{"id":3404,"date":"2025-10-17T08:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:47:54","slug":"presidents-note-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Note &#8211; October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Congratulations, Sara Bishop!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being preoccupied with an upcoming trip while writing last month\u2019s notes, I completely forgot to congratulate Sara Bishop for winning the Eddy George Award! This prestigious recognition is based on volunteer hours served in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).<br><br>Sara has risked life and limb to take part in many volunteer events most folks would never dare to do. In working alongside her (on events not risking life OR limb), I\u2019ve learned she is deeply passionate about all things LRCTU and never hesitates to jump in wherever and whenever help is needed.<br><br>Thank you, Sara \u2014 and congratulations on this well-deserved honor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe another year is already coming to a close! We\u2019ll be taking a break next month to enjoy Thanksgiving, but mark your calendar for&nbsp;<strong>Thursday, December 4<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 our next meeting. Same place. Same time. Different week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the December meeting we\u2019ll be&nbsp;<strong>showcasing auction items<\/strong>, so come check out the merchandise and get a sneak peek at what\u2019s up for grabs. We already have donated items valued at over $8,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in years past, Harry Fetterman and the various teams are doing a fantastic job getting us up and running for another successful event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The auction will start on Saturday, November 22 at noon and end on Sunday evening, December 7 at 9:00 PM. We will highlight many of our Auction items at the December 4 Chapter meeting at the Blue Tick Tavern.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tight lines!<br>Kim Emery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFly fishing: because standing in a river and talking to yourself is more socially acceptable with a rod in your hand.\u201d<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Gh_moo8g73Ldn_uVEEQd4PJpaLxR3RSm\/view?usp=drive_link\">Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations, Sara Bishop! Being preoccupied with an upcoming trip while writing last month\u2019s notes, I completely forgot to congratulate Sara Bishop for winning the Eddy George Award! This prestigious recognition is based on volunteer hours served in the Great Smoky &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3404\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3405,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions\/3405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}