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Text Box: by Sue Orsen Farewell seems less cold and harsh than goodbye (In the bleak midwinter we don’t need more cold and harsh), and yet both words signal a stark departure from what has been. Like a ship that has sailed into the sunset, the old year and its memories remain in the waters of history, having guided us into the future, and so it’s not a devastating or morose event. Rather, it’s another interesting turn of the page. It is a continuing change of circumstance and scenery for the Victoria community and, for that matter, for the world at large. It’s a new adventure as well as a New Year. It happens all the time that familiar names and faces depart from a familiar station in our lives and acquire a new position or disposition. When that human position isn’t prone or six feet under -- compared to new positions for old brick and mortar or old trees and timber, for example -- we remain relatively happy about things and anticipate the future without too much anxiety. As one looks from a distance over the year 2010 in Victoria, the many farewells that our community experienced pop up like in the pages of a pop-up picture book. So do all the new arrivals as they step into our midst and beckon us toward the future with them. A changing landscape of faces and places is not unusual for Victoria, especially in these last 15 to 20 years during which time Victoria became a moving city -- a forward moving city. This feature of the Victoria Gazette summarizes the movement of 2010 as it says farewell and thank you to the “old,” and welcome and best wishes to the “new.

January 2011

Farewell to the “Old” Faces and Places ...

Jim Paulsen, a successful write-in candidate for city council in the fall of 1994, served to 2001, ran again in 2006 and served through 2010.

Tim Amundsen was appointed to fill a vacancy on the city council in 1994, served to 2001, ran again in 2006, served through 2010.

Gordon Simanton was appointed to the city council in 2002 and appointed in 1998 to the Planning Commission where he served a dozen years to 2010.

John Hoffman retired in 2010 after working 16 years in many capacities in Victoria Public Works including operation of the water treatment plant.

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