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Greetings Duluth Section,  
I hope you all were able to spend some time away from the office over the holidays with family and friends.    

To start, I look forward to seeing you all on January 20th at Duluth LHB Office for our monthly luncheon.  MnDOT and LHB will be presenting on the London Road project. The cost for attendance is $ 25.00 if you RSVP before January 16 (by 5 pm) and $30.00 at the door and students are free.  So please RSVP when you see the invitation if you plan on attending.   We are currently planning for the toothpick bridge competition that will tentatively be hosted on April 16. The event will be held at UMD and is for local high school students. This will be our second time hosting the event after a couple years off and we are inviting more schools so we will have a morning and afternoon session.  We are in need of judges for this event, so please let us know if you would be interested in helping out. 

 
We would like to thank all of you who renewed your membership. Your local membership fees allow us to give back to our community in a variety of ways. This year we will be donating to the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank.  Also, our section will be providing 3 scholarships for this year. To be considered for this scholarship, the candidate must be a junior, senior, or graduate student majoring in Civil Engineering and enrolled in the Fall 2025 semester.  Watch for the application in our February newsletter for other criteria.  

In closing, I hope to see you on the 20th for our monthly Luncheon and please remember to RSVP.    

Pete Demshar, PE 
Duluth Section President