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Article: WISCONSIN FLOODING; Made by men, taken by nature; Lake Delton's losses are just beginning to be measured
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2008
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Lake Delton -- Until Monday morning, Judy Skille could look out
her large picture window and see her father's handiwork.
The only child of Ralph Hines, Skille was proud to say that her
father was the engineer and general manager of the project that
scooped Lake Delton out the earth.
After he finished overseeing the construction, he took over the
property when the original owner went belly-up, and Hines helped
many people build their dream homes on the lake.
"I think I cried several times that first day," Skille said while
sitting at her dining table Wednesday. In front of her was the
picture window, which now looks down on the blighted landscape left
behind when the lake drained into the ...