Keep Your Boat Registration Updated

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The IDNR reminds boat owners in Illinois to check their current three-year boat registration/decal and renew their registration if it expires on June 30, 2015.  Renewing watercraft registration can be done online through the IDNR website at www.dnr.illinois.gov or by phone by calling 1-866-867-3542.  To renew registration, have available the watercraft’s Illinois registration number, the first six characters of the watercraft’s hull ID number, the first three letters of the registered owner’s last name, and a credit card. For details on Illinois watercraft registration requirements and three-year boat registration fees, check the IDNR website at www.dnr.illinois.gov/recreation/boating. Note: You won’t get a reminder or notice from the state before your registration expires!

Non-motorized watercraft, including canoes, kayaks, paddle boats, or sail boards in Illinois, are no longer required to be titled/registered in Illinois, unless the vessels have a motor or sail.  Non-motorized watercraft owners are required to purchase an Illinois Water Usage Stamp for $6.00 per calendar year (for each of their first three vessels, and $3.00 each for any additional vessels).  An agent fee of $0.50 is charged per vessel.  The 2015 Illinois Water Usage Stamp is valid through December 31, 2015.  Water Usage Stamps are available over-the-counter from IDNR license and permit vendors.  Find a vendor through the IDNR website at http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/LPR/Pages/LicensePermitVendors.aspx

Stickers for kayaks or canoes are available at Farm & Fleet or Circle K in Ottawa.

2015 IRBBA Calendar Published

APRIL                                                                                    
3          South Shore – Fish Fry
3          Shoreline – Fish Fry
18        Henry – Boaters Safety Course 8:00AM – 5:00PM
18        Pekin – Pasta bar/Band
25        Temulac – Chili Dog Bingo
MAY 
2          East Peoria – KY Derby Party
2          Pekin – Stokes benefit @ Pekin Moose
2          Twin Harbors – Safety Inspections
3          Joliet Yachting Club – Champagne Brunch
9          Shoreline – Steak Fry
9          Henry – Miller Time Invitational Golf Outing
10        TRN – Mother’s Day Brunch
16        East Peoria – MAYDAY Party – Launch & Blessing
16        Starved Rock – Chicken Family Style
16        Three Rivers – “Billie Chingo” Bingo Night
16        Pekin – Wing Dings
16 -17  Joliet Yachting Club – Vessel Safety Inspections
24        TRN – Digital Scavenger Hunt
24        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
24        Joliet Yachting Club – Blessing of the Fleet
24        Twin Harbors – Progressive Dock Party; drinks and hors-d’oeuvres
24        Wide Waters – Blessing of the Fleet
31        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
JUNE
5-7       Spring Valley – Ship Wrecked Weekend Annual Breakfast
 6         Joliet Yachting Club – Steak Fry
6          Starved Rock – Ron Robb Special Peoples Cruise
6          Illinois Cruisers – Meet & Greet deck crawl
7          South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
TBD    Twin Harbors – Springbrook Marina Customer Appreciation Day
13        Three Rivers – Fish Fry
13        Ivy Club – Second Saturdays at Tiki Bar and Pool Patio/with music
13        Starved Rock – Steak Fry
13        Those Guys – Annual Hog Roast @ National Marine
14        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
20        South Shore – Steak Fry W/Band
20        Havana – Beach Party/Fish Fry
20        Peoria Boat Club – Annual Poker Run
20        Illinois Cruisers – Lobster Boil
20        Pekin – Catfish Tourny Member +1
21        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
21        TRN – Father’s Day Brunch
25-28   East Peoria – IRBBA MISS RIVERBOTTOM  “Crazy after all these Years”
27        TRN – Annual Chicken Fry
28        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
JULY
3          South Shore – Fire Works W/Band
3-5       Joliet Yachting Club – Barge Party
3-5       Shoreline – Island Party on Shoreline Island
4-5       Havana – “Fireworks” River Trip to Peoria
4          Twin Harbors – Boat Races down the brook @ Spring Brook; Happy Hour and Pot Luck Dinner at Clubhouse
5          South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
11        Ivy Club – Second Saturdays at Tiki Bar and Pool Patio/with music
11        Havana – Poker Run
11        Starved Rock – Pork Chop Dinner
12        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
12        Illinois Cruisers – Poker Run
17        Illinois Cruisers – Movie Night
18        Henry – Scavenger Hunt
18        Detweiller – Poker Run
18        Wide Waters – Bill Jones Memorial Draw Down/Pig Roast
18        East Peoria – Party TBD
18        Pekin – Poker Run
19        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
24-26   Spring Valley – Chicken/Steak Fry Weekend w/Band – UGT on Saturday and IRBBA SUMMERFEST
26        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
31        South Shore – Pre-Bikini Party/Music on the Deck
31        Illinois Cruisers – Barn Bash
AUGUST
1          South Shore – Bikini Contest W/Band
1          Three Rivers – “Blue Moon on the River” Party
6          Havana – Annual River Trip to E. Peoria Luau then on to Marseilles
7-9       East Peoria – Annual LUAU
8          Ivy Club – Second Saturdays at Tiki Bar and Pool Patio/with music
8          Starved Rock – Steak Fry
9          South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
15        Henry – River Raffle Shootout and Annual 50/50 drawing
15        Peoria Boat Club – Annual Crab Races
16        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
22        Havana – Beach Party
22        Illinois Cruisers & Joliet Yachting Club– River Run and Smoke on the Water
22        Shoreline – Firecracker Poker Run
22        Pekin – TAPS Benefit
23        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
30        South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
SEPTEMBER
3-7       Starved Rock –Labor Day Weekend Blowout Bash
5          South Shore – Beach Party
5-6       Twin Harbors – Labor Day Cruise to Heritage Harbor
6          South Shore – Sunday Funday/Music on the Deck
7          Ivy Club – Alzheimer’s Cardboard Boat Regatta
13        IRBBA RIVERSWEEP
11-13   Spring Valley – Chicken/Steak Fry Weekend
12        Joliet Yachting Club – B Bash/Games Day
19        Illinois Cruisers – End of Year Party
19        Henry – End of Summer Bash (Bonfire on Lock wall)
19        East Peoria – Trailer Trash Bash
19        Wide Waters – Lobster Boil W/Live Band
19        Shoreline – Steak Fry
OCTOBER
3          Joliet Yachting Club – Chili Crawl
3          Pekin – Octoberfest/Band
3          Twin Harbors – Haul Out BBQ
9-11     Starved Rock – Octoberfest – “Fall Festival Weekend”
17        Shoreline – Chicken Fry
24        Three Rivers – Halloween Party
31        South Shore – Halloween Party W/Music
NOVEMBER
7          IRBBA Fall Meeting (Location to be decided)
7          Starved Rock – Turkey Dinner
8          East Peoria – Annual Soup Party
DECEMBER
5          Joliet Yachting Club – Christmas Party
6          South Shore – Pearl Harbor Parade
19        South Shore – Christmas Party
31        South Shore – New Years Eve Party

JANUARY  (2016)

1          East Peoria – 14th Annual Polar Ice Plunge
23        East Peoria – ½ Way to Somewhere Summer Party
FEBRUARY (2016)
7          East Peoria – Super Bowl Party
26-28   IRBBA WINTER GAMES

If the Creek Don’t Rise

Two years ago this month the river rose to record levels, causing mayhem and personal tragedies for miles up and down its shores. Stay informed about current and predicted future river levels by watching the real-time river gauge data online.

NOAA makes free river level charts available on the weather.gov website. You can see the chart for Ottawa’s gauge here, or you can simply click this new link in the right column of the SYRC home page, below the events calendar. From there, you can click the links to view the upstream (Marseilles) or downstream (below the Starved Rock Lock) gauges.

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