{"id":2489,"date":"2025-12-09T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salemnwsteelheaders.org\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2025-12-09T08:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:11:07","slug":"december-2025-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"December 2025 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Salem Chapter Northwest Steelheaders<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Newsletter for December 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-abs-pos\"><a href=\"https:\/\/salem2.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-from-2022-04-13-15-10-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2099\" src=\"https:\/\/salem2.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-from-2022-04-13-15-10-01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-from-2022-04-13-15-10-01.png 654w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-from-2022-04-13-15-10-01-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-from-2022-04-13-15-10-01-500x157.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Army Corp of Engineers Plan Public Meetings for 2026 Detroit Lake Drawdown<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A recent article published by Zach Urness in the Salem Statesman Journal reported that there are two in-person public meetings scheduled by the Army Corp of Engineers about the planned drawdown of Detroit Lake in the Fall of 2026. The meetings will be held on Wednesday, December 10<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> at 12:00 noon and 5:30 PM. Both meetings will be held in the Broadway Commons Building in Salem located at 1300 Broadway St. N.E. in Room 307. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Plans for December 16<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Membership Meeting Include a Holiday Potluck Dinner<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In keeping with our usual tradition, our next meeting will include a potluck dinner featuring a delicious baked ham provided by Past Secretary Bob Johnston. Bob reports that he has a firm commitment from \u001cHammus Alabammus\u001d to be our featured main course and guest of honor. We also anticipate a visit from \u001cSalmon Claus\u001d who will bring his smoked salmon dip and crackers as a contribution to the festivities. If you haven\u0019t signed up yet and would like to attend, please contact Linda Chezem at: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><u><a href=\"mailto:hummingbyrds@msn.com\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">hummingbyrds@msn.com<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and let us know what you might be able to contribute with an appetizer, side dish or dessert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/salem2.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-from-2025-12-09-08-08-40.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2490\" src=\"https:\/\/salem2.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-from-2025-12-09-08-08-40.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-from-2025-12-09-08-08-40.png 721w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-from-2025-12-09-08-08-40-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-from-2025-12-09-08-08-40-500x250.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Reminder Notice for Membership Dues<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">If you need to pay your annual membership dues, attached below is a Membership Form for your convenience. Please return your completed form and dues payment to:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Linda Chezem \u0013 Treasurer<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> 663 Rockwood St. SE <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Salem, OR. 97306<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Submitted by<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mike Ferris <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Salem Chapter Secretary<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/salem2.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RenewSlip2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2195\" src=\"https:\/\/salem2.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RenewSlip2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"847\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RenewSlip2023.jpg 847w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RenewSlip2023-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RenewSlip2023-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RenewSlip2023-458x300.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salem Chapter Northwest Steelheaders Newsletter for December 2025 &nbsp; Army Corp of Engineers Plan Public Meetings for 2026 Detroit Lake Drawdown A recent article published by Zach Urness in the Salem Statesman Journal reported that there are two in-person public &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/?p=2489\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jack","author_link":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/?author=99"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salem.nwsteelheaders.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}