Victoria MN Newspaper-Victoria Moments

THE MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM presents "Making Spirits Bright," a season of live music, visits from Santa, a 20-foot poinsettia tree, and other holiday trees decorated in natural ornaments. Free gate admission on Thursdays from now through the month of March.

Photo by Mark MacLennan.

ELEVEN SWANS A SWIMMING. We have had a group of 11 swans on our lake this fall. Pierson Lake is stubbornly refusing to freeze over completely. Consequently, the swans have been taking advantage!

Photo by Kurt Zuppke, Resident on Pierson Lake

PEACE POSTER WINNERS. The Victoria Lions again participated in the Lions International Peace Poster Contest with the Victoria Elementary School. There are some 350,000 youth ages 11 to 13 worldwide that participate in the contest. Winning the local contest is the first step in going on to win the International Contest. The 1st place winning poster was submitted to Lions District 5M2 competition. The purpose of the contest is to emphasize the importance of world peace to young people everywhere.

Left to right: Lauren Stratton (3rd place), Ashlyn Powell (2nd place), and Noble Rau (1st place). In back: Wayne Neubarth, Victoria Lions Peace Poster Chair.

CHAMPIONS AT PRIOR LAKE. The Chanhassen Storm Girls A team won the championship at the Prior Lake Girls Traveling Basketball Tournament held November 15th/16th. The Storm defeated the host Prior Lake team in their first game 40-13. They then won a tough, back and forth battle with Wayzata 36-33. The Storm then defeated a tough Lakeville South team 36-15, playing their best game of the year so far. It was a great weekend for the Chan Storm 5A team. Congratulations, girls!

The team won the Consolation Championship at the Armstrong Cooper Girls Traveling Basketball Tournament held November 22nd/23rd, going 2-1 for the weekend. The Storm lost a tough battle with their rivals from Wayzata in the opening game 22-24. They then defeated Orono 45-13 and host Armstrong Cooper for the consolation championship 41-10.

Front (l-r): Natasha Gauerke, Nicole Bowlin, Callin Hake (Victoria), Madison Hicks (Victoria), Assistant Coach Gary Hicks (Victoria). Back: Head Coach Chad Hake (Victoria), Sydney Schwartz (Victoria), Ella Fremgord, Jessica Maus, Edie Hammond, Assistant Coach Jenny Hammond.

Gary Hicks

Victoria, Minnesota

MINNESOTA REVOLUTION GIRLS

Three teammates from the Minnesota Revolution, attending Bauer-Emerson Prep Academy, move forward with their hockey and academic futures as they sign letters of intent with key Division I schools.

Emily Antony (left), forward from Plymouth, MN, will attend Minnesota State University-Mankato.

Shelby Brossar (center), defense from Grand Fords, ND, will attend University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Katie Lynch (right), forward from Victoria, MN, will attend Brown University at Providence, Rhode Island.

These are the inaugural signings for the Revolution program and Bauer-Emerson Academy -- an impressive feat for the young program and the first for the Academy. Classmates, coaches, and parents joined them in celebrating this historic occasion with a special signing ceremony on November 19th at the school.

Katie Lynch is one of only 11 female high school seniors statewide to sign with a Division I college, moving forward with her academic and hockey future.

Beth Pursley

Bauer-Emerson Prep Academy

St. Paul, Minnesota

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