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Thursday 30 April 2009 Over Two Million Visitors Strong !
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Picture of the Day
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x Hi Bill ! Here’s hoping for a great 2009 boating season! We had our first fish fry of the season recently (April 4). The wind was blowing so hard that we had to make a windbreak and move the fryer to keep the flame from blowing out. But we did it! We never pass up the opportunity for some good food. Lou & I kept the fish, fries and onion rings going and everybody ate till they were stuffed. But they saved room for the apple fritters that I always make for the finishing touch. This was the first time that Ron & Paul had them, they didn’t want to share! Later, Patty Williams
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Yesteryear's Picture of the Day
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There was a good turn out despite the weather and a good time was had by all. Everyone got an Island Lei upon arrival The 2 piece Jimmy Manno band was belting out the tunes and had the party goers dancing late into the night .
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To: ALL MARINERS Check the CG/COE Hot Topics website for most current memos
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Louis announces stimulus work
St. Louis, MO – April 29, 2009 – The United States Army Corps of
Engineers has released a listing of Civil Works projects to be
funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
[More]
~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~~ The above was reprinted from the US Army Corps of Engineers website. Information presented on CorpsWeb public web sites is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Cli to go to the US Army Corps of Engineers website |
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Saturday
02 May, 2009
Missouri State Water Safety Education Classes.........
Click here to check out the Missouri State Water Patrol website
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River City Flea Market At South Shore Marina ..........
Every 2nd and 4th weekend ...Open May - Oct Located less than 3 miles North of Hwy 370 at New Town Rd
Ten Plus Acres of Riverview Park -N- Sell Area Free Parking Free Admission Boat Docking Available
Click here for flyer
For more information ....call
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Missouri Department of Conservation News ..........
RiverBill's received the following e-mail from Jim Low of the Missouri Department of Conservation
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Saturday,
2 May 2009
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo 1st Alton Block Party of the Season 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Mexican food and drink, Mexican music, dancers. Kids activities start at 4PM.
Band begins at 6:30. Celebrate Cinco de
Mayo with the Phins band, the Jimmy Buffet cover band. For more information call 618-465-6676
Click here for video from RiverBender.com After this party, they will take place on the final Saturday of each month from May through September.
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STLtoday.com has a news article about the Grafton Ferry with information about why it closed last December and what they are doing to get it running again.... Click here
RiverBill says...Thanks to Capt'n George Shindel for the news tip
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Flood of 2008
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Marine Products Reports 1st Quarter Results................. According to a news report in TradeOnlyToday.com......... Marine Products Corporation reported a 78.9 percent drop in net sales for the first quarter of 2009.
Marine Products Corp manufacturers
Robalo and Chaparral boats.
Click here to go to Marine Products Corp website. |
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Gas Pumps................. We had a back order on our gas pump. The new gas pump will be here in a few weeks. We will have gas. Jeff & Debbie House |
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To make a wall calendar.....click here to down load April's calendar. 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. |
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Midwest US Weather
Bouts of Heavy Rain Could Flood More Homes, Roads |
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To make a wall calendar.....click here to down load April's calendar. 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. |
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Restaurant, Dockage, and one house For Lease to he right people.
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Docks & Rack Storage
Docks available ranging from 20’ to 44’(hoists rental available). Rack storage for boats up to 34’ with 8’5” beam. If interested email us at lakecenter@lakecentermarina.com or call Lake Center Marina at 636-250-7500.
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Riverbend Marina has a few open slips between 24’-32’ with & without rental hoists....For info call (636) 946-2073
*Spring Special* .....March &
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5325 HWY B St. Charles, MO 63301
50 x 50 lots..rented by the year. Call John Bohnert...Home..636-949-8287 or Cell..636-299-8020
Click here to go to website Click here for Map from Yahoo |
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Wednesday 29 April 2009 Over Two Million Visitors Strong !
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Picture of the Day
Breeze Pleeze Michelle and Denny Wertheimer's 43' Beneteau |
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Hi River Bill, Jimmy Buffett sings it best, Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind That our forefathers harnessed before us Hear the bells ring as the tight rigging sings Its a son of a gun of a chorus
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Yesteryear's Picture of the Day
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To: ALL MARINERS C. MARINERS SHOULD PROCEED AT THE SLOWEST SAFE OPERATING SPEED BASED UPON PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE WAKE DAMAGE. DRIFT OF DEBRIS IS AN ISSUE WITH NAVIGATION AND MAY DRAG BUOYS OFF STATION AND SEVER BUOYS FROM THEIR MOORINGS. ALL TOWBOAT OPERATORS SHOULD BE EXPERIENCED IN HIGH WATER OPERATIONS.
Check the CG/COE Hot Topics website for most current memos
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Check out Big Muddy's website. |
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RiverBill's has received reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers is closing down Sherwood Marina and that the boat owners were notified to remove their boats. The marina is located on Corps of Engineers property.
We contacted the US Army Corps of Engineers and received the following information in an e-mail:
* The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, MO
District has informed the proprietors of the Sherwood Marina in St.
Charles County, MO, on the Mississippi River, that their lease was being
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Click here to read more on PrairieStateOutdoors.com....with Photo |
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
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Con Trios Yacht Club Website
Update.....
Many Thanks to Lisa for the great pics!
Darryll Weil, Con Trios Yacht Club Fleet Captain and
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Lake of the Ozarks
Sailing Club Regatta Pics..... Click here and check out the pics from LakeExpo.com of last weekend's Sailing Club Regatta at Lake of the Ozarks. |
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Rainfall Is Slightly Below Normal .....
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According to a news story from
pitandquarry.com............. Aggregate producer, Lafarge North America,
teamed up with Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) to clean up along the Ohio
River, plant trees, and educate the public on the need for environmental
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Gas Pumps................. We had a back order on our gas pump. The new gas pump will be here in a few weeks. We will have gas. Jeff & Debbie House |
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According to a news report in the Richmond, Mo Daily news...... Missouri Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, stated that there will be two way traffic on the Panama Canal in the next few years. That should put more barges into the Gulf of Mexico and in-turn could lead to more traffic on the Mississippi River.
Stouffer believes that the state of Missouri could utilize the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to become the goods distribution center for United States. More than half of the country's population live within a 10 hour drive of Missouri's border.
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Grafton Harbor, Grafton IL |
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Portage Des Sioux, Mo .........
Welcome All Boaters ! Breakfast from 9-noon on Sundays
Fried Chicken dinner on
Sunday from 4-8 PM for $8.95.
530 Highway J, Portage Des Sioux 63373 (636) 899-1139 Click here for Map from Map Quest
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From: Jim Marr, Chairman 2009
Note: Chairman Jim Marr will be out of
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U.S. Coast Guard photograph
Bill,
Here is the local news story...with
photo:
RiverBill says.... Thanks for for the news link David
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Restaurant, Dockage, and one house For Lease to he right people.
Call Dave at 314-280-6729 |
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Docks & Rack Storage
Docks available ranging from 20’ to 44’(hoists rental available). Rack storage for boats up to 34’ with 8’5” beam. If interested email us at lakecenter@lakecentermarina.com or call Lake Center Marina at 636-250-7500.
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Riverbend Marina has a few open slips between 24’-32’ with & without rental hoists....For info call (636) 946-2073
*Spring Special* .....March &
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5325 HWY B St. Charles, MO 63301
50 x 50 lots..rented by the year. Call John Bohnert...Home..636-949-8287 or Cell..636-299-8020
Click here to go to website Click here for Map from Yahoo |
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U.S. Coast Guard photograph
U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Sherman.
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Tuesday 28 April 2009 Over Two Million Visitors Strong !
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Picture of the Day
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Bill, I was at George Winter park here in Fenton and this guy's trans slipped out of gear while he was loading his Seadoos and his truck rolled backwards into the river right in front of us. My niece's boyfriend swam down and tied the tow-strap on and I pulled it out backwards by the trailer with my Bronco. Somehow it did a complete "180" as it was sinking. His Seadoos were OK and nobody was hurt.
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Yesteryear's Picture of the Day
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Hi, Bill,
I have attached a few photos that we took yesterday. |
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Missouri State Water Patrol News Release.....
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Lake of the Ozarks Equipment Thefts Under Investigation at Lake of the Ozarks
~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~~^~~~~~ The above reprinted from the Missouri State Waterpatrol website to check out the Missouri State Water Patrol website
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Portage Des Sioux, Mo .........
Welcome All Boaters ! Breakfast from 9-noon on Sundays
Fried Chicken dinner on
Sunday from 4-8 PM for $8.95.
530 Highway J, Portage Des Sioux 63373 (636) 899-1139 Click here for Map from Map Quest
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The Grafton Ferry Boat Company has plans to try to start dredging in May and "hope" to be open for business by Memorial Day. They have all of the required Corps of Engineers permits for the dredging and the tugboat and barge are ready to go.
They are still trying to get help from the city of Grafton, St. Charles County and the State of Illinois.
RIverBill says...Thanks Pete !
Click here to go to the Grafton Ferry website. |
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A Big Muddy River thanks goes out to Capt'n Matt Burrows for the news tip ! I'm sure everyone remembers Matt as one of the bar tenders at the now defunked Capt'n Jacks Bar & Grill.
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6th Annual 2009
Sell Your Boat, Camper & RV Show
6th Annual 2009 |
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Lake Of The Ozarks |
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Gas Pumps................. We had a back order on our gas pump. The new gas pump will be here in a few weeks. We will have gas. Jeff & Debbie House |
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Featured in the April 19th, 2008 edition of the Alton Telegraph was a picture of a 600-foot lake freighter was that locked through the 600 ft lock at Dam 26 in Alton, IL. without incident Many WWII war ships were converted into freighters in Great Lakes shipyards after the end of the war.
Click here and take-a-look-back-in-river-time.
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To make a wall calendar.....click here to down load April's calendar. 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. |
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Restaurant, Dockage, and one house For Lease to he right people.
Call Dave at 314-280-6729 |
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Docks & Rack Storage
Docks available ranging from 20’ to 44’(hoists rental available). Rack storage for boats up to 34’ with 8’5” beam. If interested email us at lakecenter@lakecentermarina.com or call Lake Center Marina at 636-250-7500.
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Riverbend Marina has a few open slips between 24’-32’ with & without rental hoists....For info call (636) 946-2073
*Spring Special* .....March &
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5325 HWY B St. Charles, MO 63301
50 x 50 lots..rented by the year. Call John Bohnert...Home..636-949-8287 or Cell..636-299-8020
Click here to go to website Click here for Map from Yahoo |
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An internet search revealed that there was a schooner named Ingomar, built in 1903, was a 127' Herreshoff designed and built schooner whose first captain, Charles Barr, was one of the early professional America's Cup racing.
Click here for photo and more info.
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Monday 27 April 2009 Over Two Million Visitors Strong !
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Hobo's
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St.Peters
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Picture of the Day The Calypso |
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Yesteryear's Picture of the Day
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Posted the following updates on the Con Trios Yacht Club website, www.contriosyachtclub.org Report and pictures from the April Get Together at Oasis Bar and Grill on Saturday. Past Commodores meeting Wednesday, April 29th, 7:00 PM at Big Muddy. Past Commodores Party coming up on Saturday, May 2nd. If you haven't sent in a reservation yet contact Past Commodore Gary Meinershagen.
Darryll Weil, Fleet Captain and Webmaster,
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News Release N07090023 Grounding - Missouri River - 04/26/09 Location:
Labadie Sandbar, Washington, Mo SUBJECTS WERE TRAVELING DOWN RIVER NEAR THE LAVADIE SANDBAR, WHEN THE VESSEL RAN AGROUND THROWING THE VICTIM FORWARD CAUSING HER TO STRIKE HER HEAD ON THE TROLLING MOTOR. VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO ST> JOHNS HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS, MO. Boat Type: Runabout
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The Great Rivers Land Trust will reportedly honor
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Saturday, 02 May 2009
Con Trios Yacht Club's.......Past Commodores Party
Duck Club Yacht Club 2PM to 6PM to go to Con Trios Yacht Club website for more info.....
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Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol
lobbying organization, and 54 ethanol manufacturers have petitioned
the EPA to increase ethanol blend levels in gasoline up to 15
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Little John's Website Update
Little John says:
http://www.littlejohnsinc.com/barge_construction_2009_part2/default.htm
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Sunday's News Article About Reservoir at Yankton, SD
......... Hi Bill, Enjoyed your article on the reservoir at Yankton, SD this Sun. We moved here out of Sioux City, IA and have boated all of that area. The Lewis & Clarke is the first of many dams above Sioux City, mm 732 on the MO. The Corp marks the river for 15 miles up river to Ponca, NE but Sioux City is as far as the barge traffic goes. Above Ponca for 70 miles is the only Historical part of the river left and is too shallow except for your John Boat.
This link http://wfs.sdstate.edu/wfsdept/Publications/Willis/449-F fish diversity missouri river kaemingk et al.pdf is a long winded story by the Corp about the sediment effect on the fish population.
This link http://www.missouririvervacations.com/mapping.htm is a good picture of the reservoir area, the 3rd map is Yankton Lake. Yankton is a great sailboat lake, nice and deep. But the sediment has cut the life expectancies of the from 300 years to 100 years.
Enjoy, Gary.
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Chattanooga, TN Delta Queen Update.... Save-the-delta-queen.org’s position on the steamboat's permanent mooring permit is as follows. "We would like to see the "permanent" mooring permit issued with additional restraints to make sure there will not be any structural changes to the Delta Queen (especially in case Ambassadors International sells the boat) so she can in fact be easily re-activated as an overnight passenger vessel once she receives a new exemption from Congress. The leasing contract between Ambassadors International and the operators of the Delta Queen Hotel at Chattanooga contains an agreement that "the Delta Queen will still be maintained in operating condition and able to return to cruising service at any time" Click here to read more on the Save-the-delta-queen website. |
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Saturday, 16 May, 2008 Great River Rendezvous Canoe and Kayak Race on the Mississippi
Race begins in Grafton, IL and ends at the Riverlands
Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, IL
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Saturday, 2 May 2009 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With The Phins 1st Alton Block Party of the Season
4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Mexican food and drink, Mexican music, dancers. Kids activities start at 4PM.
Band begins at 6:30. Celebrate Cinco de
Mayo with the
Phins band, the Jimmy Buffet cover band. For more information call 618-465-6676
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This past weekend prices at Lake of the Ozarks ranged between $2.33-$2.699 a gallon. Click here to read this news report on LakeExpo.com |
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The St. Louis Love Boat.....
STLtoday.com had an interesting article about St. Louis' own Love Boat.... The Admiral. Lots of young people of years gone by took their dates to the Admiral for a cruise on the mighty Mississippi River. Many more met a blind dates here or just met that special person there. StLtoday.com has an article about the admiral and some excerpts from letters sent by readers who enjoyed the Admiral when it used to cruised the river. The letters appear in the new Post-Dispatch book, "Rollin' On The River."
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Gas Pumps................. We had a back order on our gas pump. The new gas pump will be here in a few weeks. We will have gas. Jeff & Debbie House |
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April 27, 1865 in River History The Steamboat "Sultana" exploded on the Mississippi River, near Memphis, Tennessee. The explosion killed 1,700 people. 1450 of them were paroled Union POWs on their way home after the Civil War.
. April 27, 2008 in River History On this day in 2008, the locks at Dams 16 and 17 on the Mississippi River were closed to all river traffic due to high water.
FYI.... Lock and Dam 16 is located at river mile 457.2 near Muscatine, Iowa. Click here for more information from the on-line Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
Lock and Dam 17 is located at river mile 437 near New Boston, Illinois. Click here for more information from the on-line Wikipedia Encyclopedia. |
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Restaurant, Dockage, and one house For Lease to he right people.
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Docks & Rack Storage
Docks available ranging from 20’ to 44’(hoists rental available). Rack storage for boats up to 34’ with 8’5” beam. If interested email us at lakecenter@lakecentermarina.com or call Lake Center Marina at 636-250-7500.
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Riverbend Marina has a few open slips between 24’-32’ with & without rental hoists....For info call (636) 946-2073
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5325 HWY B St. Charles, MO 63301
50 x 50 lots..rented by the year. Call John Bohnert...Home..636-949-8287 or Cell..636-299-8020
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U.S. Coast Guard photograph
(Official U.S. Coast Guard photo/Coast Guard Air Station Astoria,
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The Weekend Report Saturday, Sunday 25, 26 April 2009 Over Two Million Visitors Strong !
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Updated Sun at 6:20AM... News, Illinois River Flood Warning Updated Sat at 9:15 ..Add Grafton Harbor & US Coast Guard Boating Safety Class |
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Hobo's
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Looks Like The Start of a Great River Day
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Yesteryear's Picture of the Day Sunday
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Fresh Lobster and hand caught Yellow Tail Snapper specials
Free Courtesy Docking
Cold Drinks and Good Food !
Lobster, 2 sides & Salad $17.95 Yellow Tail, 2 sides & Salad..$$14.95 for website & Poker Run Flyer Check out the new pictures on their webpage |
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Featured
in the April 21st 2008 edition of the Alton Telegraph was a
picture of 1903 flood.
It's of a rescue in progress of some people from Alton's East
End who were on a tiny piece of high ground. The
rescuers are walking a raft through the floodwaters.
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Last Years River Levels
On this day in 2008 we had a good flood going on. Below are a couple of river levels from this day in 2008: ~ Winfield... 29.7 ~ Grafton.... 22.4 ~ Alton....... 23.5 . |
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News Release N07090020 4/24/2009Location:
1 MM Gravois Arm MR. WHITE WAS FISHING IN THE AREA AND HIS ENGINE WOULD NOT START. AS HE WAS WORKING ON THE VESSELL, WATER CAME OVER THE STERN CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE. MR. WHITE WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO THE NEAREST SHORE.
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Gas Pumps................. We had a back order on our gas pump. The new gas pump will be here in a few weeks. We will have gas. Jeff & Debbie House |
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To make a wall calendar.....click here to down load April's calendar. 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. |
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Beautiful weekend coming up......... We are Open Thurs thru Sunday now!! Fresh Spoonbill and Catfish while supplies last this weekend! Shrimp basket too! Amy@PYC |
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Restaurant, Dockage, and one house For Lease to he right people.
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Docks & Rack Storage
Docks available ranging from 20’ to 44’(hoists rental available). Rack storage for boats up to 34’ with 8’5” beam. If interested email us at lakecenter@lakecentermarina.com or call Lake Center Marina at 636-250-7500.
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Riverbend Marina has a few open slips between 24’-32’ with & without rental hoists....For info call (636) 946-2073
*Spring Special* .....March &
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5325 HWY B St. Charles, MO 63301
50 x 50 lots..rented by the year. Call John Bohnert...Home..636-949-8287 or Cell..636-299-8020
Click here to go to website Click here for Map from Yahoo |
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Friday 24 April 2009 Over Two Million Visitors Strong !
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Hobo's
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St.Peters
Click here and check out Hobos' website Click here for map from MapQuest |
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Picture of the Day River Rats in Cancun |
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Click on pic to enlarge
Riverbill,
A few of us river rats just got back from a week in Cancun, trying to beat the winter blues. Now we are ready for boating season to begin!
Thought I would send you a few pics!
Dave Tiefenbrunn "Wet Bar"Eagles Landing Marina |
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Yesteryear's Picture of the Day
Dave wrote:
Hi Bill, This is the view a river pilot would see as he approaches St. Louis from the North. I am working above the river everyday, rebuilding the old McKinley Bridge (picture attached). This 100 year-old bridge is scheduled to reopen later this year without any tolls. It will also carry a bicycle path.
Dave Vance
RiverBill says......Thanks for the great pictures Dave !
Some history about the the old bridge that is sort of interesting.
It is normally assumed that the bridge was named after President William McKinley; but the name in reality is that of the builder. The bridge was dedicated on Nov. 10, 1910 and recently closed for repairs in October 2001. At one time it carried both automobiles and trains......later converted to carry only automobile traffic. According to the information in the link below, "the McKinley Bridge was the last sighting of the Little Green Man, a ghostly figure said to fly off the bridge into the night during the '50s and '60s when cars or RR personnel approached." Click here for history and pictures of the historic bridge that spans the Mighty Mississippi River.. |
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To: ALL MARINERS
Check the CG/COE Hot Topics website for most current memos
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Fresh Lobster and hand caught Yellow Tail Snapper specials
Free Courtesy Docking
Cold Drinks and Good Food !
Lobster, 2 sides & Salad $17.95 Yellow Tail, 2 sides & Salad..$$14.95 for website & Poker Run Flyer Check out the new pictures on their webpage |
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Saturday
25 April, 2009
Con Trios yacht Club Get Together Oasis Bar and Grill at North Shore Marina
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Check out Big Muddy's website. |
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Please check our website www.sundownersstl.com
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Gas Pumps................. We had a back order on our gas pump. The new gas pump will be here in a few weeks. We will have gas. Jeff & Debbie House |
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Great Falls Montana Kayaker Rescued From Missouri River Near Rainbow Dam....With Photo An amateur kayaker capsized in the Missouri River just above rainbow Dam on Wednesday in high winds and swift running water. The man floated about a quarter of a mile down-river towards the Rainbow Dam and then managed to pull himself onto a railroad bridge support just above from the dam. The water temperature was about 35- 40 degrees.. ....Click here
LaSalle and Heidecke Lakes Illinois High School Association's Bass Tournament High Wind Threats Hampering Illinois High School Association's Bass Sectionals Two fishing sectionals in the Illinois High School Association’s state tournament have been postponed because of the threats of high winds on Friday. The sectionals will be held on Monday ....Click here
List of reopening Illinois historic sites Two river related sites include:
~Fort de Chartres, Prairie du Rocher: Location of 3 forts built by the
French during their occupation of what is today Illinois
Mississippi Blues Trail A new marker along the Mississippi Blues Trail was dedicated to honor those lives that were lost during the Great Flood of 1927 and for bluesman “Big Bill” Broonzy...Click here
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Click here for the St. Louis Post Dispatch Fishing Report. |
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Mississippi River (above St. Louis): 52 degrees, falling, muddy; channel catfish fair on shad guts and nightcrawlers; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/23/2009)
Missouri River (below New Haven) 54 degrees, rising, muddy; channel catfish fair on worms; all other species slow. (Report made on 4/23/2009)
Meramec River (below Eureka) 54 degrees, high, muddy; all species slow. (Report made on 4/23/2009)
Salt River (below Mark Twain): 55 degrees, high, dingy; channel catfish fair on prepared baits; all other species slow.
(Report made on 4/23/2009) ~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~ The above reprinted from the weekly [Mo-fish] Weekly Fishing Report e-mail. Check out the report for the entire state of Missouri |
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Restaurant, Dockage, and one house For Lease to he right people.
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Docks & Rack Storage
Docks available ranging from 20’ to 44’(hoists rental available). Rack storage for boats up to 34’ with 8’5” beam. If interested email us at lakecenter@lakecentermarina.com or call Lake Center Marina at 636-250-7500.
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Riverbend Marina has a few open slips between 24’-32’ with & without rental hoists....For info call (636) 946-2073
*Spring Special* .....March &
April 2009 |
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