To the Editor:
Thanks for an excellent commentary on The Passion of the Christ in your March issue of the Gazette.  Your ques-tion as to why the media and their chums are so afraid of seeing this movie is a good one.
All one has to do is go to the Word of God and He will give us the answers.  Read Romans 1:16-32 and you'll see.  Man simply wants to do his own thing.  He doesn't want to be told what to do.
The truth is that God does love each one of us so much.  He does not want us to be hurt by life's circumstances so He gives us guidelines in the Scriptures to live by.  Only when we follow His Word (obedience) will we experience true joy and peace.  And we wonder why our world is so evil?  We all have gone unto our own ways.  It makes for chaos.
Satan may win the battle here and now, but we know who wins the war.  Satan may be the prince of this world, but we know who is the King of Kings, and one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!  Hallelujah!
Love to you, Sue.  Keep up the great work.  Some day you'll have an extra jewel in your crown.
Pastor Maureen Bonner
Waterbrooke Fellowship

To the Editor:
Hi, Sue.  Please renew your nice paper for another year.  We enjoy the whole thing.  Sounds like all is well in Victoria.
Jim and Carol Schmidt
Phoenix, Arizona

To the Editor:
Enclosed is my renewal of an inter-esting paper.  Well done, good and faithful servant.  I share the Gazette with Sister Elizabeth Clare Heutmaker who had family connections in the Victoria area.  Lots of growth in the Victoria area.  I hope the Dairy Queen stays where it is.  When is your mom's birthday?  I'm going to call you soon.
Love,
Sister Betty Ann Gits
St. Paul, Minnesota

To the Editor:
Hi, Sue.  I think I forgot to pay for last year's paper, so here's $20.  Many thanks for a well written paper.
Laura Welter
Chaska, Minnesota

To the Editor:
Keep up the good work on your paper for giving us the news around Victoria.  Wished we had more news around Waconia like that.  It's always a pleasure trying to find the fishhook.  Hope the tulips will be coming up soon.
Toni VanEyll
Waconia, Minnesota

To the Editor:
Enclosed is a check for our subscrip-tion to the Victoria Gazette.  We enjoy your paper so much.  Your front page feature is always so interesting, even though we don't know the people you write about.  And, of course, we look forward to Cowboy Tom's column every month.  Keep that paper going.
In friendship,
Roman and Marie Stumpf
LeSueur, Minnesota

To the Editor:
Thanks, once again, Sue, for a job superbly done.  Especially since Mom left us I yearn for this connection to who I am.
Rita Doussard
Lakewood, Colorado

To the Editor:
Hi, Sue.  Thanks for sending us that picture you took for the Gazette of the "guys on the ice."  It was a great picture, so colorful on the white snow.  We're ready for spring to come now that it's March Madness time.  This weather is teasing us, especially when it's spring break this week. 
We've got new chicks here for this year's 4H poultry project, and the kids attended a poultry bowl yesterday in Jordan.  They competed against other teams to move on to state competition.  They did alright for their first year, but not good enough to compete at state yet.
Thanks again, and have a great week.
Carol Vadnais
Victoria, Minnesota

To the Editor:
The Carver County Licensed Child Care Association is accepting nominations for Carver County's 2004 Child Care Pro-vider of the Year. 
Each year we honor one or two child care providers and, in addition to being recognized by our association, they attend and are honored at the MN Licensed Family Child Care Association's Week of the Provider banquet held in the fall.  Our 2003 Provider of the Year was Lisa Swedzinski of Waconia.
Criteria for being chosen as the Pro-vider of the Year include:  must have been a licensed child care provider for at least ten years; must exhibit special competen-cy as a child care provider, promote in-home licensed child care in their commu-nity, demonstrate professional skills in child care, and have made a positive im-pact on the lives of young children; and may not have any pending negative licen-sing action.
Anyone may nominate a child care provider for this award.  If you know a child care provider who you feel is deserving of this honor, to obtain a nom-ination form please check your local library, visit www.cclchildcare.org or call us at 952-657-2400 or 952-443-2320.  Nominations must be postmarked by May 1st, 2004.
Deb Templeman and ReNae Motl
Provider of the Year Committee
Victoria, Minnesota
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