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To the Editor:
Many thanks go out to the Hennepin Park Board members for all they have done toward the restoration of the Wendelin Grimm home here in Carver Park and for the October 6th Grand Opening of the home that Wendelin lived in in the 1860's and 1870's.
Special thanks to Tom McDowell, director of Natural Resources Manage-ment, for all the work he put into this day, and for his perseverance on restoring the house after it was idle for 40 years and almost beyond restoration.
Thanks to all who provided the food and those who served it. The activities provided included wool carding, quilting, games for the children to enjoy that were enjoyed back in the time when Wendelin lived here in Carver County.
Thanks for the musicians who provid-ed music in the kitchen of the house as was done back in Wendelin's time. Thanks also to Carol Vadnais of Victoria and her sisters and others who entertained with their singing.
Many of the ancestors attended, including some from Wisconsin, South Dakota, and the Twin Cities area. Many others who were interested attended. I am a great grandson of Wendelin Grimm and happy he is being remembered in such a special way.
Thanks, Sue, for coming on Saturday. God bless.
Clarence Kelzer, Victoria, Minnesota
EDITOR'S NOTE: I've got some great photographs of the big event, Clarence. Check out Sue's Album at my website: www.VictoriaGazette.com.
To the Editor:
Thanks, Sue. I got the Gazette on Friday. You did an excellent job for all the school board candidates. I appreciate your honesty. Hope to have a chance to see you again. I enjoyed reading your Gazette, in general. I like your style. It is very important in journalism. By the way, will you give me some information about Prints Publishing? I am working on two projects to be published. Talk to you soon.
Dr. Leo Parvis, Chaska, Minnesota
To the Editor:
I look forward to the beginning of each month, knowing that your paper will arrive and I'll find out what's happening in Victoria, thanks to you.
Alice Broman, Victoria, Minnesota
To the Editor:
Check out the row of feet on the front page of the October Gazette. Who are they? Schmiegs? Notermanns? Schmids? Diethelms? Bed race winners from days gone by? Who knows? They are all reading their Gazette, and one of them is up to something fishy. It's the guy with the plaid pants. He'll be the first one to the lake, as soon as he gets the hook off his britches, or else it's 911 for him.
Happy Thanksgiving to Sue and her crew. Turkey day wishes to 3,900 sub-scribers to the Gazette. Gobble, gobble.
Kay Meuwissen, Chaska, Minnesota
To the Editor:
The family of Earl J. Kaufhold wishes to thank everyone for their support during this most difficult time. Your thoughts and prayers, spiritual bouquets, memorials, food and service to our family have been greatly appreciated. May God bless you all.
Clara Kaufhold and family, Starbuck, Minnesota
To the Editor:
I've been waiting for the October Gazette to come in the mail to read a Middle American perspective of the attacks last month.
We watched and made the list of friends who work in New York or at the Pentagon, then waited to hear from them. As God would have His plan, we knew no one personally. A good friend lost her nephew on the 104th floor of Tower 2. Business partners knew contractors at the Pentagon. My brother works for Westing-house Nuclear Energy Division, 40 miles from the site of the plane crash in Penn-sylvania. So we give comfort, continue our fervent prayers for peace, and contin-ue to listen to the stories that must be told for healing to begin.
Now, some six weeks later, we have started to meet to say farewell to friends who have been activated from the reserves to active duty. Our military friends from Ft. Lee have been gone for some time. Our friends with the fire department have gone and returned from offering respite to the New York City workmen as they con-tinue to sift through the sacred burial ground.
Living in the shadow of the Pentagon, living with so many New Yorkers moved south, living with our own reactions to having spent 20 years of our lives defend-ing the right for Americans to live in the pursuit of a lasting peace only to have it shattered in less than a morning - all of this has been at times beyond comprehen-sion. Those who are suffering without the belief in a loving embracing God who weeps with and mourns with them are truly in pain.
Keep offering your readers hope and laughter and acceptance.
Love,
Mary Henrich, Colonial Heights, Virginia
To the Editor:
Thanks a million for publicizing my jubilee in the last issue of the Gazette. A mega thank you to Father Larry at Guardian Angels, a most gracious host, and all who furnished me with a Golden Jubilee celebration. Thanks to all who were involved in so many ways. I have many people to pray for because of their kindness. Thanks for being a great editor. Thanks for taking my picture.
Love,
Father Conran Schneider, Chaska, Minnesota
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