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“Life is a
river. Go with the flow."
Christy Martin
LIFE ON THE WATER Magazine
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It's
Tuesday
27 January 2015
Over 6.87
Million Boater Visits
To
The Always Changing
e-Waters of
RiverBills.com
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Picture of the Day
Frozen Entrance to Polestar Marina
 The
Picture of the Day....
was sent to us by Capt. Jeff Digman with Bloch Marine
service..
Hi Bill!
Took this picture sometime a couple weeks ago. It's a shot of
the entrance of polestar heading out into the slough. Not much
boating goes on this time of year.
Missing summer time.
Capt. Jeff Digman
Bloch Marine Service
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RiverBills Sticker Sighting
(Sun
pic)
Key West, Florida
Sailing on
Mardi Gras
Key
Chicken
She'll shop Key West
These two pretty girls were on
the street side of the
Lakanuki Cafe in Maui ????
Click pic to enlarge
More
RiverBills Sticker Sighting....
were sent to us by Capt'n Barry Munsell of the sailing
ship.... Mardi Gras
RiverBill says......
Thanks for taking RiverBills with you on your sailing trip.
It's a long way to Maui from Duvall Street ! Enjoy
your trip to the Max.
Click here
to read Barry and Linda's
latest blog
RiverBills
Sticker Sighting Page
Click here and check it out..
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Click here
to go to the
Boathouse Food and Deck website
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Yesteryear's
Picture of
the Day
click pic to enlarge
Yesteryear's
Picture
of the Day in
2014.......
was sent to us by Capt'n Terry Alexander of the Yacht
Club of St. Louis
Hi Bill!
Wife and I were heading to Grafton for dinner tonight and caught
this spectacular sunset.
Terry Alexander
Yacht Club of St Louis
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My River Home
Winterization Forms...
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River
Levels / Flood Warnings .........
Mississippi River
Winfield
Grafton
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Alton
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Illinois River
Hardin
LaGrange
Click
here
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Missouri River
St. Charles, Mo
Washington,
Mo
Click here
Click here
for current Doppler Radar
Click here
for U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, ST.
LOUIS DISTRICT, RIVER & RESERVOIR DAILY REPORT.
Click here
to activate map from
NOAA's National Weather Service website then click on
gauge location for current river levels, river forecast and flood
watches, warnings and advisories.
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Click here to go to
Grafton Harbor's website
618-786-PORT (7678)
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River News !
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Water
Patrol Division of Missouri Highway Patrol
No new incident
reports
Click here to go to the Missouri State Highway Patrol
website
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River Gear
For Sale............
Click here to
buy your River T-shirts and
Accessories on-line..
Delivered right to you mailbox
in a few short days
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Updated 22 January
2015
US Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis District - Weekly Navigation Channel Condition
Mississippi RIver
LOCK 27 CLOSURE SCHEDULE
1/29/15 - 2/13/15 - 0600; 1800 closure - Welding and
Completing Steel Armor Plate. 2/14/15 - 2/15/15 - 0600 -
1800 closure (both days) - Placement of Stone Protection.
Helper boat is provided by the Government during
construction for North bound approaches to the main lock.
Lock 27 Auxiliary Lock will remain closed through 3/20/15
for repairs to embedded steel.
Missouri River
MILE 44.0 - BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Daniel Boone Companion Bridge; Superstructure erection is
intermittently ongoing. At times work in the main channel
may require temporarily blocking the river for up to
8-hours, during those periods the alternate channel will be
available for use. Mariners may contact M/V GABRIEL J via
VHF-FM Channels 13 or 16, for more information.
Kaskaskia River
MILE 4.8 - AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Multiple can buoys have been reported not properly marking
the channel and partially submerged in the vicinity of Mile
4.8. Mariners are urged to exercise caution in the area.
Click here
to go to the
US Army Corps of Engineers website for the current
Navigation Channel Condition Status Report
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Click here..Lewis
Boats Inc website |
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Mississippi River
Along The Riverbend
Tri-County Regional Port District Expanding.......
Illinois State Representative Dan Beiser is touting
a recently created regional business district. On
January 1, 2015, the Tri County Regional Port
District became America's Central Port District.
The port district now encompasses a larger portion
of the Riverbend. The port district had to contact
several legislators to garner support for the
expansion. Beiser believes that the new port
district will be beneficial to the region's economy.
Under the law, the Tri County Regional Port District
is now America's Central Port District. The port
district boundaries now include Chouteau, Elsah,
Godfrey, Quarry Township, and Wood River........
Click here to read this news article from
altondailynews.com. With
Photo and Audio.
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US Army Corps of Engineers
National Great Rivers
Museum Closure
Alton, Ill. – The National Great Rivers Museum,
operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will
be closed on January 27, 2015 due to a planned
electrical outage. The facility is having electrical
smart meters installed to help improve and monitor
its energy efficiency. During this time, visitors
are encouraged to visit the Audubon Center at
Riverlands for winter bird viewing and regional
visitor information.
The National Great Rivers Museum’s normal operating
hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily. For more
information, please call 618-462-6979.
Reprinted from the US Army Corps of
Engineers...
Click here
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Good Morning St. Louis!
Join us in collaboration with the #STLBoatShow
in our weekly contest, before the show drops anchor!
Submit your best boating & outdoor
photo below for your chance to win a pair of show
tickets!
Submit your
photo with the "Submit Now" link above
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2015 St. Louis Boat and
Sportshow Advance Purchase Discount Tickets
$2.00
Off General Admission, $3.00 Off For
RiverBills' Nite
Click here and purchase your discount tickets
TODAY !
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REDUCED
WINTER SERVICE RATES
FREE FUEL
GIVEAWAY WINTER SPECIAL
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Click here to go to
Port Charles website
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Port Charles Harbor facebook
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Ken
O'Neil Memorial Celebration
Ken O’Neil , Long time River Rat and
friend to many past away last Saturday
unexpectedly . He will be missed greatly
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There is a memorial celebration in his
honor this Saturday at 1:00PM at the
Boathouse for all who knew and loved him
. .
Thanks,
Dave
RiverBill says....
Our prayers and condolences go out to
Ken's family........
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Mississippi And
Illinois Rivers
Eagle Watching Is Going On Strong........
Over the past few months, eagle watching has lured
thousands of people to the Riverbend region to check
out the majestic birds nesting in the area. The
Alton Regional Convention and Visitor's Bureau says
that there are plenty of eagles this year.
Brett Stawar with the Convention and Visitor's
Bureau says that eagle watchers have spotted eagle
activity at the nest along the Berm Highway,
otherwise known as the River Heritage Parkway.
Two Rivers Natural Wildlife Refuge, on the Great
River Road near Brussels, is one of many hotspots
for eagle watching along the rivers in the region.
Stawar added that there is a smartphone app to keep
tabs on where the hotspots are........
Click here to read this news tidbit from
altondailynews.com. With
Photo and Audio.
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US Army Corps
of Engineers
Eagle Day at Lake
Shelbyville
Lake Shelbyville– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting
the 4th Annual Eagle Day event on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at
the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center. Treat your valentine to a
free show celebrating our national symbol and other birds of
prey!
New to Eagle Day this year, the Illinois Raptor Center will be
presenting a short 30 minute program just for kids! Raptors for
Kids begins at 10:00 a.m. There will also be two 50 minute Birds
of Prey programs featuring a live bald eagle along with other
live birds of prey. The first program starts at 11:00 a.m. and
the second program will start at 1:00 p.m. There is no cost to
attend the program, however only 150 seats will be available per
showing. A portion of tickets for the programs will be available
to be picked up in person on a first come first serve basis at
the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center during normal business hours
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. beginning
Monday, February 9, 2015. No more than 6 tickets per person can
be reserved prior to the event date.
Don’t forget to bring your family and friends to the Lake
Shelbyville Eagle Day at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center.
For additional information, contact the Lake Shelbyville Project
Office at (217) 774-3951.
Reprinted
from US Army Corps of Engineers....
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US Army Corps of Engineers
Eagle Watch Event at Carlyle Lake
CARLYLE LAKE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in
partnership with the Case-Halstead Library in
Carlyle, IL will be hosting an Eagle Watch on
Saturday, February 14, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m at
the library. At 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., the World
Bird Sanctuary will present “All About Eagles” and
will bring a live bald eagle to demonstrate the
majestic flight and nature of this beautiful bird.
Everyone attending the event will have the
opportunity to listen to a story about bald eagles,
make crafts, and observe replicas of a bald eagle
skull, egg, talons and feathers to get a better
understanding of the bird. Participants can also
pick up a map at the library during the event and
drive to various viewing locations at the lake. Park
Rangers will be at these locations with spotting
scopes to assist and answer questions. Everyone is
encouraged to bring binoculars and dress accordingly
for the weather.
On January 9th and 10th Carlyle Lake staff members
performed the annual “Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey”
at Carlyle Lake. During the survey, 58 mature and 42
immature eagles were identified and recorded in four
counties in the Carlyle Lake area. With 83 miles of
shoreline, Carlyle Lake offers excellent habitat for
eagles and has all the resources available for their
survival. The number of eagles visiting Carlyle Lake
in past years has increased and many active nests
have been located. The population of Bald Eagles in
Illinois has steadily increased over the past
several years due to federal laws and conservation
efforts that have been made to save these
magnificent birds of prey.
For additional information on this presentation or
on bald eagles please contact the Carlyle Lake
Project Office at (618) 594-2484 or email at
carlylelake@usace.army.mil.
Reprinted from the US
Army Corps of Engineers...
click here
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Inland
Waterways
Study Looks At Inland Waterway Investment
Impact........
The National Waterways Foundation has commissioned
and released a two year study that looks at the
national economic returns on investments to the U.S.
inland waterways, as well as the benefits and need
for an accelerated waterways system improvement
program that will create, and sustain American jobs.
The study, titled "Inland Navigation in the United
States: An Evaluation of Economic Impacts and the
Potential Effects of Infrastructure Investment" was
conducted by the University of Tennessee and the
University of Kentucky.
The research looked at the inland navigation system,
as it currently exists and is funded, and as the
inland waterway system may be through renewed
investment in infrastructure........
Click here to read this news report from
marinelink.com. With Photo.
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2015 St. Louis Boat and Sportshow
RiverBills Night..... Thursday, March 5th
RiverBills Night at the 2015
St. Louis Boat & Sportshow is scheduled for
Thursday, March 5th. RiverBills has the lounge area
on the second floor reserved for that night.
The lounge has windows with a view of most of the
show.
We will also be sponsoring
the shuttle vans that pick people up at various
parking lots and deliver them to the America's
Center as well as on-line discount tickets for you
and a ticket give-away photo contest.
Keep your anchor right here
for more details. Looking forward to seeing you
there.
Click here
to go St. Louis boat & Sportshow website
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Upper Missouri River Basin
Research Finds Cause Of Pallid Sturgeon Decline........
The
family tree of the pallid sturgeon goes back tens of
millions of years, however, it has been only decades since
biologists documented any of the prehistoric fish producing
offspring that survives to adulthood in the Upper Missouri
River Basin.
Fisheries biologists with the Montana State University, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological
Survey recently documented the biological mechanism that
caused the decline of the endangered pallid sturgeon.
According to a paper published in the journal Fisheries,
scientists demonstrate that oxygen-depleted dead zones
between the dams along the Upper Missouri River are linked
to the failure of the sturgeon embryos surviving until
adulthood........
Click here to read this news article from eurekalert.org.
With Photo.
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Mississippi River Near
Cahokia, Illinois
Did
Earthquakes Doom Mississippian Society?
Archaeologists have spent years trying to find an answer to
the mystery of what caused the disappearance of the ancient
American Indian societies that had flourished for a thousand
years along the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois.
Sometime
around 1400 AD, these American Indian societies suddenly
disappeared, including the large city that once occupied the
site of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.
Archaeologist Gregory Vogel came up with a theory, which he
revealed during a lecture on Sunday, at the Cahokia historic
site. Vogel says that it is likely a string of disasters,
including drought and war plagued the region. He added that
there is evidence of a massive earthquake, and powerful
aftershocks that made the region uninhabitable........
Click here to read this news article from bnd.com.
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Mississippi River At
Memphis, Tennessee
Stolen Car
Reeled In From The Mississippi River........
Monday
morning, a wrecker removed a stolen vehicle from the
Mississippi River, near Mud Island at Memphis, Tennessee.
the police do not know who stole the car, nor how it ended
up in the river.........
Click here to read this news tidbit from
localmemphis.com. With Video.
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Make
Your
Boat
a
RiverBills
Header
Picture
Make
your
boat
a
RiverBills
header
picture
!
Just
send
us a
shot
of
your
boat,
keeping
in
mind
that
that
the
picture
needs
to
be
proportioned
similar
to
one
above
of
Marty
Haugh's
1967
Lyman.
We
will
crop
it,
add
your
name,
the
boat
name
and
year.
We
have
a
few
boats
from
last
year
that
never
got
posted....
Look
for
them
soon
!
Send
your
pictures
to
riverbill@prodigy.net
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River Ferries
Illinois
River
Brussels
Ferry..............618 - 786-3636
Mississippi River
Golden Eagle
Ferry ......618- 535-5759
Winfield
Ferry...............618 - 396-2535
Grafton Ferry............... 1-800-258-6645...
Closed for the season
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Last Weekend's Edition of RiverBills....
Click here for last
weekend's edition of RiverBills
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Who's Open.. Who's Closed
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Who's
Open... Who's Closed........
Big Kahuna.......................
Closed
Boathouse Food &
Deck.... Closed
Cedar Hill
Resort................
Closed
Duck Club Yacht Club ....... Closed
Evandy's Boatel................. Open all year
Froges Bar & Grill.............. Open all Year
Kinder's
Restaurant............
Closed
Longshot
Saloon................ Closed
LaRosa
Cantina.................. Closed
Palisades Yacht
Club......... Closed Dec 19, reopening in Jan 2015
Sundowners.......................
Closed
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Your Eye on the River
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The Boathouse Food and Deck
WebCam
Mississippi River on Dardenne
Slough UMR 222.2
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RiverBills Two Branch Area
WebCam
Mississippi River UMR 231.5
The
Webcams above upload a new picture every 6 minutes..
Hit
refresh to update to the latest picture
Go to
www.RiverWebCams.com
for the last 10 pictures from all the above cameras!
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Polestar
Boating Center
River
Weather Station
History for weather station KMOSTCHA4...Polestar Boating
Center, St.Charles, MO..
Click here
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 David Berg's Blog
"Great Escape" We are currently "dirt dwellers" but have lived aboard traveling for as long as 7 months at a time.
Click here to go to "Bergs on Great Escape Blog" and read the latest blog
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Click
here
to
read Jalsails's
latest
blog
Reprinted
from
Jalsails's
Blog
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Sailing on the Mardi Gras Blog
Click here to read Barry and Linda's latest blog
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River
Levels & Water Temp for your phone
River
Levels for Pool 26............
http://www.riverbills.com/River.html
Alton to
Hannibal........................ http://www.riverbills.com/River-Mis.html
Hardin to
Peoria .........................
http://www.riverbills.com/River-Ill.html
Saverton, Louisiana,
Clarksville...
http://www.riverbills.com/River-Lou.html
Add
current "river level" information to your mobile device. All
you need is internet access... Simply add one of the links
shown above
River level information
in the charts is updated every 15 minutes to US Army Corps
of Engineers data
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Us Your News Tip !
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you think your fellow boaters would be interested in, send
us a news tip. Email it to
RiverBill@prodigy.net
and we will get it on-line.
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