The Holy Family Catholic
High School Fine Arts Department will present “Captain Fantastic!” the
school’s 2008 fall play, Oct. 11–13
in the Multi–Purpose Room at Holy Family Catholic High School. The play is directed by Mr. Joshua Barnd and
Mr. John Popke.

The Carver County Communicators Toastmaster club meets on the
second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7
p.m. at Chaska Middle School East, Room E 30 across from the Chaska
Community Center, 1600
Park Ridge Drive, Chaska. Call Jan Naude at 952-442-3881 or e-mail
him at naude11@yahoo.com for more information.

The public is invited to attend the candidate forum for the City
of Victoria Mayoral and City
Council races on Thursday, October 14 at 7 p.m.
in the City of Victoria Council Chambers.  This forum is sponsored by the League of
Women Voters of Eastern Carver
County.  For more information or questions, please
contact forum co-chair, Sharon Moeller at 952-448-6678.

By Carolyn Spargo

On Friday, Oct. 10, the Nordic Heritage Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Victoria
City Hall, 7951
Rose Street in Victoria.
The evening’s presentation will be about a region of Sweden
called Östergötland that is of significance for us in Carver
County as it is the region where
Swedish immigrant Andrew Peterson was born and raised.

By Unsie Zuege

They’re hoping for clear skies and mild weather. Monica Hartman
of Victoria and her business
partner Cathy Jo Menssen of Waconia are hosting the Victoria Bayfront Art Fair
this Saturday. The art fair will take place along the land and amphitheatre
that front Stieger Lake
in downtown Victoria.

The art fair will feature artists from the area—potters,
photographers, jewelers, and carvers are among those who will display and sell
their work.

Volksfest contest winners announced

The 2008 Volksfest began with an early morning bike tour and 5K
run, and ended with a late night  dance
in the big tent downtown. In between, there were plenty of winners in a variety
of activities.

5 K

Uncle Ron’s Smokehouse, Mayer, winner of the Best of the Wurst
sausage contest.

St. Victoria’s
Church, Victoria, winner of the Best of the Best potato salad contest.

City council has six candidates, including Councilors Kim Roden and Rick Tieden who are running for re-election. Other candidates are Mikal R. Dean, Tom O'Connor, Jay Swenson and Tom
Strigel.

Mayor Mary Hershberger Thun is running unopposed for re-election as mayor.

The city of Victoria General Election
is Tuesday, Nov. 4.

The following city council offices are up for election:

Deadline to file is Sept. 9

One more resident has filed to run for city council. Tom O'Connor filed with the city clerk on Monday. To date there are five candidates running for two council seats. They include Jay Swenson and Tom Strigel, and Councilors Kim Roden and Rick Tieden who are running for re-election to the city council.

Mayor Mary Hershberger Thun is running for re-election as mayor and as of Monday afternoon, still unchallenged.

The seed for the Convocation Circle
project was planted shortly after former Holy Family Catholic High School
President Frank Miley left a year ago. School leadership sought a way to honor
Miley’s tenure at HFCHS and his significant contribution of successfully
appealing to the Archdiocese of St. Paul to have HFCHS become a Lasallian
school, Al Bill, vice president for development, explained earlier this week.

Fresh Seasons Market is one step closer to breaking ground in
downtown Victoria. Last Thursday,
the Victoria City Council reviewed and approved the preliminary plat for Fresh
Seasons Market, a 28,000 square foot grocery store and drugstore to be located
between The Alley and Quamoclit Street.
The council also approved the vacation of Quamoclit and Alleyway for the
development.

WHAT: The first Victoria
family bicycle ride in conjunction with Victoria Volksfest. Ten-mile
neighborhood bike tour through Victoria.

Jeanine S. Schmieg, 73, of Victoria, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis.

Funeral service wil be held Friday, Aug. 29, at St. Victoria Catholic Church in Victoria.

Funeral arrangements were with the Bertas Funeral Home of Chaska, 952-448-2137.

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Breaking news?

Well if it has to do with winning $250, it is!

Just released is the first clue for the first ever Volksfest Medallion Hunt. Victoria residents should recieve postcards today or tomorrow with this clue.

Put on your thinking caps (your GPS device if you are directionally challenged) and see how well you think you know downtown Victoria. If you've never ventured downtown, well, it's about time, doncha think? Thre's $250 with someone's name on it.

Clue 1

The Victoria City Council set Thursday, Aug. 28 as the date for a public hearing about an ordinance amendment permitting golf carts in Deer Run and the adjoining Laketown neighborhood.

The issue came up recently in a Deer Run homeowners association discussion. Victoria Sheriff’s Deputy Erick Boder said that there have been a number of reports of underage operators this summer.

Victoria Mayor Mary Hershberger Thun announced Friday that she will run for re-election. Currently, the mayor's seat (two-year term) and two council seats (each is a four-year term) are up for election. Council seats are currently held by Kim Roden and Rick Tieden. Tieden said earlier this summer that he would seek re-election. At that time Roden had not made her decision to run for re-election..

Filing for city council seats opens at 8 a.m. Aug. 26 and closes at 5 p.m.on Sept.9. Filing fee is $2.

The Carver County Historical Society (CCHS) congratulated Ron Holtmeier
for receiving the Prudential CARES Volunteer Grant for volunteer service for
the historical society. Holtmeier has logged many volunteer hours promoting the
Andrew Peterson Farm and Carver County’s
Swedish heritage. The Prudential Foundation donated $250 to CCHS in Holtmeier’s
honor.

Here are highlights of two of Volksfest’s great events coming up
on Sept. 20!

Today is Ron Holtmeier's birthday. He's not saying how old he is but age is just a number after all...Ron and Harriet his darling wife are full of zest and vigor.Email Uncle Ron at uncleron1@embarqmail.com and wish him a "Happy Birthday." I called him on the phone and sang to him. It didn't seem to harm him any. At least he got a good laugh out of it.

--Unsie Zuege

Sure, sure. We know. The Ten Commandments and all. But gosh darn it. Those cars were pretty nice and wouldn't it be nice to have one of our own? Well, until that happens, we'll keep going to car shows. Here's a video clip taken at last week's Mt. Olivet car show. Check back later this week for a slide show of beautifully restored classics and some hot new ones, too.

Last Friday, we ran into Elizabeth Diethelm at School of the Wise in downtown Victoria. As usual we had a wonderful chat and caught up on local news. What does Diethelm, a lifelong Victoria resident think about a  grocery coming to downtown? Go to the menu bar above and click on Multimedia-Recent Videos and find out.

Photo by Unsie Zuege 

GoCarverGo website goes live Aug. 1 

Carver County’s Active Living Initiative went public with a new website on Aug. 1. Check out www.gocarvergo.org for events and resources in all cities throughout the county that promote physical activity. 

Barbara Zadeh and Mary Meuwissen described their plans for the Creamery project in downtown Victoria. The existing Creamery will be razed and replaced with a multi-use retail and office building; the second building overlooking Stieger Lake will be a 7-unit luxury condominiums project.