Bless Your Heart  by Sue Orsen features Carol Schaefer of Victoria.  Husband David died one week after his heart transplant.  Click on Feature.
Frogland, MN 55386 by Mike Wartman, former resident of Victoria.  "Victoria was a virtual flood plain when I was growing up … The wetland was affectionately referred to as Frogland …"
The Golf Purist by Tom Abts, Deer Run Golf Pro.  "There's nothing wrong with being a purist, as long as it's not to the exclusion of other people playing the game."
Difficult Storms by Pastor Frank Jones, Lake Auburn Moravian Church.  "Christ looks into us for the beauty that is there, and He find some in everyone.  We are called to do the same things as we encounter difficulties and difficult people."
An African Connection is a letter from Franciscan Brother Tony Droll of Zambia who read and thoroughly enjoyed Prints of a Priest by Father Elstan Coghill, former priest of St. Victoria.
Home & Garden Business Expo will be at www.PrintsPublishing.com in a few days.  Just click on Sue's Album.
2001 Chaska Softball by John Linforth, Victoria Lions Fastpitch Association.  A new outlook with a completely new coaching staff.
The City of Chaska is offering the City of Victoria a "Good Neighbor Coupon" to receive 15% off membership rates at the Community Center.
Council's Column by Councilmember Richard Tieden.  "As your children learn the joy of bikes & trikes, are the rules clear?   Do they have the cognitive skills to give way to cars and trucks regardless of who has the right of way?"
Getting to Home by Jim Larkin, Amicus curiae et editoris.  "We all go through a spiritual journey.  At the end of those journeys we arrive back home and see it for the first time."
I Do!  I Do!  By Tom Stumpf, cowboy correspondent.   "I read an article in the Reader's Digest entitled, 'Do You Believe in Miracles?'  All creation is still around after one of the stiffest winters in the last 100 years or so …"
MOM by Janie Jasin, professional speaker.  "More work than you ever thought it would be.  Overwhelming feelings and frustrations.  Most rewarding at the most unexpected moments."
Proved by Pastor Thomas Braun, Christ Victorious Lutheran Church.  "This dear old man had taken his Bible and written his own experiences in the margin.  Besides each promise of God, as it came true in his own life, the old man had written, 'Proved.'"
Chamber's Channel by Marlene Speltz, Administrator, Victoria Chamber of Commerce.  "The Chamber is working on establishing a Farmer's Market to be implemented this summer in Victoria  …"
A Tiny Glimpse into Sharing & Caring Hands by Sue Orsen is a page of photos taken at the Minneapolis facility, soon to be on the web.
Code Corner by Tom Gray, Victoria Building Official.  "A certain city employee spent five days in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area of Arizona where there are no basements and very few two-story homes …"
Senior Citizens Corner by Ethel Ausink, Senior Citizens Reporter.  "There are those in the United Nations who challenge the sovereignty of the United States.  They say we are just a global government.  They want the U.N. to have the power to tax us.  They want an army controlled only by the U.N."
Pig Takes a Poke by Lee Clark, the practical pig.  Pig pokes at Dayton's name change, Grand Poobah Bill Clinton, Foot in Mouth Disease, ...
From the Lions Den by Jim Erickson, president, Victoria Lions.  The pancake breakfast, bloodmobile and Easter egg hunt were successful.
Sketches from Sara by Sara Hanlon, Mill House Gallery.   To quote Picasso, "There are only two kinds of art, good art and bad art." 
Hook, Line, & Sinker by Sue Orsen.  John Hertensteiner is donating a Walleye Central hat or t-shirt to the winner of this hidden fishhook contest.
From St. Victoria this Month, an appreciation dinner with Father Bob White.  Photographs from the occasion by Editor Sue.
A Biker's Perspective by Thom Derr, rough rider.  "My perspective involves anticipations, expectations, and actual events as they happen.  Those three things almost always come together when motorcycles are involved."
Ten Years Ago the Gazette featured Ron and Harriet Holtmeier in "Going Out to Pasture."  Both retired in April from Prudential Insurance Company.
Got Any Coats for Kids? By Gretchen Mitchell Sullwold, County CAP Agency.  "The main reason for this change to a spring date is to better accommodate the people donating coats.  We have the space to store coats all summer that many people may not have."
Victoria Moments.  Ryan Paulsen, son of Jim and Kathy of Victoria is engaged to be married.  Dr. Bruce Baker was promoted to Colonel in the MN Army National Guard.  Chaska American Legion Post #57 donated a flat to Holy Family Catholic High School.