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Thursday....
15 February 2007....
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Fire On Ice
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 Our
River Picture of the Day...... was sent in by Dave
Tiefenbrunn , who hails out of Eagles Landing Marina, in the boat "Wet
Bar".
Dave
wrote:
Bill,
A few of us got together yesterday at Eagles Landing Marina.
(Sunday..02/11/07).
When being close to the river just
isn't good enough you have to move the fire onto the river. I know this does not look like a good idea, but Butch said it was fine!!
Thought you might like the pic.
Thanks,
Dave Tiefenbrunn
Boat - "Wet Bar" - Eagles Landing Marina RiverBill
says.... Oh Buoy...Fire on Ice ....Did anyone fall through ?
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Picture of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was a river
sunset sent in by Carol Bindbeutel of the boat
"Change In Latitude".
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was an aerial view of a southbound tow heading towards the locks on the up-river side of Winfield Dam. What a view of the river and the surrounding terrain. This is another one of those wonderful pictures taken by Steve Schulte.
http://www.steveschulte.com.
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Plans
For New Barge Fees ------
WTOP, Washington's News, Traffic & Weather, reported
that on February 6th that the Bush Administration wants to
charge the commercial barges a new "user fee" to
help pay for maintaining our river channels.
Click
here to read the news article on www.wtop.com
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2007
Corps of Engineer's Budget ---
A
few of the highlights:
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Increases
funding to maintain locks and dams on the Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois
Rivers.
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Includes
a focus on the restoration of three important aquatic ecosystems, one
being the Upper Mississippi River.
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Increases
funding to preserve and protect the Nation’s wetlands.
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Upper
Mississippi System Environmental Management Program - revitalize the side
channels of the Upper Mississippi, where habitat has been damaged by the
construction and operation of the existing navigation system.
Click
here
to go to the whitehouse.gov website and read the budget in
it's entirety.
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Wednesday....
14 February 2007....
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Our
River Picture of the Day...... was sent in by Sharon Gwillim.
She took this picture at West Alton on Monday the 12th. She
snapped this picture just as this eagle caught his lunch out of the
river. RiverBill
says.... Good picture Sharon ..... Thanks!
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Our
2nd Eagle Picture of the Day...... was sent in by Capt'n
Gary Strope. Gary caught this one with some food and he looks like
he is ready to protect his dinner !
This picture was actually taken in Alaska RiverBill
says.... Thanks for the picture Gary !
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Picture of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was of the Timber
Ridge Condo's. A life with a view.......And what a view it is ....
the confluence
of the Illinois and Mississippi River's right outside of your front
window..
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was of an eagle looking right at the camera as Pat took this picture. Yes, another great eagle picture by
Capt'n Pat Reid . Check out his website http://www.crystal-photo.net.
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Bald
Eagle May be Removed From Endangered Species
List ------ According
to an article on TMCnet news the bald eagle is about to be removed from the
"Endangered Species List". The de-listing
isn't because the population has made a successful comeback
!
No.........It's
the result of a lawsuit filed in behalf of a property owner
in Minnesota that claims he was prohibited from subdividing
his land because bald eagles were nesting in the trees.
Click
here to read the article on TMCnet news.
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Tuesday.....
13 February 2007....
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Our
River Picture of the Day...... was sent in by Carole Frew
. She sent us the picture named Mystical River a few days ago that is the
background for the February
RiverBill's Calendar. This is a shot of the same area of the
river without that mystical fog. Carole
wrote... Same
view. Different day, like today. This was shot on the same digital camera in
color but what a difference. RiverBill
says......Thanks for the picture Carole. It's a good comparison to the
Mystical River picture ...and.... it shows a slough and clubhouse on the back
side of the island that most boaters never see as they motor past this area out
in the main channel. After looking at my maps, I would say that the
island in the foreground is " Piasa Island" and the picture was
taken just a bit down-river from Piasa Harbor.
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Picture of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was sent in by Nancy Kreiger. Looks like it was taken from the Missouri side of the
Mississippi River near the Golden Eagle Ferry Landing. That house
always intrigued me. It looks like it is built right over those
limestone caves......I bet they must have one heck of a view
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was of the construction going on at the Wind River's Condos
. They are located just down-river from the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers near Grafton, IL. This picture was taken
from a spot near the Grafton Ferry Landing on the Missouri side of the
Mississippi River.
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RiverBill's
February Calendar......... Added a link in the upper left hand
column to this month's River Calendar.
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Little
John's Website Updated......... We received an e-mail from
Capt'n Darryll Weil that Little John's website has been updated with pictures
of Ashly and Kwitchabitchin at the Boat Show.
Click
here ...And.....Check it out.
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ITCS
Memo ......Transportation
Worker Identification Credential ---
Dated
08 Feb 2007. An informational bulletin issued to assist the maritime community
with the implementation of the Transportation
Worker Identification Credential.
Click
here to read the ITCS Memo # 2487.
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Con
Trios Yacht Club......... We received an e-mail from Capt'n Darryll
Weil.....
He
wrote:
The Con Trios Yacht Club website has been updated.
Board Meetings schedule has been changed due to scheduling conflicts. Click on the "Club Calendar" link.
More importantly, Mark Miles handed out the Grand Raffle tickets at Monday's Board meeting. This raffle is not only a great
opportunity to win some money but a portion of the money raised goes to various volunteer organizations that contribute to the well being of our boating community. Go to the Con Trios Yacht Club website at:
www.contriosyachtclub.org
and click on the "Grand Raffle" link. All of the board members have their tickets and are ready to go. If you know one tell them you want one, if not email us and we will put you in contact with one of them. You can click on the "Board and Officers" link to see if you know one of them.
Darryll
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Added
A New Link --- to
the Clarksville River talk - Message Board.....in the left hand column under
"Boating / River Message Boards". It's another way to keep up
on what is going on in other river towns.
Click
here to check it out.
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Monday.....
12 February 2007....
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Our
River Picture of the Day...... was taken by Capt'n Darryll
Weil. It's Gary and Judy Meinershagen at their surprise retirement party
at Sharky's Cove on Saturday Night. Judy and Gary hail out of the
Yacht Club of St. Louis in the houseboat "Beads". You can
usually find them on Iowa Beach during boating season.
Happy
Retirement Judy and Gary
Scroll
down to the Con Trios Yacht Club entry for more pictures from Judy and Gary's
party.
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Picture of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was of the ......Stripper
Named Phoebe ! These guys really had everyone rocking and rolling
last year at Rookies. The placed was packed and there were a lot of
River Folks there.
Stripper
Named Phoebe has broken up and Dale Williams is now playing in Powder
Keg....Check them out.
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RiverBill's
February Calendar......... We have decided to issue a February
calendar even though the month is almost half over already. Hang it on
your wall or make it a screen saver for your PC.
To make a wall calendar.....click on the picture above for an enlarged view
and print it on a piece of 8 1/2 X 11 photo paper. Set the paper to
"landscape" and "center" the photo on the paper.
Enjoy
A
big thanks goes out to Carole Frew for providing us with such a great photo.
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Con
Trios Yacht Club......... We received an e-mail from Darryll
Weil.....
He
wrote:
The Con Trios Yacht Club website has been updated with pictures from a couple of parties involving our members.
Director 3 Keith Ruf and his wife, Teri, one of the club's photographers, celebrated a joint 40th Birthday Party January 27th.
Fleet Captain Gary Meinershagen and his wife, Judy, our newsletter editor, celebrated their retirement with a party February 10th.
To see some pictures of the parties go to www.contriosyachtclub.org and click on the Photo Galleries link.
Congratulations again to Keith, Teri, Gary and Judy!
Enjoy, Darryll
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ITCS
Memo ......New
Safety Advisory for Ice conditions on UMR and ILRr --- Dated
08 Feb 2007.
Safety Advisory issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Upper Mississippi
River, about severe ice conditions and tow
restrictions.
Click
here to read the ITCS Memo # 2486.
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Fri,
Sat Sun.. 09, 10, 11 February 2007....
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Our
River Picture and E-mail of the Day....(Sunday)... are from Robert
Cope of the boat Slow Ride. He sent a a picture taken by his son, Michael, of
some ducks on the ice in some open water on a backwater pond behind Our Lady Of
The Rivers at Portage Des Sioux. Robert
Wrote: Bill, As planned, my son and I went to the river today to check out the ice, the Eagles, and my new camera. Robert
Cope
RiverBill
says....Thanks for the pictures Robert...Wow ! A new camera Robert
sent us a boat load of photos...so look for more from him later this
week.
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Mystical River
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Our
River Pictures and E-mail of the Day....(Saturday)... are from Carole
...... She
named them ....Mystical
River.... Carole
Wrote:
We live on a bluff across from Portage
De Sioux power plant. This is a pix I thought you might enjoy seeing. All the fog was moving when I took these pix and it was mystical. Now we are seeing thousands of gulls, white pelicans, geese, ducks and, of course, bald eagles.
- CAROLE
RiverBill
says....Thanks for the pictures Carole. They are simply Fantastic
!
You must have a great view from your house !
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Our
River Pictures and E-mail of the Day....(Friday)... are from Larry
Snopek. Larry
wrote:
Bill:
Most of your website viewers are looking forward to getting out on the river as soon as possible. What I saw the other night might make a few of the most ardent boater pull their hair out, at the very least.
I live on the bluff in Alton. The other night I saw a northbound barge, near the boat salvage area, just west of town. I watched from about 8 pm to midnight, as the barge tried to move up river. The barge would move forward, back-up, and make another run trying to break-up the ice.
Sorry for the poor quality of the night photos, but note the change in the position of the towboat lights. At one point, the towboat broke from the barges. The pilot/captain traveled up along the port and starboard sides of the barges, trying to find or make an ice free path up river. I got up several times that night, but the barge hadn't progressed very far. In the morning, the barge had made it as far as the blue water tower, near the Alton Water Plant or about 1/2-mile in about 12-hours. The tow wasn't there when I returned home later that night.
What I found interesting was how well the pilot/captain maneuvered the towboat right next to the barges on the dark, cold, ice-clogged river. He/She piloted that boat with great skill.
While the river can be fun when the weather is nice, there are a few who are out there in just about all conditions.
Larry
RiverBill
says....Thanks for the pictures and e-mail Larry ! Your right......
working on the river in these conditions would really be tough !
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
Sunday
The
"Pictures of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) were of
Dale Williams , of the band Powder
Keg, and his son with some more big catfish. They caught all
of these guys on rod and reel in the Missouri River. Wow !
The top one is a 68 pound blue cat that Dale caught last year on February
18. The 2nd is 57 pounds and 3rd is 37 pounds.
The
bottom pictures are of Dale's son, Eric, holding a 56 pound flathead.
River
Bill says.....Lets go fishing for the big ones Dale !
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was from New Orleans near the French Quarter. It is of the some of the river crew at the Mississippi Riverfront. From left to right - Bill, Judy, Gary and Laura. The riverfront is a very appealing with walkways for pedestrians and many attractions. A good place to spend a few hours relaxing while doing some river watching and people watching. The river was very busy that day. Some of the things we seen include the Riverboat Natchez leaving the dock as it headed down-river for a cruise and another ship heading up-river.
"Oh Buoy" - then there are the buoys ! Much, much larger than those used in our area of the river.
Saturday
The
"Pictures and e-mail of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) were all about Ma Belle ! ....Read on !
It's another story about the rusting
old houseboat named Ma Belle when she still had some color to her. The
artist rendition of Ma Belle in her prime is at the top and then a couple of
real pictures of the old houseboat follow.
Rick
wrote in his e-mail:
Bill,
Here is a couple of pictures we dug up of Ma Belle. I can't find any of Morris.
There is another funny story about these two pictures. The gentleman you see is
a long time, very close friend and his girlfriend. They live in Atlanta, GA.,
and every so often we get together and it was his turn to be here. We had
recently bought our 39' Sea Ray at the time these were taken, and Dave hadn't
seen the boat yet. Our Sea Ray is pristine, and Ma Belle isn't! In fact, at this
time Morris was already gone for some time and Ma Belle was getting in bad shape
inside. Nasty bilge water had been laying in it for some time and stunk. The
furniture was broken down and dirty. Clutter was everywhere, and things were
rusting and decaying and broken all over. So when they came up to see us, we
were naturally very "anxious" to show our new boat! With the
cooperation of everyone else on the dock, we marched them straight into Ma Belle
and proudly began showing off our new "palace on the river",
describing how we were "going to paint this and that" and
"do some decorating" and "get the furniture recovered" and
so on... My wife even picked up a broom and did a little sweeping, which at that
point was like trying to kill a bull elephant with a flyswatter. Meanwhile, we
were amusedly watching their faces through all this farce and they looked like
they'd been told the IRS made a mistake on their taxes and wanted their first
born male child as payment. They were absolutely blank and had the color of a
linen tablecloth. Dave finally rasped out a weak: "Well, maybe we could
help you clean it up a bit while we're here...hrmpff" To which I replied:
GREAT! lets get a few things and we'll spend the night!! and we left the Ma
Belle. They looked like Marie Antoinette on the way to the guillotine as we
walked down the dock. Of course as we passed our real boat we explained our
accidental misrepresentation and that this was the real one. And of course their
response was, ...well I've never been called things like that before or since.
In fact, I'm not sure what some of those words meant, but they sounded kinda
bad. And all we could do is laugh our nautical butts off. We went back to Ma
Belle and got their "real" opinions of what needed to be done and I
won't say what they were here. The pictures are of them getting back off Ma
Belle after that. We're still friends to this day, but I suspect I've got a
payback coming!
Rick
Sievers
River
Bill says.....Thanks for another great story Rick.
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was of an eagle sitting in a dead tree on the Missouri side of the river near Alton, IL. with the Clark Bridge in the background.
Photo by Pat Reid of "Crystal
Photography".
Friday
The
"Picture of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was from the
Winfield - Live Cam . The snow
flakes look orange as they are coming down. It would not have been a good
morning to lock through.
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was of the Clark Bridge that
spans the Mississippi River from Alton, IL to Missouri at the UMR 202.5 mile marker. The blue roofs of the boat docks at the Alton Marina can be seen protruding above the rock breakwater on the far side of the river.
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The
Sharks ------
will
be playing this Saturday night at Sharky's Cove !
See
ya there !
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2005 File Photo
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FOR
SALE.... Ma-Belle and the Channel
Where Ma-Belle is Located
Lot is 91 feet wide and 500 plus long from road into the river.
May be able to put 20 docks in there off river with annual rent of $20,000.
Will sell for $50,000...... may finance.
Earl Davis
P.O. Box 1229, St. Charles , Mo 63302
Phone.....636-949-6986
Fax.........636-723-1522
edavis36@sbcglobal.net
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Ice
Problems AT Melvin Price Lock and Dam ------ There
was an interesting article on the St. Louis District, Corps of Army Engineers
website about ice conditions and problems at the Melvin Price Lock and Dam
(Alton).
Click
here to go to the St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers website and read
the article
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Ice
Conditions on Mississippi River ------ There
was an interesting article in Friday's on-line Post Dispatch about the ice
situation on the
Mississippi River and how it's playing havoc with the tows that are still
running on the river.. It has a great picture of a towboat pushing 6
barges through what looks like a barren waste land...but it's all of the ice
on the river. Ice, ice, ice and more ice.
Click
here to read the story in the on-line STLtoday.com
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Bill
Seebold Sr. Died Feb.1, 2007------
He was 91. Mr Seebold was a native of Granite City, IL and started the
six-decade Seebold family racing dynasty by building boats in his basement in
the 1930's..
Obituary in
Friday's on-line Post Dispatch
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ITCS
Memo ......Severe
Ice Conditions & Tow Restriction at Lock 26---
Safety Advisory issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Upper Mississippi
River, about severe ice conditions and 89'
Tow Restriction at Melvin Price Lock.
Click
here to read the ITCS Memo # 2482.
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The
Band... Rail ------
Rail
will be playing this Saturday night at Rookies !
Stop
by and see see them.
Make
sure to ask them to play.... "House Of The Rising Sun"
Rookies ~3721
New Town Blvd ~ 636-724-3737
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Thursday...
08 February 2007....
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Our
River Pictures of the Day..... are from the St. Louis Boat
Show. They are pictures of some of RiverBills.com sponsors and
friends. Stop by and say hello to the friendly folks at Little
John's Motor Sports, Portage Boat Works, Lewis
Boat, Dan's
Boats, Dri-Port
Marine and Marine
Max. Tell
them you seen them on RiverBills.com !
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Did
you find the eagle in the picture yesterday ?..... That was a tough
one ! Click on the picture above for an enlarged view of an
immature eagle flying right at you.
Photo
By Pat Reid of Crystal Photographery
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Pictures of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was of a
bald eagle, named Liberty. Pat Reid of Crystal
Photography took a picture of Liberty at Eagles Day in Clarksville, Mo
and imposed it against a backdrop of the American
Flag. An
eagle named Liberty and the American Flag....what a good picture
!
Liberty is about 15 years old and blind because it was hit by a car. He is
described as being very calm in public. He tolerates everything except dogs and horses. Liberty has appeared in parades, TV programs and has been
to the White House several times.
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was
a view looking up-river from the top of the one remaining section of the old dam at the Lincoln Shields Recreation Area on the Missouri side of the river near Alton IL.
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Calhoun
County Ferries ------ There
was an interesting article in yesterday's on-line Post Dispatch about the
Mississippi & Illinois River ferries that service Calhoun County,
IL.
According to the article, the Winfield Ferry is the only one that is "not
frozen-in" .
Click
here to read the story in the on-line STLtoday.com
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More
in Depth Account of Rescue of Woman From Mississippi River Last Friday
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I ran across a more in depth account of the river rescue that took place
last Friday on the Becky Thatcher Riverboat in downtown St. Louis..
Check
it out on CW11 News.
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ITCS
Memo ......Low Water &
Ice on Upper Mississippi River ----
Safety Advisory issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Upper Mississippi
River, about ice and low water conditions on the upper Mississippi River.
Click
here to read the ITCS Memo # 2481.
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Paying
Too Much For Boat Insurance ?.......
Check out Mixon Insurance.
Fill out
Bill Mixon's on-line
quote form for a fast, friendly insurance quote for rates
on your boat..
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 February
07, 1812 in River History
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An earthquake in the New Madrid, Mo., area caused the Mississippi River to run backwards. The uplifted earth caused both dams and waterfalls at different location…. and it created Reelfoot Lake.
For more info click
here
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February
07, 1953 in River History
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1st day of operation for Chain of Rocks Lock and Dam No.27.
For more info click
here.
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Wednesday...
07 February 2007....
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Our
River Picture of the Day..... is another taken by Capt'n (of the camera) Pat Reid, of Crystal
Photography.
It's an eagle in front of Winfield Dam, gliding along looking for a bite to
eat. Thanks
for the great pictures Pat !
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Our
2nd River Picture of the Day..... Is named.......Find the Eagle.......
What
a contrast to yesterday's
eagle picture !......There is an Eagle in there,,,
Can
you spot it ?
Photo
By Pat Reid of Crystal Photographery
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Pictures of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was a close-up shot of a river
gull gliding through the air. The picture was taken by Steve
Schulte
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was
a picture of a bench with a good view at the St. Charles County Hide Away Harbor Park
. The park is about half way between the Grafton Ferry Landing and the town of Portage Des Sioux on the Missouri side of the
Mississippi River.
Looks like a good place
to spend some time with good friends
"Watching
the River Flow"
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Tuesday...
06 February 2007....
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Our
River Picture of the Day.....
I've named it.....
Eagle
Feast 2007
Capt'n (of the camera) Pat Reid, of Crystal
Photography snapped this picture on Sunday afternoon just below Winfield
Dam. 30+ eagles sitting in the trees along the Missouri bank of the
Mississippi River. Pat told me the water below the dam was still flowing
and not frozen and that there were at least a dozen more sitting in trees on
the Illinois side of the river. What a sight !
Watch for more eagle pictures from Pat later this week.
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Last
Year's River Picture of the Day
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What picture was at the helm of RiverBill's last year on
this day ?
The
"Pictures of the Day" from one year ago
(2006) was of Dale
Williams and a 57 pound Blue Catfish he caught on a rod and reel. They are both smiling because Dale caught another big fish and the
cat is smiling because he knows he is going back into the river ! Yes,
Dale put this one back in to grow up a bit more.
Catch and
Release.
Dale is in the band Powder
Keg
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The
"Picture of the Day" from two years ago
(2005) was
a picture of Our Lady Of the Rivers
shrine, a 25-foot fiberglass statue of Mary, watching over the Mississippi River near Portage Des Sioux, Mo. The statue was erected in 1957 and it is where the annual "Blessing of the Fleet " takes place.
It is also a darn good place to sit and watch the river flow.
For more info click
here .
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Two Grafton Riverfront Projects Delayed ------
According
to an article in the on-line Post Dispatch..... A state agency is withholding
permits for two new businesses on the Grafton Riverfront. The Grafton Riverboat Inn & Spa on the Wayward
Lady and the Driftwood Restaurant. The permits are being withheld over concerns that the businesses on the sites would limit public access to the riverfront.
Click
here to read the story in the on-line STLtoday.com
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Little
John's Motor Sports ------
Bill
Ashly, and our team will be representing St. Louis Drag Boat Assn., with our boat,
at the St. Louis boat Show Feb. 6th thru Feb.11th
BOOTH 1510 in the dome
Get the word out to come see River Bill's and Little John's Motorsports at the show
!
LJ
www.littlejohnsinc.com
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Woman
Rescued From Mississippi River Near Arch ------
According
to a news story on KSDK News Channel 5 ..... An unidentified woman was rescued
from the Mississippi River near the St. Louis Arch last Friday. She was conscious
and talking when rescued.
Click
here to read the story on 5ksdk.com
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ITCS
Memo ......Ice Conditions...Illinois River ----
Safety Advisory from Sector Upper Mississippi River about ice conditions on
the Illinois River
Click
here
to read the ITCS Memo # 2475
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ITCS
Memo ......Width Restriction Locks 24, 25, & 26 – UMR ----
105-foot width restriction on all
tows which traverse the subject locks due to ice formation along the walls of
the lock chambers.
Click
here
to read the ITCS Memo # 2476
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Little
John's Motor Sports ...Racing Update
I have had a couple of people express concern about
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