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 The
" Girls of Alton Lake" ----
We have some of the best women in
the world boating on Alton Lake and ... MaryBeth....
is definitely one of them.
Here she is cruising along
on the river, looking beautiful, her gorgeous red hair all up in a
bun, sporting them Jamaican braids.....And soaking up that Summer sun.
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Hurricane
Benefit At Sand Bar Restaurant A Success...More this weekend ------
Scott and Robbin reported they had a great turnout Saturday night for
the Hurricane Benefit and thank everyone that participated.
Last Sunday was a rain-out so those items will be auctioned this upcoming
weekend. ie...Dan Cox authentic signed baseball, Bob Forshe authentic
signed baseball and many other items. They are still accepting
accepting food, clothing and toiletries for the hurricane victims.
A special thanks goes out to the following "High Bidders" that
helped make the benefit a success; Carl Tiemann, Craig Pinkerton, Brian
Cody, Debbie Gould, Joe Piccoli and Mark Sweetman.
Make sure you drop in at the Sand Bar this weekend and make a donation to help
out the Hurricane Victims.
Thanks
to everyone !
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Three
River Dawgs ------
Dana, the Aussie, is on the left; Leroy, the Golden Retriever, is in the
middle and Cosmo, the Sheltie, is on the right. These fine looking
River
Dawgs are owned by Tom Foreman and Debbie Gould. Debbie wrote
in her e-mail that it took quit a while to get this shot of all three being
still. Looks like they are ready to get this photography stuff over with
and go play in the water some more.
Watch
for these guys in the River Dawg section of RiverBill's in the near future and
don't forget to send us a pic of your River Dawg soon !
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End Of The Season Party At the Sand Bar Restaurant-----
The Sand Bar Restaurant at
Lake Center is having their "End Of The Season Party" on Saturday,
Oct. 22 .. Live Band, give aways and much, much more.
Stay tuned for more info as the date gets closer.
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Cocktail Is The Theme For Cedar Hill Halloween Party-----
Dave Ash, of Cedar Hill fame, told me they are having a "Cocktail
" theme for their Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct 29 th. So
dress up as a Bloody Mary, a Screwdriver or what ever your favorite drink is
and join them for the festivities.
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Weekly
Fishing Report ------
Here is the Mississippi River portion of
this weeks Missouri Department Of Conservation's Fishing Report.
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Mississippi
(above St. Louis): 78 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish good on
nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species slow.
(Report
made on 9/29/2005)
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To view the complete report
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the "Fishing Report" link in the left hand column of this page.
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of a row of sailboats silhouetted against last Saturday's
sunset......What a picture......Look at those magnificent colors !
The pic was taken by Captain Harry Ragland, of the
sailboat "Tapacolo". Harry wrote in his e-mail:
"
Saturday was a good day for sailing, with steady winds out of the
East. I sailed "Tapacolo" from Portage Des Sioux to
Alton and back. By the time I got docked the sun was setting, and
this is how it looked from the back porch of Palisades Yacht Club."
Bill
says ......Thanks for the great picture Harry !
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Federal
Judge Is Asked To Block Lakeside 370 Levee ------
According
to an article in Wednesday's on-line Post Dispatch, two environmental
groups, the City of O'Fallon and others have asked a federal judge to stop the
construction of the Lakeside 370 Business Park levee. Go to STLtoday
to for the complete story.
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Coast
Guard - Planning New Regulations ------ The
Coast Guard's semi-annual agenda includes two new regulatory initiatives
according to an article in the July / Aug edition of the "Small Craft Advisory
Magazine".
New
Regulatory Initiatives:
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The
1st initiative would require a life jacket to be worn by every person
operating or riding on personal watercraft or being towed behind
a recreational vessel on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States.
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The
2nd initiative would amend the Coast Guard's rules on states'
numbering of undocumented vessels and on the reporting of accidents.
It would harmonize terminology governing the Standard Numbering System, and
the Casualty or Accident Report.
Source:
Small Craft Advisory Magazine published by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
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River
Dawg Page ------
I added a quote from
Mark Twain about about dogs and heaven to our River Dawg page !
Take
a look....Let me know what you think about it.
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9-
28 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of a last Saturday's
River Sunset...Look at that sky
.........Look at those colors............What a great shot........ Robert Cope
sent us the above picture with the following e-mail;
"Yesterday's
sunset was incredible. The outer clouds from (Hurricane) Rita created an
interesting effect that I've previously only seen at night around the
moon."
Bill says..........Thanks Robert
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More
Pictures of The Races ------ Asher
posted a link to more pics of the cardboard boat races on the message
board. Thought I would put the Link it in the main body so everyone
knows they are out there.
CLICK
HERE to take a look..............Thanks
for the pics Asher.
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Recreational
Boating - Safest Year Yet ------
According to an article in the July / Aug, Small Craft Advisory
Magazine, published by the National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators, the number of recreational boating deaths in the US dropped to
a record low in 2004 (676).
Source:
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
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9-
27 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
Is of Jeri
Behnke's birthday party at Capt'n Jack's Friday evening. From
left to right are Linda, Jeri and Laura.
Happy
Birthday Jeri !
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More
Pictures of The Races ------ As
promised....More pictures from the cardboard boat races last Saturday at Capt'n
Jacks.
The
first set was taken by my sister Patty.........CLICK
HERE
Darryll
Weil also sent us an album of the races. Darryll wrote:
Saturday,
September 24th, 2005 Captain Jack had his 1st Cardboard Boat Race at Captain
Jack's Marina. The entrants showed some real engineering and thought into
making cardboard hold up in the water. Saw some were coated with wax,
various paints or sealers, and even the use of Sonotubes as pontoons! You
can see a few pictures of one of the boats under construction at:
http://www.captainweil.com/Mississippi20050920/
About 5 PM, after a little
final assembly four boats were ready to rumble. Not really sure who won
but it sure was fun to watch! Check out the race pictures at:
http://www.captainweil.com/CardboardBoatRacesatCaptainJacks/
Enjoy, Darryll
Bill says....Thanks for the pictures
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9-
26 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is a series of 4 pics from the Cardboard Boat Races at Capt'n Jack's on
Saturday afternoon. Four entries , 3 actually made the race. Chuck
and Sue in MoonDoggie
II tipped right away, Dennise
and MaryBeth screamed around the course in record time, the Pirate ship
with Capt'n
Bill, Egg Throwing Mike and Gary made across the harbor and last but not
least the, the Pontoon
Battle Ship manned by all of the "Off-Brothers" ruled the waters
that day. This is just the highlights of the race..... keep your anchor right
where it is....more pictures of the festivities tomorrow.
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9-
24 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of a Harley
Colored Houseboat moored in the upper harbor at Capt'n Jack's
Marina. The vessel is owned by Kent and Judy Houdek from Stillwater,
MI. They told me that they have been on the river for 1 1/2 years since
they departed from Lock and Dam #1... and...... "Yes"..... there is
a Harley on the front deck. Kent told me "This is the coolest spot
they have visited so far."
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National Great
Rivers Museum Features Replica of River ---- According to a
article in Thursday's on-line Alton Telegraph, the National Great Rivers
Museum, adjacent to the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, now has a concrete miniature
river for demonstrating how the a river works and how it is formed.
Go to the On-Line
Telegraph for the complete story.
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Mindy ----
Mindy's photo layout from 9-15-05 has been added to the GIRLS
OF ALTON LAKE section of
RiverBill's.
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More
Con Trios Pool Party Pic's ---- Added a few more pictures
from the Con Trios Yacht Club's Pool Party at the Duck Club on 9-15-05.
Check them out by picking the Con Trios hot link in the left column of this web
page..
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River
Dawgs... Page Added ---- I collected all of of the
"River Dawg" pictures that everyone sent in and put them on their own
page. Check it out in the upper lefy hand side of this page.
If you want to add your names to any of the pictures that are posted, just fire
me an e-mail with the info on it. If you want to add your River-Dawg
to our collection.......send it in !
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9-
23 -05
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The
White Pelicans Are Back ! ------
Ron and Darlene Skeen sent us this picture of
some white
pelicans in flight that they spotted on
Turkey Island (UMR 237 - 238) last Monday evening.
Bill
says....Thanks for the pictures Ron and Darlene.
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Body
Found in Submerged Car ------
According
to an article in Tuesday's on-line Post Dispatch, West Alton
Firefighters pulled a car out of the river near the Alton Dam that contained
the body of a 54 year old woman. Go to STLtoday
to for the complete story.
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Flood
Plain Development ------
There
were 2 commentaries in Tuesday's on-line Post Dispatch about flood plain
development that are pretty interesting. Go to StLtoday and check
out the Pro and Con commentaries.
One titled Just
Do It Right and the other titled This
Has To Stop.
Bill
Says....Stop the levees........Let the flood plains be flood plains !
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Weekly
Fishing Report ------
Here is the Mississippi River portion of
this weeks Missouri Department Of Conservation's Fishing Report.
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Mississippi
(above St. Louis): 80 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish good on
nightcrawlers and stinkbaits; all other species slow.
(Report
made on 9/20/05)
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To view the complete report
.....click
the "Fishing Report" link in the left hand column of this page.
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9-
22 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Captain Darryll Weil. It is of the2nd tug for the Grafton
Ferry, Bluewater,
in dry dock.
Darryll
wrote:
"Went up to the River to do some work on my boat. While at Sharky's
Cove ran into Pete Tully from Polestar Marina who told me he was having
extensive work done on the second tug for the Grafton Ferry. After lunch
I went over to see how the work was progressing and took some pictures of it
while it's in drydock. Judging by the amount of work going on it is
obvious Pete is making it as reliable as possible as he told me they carry
about 9700 cars a month now. As far as I know the Grafton
Ferry is the only ferry that actually crosses two rivers, the Mississippi
and the Illinois, on each trip. "
For
more pictures go to: http://www.captainweil.com/Mississippi20050920
Bill
says......Thanks for the pictures and info Darryll
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Our
2nd River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Captain Darryll Weil also. It is of Gary
and Mike D building a cardboard boat for the Cardboard Boat Races at
Capt'n Jacks this Saturday.
For
more pictures go to: http://www.captainweil.com/Mississippi20050920
Bill
says......Thanks for the pictures Darryll
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It's
The Last Day Of Summer ------
Well this Summer is gone, but the party is not over. Tomorrow may be the
first day of Fall, but there is still a lot of good boating left in this
year. The leaves are going to turn soon, the white pelicans will be
coming back and the water seems to look really blue this time of
year.
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The
Winfield Live Cam Fixed ---- The
Live Cam is working again at the Winfield Lock and Dam. Click
here to check it out who
is locking through.
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Con
Trios Yacht Club Board ---- Carl
Tiemann, Commodore of Con Trios Yacht Club, asks that any Con Trios
member interested in becoming a member of the Con Trios Board to contact Jim
Svoboda at jasbjs@yahoo.com.
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Visitor Stats ----
I have added a new link, RiverBill's Website Stats, in the lower left column of
this web page. Take a look at the numbers for the year as tracked
and charted the company I rent server space from.
Last month, RiverBill's had almost 35,000 visitors !
I have removed the "Top 100 Boating Sites" visitor counter because it
was not counting all the unique visits to to this site.
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Yesterday's
Picture ---- I
received an e-mail from Robert Cope of the boat "Slow Ride" about yesterday's picture.....it
was "Island 521 not "Island 52"...........Thanks Robert !
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9-
20 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is an another aerial shot of a beach and some boaters on the Mississippi River
taken from Mike and Sherri Stanczak's red
and black powered parachute that you see flying around from time to
time. What a view !
I think this picture is looking down river at the beach at the lower end of
Island No 52 (UMR 222 mile marker) where the Dardenne Slough dumps back into the
river channel. The river channel is on the left and Mason Chute is straight
ahead. Any
comments ?
Bill says.....Thanks for the great picture and keep them
coming.
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Burnt
Hull From Cruiser Fire ------
The burnt
out hull from from the cruiser fire on Saturday has been removed from the
river according to Jack Gorecki of Capt'n
Jack's Bar & Grill .
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Group To Sue
Over Permit For Levee ---- I missed an article in last Wednesday's
On-line Telegraph about the director of The Great River Habitat Alliance vowing
to sue the Corps Of Engineers over the issuance of the permit to build a levee
for the Lakeside 370 Business Park. For more
information go to the On-Line
Telegraph.
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of the burnt
out hull that is left from the cruiser fire on Saturday. The hull is
resting in Dardenne Slough near Sharky's. This picture was taken on
Sunday by Captain Tony Trice out of Woodland Marina. Tony reported that
it looked like the hull was pulled to shallow water to keep it from
sinking.
Bill
says.....Thanks Tony for the picture and info.
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Saturday's
Yacht Fire ---- 5ksdk.com ran a story on the yacht fire that
happened Saturday on the river near Woodland Harbor. Click
here to read it.
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Enhanced
Aerial Pic Of The River ------
Last Friday we had an aerial picture of the river for the picture of the day
and I wrote that I wasn't quite sure of the location. I received a
lot of e-mail identifying the pic being of Snake Chute and Iowa Island right
above Royal Landing.
Jim Lefers of the boat "Teachers Pet", out of Lake Center Marina, went
a step further and sent me a copy of that aerial shot with text to identifying
the islands and things. Take
a look.
Bill
says....Thanks for the picture Jim !
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9-
18 -05
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is a dramatic picture a boat
on fire at around 5 PM yesterday, Sept.17, in front of Woodland
Marina. This picture was sent in by Barbara Rhoades,
Commander of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 17-04.
According to reports that were e-mailed to RiverBill's; no one was hurt, the
boat was out of Portage and channel 2, 5 and 11 news were all
there.
Additional
pics :
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Another
picture of the burning
boat, sent
in by Captain Gary Bowers, with the Water Patrol boat in the foreground.
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Another
picture of the boat fire with taken with Brad Hefferon's a camera phone. Brad
owns the boat "What Was I think'N".
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One
of the pictures that Captain Robert Cope of the boat "Slow
Ride" took took of the burning boat as the rescue
team was was working to put the fire out. Robert has a whole series
of good pictures on his website that captures the this dramatic incident. Make
sure you take a look at them. Click
here to view them.
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Bill says.....Thank you all for sharing your pictures of this dramatic
incident.
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Barbara Rhoades wrote: That this is one of the best reasons to to have a
Vessel Exam from the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Ron and Darlene out of Two Branch harbor. It is a powered
parachute that dropped
in on them last Saturday afternoon on Hat Island.
Bill
says....Thanks for the pictures Ron and Darlene.
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Yesterday's
Picture ---- I
received a lot of e-mails about where yesterday's picture was taken..... Ernie
Moretti seemed to describe it the best:
"The
pic was taken down river from
Iowa
Island
. That is lower
Iowa
with the partial sand bar sticking out next to the Ski Chute that snakes
between
Iowa
and
Enterprise
I believe. You can see Anchor Yankers in the distance where the barge is
at. The pic was taken directly above Royal Landing"
Bill
says....Thanks Ernie.. and...Thanks to everyone that sent an e-mail.
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is an aerial shot of the Mississippi River
taken from Mike and Sherri Stanczak's red
and black powered parachute that you see flying around from time to
time. What a view !
This is another picture that I am not exactly sure where it was taken. Any
comments ?
Bill says.....Thanks for the great picture and keep them
coming.
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Alton Expo ----
The Alton Expo (Carnival) is taking place on the Alton Riverfront
this weekend. Food, rides, music, mud volleyball and more. For more
information go to the On-Line
Telegraph.
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Weekly
Fishing Report ------
Here is the Mississippi River portion of
this weeks Missouri Department Of Conservation's Fishing Report.
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Mississippi
(above St. Louis): 81 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish good on
chicken liver and Sassy Shad; largemouth bass fair on topwater
lures; all other species slow.
(Report
made on 9/15/05)
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the "Fishing Report" link in the left hand column of this page.
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9-
15 -05
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The
" Girls of Alton Lake" ---- We
have some of the best women in the world boating on Alton Lake and here is one
of them........
Mindy
is a beautiful river maid with eyes as blue as the sky of a mid-summer
day. What a great combination...The Mighty Mississippi and the
beautiful Miss Mindy.....
Photography by Marty Henderson of www.fotou.net
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The
Dredge "America" Is Back In Town ------
A few more pictures of the dredge "America" from Robert Cope of the boat "Slow Ride".
These pics were taken just a bit up-river from Iowa Beach.
Bill
says...... thanks for the pictures Robert........Keep them coming !
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What
Happened To Damingo the Flamingo......I
received the following e-mail from Ron and Darlene:
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Bill;
I hope someone on your site can help Darlene and myself locate our guard
bird..
Damingo
the Flamingo..He was bird napped on the night of the Two Branch harbor party (
9 - 3- 05 ) .. We were left a note saying he had migrated south but we
recently spotted a message on your message board from him which indicates he
was bird napped and is being held captive... If anyone saw anything or hears
from Damingo in the near future.....please contact Darlene or myself at imhoosierdaddy@yahoo.com
or leave a message on the board.
Thanks,
Ron
and Darlene
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Says........Some Guard Bird !..... (Hah)....
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Sue Ferguson. It is a view of the confluence
of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers as seen from the Timber
Ridge Condominiums that sit on the bluffs above Grafton, IL. The construction
of the new condo's is moving right along. What a view of the river a
person would have if they lived there.
Bill says....Thanks for the update and pictures Sue.
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The
Dredge Is Back In Town ------
Robert Cope of the boat "Slow Ride" sent a picture of
the dredging
going on right below the power lines. In his e-mail Robert writes:
"Last week or so, I've noticed that the USACE is doing some dredging just
north of the current Iowa Beach. From what I've seen so far, it
looks like next summers Iowa beach will be about 1/2 mile longer next year. They
usually pile up the sand real steep and let us kick it down into a nice steady
grade."
Bill
says.... more dredge pictures tomorrow and...... thanks for the pictures and
update Robert....
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Luttrell
Marine - Boat
Link Fixed------
Yesterday's edition had a bad link for Luttrell Marine's "Featured
Boat".....It is fixed now....Take a look !
1999 Formula 31 PC. Click
here or on the Luttrell Marine link on the right side of this web page
for more information.
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By
Owner Yachts - New Boat Of The Month------
1989....36'
Cruisers 3670 Esprit........Take a look at the Ad below !
Click
here or on their web link on the right hand side of this web page for
more boats.
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of (left to right) Water Patrolman Lou Amighetti, Ron and Marty, with
Ron's daughter Alyssa. Ron and his daughter went to the beach for the
afternoon with Marty right after this picture was taken. Ron is the guy
that had his legs badly cut by boat props in an accident on the river last
year. Lou and Marty were key in Ron's survival that day. Marty
says a boater named Jeff, that also helped that day, was not available for
this photo.
Ron, we are all glad you are doing better.
Remember .....BOAT SAFELY !
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Katrnia
Affecting Local Businesses ------
There was an article in
Monday's on-line Alton Telegraph about how the hurricane is affecting local
businesses because of the uncertainty of river transportation and higher
shipping cost.. Click
here to read the complete article.
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Con
Trios Yacht Club Website Updated ------
The Con Trios website has been updated with a few of the pictures from
Saturday's Pool Party at the Duck Club. Take a look.
The link is in the left hand side of this web page. It was a fine
day for a pool party in mid September. Good music, good food and
an good time.
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Lost
and Found ------
John Armantrout lost a blue folding chair with an orange 200 gram
Frisbee in the storage compartment on Iowa Beach. If you found it, see the "Lost and Found" in the left hand column
of this web page for information on how to contact
John. Thanks for being a good boater and returning it.
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Luttrell
Marine ------
Has a new "Featrured Boat" this month. It is a 1999
Formula 31 PC. Click
here or on the Luttrell Marine website link in the right hand side
of this web page to take a look.
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It
Was Heartland ------ I received
a lot of e-mail yesterday from many readers insuring me that the Picture Of
The Day from was indeed Heartland
Marina. Thanks everyone.
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is another sent in by Mike and Sherri Stanczak.
They named it "One of the marina's on the Mississippi". I
think it is Heartland
Marina. Comments anyone ?
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of some of the boaters at the Con Trios Yacht Club's... Pool Party at the
Duck Club Saturday afternoon. What a great day for a Pool
Party.....And... as usual...the entertainment was good....the food was good
...and ...everyone had a good time....Watch for more pictures on the Con Trios
website soon..
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Our
2nd River Picture of the Day ------
is of the Pudding Wrestlers at Capt'n Jack's as the 1st round of the wrestling
match was just starting. Notice only a little pudding here and
there. Well.....That soon changed....Pretty soon it was pudding
everywhere....including on a lot of the fans and for sure....on the 2
coaches.....What a blast.
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River
Halloween Parties ------
I added a lot of the
upcoming river-Halloween parties to the "Upcoming Events" page in
the upper left hand corner of this web page. Take a look. Right
now everything is happening on Saturday, the 29th of October.
WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO BE ??????
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10 -05 |
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Mike and Sherri Stanczak, which they appropriately named "The
inauspicious beginning of the new Grafton Harbor".
Don't know much more about the picture, but at least I can answer folks now
when they ask me if they have started digging the new
harbor.
By the way, Mike and Sherri can be seen flying around above the river in a red
and black powered parachute and when they are on the water, look for them in a
17 Larson. Here is a shot of Mike
and Sherri with a red-river-sunset in the background.
Bill says.....Thanks for the great picture and keep them
coming.
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Water
Quality ------
There was an article in
Thursday's on-line Post Dispatch about the new Missouri State Water Quality
Standards approved last Wednesday by the Missouri Clean Water Commission and
the three local waterways that are exempt from the rules. Go to
STLtoday
to read the complete article.
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Final
Permits Granted For Lakeside 370 Project ------
According to
an article in Thursday's edition of 5KSDK.com, the city of St. Peters has been
granted the final permits to build the levee for the Lakeside 370 Business
Park project. Another new levee in the Mississippi River
flood plain ! When will they learn
? Go to www.ksdk.com
for the complete story.
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River
Halloween Parties ------
I added a lot of the
upcoming river-Halloween parties to the "Upcoming Events" page in
the upper left hand corner of this web page. Take a look. Right
now everything is happening on Saturday, the 29th of October.
WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO BE ??????
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09 -05 |
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Captain Ronnie Stevens. It is off some of the Alton Pool
Crew at Two Rivers Marina last weekend. More pictures coming soon.
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Cedar
Hill - New Hours ------
Cedar Hill Restaurant has new Fall Hours. Open Friday, Saturday and
Sunday only.
Fri
& Sat.....11AM Til 9 PM
Sun............
11AM Til 7 PM
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Sand
Bar Restaurant - New Hours ------
The Sand Bar Restaurant at Lake Center Marina has new Fall Hours. Open
Friday, Saturday and Sunday only.
Fri
.............. 6 PM Til 1:30 AM
Sat..............11AM
Til 1:30 AM
Sun............
11AM Til Midnight
Breakfast
is no longer served on the weekends
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Weekly
Fishing Report ------
Here is the Mississippi River portion of
this weeks Missouri Department Of Conservation's Fishing Report.
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Mississippi
(above St. Louis): 86 degrees, low, muddy; channel catfish good on
prepared baits; flathead catfish fair on live baits; all other
species slow.
(Report
made on 9/8/2005)
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To view the complete report
.....click
the "Fishing Report" link in the left hand column of this page.
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Letter
To The Editor....
Ameren
UE eyes the Confluence for a toxic landfill
Ameren UE officials recently approached Great Rivers to get opinions on their
plans to build a 240 acre industrial waste landfill in the middle of the
Confluence. Great Rivers is
adamantly opposed to the project and told the officials we would not support
their efforts. The proposed
landfill would be used to store waste from smoke stack scrubbers at the
Portage des Sioux power plant. Great
Rivers suggested Ameren could use the barge fleeting facility it constructed
three years ago for the purpose of hauling the waste to an area that would
have less impact on the environment. The officials suggested it would be
difficult to find a community that would accept the waste, but, ironically,
went on to say how safe the new landfill would be.
Great Rivers was opposed to the construction of the barge fleeting
facility and finds it troubling that Ameren pushed the project through and now
refuses to use it for its intended purpose.
According to Ameren officials, the proposed landfill would reach 8 to
10 stories high and would be protected by a 500- year levee. This project not
only threatens to pollute our nation’s largest rivers with industrial waste
in a flood, but would also effectively remove a large portion of Confluence
Flood Plain at its narrowest point. This is yet another project seeking to
misuse land that is best suited for wildlife and natural flood relief. Great
Rivers will do everything possible to stop yet another levee.
Sue
Schneider
Board
Member
Great
Rivers Habitat Alliance
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Lost
and Found ------
Good news....Judi Miller has located her lost camera.
Judi
also found what appears to be a diamond bracelet. If you lost one
on Two Branch Island, contact her with a description to claim it.
For more info see the "Lost and Found" in the left hand column
of this web page.
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08 -05 |
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Dot and Carl Fisher of Hazelwood, Mo. It's a bow-load
of kids riding on the river between Portage Island and the Missouri shore
just above Hide-A-Way Harbor / public access. Dot also sent us a
picture of a rainbow
on a rainless day that was taken from the sandbar near the Grafton Ferry.
Looks like those kids are really enjoying the boat ride and
they all have their life jackets on.
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River
Traffic Is Moving Again ------
There
was an article in Tuesday's on-line Post Dispatch about how river traffic is
starting to return to normal this week after it was brought to a halt near New
Orleans and above by Hurricane Katrina. Go to STLtoday
to read the article..
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Lost
and Found ------
Good news....Judi Miller has located her lost camera.
Judi
also found what appears to be a diamond bracelet. If you lost one
on Two Branch Island, contact her with a description to claim it.
For more info see the "Lost and Found" in the left hand column
of this web page.
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07 -05 |
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
was sent in by Tom and Sandy. It is of (left to right) Dan,
Sue, Ernie, Sandy and Sue on Iowa Beach on this past Labor
Day.
Bill says....Thanks for sharing your picture.
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Low
Water Advisory St. Louis to Cairo ------
The
Corps of Engineers issued a Low Water Safety Advisory on 6 Sept, 2005 for the
Mississippi River extending from St. Louis, Mo to Cairo, IL.
Go
to ITCS
memo 2301 for complete information.
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Fuel
Prices Not Keeping Boaters Off The Water ------
There
was an interesting article in Tuesday's on-line Post Dispatch about the high
gas prices and how they don't seem to affect boaters in the area. Go to STLtoday
to read the article..
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Farmers
Argue Improved Locks Would Save Money ------
There
was an article in the "KWOC TV 6" website
about how the barge operators and farmers say that the outdated locks on the
Mississippi are costing them money. Click
here to read
the article..
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White
House Task Force Flood Protection Advice Ignored ------
There
was an article in Sunday's on-line Post Dispatch about how the
flood-protection recommendations presented by a White House Task Force after
the Flood of 1993 have been mostly ignored. The
recommendations were about protecting levees, reducing flood plain development
and guarding against the sort of floods caused by the hurricane in New
Orleans. Go to STLtoday
to read the article..
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Lost
and Found ------
Good news....Judi Miller has located her lost camera.
Judi
also found what appears to be a diamond bracelet. If you lost one
on Two Branch Island, contact her with a description to claim it.
For more info see the "Lost and Found" in the Left hand
column.
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Darryll's
Labor Day Pics ----- Darryll
Weil writes in his e-mail:
"Sunday we headed up to
the River where Jim & Jan met us at the boat. Bob & Sandi showed
up with the Donzi and we headed up to Cedar Hill Resort to enjoy the deck.
After leaving Cedar Hill we stopped in Two Branch for a swim and then stopped at
Captain Jack's Bar & Grill before returning to the dock for dinner and a
dock party. All in all a great day and a lot of laughs! Took a few
pictures, check 'em out at: http://www.captainweil.com/LaborDayWeekend2005/
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Our
River Picture of the Day ------
is of one of the Cardboard
Boat Races at Two Rivers Marina this past weekend. The competition
was heating up in this picture as these guys were on the last leg of the race
and heading to the finish line. There were a couple of sinkings during
the different heats with one right at the starting line. The
cardboard boats were taken out of the water right away after the each heat to
dry-out a bit before the next race.. What a blast !
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