{"id":3408,"date":"2025-11-16T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2025-11-16T16:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:25:11","slug":"presidents-note-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3408","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Note &#8211; November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Farewell and Best Wishes to Harry Fetterman<\/strong><br><br>There are many members and board members who make LRCTU what it is today \u2014 strong, successful, and full of heart. One of those people is\u00a0Harry Fetterman, our Treasurer, auction coordinator, grant seeker, and writer \u2014 just a few of the many hats he wears.<br><br>Harry and his lovely wife are moving to New York to be closer to their new granddaughter, Adeline Oakley Fetterman. His last meeting with us will be December 4. He\u2019s far too humble to seek the spotlight, but this small note will have to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Harry, thank you\u00a0for everything you\u2019ve done for LRCTU, for the GSMNP Fisheries program, and for the future of the Brook Trout translocation study. Your work on the auction, your dedication to keeping our finances in top shape, and your steady presence behind the scenes have meant more than you\u2019ll ever know.<\/em> <em>We wish you all the best in this next chapter \u2014 may it be your best adventure yet!\u00a0<\/em><br><br>Kim Emery<br>President<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_BqrsaVePRw-K9VXVZkQeIvok-58NKLg\/view?usp=drive_link\">Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lrctu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8860a263-60e5-68c8-d003-84d7de4cb8d8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/lrctu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8860a263-60e5-68c8-d003-84d7de4cb8d8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8860a263-60e5-68c8-d003-84d7de4cb8d8.jpeg 1000w, http:\/\/lrctu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8860a263-60e5-68c8-d003-84d7de4cb8d8-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lrctu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8860a263-60e5-68c8-d003-84d7de4cb8d8-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farewell and Best Wishes to Harry Fetterman There are many members and board members who make LRCTU what it is today \u2014 strong, successful, and full of heart. One of those people is\u00a0Harry Fetterman, our Treasurer, auction coordinator, grant seeker, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/?p=3408\">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-3408","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\/3408","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=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3411,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lrctu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}