It.  I will be stage managing the show--my first show as stage manager.  There isn't much of a set and the lighting setup shouldn't take too long, so I asked for the stage manager position. 
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   After class I took a tour of the south side of Janesville with Tazz to look at the flood damage.  We started at Rotary Gardens, which had a fair bit of flooding.  The bridgers were closed and several paths by the logoon.  Some of the rock gardens were underwater as well.  But it almost looked like the water belonged there.
   Tazz and I traveled Palmer Dr to Beloit Ave and to the intersection of Beloit Ave and Delavan Dr.  This intersection was completely under water--about 8 inches of it.  We traveled up Delavan Dr to 51 with not too much flooding after the intersection.  From 51 we crossed the river and survayed the Monterey Dam and park.  It was mostly inaccessable.  The waters covered Riverside St. shortly after the railroad bridge and had most of the VanGualder bus station parking lot submurged.  Large quanties of water were flowing through this area and a fairly quick speed.
    We went back to Montery Park and I traveled around the bike path--most of which was covered in abour 3 inches of water.  From there, we headed up Rockport Rd, Racine and back to Beloit Ave. 
    Pictured is Tazz traveling through the intersection of Beloit Ave and Delavan Dr.
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   I took a tour of Riverside Park in downtown Beloit.  Turtle Island--a pirate ship play area--was actually an island (it's normally an isthmus) and completely unaccessable due to the flood waters.  A fair bit of the park's paths were underwater and many of the benches.  The downtown area of Beloit around 4th street was sandbagged, but looked pretty safe from flood waters.  A section of 4th street was closed by the high school, water covering the road.
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   Today a group of us met up at Palmer Park for a cook out.  Pictured is James.
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