• At the November meeting, TAWGS elected the following individuals as officers for 2012: Don Taliaferro, president; Bob Saathoff, vice president; Amy Thompson, secretary; and Jim Green, treasurer.
• Thanks to Diane Gruver, TAWGS saved a few dollars by mailing the Lilypad newsletter earlier than normal in January to avoid a postage increase near the end of the month. Unfortunately, that was a one time savings, so we urge everyone who can access the newsletter from this website to do so and save us the cost of printing and postage. If you haven't already done so, please let Diane know if your name can be removed from the newsletter mailing list. If you're switching to the electronic version, you will be notifed via email when the next newsletter has been posted to the website.
• Please check your calendar - it's time to sign up to represent TAWGS at our Garden Show display. We'll talk about it at the February meeting.
• We're still in need of a chairperson for this year's Pond Tour. It may seem like a daunting task, but you'll get lots of help. We just need someone to oversee the big picture and keep everyone on track. Please consider stepping up to take charge. We need you!

Dave Bartles from Shawnee Co. Parks and Recreation, gave TAWGS members an interesting tour of the gardens at Lake Shawnee following our potluck/meeting in September. The vivid colors of all the beautiful flowers were just awesome. It doesn't seem to matter what season, there are always beautiful flowers blooming everywhere.

Dave said that almost all of the gardens are now under an irrigation system which really saves time for them by not having to drag hoses every place. This fall they are going to run new sidewalks in the south part of the gardens.