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The Little Lady by Sue Orsen. "Journalists and photographers from around the world reported and recorded these historical events in their newspapers and magazines …" Click on Front Page. Where Will Kids Play? by Mike Wartman, Former Resident of Victoria. "The Lumber Yard sprawled across, and dominated, downtown Victoria and therefore became the hot playground for all Victoria kids. The Lumber Yard had something for everyone …" From the Lions Den by Kurt Zuppke, President, Victoria Lions Club. "As outgoing president I would like to thank everyone who has contributed their time and money to help move this organization ahead another year …" The Runaway Golf Cart by Tom Stumpf, Victoria Cowboy Correspondent. "As many of you good fans and fannies of the cowboy may remember, you have been promised a golf-related story which would come under the head of Strangest Occurrence on the Links …" Chamber's Channel by Jennifer Chapman, Director, Victoria Chamber of Commerce. "Take your love of the community to another level. Become a member of the chamber or join us to chair a committee …" A Rather Rough Ride by Thom Derr, Rough Rider. "Riding is in full swing with five or six events every weekend. There is only one little problem, however. This rough rider had a rather rough ride last month involving six broken ribs, broken collarbone, and cracked shoulder blade …" Golf is a Target Game by Tom Abts, Deer Run Golf Pro. "People are always telling me about the good shot they hit that went out of bounds. Well, it was probably a well hit shot, but it was not a good hot. It went out of bounds …" Greetings from Iraq by Steve Sarvi, Victoria City Administrator. "Everything's as well as can be expected. I, of course, miss everything and everyone. I've been keeping up with the news in town as best as I can …" God's My Dad by Pastor Thomas Braun, Christ Victorious Lutheran Church. "Imagine for a moment that we are eavesdropping on a conversation in a Nazareth playground about 2,000 years ago …" Real Life Hero by Gary Delaney, Victoria, Carver County Commissioner. "A good neighbor and friend of mine was retrieving a minnow bucket that had gotten stuck in a tree across a small channel in our Victoria neighborhood. Suddenly he fell down …" Proclaim and Serve by Pastor Frank Jones, Lake Auburn Moravian Church. "To proclaim and serve is our mission statement. It is a good statement and a goal for anyone who is a Christian. The Church must proclaim Jesus as lord and help others come to that knowledge …"
Senior Citizens Corner by Ethel Ausink, Victoria Senior Citizens Center. "The idea that heroes like Todd Beamer would have given up without a fight, or begged for mercy, or tried to reason with the hijackers, or even -- God forbid -- tried to see things from their point of view, as if such brutality could ever be justified by some ludicrous stretch of the imagination -- now that's something that could never happen. Could it? …" 20 Years Ago the Gazette featured Dale and Nancy Sohns in "Like Father, Like Sohns." Long roots in Victoria, Dale's grandparents hailed from Saxony, Germany, and homesteaded in what is today, Carver Park …" 10 Years Ago the Gazette featured Larry and Pam Bell in "Baptism by Fire." Pastor Larry Bell was commissioned to start a new church in Victoria…"
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