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This Cruising Couple by Sue Orsen/The Victoria Gazette. “Married 50 years on November 7th, 2019, Steve Jesberg said that he and his wife Carroll Anne could have bought and paid for a cabin up north but instead they bought a cruise ship, in a manner of speaking. In reality they’ve taken more cruise vacations than your average couple.” Click on Front Page. Good Golf is Good Hands by Tom Abts, Deer Run Golf Club. “Let me start at the beginning. Golf is difficult because of the distance between your hands and the clubface of the golf club. Think of a golf club as a hammer.” Travel Time Abroad by Mike Wartman, Former Residnt of Victoria. “One of the major advantages of retirement and being a pensioner is, well, that I just don’t have much to do. Fortunately, my enormous teaching pension offers a wee bit of travel so off to Italy, the Czech Republic, and Ireland my bride and I were able to traverse in for 12 days in September-October.” Counting Blessings versus Burdens by Pastor Kevin Debbley, Waterbrooke Christian Church. “Gratitude only makes sense when there is someone to whom we can give thanks. When life is unjust, painful, or simply confusing, the comfort we have is that there is a God who is work for our eternal good in the midst of our earthly pain.” Most Are Welcome by Tom Stumpf, Cowboy Correspondent. “It seems that our land of the free and home of the brave is encountering many large difficulties due, I suspect, to the enormity of the population as the world’s inhabitants look for prosperity and head in this direction.” Carver County Update by Randy Maluchnik, Carver County Commissioner. “County officials and sheriffs are pushing for legislative action to improve health care services in local justice systems for pre-trail detainees. They also pointed to challenges relating to determining the number of veterans who are incarcerated.” Tidy Up, Work, and Learn in the Garden by Amber Huttner, Victoria Garden Club. “Our club spent time tidying up the Mainstreet Planter, the garden in front of the Victoria Rec Center, and the planters at the Charlson Thun Community Bandstand. In November we are taking a field trip to Como Park Zoo and Conservatory.” Victoria Firefighters Help Educate Citizens by Sue Orsen. Chief Andrew Heger gave a wrapup of the recent Open House at the Fire Station: “We had another great turnout this year. We served over 600 plates of food. This year we conducted a live fire demonstration showing the dangers of applying water to a grease fire.” In Time for Thanksgiving by Christie Schlueter. The recipes this month are for Phyllo Cranberry Brie Cups, Pumpking Delight Dessert Lasagna, Pumpkin Cornbread Stuffing, and Easty Garlic Parmesan Knots.

Lions Cross Country Invitational by Kurt Zuppke, Victoria Lions Club. “One word describes the 30th annual Victoria Lions Club Chaska Invitational Cross Country event held at the Chaska Part 30 Golf Course October 1st and that’s WET, really WET!” The Victoria Library Log by Kristin Schneider, Youth Services Librarian. Some of the programs include Retro Games and Puzzles, Lego Lab, Tails for Reading, Family Storytime, Backyard Birds, Let’s Talk Turkey Storytime.” Colorful Halloween Party by Kurt Zuppke, Victoria Lions Club . “The bright fall sun illuminated the Bayfront Plaza as well as the colorful costumes. There were plenty of games and goodies for all.” Remember When by Sue Orsen. “Remember when Victoria had a grocery store called Fresh Seasons Market? It opened ten years ago. The community was elated. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held in April 2009. The store closed in May 2014.” Remember When by Sue Orsen. “Remember when Victoria’s Market opened in its place? It was in May 2015. That store too, needed more foot traffic. Remember When by Sue Orsen. “Remember when owner Tom Wartman turned the downtown grocery store building into the Victoria Burrow, a place with food, drink, and games? It opened in October 2018. Be Careful When Applying Manure in Sensitive Areas by Alan Langseth, Carver County Feedlot Officer. “Fall is a busy time of year for farmers and only only for the crop harvest. Livestock producers will be applying stored manure to fertilize next year’s crop.” Sylvester Schmieg, 91, died October 16th. James abts, 90, died October 16th. Cold Custgomers Can Get Help Paying Energy Bills by Matthew Lindstrom, Xcel Energy. “The Minnesota Cold Weather rule took effect on October 15th to ensure that residential customers who need assistance can get the help they need.” Thirty Years Ago the Gazette featured Jim Fink in “This is My Father’s World.” Jim found the perfect site for his cabin up in the Northwoods near Gooseberry Falls and Castle Danger. Twenty Years Ago the Gazette featured Brian Wynn, 32, in “Brian’s Story.” If his strength is his kind and friendly personality, his weakness is his muscular dystrophy. Ten Years Ago the Gazette featured Virginia Hedtke Stowe in “The Hat Lady.” She’s been walking up and down Park Drive since she was a little girl, when the road didn’t have gravel, much less curb and asphalt, and it didn’t even have a name. Vocabulary in Victoria by Sue Orsen. The word: “emulous.” It’s related to emulate. Emulate is more of a verb. Emulous is more of an adjective.

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by Sue Orsen/The Victoria Gazette Married 50 years on November 7th, 2019, Steve Jesberg says that he and his wife Carroll Anne could have bought and paid for a cabin up north but instead they bought a cruise ship, in a manner of speaking. In reality, they’ve taken more cruise vacations than your average couple, especially in recent years. Says Carroll Anne, “I always said I wanted to travel when I retire, but the travel actually began before I retired. We went on a Caribbean Cruise for our 21st wedding anniversary.” Since then, ocean liners have carried this cruising couple on three other Caribbean cruises, a Panama Canal cruise, a Transatlantic Cruise to Fort Lauderdale, a cruise from Seattle to Sydney, Australia, a river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam, and a river cruise from Paris to Normandy. This cruising couple also traversed the highways and byways on a bus tour of the United Kingdom and a fall tour through Spain and Portugal. It is no surprise that Steve and Carroll Anne Jesberg are going on a cruise to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The South Seas Cruise will carry them to two Hawaiian islands, Bora Bora, and the Polynesian Islands.

*** Steve was born to Don and Germaine Jesberg of Victoria on June 21st, 1947, the first of seven siblings. The family’s longtime home was on Quamoclit Street, two blocks south of downtown Victoria. His dad ran the egg department at Notermann’s grocery store in town. “He candled the eggs and delivered them,” said Steve. “He also helped in their butcher’s department. Dad was most proud of working for HEI in Victoria. He was so devastated when they let him go at the age of 62. He died at the age of 69.” “Mom started working when she was 55, for the City of Victoria,” said the eld-est son. “She was the city clerk for many years. Before marrying Dad, Mom had worked at the Capitol in St. Paul.” Steve attended St. Victoria Elementary School, “home of the Red Devils,” he declared, referring to the school’s basketball team. The school was located next to the church, which the Jesbergs could see from their kitchen window. He graduated from Chaska High School in 1965. During and after high school, from 1964 to 1968, Steve worked at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, also attending three quarters at the Minnesota School of Business. What was his job at Hazeltine? “My first job was washing windows for two weeks straight,” he replied. “Then I was in the kitchen. Half of Victoria worked there at the time.” “Then I enlisted in the Navy in March of 1967 because of the draft and the Vietnam War,” he said. “In June of 1967 I left for San Diego for boot camp and to wait for orders. While there I sang in the Blue Jackets choir. Then I spent twelve weeks at Key West, Florida, where I went to Sonar School and learned how to track submarines. I can tell you that now. Not so long ago I had to keep that information to myself. In March of 1968 I was shipped to Antigua, an island in the Caribbean. I was there for three years.” While Steve was on Antigua, he received a letter and a picture from a young lady in Richfield, Minnesota. “Her mother was an acquaintance of my Grandmother Rose Jesberg and my Aunt Jean Jenson. They knew each other from the Bloomington Civic Theater and for some reason Mrs. Ost thought that her daughter should write to a lonely sailor overseas.” Carroll Anne put it plainly. “My mother and Steven’s aunt were good friends. They thought it would be nice for me to write.” Steve said that in the photograph from Carroll Anne, she was sitting on a big brick wall with a short skirt and a hair bob to her shoulders. “I thought she was the cutest thing I’d ever seen,” said the smitten sailor.

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When I recently saw a preview of the movie called "Overcomer," it

seemed to focus on basketball, track, and coaching at a small town high

school. After we saw "Overcomer," however, I learned the movie is

much bigger than sports, as it tells the story of a life journey.

It begins with the closing of a manufacturing plant in a small town in

the south, which results in a lot of families leaving that town to find jobs.

Those families had a lot of boys on the school's basketball team, so the

team becomes defunct and the basketball coach is relegated to coaching

cross country, which he doesn't like, and there's only one runner who

signed up for the season, a girl named Hannah Scott.

Without revealing the story, the remarkable teaching of "Overcomer"

is this: Something or someone will have first place in our heart. Our

identity will be tied to whatever we give our heart to. What we give our

heart to, will define us.

Coach John Harrison swallows his pride as he goes from being a

basketball coach to being Hannah's coach. Oh, yes, and she has asthma.

And she lives with a protective grandmother. Coach Harrison comes to

accept his circumstances and to give his heart to what was placed before

him, as does Hannah. Quite the good story! I recommend it highly.

***

Later we saw "Downton Abbey" and we were not disappointed.

Having watched all six seasons of Downtown Abbey on PBS, through

2015 or 2016, we had been part of the faithful, addicted Sunday night

audience. We felt abandoned for a while on Sunday nights when the

series ended. Nothing did replace it.

And so when we heard they were making a big screen movie

production of "Downton Abbey," we were pleased as punch. We couldn't

see it for the first days when it arrived in local theaters because every

show was sold out. Finally, we found two online seats at a Wednesday, 3

p.m. show. The place was packed.

We easily recognized all the characters and their familiar roles.

There's Robert Crawley (Earl of Grantham), Cora Crawley (Countess of

Grantham), Violet Crawley (Dowager Countess of Grantham), Lady

Mary, Lady Edith. Tom Branson, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Hughes, John Bates,

Anna Bates, Thomas Barrow, Daisy, Mrs. Patmore, Mr. Mason, and Mr.

Molesley. Am I missing somebody?

The story in the movie revolves around how the people of Downton

Abbey deal with a visit from the King and Queen of England. The one

person who made me both laugh and cry was Maggie Smith, who plays

the old lady, the dowager countess. Mr. Molesley was pretty funny too.

After the movie, the lady sitting next to me in the theater said, "I

wonder how long we'll have to wait for the next one." I hope not too

long. It's certainly not a meat and potatoes movie, but sometimes a little

fluffy dessert is exactly what we're looking for.

I've since been asked (by Carroll Anne Jesberg) if someone would

enjoy the movie if they hadn't been watchers of Downton Abbey on the

television series. I had to reply that I'm not sure. I would need to watch it

again, with different eyes, to answer the question.

***

Then we went to see "The Reliant," a low budget movie that had only

one showing in select theaters across the nation. One of those theaters

was nearby, at Eden Prairie Center. I'm sorry to say that I didn't really

like the movie. It was tense, with little or no let-up. It's the reason I don't

go to horror movies. Real life is frightening enough without having to sit

through fright on the big screen.

I understand the Christian theme is paramount to this producer, but it

seemed a bit staged at times. We need and want faith-based movies,

however, so I hope Kevin Sorbo tries again.

"The Reliant" is also about the Second Amendment of the U.S.

Constitution, which speaks to the right of Americans to keep and bear

arms. Interesting it is, how the movie intertwines Christianity and the

Constitution. They do go together, you know. In any case, a DVD of

"The Reliant" is soon to be released. Check it out for yourself.

***

And that's all she wrote, folks, till next time.

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To the Editor: Hi, Sue. Thank you for making people aware of the social engineering in the Eastern Carver County Schools. I found the fishhook on page 23 on the Victoria Library Log. Dan Klein, Excelsior/Victoria, Minnesota

To the Editor: Hi, Sue. Good job with your piece in the October Gazette that summarized comments made at the recent school board meeting. Attached is an ad I would like to have in the November and December editions of the Victoria Gazette. Thanks. Tom Redman, Chaska, Minnesota

To the Editor: Hi, Sue. It was such a pleasure meeting with you to go over September's article about me and my family. What a gift you and the Gazette are for the entire area. I think my 60 years in the real estate business comes in second place to your putting out the Gazette for 40 years and not missing an issue. Thanks again. Harry Bongard, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

To the Editor: Charter Bank would like to advertise more often in the Victoria Gazette. I found your online version and I'm wondering if you might be able to send me a copy of the paper so I can see it myself. We have a lot of customers who live in Victoria and want to stay involved. Thanks for your help. Carla F. Leuck, Charter Bank, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

To the Editor: Hi, Sue. Thanks again for putting the photo of the Colorado grandkids and me in the September Gazette. It was fun to look through all the fun photos in that issue. You always do such an awesome job. Jim and Kathy Paulsen, Victoria, Minnesota

To the Editor: It was a pleasure to meet you in person at the Bingo for Babies event at the Lions Park Pavilion in Victoria on September 21st. It's clear when you meet people who are passionate about what they do, and it's clear you're passionate about covering the people and events that make Victoria what it is. Onward! Matthew Udermann, Chaska, Minnesota

To the Editor: Hi, Sue. Thanks for your most recent edition of the Gazette. It's packed with entertaining and informative content so -- great job as always. Knowing that you strive for the highest levels of journalistic integrity and accuracy, I must bring to your attention an "error of fact" in the October 2019 edition. As an avid fan of Enki Brewing and all that John and Dan do for our community, I need to point out our favorite Enki brew is "Victoria's Gold" -- not "Victoria Gold" as you stated. I highlight to anyone who will listen the pure genius of branding it in the possessive, given we all should take pride and ownership of this delicious treasure based in our community. I really enjoyed hearing in the Gazette how the Enki Oktoberfest event went, given I was in Manitoba duck hunting and missed it. Peace. Your neighbor, Greg Kurowski, Victoria, Minnesota

To the Editor: Hi, Sue. I loved your October editorial. I picked up a Victoria Gazette today at the hairdresser. I love that you did your due diligence in reporting on this issue about "Eastern Carver County Exposed." Very few in the media are willing to do that. The Monday, October 14th, Victoria City Council meeting will most likely be packed because of this issue. The time has been moved up to 5:30 p.m. in case you are attending. Denise DiFavio, Chaska, Minnesota

To the Editor: Thank you for your assistance in making "Bingo for Babies" a success. Sue, we appreciate you including information in the Gazette and stopping by the event. Allan, thank you for setting up and explaining the sound system at the pavilion. With the help of our community, we were able to hold a very successful event, raising more than $10,000. Appreciatively, Danelle Simenson, Victoria, Midnnesota MORE LETTERS IN THE PAPER EDITION OF THE GAZETTE.

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“THE EASTERN CARVER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS BREACHED OUR TRUST” “WE WANT AN AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM BACK. VOTE NO ON THE REFERENDUM” After a half hour presentation at Victoria City Hall on October 14th from DeeDee Kahring, Director of Finance and Operations for Eastern Carver County Schools, regarding the upcoming school referendum, several citizens of the school district got up to speak at length against the referendum. No one spoke in favor of the referendum. Those citizens speaking at the podium, and reported at length in the paper edition of the Gazette: Gwen Michael of Chanhassen; Cindy Pugh of Chanhassen, Vicki Ernst of Chanhassen, Paul Hepperla of Victoria, Jen Mulvihill of Victoria, Mindi Rector of Chanhassen, Vince Beaudette of Victoria, Julie Peplinski of Victoria. “THE EQUITY AGENDA IS NOT RIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN” “THE SEEDS MATTER — NOT THE BUILDINGS, NOT THE BUS GARAGES, NOT TECHNOLOGY. IT’S THE SEEDS!” Said Cindy Pugh, "A message must be sent to this school district and school board to turn this equity ship around. We want an American education back! I implore the community to vote no on the referendum, and I thank you for your time."

“THE SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT JUST PUSH ITS AGENDA AS THEY WOULD LIKE” “WE HAVE A LOSS IN THE TRUST OF DISTRICT 112 AND WE WILL BE VOTING NO ON THE REFERENDUM” Said Vicki Ernst, "They've breached our trust by hiring a so-called 'expert,' Dr. Muhammad Khalifa, who has been openly anti-Semitic on social media accounts and has written anti-white and anti-Christian papers. Khalifa and his associates also subsequently scrubbed their social media after their agenda was exposed.” CITY OF VICTORIA GROWTH AREA NEEDS MUNICIPAL WELLS AND WATER AN EXPENSIVE, RISKY, AND UNCERTAIN PROOSITION Victoria currently has four municipal wells and needs another four wells, maybe more, depending on how well they may or may not produce. City Engineer Cara Geheren and Brian LaMon with Barr Engineering updated the council October 14th on progress in boring for new wells to serve the southern growing part of the city. Four borings so far, each costing nearly $50,000, have not indicated big water producers. DISCUSSION CONTINUES ON WASSERMANN LAKE PARK IN VICTORIA COUNCIL LEARNS THE ONLY LAKE ACCESS IS A PROPOSED 400-FOOT $400,000 BOARDWALK TO AN ISLAND Stated Park and Recreation Director Ann Mahnke on October 14th, "This evening we're going to have a little tour of Wassermann Lake Park and have an update on the park's status." No decisions were made at this time in regard to adding the construction cost of a 400 foot boardwalk to the nearby island. It was learned such a boardwalk would provide the only water access at Wassermann Lake Park. VICTORIA’S SHARED PARKING ORDINANCE TO BE REWORKED IN 2020 “IT HAS ACTUALLY SERVED US PRETTY WELL” Council agreed with Mayor Funk on October 14th to specifically focus on correcting two key items in the Shared Parking Ordinance: 1) The $5,000 fee per parking space that a developer can pay in lieu of providing actual parking is not adequate. 2) There seems no logic in requiring a "landscape architect" to do a parking study for a developer. Shared Parking is scheduled for consultant review in 2020. TEMPORARY ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSE NOT A SLAM DUNK FOR THE VICTORIA LIONS Council unanimously approved a temporary on-sale liquor license for the Victoria Lions Club and their annual Pork Chop Dinner to be held on November 8th, with the liquor and liability coverage be a minimum of $1.5 million. There was discussion at the October 14th city council meeting regarding insurance, statutory limits, and liability. The Lions had reported that their insurance premium would go up from $1,000 to $4,250 if the insurance liability cap was raised from $1 million to $2 million. NO LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR VICTORIA NO SILVER BULLET FOR DOWNTOWN PARKING PROBLEM Council held a workshop on October 14th to receive information from City Manager Dana Hardie about Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) to help fund a parking solution in downtown Victoria -- like a ramp. They then held a special meeting the following Thursday, October 17th, to get public comment in regard to a local sales tax. At the end of the day, the decision was to not pursue the tax. Staff was, instead, directed to get directional parking signs installed on every downtown block, pointing to the various public parking lots. FULL CITY SCOOP REPORTED IN THE PAPER EDITION.

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GAZETTE IN MADAGASCAR► I am in Madagascar and I brought

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Maringo Hotel in Toliara, Madagascar. In one of the photos I am wearing

the traditional cap of the Mahafaly region of southwest Madagascar.

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CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENT. We held a cribbage tournament for Stella

Justen of Eden Prairie, the greatest cribbage player, at the Victoria House

on October 2nd. All proceeds went to hospice care. The family reached

out to me to see if you would forward the pictures in color that you had in

the October issue of the Gazette.

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FAMILY HISTORY. Father William Skudlarek is back from Rome and

was checking out the new history wall at Winchester & Rye last night

(October 23rd) with Louise (his sister Louise Lehner of Victoria). Quite

interesting if you haven't seen it yet.

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OUR SON NICK HEENIE of Victoria was honored on the field for the

150-year Celebration of the 2019 Sesquicentennial Team at Augsburg

College in Minneapolis. He still waves at his mom in the stands and at his

very proud grandparents, Al and Louise Lehner, left, of Victoria. Our

younger son Frankie is a junior, #62 in the photo (right), and he plays

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After I came out of the Victoria Post Office one day last week, around noon, a friendly outgoing couple that was parked in front of me rolled down the window and asked if I was from Victoria. When I replied in the affirmative, they asked if I knew of a good place in town for lunch. "There are many good places to eat in Victoria," I said, and then felt a responsibility to name them all. I think I was only missing one or two restaurants in town, pointing in which direction they are located, when they stopped me and said thank you, that I had named which one they wanted, rolled up the window, and went out to eat. I went home and had a hotdog. There's little or no time for me to spare until supper time. I've said it before, that I conquer the world before 12 noon, and I conquer the rest of it before the 6 o'clock news, which I haven't watched for years because of the 24/7 cycle today. But it's a good saying, nicht wahr? When I dipped into the minnow bucket this month, I pulled out Marlaine Gnan of Norwood Young America to win the ten dollar prize drawing. Congratulations, Marlaine. Consider it a little trick or treat! As the rest of you can see, the fishhook was hiding in the Victoria Library Log on page 23 of the October paper. There's another fishhook hiding in this issue of the Gazette. If you find it and wish to be part of the next drawing, email [email protected] telling of its location, or drop a line to P.O. Box 387, Victoria, MN 55386 and sinker in the mail. I was just telling Judy Black the other day, I've been getting my mail at the Victoria Post Office for nearly 50 years now. I never did have nor want a mailbox at the end of our drive, and certainly not with a Chaska or Excelsior address.





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All Saints Day. Friday, November 1st. A solemn holy day

celebrated annually, dedicated to the saints of the Church.

All Souls Day. Saturday, November 2nd. A holy day set aside

for honoring those who have died.

Daylight Saving Time Ends. Sunday, November 3rd.

Check your clocks. It's earlier than you think.

Election Day. Tuesday, November 5th. More property taxes

for Eastern Carver County Schools?

Lions Pork Chop Dinner. Friday, November 8th. At the

Lions Park Pavilion from 4:30 to 7:30. Bring your friends and family.

Veterans Day. Monday, November 11th. A legal holiday

formerly known as Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I in

1918.

Full Moon. Tuesday, November 12th. The moon is fully

illuminated as seen from earth. At Full Moon, the moon and sun are on

a line with earth in between, as though the moon and sun are sitting on

either end of a seesaw.

Council Meetings. Tuesday, November 12th, and Monday,

November 25th. Workshop 5 p.m. Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Gazette Deadline. Monday, November 25th. Email

[email protected] or use P.O. Box 387, Victoria 55386.

Thanksgiving. Thursday, November 28th. A day to remember

the original pilgrims who celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of

thanksgiving, held as a gesture of thanks to Almighty God.

Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in the year 1621. After the

United States gained independence, Congress recommended one yearly

day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. The fourth

Thursday of November, was proclaimed a national holiday by President

Abraham Lincoln in 1863 in the midst of the Civil War.

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and we will meet trolls and enchanters on the way.

I say: laugh at them and fight with good cheer."

J. Budziszewski

"A Long Quest" in Touchstone, May/June 2019.

"In general, we prefer order and we believe in order,

and the preference and the belief are not unrelated"

Nathan Smith

"The Grand Coherence" in Touchstone, May/June 2019.

"Broken arms cannot do their work as well as intact ones;

therefore, brokenness is not their natural state."

J. Budziszewski

"How to Know" in Touchstone, May/June 2019.

"To understand what it means to live in community,

and to practice it well,

requires that we face squarely the truth of our mortality."

Matthew D. Wright

"The Habit of Community" in Touchstone, July/August 2019.

"A community is defined by a continuity between generations."

Matthew D. Wright

"Two Intertwined Practices" in Touchstone,

July/August 2019.

"From generational fellowships we inherit wisdom

that we then have a responsibility

to carry forward to future generations.

Human communities are generational because we are mortal."

Matthew D. Wright

"The Question of the Earthly City" in Touchstone,

July/August 2019.

"We do not come together to study old books.

No, my friends, the old books are the community."

Matthew D. Wright

"Grateful Stewards" in Touchstone, July/August 2019.

"We come together in the hope that we will be grateful stewards

of what we have been given and pass it on faithfully

to generations to come. This is our community."

Matthew D. Wright


"Without a connection to the past,

and no cultural continuity between generations,

people get locked in a state of perpetual infancy,

with no resources or imagination."

Matthew D. Wright


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one ad in an issue nor for running an ad on a regular monthly basis

because the $5.00 price can’t be beat as it is. There are sometimes extra

charges for photos ($5 to $10 each when they have to be separately

retrieved) and for ad layout and design ($5 to $50). The only color

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insinuations or personal attacks. The Gazette avoids half-truths and will

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on behalf of a candidate are published without charge. Long letters are

edited. Number of letters is limited. No letters considered unless the

candidate also advertises in the Gazette, prepaid and polite.

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Circulation of the Gazette is 4,900 families

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Circulation centers on Victoria (3,200 families) and its neighboring

communities. Hundreds of subscribers (1,700) also live in Chaska,

Chanhassen, Excelsior, Waconia, Carver, Eden Prairie, Shakopee,

Minnetonka, Hopkins, Cologne, Eden Prairie, Jordan, St. Bonifacius,

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The Victoria · Steve was born to Don and Germaine Jesberg of Victoria on June 21st, 1947, the first of seven siblings. The family’s longtime home was on Quamoclit Street, two blocks