The New Pres.
Frank Miley of St. Paul has been selected to succeed Paul Stauffacher as the second president of Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria.  A licensed school administrator, teacher, and attorney, Mr. Miley has extensive background throughout the Twin Cities area in education, development, and fundraising.  He will take over the head administrative position at the school on July 1st. 
Frank and Kathy Miley have six children and continue to be active in their St. Paul parish.  Employed by the Ramsey County Attorney's Office for the past seven years, Mr. Miley has overseen the development of the truancy program in eleven school districts and over 100 schools.
His passion for the education system has led him in and out of educational experiences -- from the seminary to tenure at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights where he taught Theology and went on to chair the school's Theology Department from 1988 to 1995.
Katie Burke
Holy Family Catholic High School
Victoria, Minnesota

Center Stage.
Anika Haugen of Victoria is a member of the competition team at Center Stage Dance Studio, which serves the communities of Savage, Prior Lake, Eden Prairie, Shakopee, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria, Bloomington, and Burnsville. 
The Studio was awarded the Regional Studio Champion at the Starlight Dance Regional Dance competition on April 26th at the Northrop Auditorium at the University of MN campus.  Overall, the Studio took 15 Platinum and 9 Gold Awards.
Penny Walter, Director
Savage, Minnesota

First and Holy.
This is the First Holy Communion Class of 1968 from the St. Victoria Catholic School.  You might recognize a lot of the names if not the faces, l-r:
Front row:  Pam Kirsch, Teresa Harris, Jean Leuthner, Rita Schmieg, Mike Buller, Chris Fritz, Kathy Buck, Teresa Kucher, Cindy Gregory.
Middle row:  Tim Dols, Deb Hartman, Jim Michel, Teresa Vogel, Lee Schneider, Jane Wartman, Mike Williams, Barb Schmeig, Sister Anderine.
Back row:  Father Simon, Jean Schmieg, Don Sohns, Kay Williams, Mark Jesberg, Bev Preiss, Ken Nelson, Paula Schneider.
Germaine Jesberg
Victoria, Minnesota

Happy 50th!
Willard and Jean Bongard of Victoria will be married 50 years on June 30th, 2003.  They were married at the St. Victoria Catholic Church by Father Bernardine Hahn, OFM.  Willie and Jean have 7 children (Allan, Barbara, Kurt, Gregg, Lois, Nancy, Tracy) and 11 grandchildren.

Uncle Father.
Donna Brown-Fort of Victoria and her mother Sharon Brown of Cologne visited their uncle and great uncle in May at Springfield, Illinois.  The uncle father is Father Elstan Coghill, Franciscan priest at St. Victoria from 1985 to 1996.
Father Elstan is in typical good spirits and, as usual, sends his greetings to all Victoria residents.  If he hasn't written you for a while, blame it on the arthritis in his fingers., but he always sends his love and greeting back home to the people of Victoria.