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Daylight Savings. Daylight Savings Time begins this year on Sunday, March 11th, at 2:00 a.m. and ends on Sunday, November 4th, at 2:00 a.m. Clocks are moved one hour forward in spring and they fall back one hour in the fall. The idea of Daylight Savings time was conceived by Benjamin Franklin.

St. Patrick's Day. Celebrated each year, internationally, on March 17th, the date of Patrick's death in 460 A.D. Born in Scotland, he was ordained a Catholic priest in 432 and sent to Ireland by Pope Celestine to convert the Irish.

Spring Begins. Tuesday, March 20th, 2012. Often occurs on March 21st. Also called the vernal equinox, it occurs when the center of the sun crosses directly over the earth's equator, as the earth is tilted neither away nor toward the sun. It's when daylight and darkness are nearly identical in length -- 12 hours each -- at the equatorial plane.

Gazette Deadline. Deadline for the April issue of the Victoria Gazette is Monday, March 26th. You may email Sue@VictoriaGazette.com or use P.O. Box 387, Victoria, MN 55379.

City Council. Victoria City Council meetings are held each month on the second and fourth Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at City Offices on Rose Street in downtown Victoria. Monday, March 12th, and Monday, March 26th.

April Fool's Day. Sunday, April 1st. The earliest recorded association between April 1st and foolishness is found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales dated 1392. Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the Father of English Literature and greatest English poet of the Middle Ages.

Palm Sunday. Sunday, April 1st. Commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before His death and resurrection. Also referred to by Christians as Passion Sunday.

Holy Thursday. Thursday, April 5th, 2012. Commemorates the Last Supper, when Jesus Christ shared the Passover meal with His disciples on the night before He was crucified.

Good Friday. Friday, April 6th. Commemorates the day Jesus Christ was crucified. Many Christians spend this day in fasting, prayer, repentance, and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross.

Easter Sunday. Sunday, April 8th. The day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the day He was resurrected from the dead, having paid the penalty for sin, thus purchasing eternal life for all who believe in Him.

Chaska Community Center

Victoria Memberships. 952-448-3176

Weddings, Proms, All Formal Occasions

Waconia 952-442-6383

Wayne Neubarth

Victoria 952-443-1910

Minnewashta Church

Shorewood * 952-474-8995

Century Wine & Spirits

On Century Blvd. * 952-401-WINE

Birthright.

Pregnant and need help? 952-442-4026