Dutch Treat  by Sue Orsen.  "You are hereby forewarned that the trip was marvelous and I've got details written in the margins of my mind ..."  Click on Front Page.
Down Cold Cut Lane by Mike Wartman, former resident of Victoria.  "I love braunschweiger, blood sausage, and liver sausage.  I like them hot or cold.  I like them red, brown, or gray.  I like them with onions and I like them plain ..."
Chamber's Channel by Paul Aspelin, Chamber President.  "Our April meeting at the Oak Ridge Conference Center was a huge success.  Mayor Jerry Bohn gave an informative presentation and everyone enjoyed the new location and great dinner ..."
The Golf Business by Tom Abts, Deer Run Golf Pro.  "I think the Wall Street Journal is correct:  Most new golf courses are too difficult.  Even most older country clubs are too tough for their members, but the club green committees are usually run by low handicappers who don't care about the needs of the typical member ..."
Uff-Da, We're Growing!  by Tom Gray, Victoria Building Official.  "Our current population is 5,749.  By the year 2010, our population is projected to be 12,671.  By 2015 that number is 17,576 and 20,726 by 2020 ..."
A Mother's Role by Pastor Arnold Lemke, Faith Lutheran Church.  "Being able to be quietly and sincerely proud of the kind of people your children have grown into can give you as much feeling of accomplishment and success as anything else you can do in a lifetime ..."
A Lot of Corn by Tom Stumpf, Cowboy Correspondent.  "Young people today don't have to work as hard as teenagers even a generation or so ago did, and t he cowboy will offer this story as proof ..."
Carver County Comments by Gary Delaney, Victoria, Carver County Commissioner.  "The three big issues for the county are all making progress:  County Administrator position, Balancing the Budget, and Reorganizing County Government ..."
Greetings from Kosovo by Steve Sarvi, Victoria City Administrator, US National Guard.  "I was at ground zero of a riot in a town in our sector.  We were protecting a Serbian Orthodox Church from being burned when a crowd of 1,500 people descended upon my squad.  That was quite a lonely feeling, I can tell you ..."
Winding Down by Paul Kohls, Victoria, MN State Representative.  "I had the pleasure of welcoming one of Victoria's own to the State Capitol at the very end of March.  Father Bob White from St. Victoria served as the House Chaplain on March 29th ..."
Weather Permitting?  by Thom Derr, Rough Rider.  "A good ride is when you are on your bike.  A really good ride is when you are riding and you don't get wet.  And an exceptional ride is when there are more lilacs than pig farms ..."
Breaking Away from the Castle by Kelly Burau, Traveling Victoria Student.  "My passport is full of stamps.  I have had to do my best to decipher Italian, Czech, German, and, yes, even English.  I wouldn't take back any of it for the world ..."
Why Not Kill Your Neighbor?  by Jim Larkin, Amicus et editoris.  "If you take the notion of God out of morality, there is no basis for saying any moral position is superior, including forgiveness ..."
Of First Importance by Pastor Thomas Braun, Christ Victorious Lutheran Church.  "The survey asked people to list the events they considered to have had the greatest continuing impact on the lives of people.  Would the death and resurrection of Christ be in your Top Ten?"
Time to Put Away "Me-First" by Renee Wixon, Carver County Health Partnership.  "We need to reconsider the values of me-fist, consumerism, materialism.  This may require some old-fashioned sacrifice.  It may mean being out of step with the culture ..."
Twenty Years Ago the Gazette featured Mount Olivet Rolling Acres in "On Rolling Acres."  The farm was purchased by a group of parents in 1953 to provide a summer camp for their children.  The Retarded Children's Foundation was incorporated in 1954.  In 1965 the place was given to Mount Olivet Lutheran Church ..."
Ten Years Ago the Gazette featured Victoria Senior Citizens and their 25th anniversary of the Victoria Senior Citizens Center in "Swiftly Fly the Years."  The first meeting was held on May 22nd, 1969, with 38 charger members in attendance ..."
Make it Count by Pastor Maureen Bonner, Waterbrooke Fellowship.  "Every kind and moral deed, no matter how small, will be preserved in the eternal scheme of things.  At the end of your life on earth, you will stand before God and give an account of how you spent your life on earth ..."
Enjoy Muffins with Mom by Tammy Abrahamson, Victoria Parks and Rec Director.  "We are planning a special day for children and their moms at the Victoria Field House.  Muffins with Moms will be held on Saturday, May 8th, from 9 to 10: 30 a.m. ..."
Surprising Spring by Pastor Frank Jones, Lake Auburn Moravian Church.  "There is a small part of us in that flowerbed we planted.  Perhaps the Creator also feels like that when we finally get it right and come up out of the ground to learn something ...:"
Gambling with the Future by Ethel Ausink, Senior Citizens Reporter.  "We are beseeching all concerned for the survival of the institution of marriage and parenthood to rally and pray for the restoration of our First Amendment rights that are being stripped away ..."
FIRELINE by Tom Walsh, Victoria Fire Department.  "We thank MN Valley Electric for the recent donation of $1,200 for use toward the purchase of three hose nozzlers ..."
All That Jazz at Carnegie Hall by Katie Burke, Holy Family Catholic High School.  "Not just anyone can sing in Carnegie Hall, but you'd never know that by watching Holy Family Catholic High School singers, Voices of Fire, earlier this month ..."
Obituaries.  Robert Stadem, 62.  Robert Ebert, 65.  Florian Schneider, 83.  Catherine Hauwiller, 90.
What's Your Status? by Pastor Ken Kotzer, Mount Olivet Church-West Campus.  "Following Jesus' resurrection and His bodily appearance among His disciples, a transformation, change of status, occurred ..."