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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Master Gardeners:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For a while now, we have been looking forward to celebrating the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Garden Walk. Too bad it is not the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Garden Walk. It turns out that it is the anniversary of the Master Gardener program. The first class was in 1992, 25 years ago. The first Garden Walk was in 1995, 22 years ago. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A few days ago, I sent an email to Sandy Mason, asking if she had a copy of the first Garden Walk ticket or flyer. My idea was to use a blank page in the booklet to show one or both of these historic documents. Of course, Sandy had both documents. I immediately saw that the Garden Walk was in 1995. I have forgotten all of my calculus, but I can still subtract. This was bad. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandy and I had a discussion before the Advisory Board meeting and quickly came to the same conclusion. We will not worry about the postcards that have already been printed, but I would change the wording on the posters and booklet. Instead of “Mastering the Garden, 25<sup>th</sup> Garden Walk Anniversary,” the poster now reads “Mastering the Garden, 25<sup>th</sup> Master Gardener Anniversary.” This is where you come in. Please erase from your brain that it is the Garden Walk’s anniversary and remember that it is the Champaign County Master Gardener’s anniversary as you talk to people about the walk. It is just like the ninth season of <i>Dallas</i>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Enjoy the weather, look for Garden Walk tickets in your mailbox soon, and don’t forget to volunteer for the Garden Walk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steven Mullen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2017 Garden Walk Co-chair<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>