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    <title>Prairie State Canoeists upcoming events</title>
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      <title>Kishwaukee River (2026-10-17)</title>
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&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="PT Sans"&gt;Date:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; Saturday, October 17 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Leader:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://prairiestatecanoeists.org/sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/31582420" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Steve LaPorte&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Kishwaukee River&lt;/font&gt; (Hickory Bills to Baumann)&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Details:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; We will be paddling the Kishwaukee River from Hickory Bill's to Baumann Park. This section is likely to have some downfall and a log jam, so reasonable boat control will be needed. Contact the trip leader for information.&lt;br&gt;
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Initial sign-up must be done through this page, but all updates will be done by personal e-mail from the trip leader.&lt;br&gt;
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I ask that all paddlers sign up. Please do not invite a guest without signing him or her up through the website.&lt;br&gt;
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Also, if you decide to sign up anonymously – as is your right – please send me an email through the PSC website, letting me know that you are coming. (That will ensure that you receive any updates, and will allow me to better meet my responsibilities.)&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Contact Trip Leader Steve LaPorte for more information.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Rock River (First section) (2026-10-18)</title>
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Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Sunday, October 18, 2026&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Leader:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="/sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/%7B31648580%7D" target="_blank"&gt;Rich Rothrock&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Oregon, IL&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Skill Level:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; Advanced beginner&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Category:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Day paddle trip&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Details:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Approximately 10 miles of paddling going from Oregon to Grand Detour, with a lunch stop at Castle Rock State Park boat ramp. Put-in is about one block north of Route 64 at Oregon Park East on the east side of the river just below the spillway. Car shift at 9:30 a.m. Bring a PFD, lunch, water and rain gear (just in case). Launch hopefully by 10:30.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Rock River (Second section) (2026-10-25)</title>
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Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Sunday, October 25, 2026&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Leader:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="/sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/%7B31648580%7D" target="_blank"&gt;Rich Rothrock&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Grand Detour, IL&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Skill Level:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Advanced Beginner&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Category:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Day paddle trip&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Details:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Great fall paddling. This will be an eleven mile paddle from Grand Detour to Dixon. The put-in at Grand Detour is on the east side of Route 2, across the road from the old tavern. Lunch will be at Lowell State Park. Car shift at 9:30 a.m. Bring PFD, water, lunch. Note: Restrooms at the lunch stop, but no restrooms at the put-in or take-out. Plan accordingly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Annual Fall Dinner &amp; Meeting (2026-11-07)</title>
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&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Date:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Saturday, November 7, 2026&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Leader:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://prairiestatecanoeists.org/sys/PublicProfile/SendEmail/31582417" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Bill Kessler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Villa Olivia, 1401 W. Lake St., Bartlett&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Skill Level:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;None&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Category:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Social&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Details:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Our Annual Fall Dinner and Meeting is always entertaining. Meet old friends, make new friends, reminisce on the highlights of your outings. Recognition of outstanding members, a short business meeting and election will make way for our featured speaker.&lt;br&gt;
Can we paddle most of the rivers in Illinois, or only a few? Scott Hays brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to that discussion. Scott is the current president of the Illinois Paddling Council (IPC). He brings first-hand knowledge of Illinois Rivers and the challenges to our paddling experience. Scott has been an avid tandem canoe paddler all of his life from his earliest years growing up in Florida near North Jacksonville’s tidal Broward River and paddling and camping on Florida’s Suwanee River and in Southeast Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp. His presentation will be laced with lessons learned and steps to be taken here in Illinois.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;Social Time @ 5:30 PM (cash bar)&lt;br&gt;
Dinner @ 6:00 PM&lt;br&gt;
Meeting and Elections @ 7:00 PM&lt;br&gt;
Program&lt;br&gt;
Note: Board Meeting will begin @ 3:30 PM. Interested members are welcome to observe.&lt;br&gt;
Cost: $40.00 person. Reservation deadline is Monday, November 2. Please enter a separate reservation for each person attending.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;Menu choices:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;Pasta Primavera (vegetarian)&lt;br&gt;
Or&lt;br&gt;
Chicken Coq au Vin&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;PSC members are welcome to attend the election and guest speaker at no cost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
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