Victoria MN Newspaper-Victoria Moments

JOHNSON HOME DOWN. It came down on Wednesday morning, May 21st, 2014. The first home built on Main Street became the last home standing on Main Street. More than 100 years old, it served at least five Victoria families over those years, most recently Ruth Johnson.

According to "Almost Sisters," which was the feature story in the May 2007 issue of the Gazette, Jerry and Ruth Johnson bought the house in 1970 from Florian and Marie Tschimperle, who bought it from Frank and Gertrude Notermann, who bought it from Ben and Louise Diethelm, who bought it from Robert Salter, a descendant of the original homesteader named John Salter.

The above information came from Ruth Johnson who sold the property to the City of Victoria last year for $182,000. Ruth had lived there 43 years, which explains why everybody called it the Johnson house.

THE WIZARD OF OZ. Just a quick note here to let you know we are putting on "The Wizard of Oz" in June 2014 and we would love to be included in the Gazette. We welcome more than a dozen Victoria residents to the cast and crew including the Bjorlins, the Hace family, the Hudsons, Nordeens, the Zemek family, and Richard Strosahl. The beloved classic returns to the stage in grand scale and is set to delight family audiences and all generations. More than 200 volunteers of cast and crew are coming from Carver, Chaska, Minnetonka, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, and Victoria. The show opens Friday, June 20th, and continues through Sunday, June 29th, at the Chanhassen High School Theater. Visit www.cvft.org/tickets for more information.

Also, we will be at Excelsior's Art on the Lake with the Arts Consortium of Carver County featuring the Kids Art Tent and Ultimate Hands On Behind the Scenes Look at a show in the making.

Heather Brands

Producer and Theater Liaison

Arts Consortium of Carver County, Minnesota

DYLLAN VICTORIA.. Harper proudly announces her sister Dyllan Victoria born on February 4th, 2014, weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. and measuring 20.5 inches. Parents are Mike and Michaela McLain of Mayer. Grandparents are Jeffrey and Leslie Hartman of Victoria and Bob and Kathy McLain of Chaska.

WILLIAM FARNER of Victoria. Honor Society Member, Summa Cum Laude, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Finalist.

Holy Family Catholic High School is proud to announce the graduation of 15 Victoria residents along with their 125 peers: Thomas Alleven (AP Scholar), Sarah Almquist (Cum Laude), Erin DeNucci (Honor Society Member, Summa Cum Laude), Molly Eastman (Magna Cum Laude), Matthew Endres (Magna Cum Laude), William Farner (above), Margaret Green, Luke Melander (Honor Society Member, Magna Cum Laude, AP Scholar with Honors), Rory Pistulka, Robert Salvador, Catherine Spinner, Lauren Strigel, Brett Struthers (Honor Society Member, Summa Cum Laude, AP Scholar), Anne Valasquez (Honor Society Member, Summa Cum Laude, AP Scholar), John Vogel.