Flood risk, so no flood fix? Early word bad for campground cottages.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July, 2007

Byline: Ames Boykin rboykin@@dailyherald.com Dorothy Capen's century-old cottage overlooking idyllic Memory Park has its own memories. Capen speaks for it as she's perched on her white wicker chair on her screen porch in the center of the Des Plaines Methodist Campground. The campground is near the Des Plaines River - responsible for its beauty and its bane.

Flood upon flood has ravaged her cottage - along with the 120 other white cottages with green trim - over the years. Capen, 81, spent many girlhood summers at the camp, and wants others to have the same memories. "I would hate to see them not be able to come back," Capen said. "There's a mystique. ...It isn't just a cottage. It's a way of life that you buy into." She is one of many residents...