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Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic.

Occupational Therapy. Speech Therapy.

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Victoria’s Corner Bar. Nightly Specials and Menus. 952-443-9944

Buying or Selling Victoria?

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Weinzierl

Jewelers

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Preschool and Childcare in Victoria.

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MVT Excavating

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The Key

The Key to advertisers

in the Victoria Gazette.

Located at www.VictoriaGazette.com.

Where does time go? Well, the clock is not sitting on the TV anymore along with the lamp. Remember those big old console TV’s in your grandparents’ living room? When those TV’s burned out, you didn’t just lose three or four channels, all black and white, you lost a big piece of fine polished furniture, a place to set your clock, a lamp, and a family picture.

So where does time go today? For the past many years, my time, in digital format, has been on the surface of my micro wave oven which now occupies an out-of-view space in my new kitchen. Says Favorite Son, “You need a clock, Mom.” Replied Favorite Mother, “Look at your watch, Son.”

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I read months ago and now again in June that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recommends citizens avoid disposing of expired and unwanted medications by sending them down the drain. The reason? “It may unintentionally harm fish and wildlife.” There was no mention of our children or grandchildren.

The article went on: “Some medications such as hormones and antidepressants include endocrine disrupting compounds which interfere with the reproduction and normal growth of many aquatic species such as frogs and fish.”

Does it seem strange to you that their priorities are with frogs and fish and not you and me?

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I’ve saved favorite Mother’s Day cards, birthday cards, anniversary cards, and also letters over the years until I’ve run out of space and now I don’t know what to do. Many of the them have special notes in personal handwriting to me and I can’t bear to toss them. I also don’t have the time to re-read all of them. I’m touched by the sentiments and the days gone by, and I know I won’t get those days back.

I’ve also saved many trinkets and doodads from our kids and others and I can’t bear to part with them. I need another room for everything I don’t have room for. What do you do with all of your lovely cards and knickknacks and such?

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Another June news release about our environment, this one from the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota: “Mercury levels in freshwater and ocean fish are not as harmful as previously thought.”

Alas, they continue in contradictory fashion: “Fear about the potential health risks associated with consuming mercury from ocean fish and shellfish has prompted advisories intended to limit the amount of fish that women eat during pregnancy.”

Why is the New World Order trying to create confusion about the mercury poisoning in our waters, not to mention in immunizations and mass flu shots? Something smells fishy.

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I received a note last week from a “visiting English instructor” who pointed out two occasions of my poor use of language in the June issue of the Gazette. He never elaborated as to whom or what he was visiting here in Victoria, but I enjoyed his correspondence.

Reminded me of the old days when Fr. Elstan gleefully pointed out grammatical errors in the Gazette. It tells me there’s hope for the future of the English Speaking World and therefore the English Writing World and therefore right order among us.

In both the headline and text of an item on the City Scoop pages last month, I used the word “site” instead of “sight.” I know better. Mea culpa.

Also, in a caption on the Victoria Moments pages, I used the possessive “Davis’” instead of the plural “Davises.” I know better. Mea maxima culpa.

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And now on June 24th, I receive news from the Water Resources Center at Mankato, MN, entitled, “Water Is Us - the Minnesota River.” Finally, I thought, they get it. Water is not just fish and frogs and wildlife. Water is us!

These pages of press, however, were mainly concerned about quantity of water versus quality of water with advice such as replace your toilet with a low-flush model, take a five-minute shower instead of a bath, don’t leave water running when you’re brushing your teeth, water your lawn in the morning or evening. I kept waiting for them to tell us how water is us.

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And now three high-profile people died in a row, or was it four? As far as I can read or hear, none of them died from drinking the water. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, ages 86, 62, and 50, respectively, died from very different causes and yet for the very same reason: their time was up.

No longer was it sitting on the console TV or hanging on the kitchen wall or displayed in digital lights on the microwave oven. Their time in this physical world was simply up. Now they don’t need clocks any more since they’ve entered the realm where time is eternal and not measured in hours and minutes of a day.

Godspeed, one and all.

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with memory challenges.

Victoria. 952-908-2215