To the Editor:
Just wanted to let you and your read-ers know that the CAP Agency has been awarded by Charities Review Council "Meets All Standards" Seal indicating that it meets all sixteen of its Accountability Standards.
The Council's Smart Givers Network is the source of unbiased information where smart givers come for help and re-sources on responsible giving.  The giving public can investigate an organization's mission statement and programs, so they can be sure of what their money supports and know that it meets accountability standards in the areas of Public Disclo-sure, Governance, Financial Activity, and Fundraising.
We will be starting our annual Give Where You Live campaign soon and are pleased to have earned this "Seal" of approval.  Thanks for your help and your support of the CAP Agency.
Mary Riley, CAP Agency
Shakopee, Minnesota

To the Editor:
Would you be able to point me in the right direction?  I have a student who would love to do an eight-week volunteer internship with a local newspaper.  Her name is Camile and she is from Brazil.  Thank you.
Nina Margiottiello
Internat'l Language School of Canada

To the Editor:
Thanks for featuring our picture in the August 2007 issue of the Victoria Gazette.  I'm proud to note that this is Rex's first newspaper appearance and I will be including this in his baby scrap-book.  We really enjoyed the Concerts in the Park this year.  It's so nice to belong to such a wonderful community and we are thrilled to be raising our family here.  God bless.
Dean, Kari, and Rexton Breitbach
Victoria, Minnesota

To the Editor:
I remembered our conversation at Dave and Denise's choir inaugural party, and so I went to the Gazette online.  Is there any way to make the blue headlines linked to the entire article?  I read a couple of items where I wanted to read more and could not find the entire piece.  Also, have you considered adding an Op-Ed type blog to your online paper?  Overall it's a very good read.  Thanks for the invite.
Patrick Payne
via email

To the Editor:
High season for car crashes with deer is October through December.  Each year they account for more than 150 human and nearly 500,000 deer fatalities.  Ex-perts attribute the problem to the combin-ation of deer mating and migration habits and shortened daylight hours.
There are a few basic cautions that drivers might want to review.
Scan a wide swath of the roadside.  Slow down when approaching a deer standing near the side of a road.  Be alert for more deer than you may see at that moment.
It is best not to swerve around the deer since the deer may move in the same direction and you may also inadvertently hit another vehicle or go off into a danger-ous shoulder.  Simply brake and continue in your lane of traffic.
Be particularly careful at dawn and dusk, over a hill, or around a curve.  Take deer crossing signs seriously.  Be cautious in wooded and agricultural areas where there is little distance between the road and the woods.
Ray Pelermo
Director of PR & Communications
Meriden, Connecticut

To the Editor:
We are faithful readers of the Victoria Gazette, the best paper in the USA because it is one of the few that is full of human interest stories.  We are wondering if this can be put in your Gazette.
Bailey's Benefit will be held on Wednesday, October 24^th, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bayview Event Center in Excelsior.  Benefit charge is $50/person or $20/student.  There will be live music, appetizers, silent and live auction.
Bailey Campbell is the 22-year old daughter of Monica and Harry Campbell and the granddaughter of Cy and Madonna Kerber of Chanhassen.  She lives with her parents in Minnetonka.
Nine years ago at the age of 13, Bailey suffered an adverse reaction to the MMR vaccination.  Since then she has suffered a number of debilitating physical ailments, including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, myofacial pain, structural problems of the neck and shoulder, envi-ronmental hypersensitivities, cranial scoliosis, and TMJ disorder and osteo-arthritis.
These conditions have manifested in severe daily and continuous pain, leaving her unable to perform many of the most basic daily activities we all take for grant-ed.  Bailey has been treated by virtually every traditional and alternative treatment program available.
She is the youngest person ever to be enrolled at Mayo Clinics Chronic Pain Program.  We continue to search for relief and hopefully a cure.  Out-of-pocket costs for medical and lifestyle accommodations for Bailey are substantial.  She has no in-dependent source of income.
For tickets to the benefit or to make a donation for Bailey's care, please visit www.baileysbenefit.net or call us at 952-361-6599.
Cy and Madonna Kerber
Chanhassen, Minnesota