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Big Sticks for a Big Build. The excitement is building! The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, part of which acreage lies in the City of Victoria, is in final preparations for the arrival of acclaimed environmental sculptor Patrick Dougherty who will build a large outdoor “stick” sculpture on Arboretum grounds during a three-week period in May.

Barb DeGroot

Public Relations Specialist

MN Landscape Arboretum

Five Generations. Joe and Rae Ann Happ of Victoria welcomed twin grandchildren in March, part of five generations of Happs living in the area. McKenna Ann and Blake Thomas Brox, children of Jim and Lindsay (Happ) Broz of Chaska, arrived Tuesday, March 30th, on their Great Grandfather Don Happ’s birthday, at Ridgeivew Medical Center in Waconia. McKenna weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. Blake weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Five generations of Happs are Great Great Grandmother Margaret Happ of Waconia (front, left), Great Grandparents Don and LaVerne Happ of Waconia (behind Margaret), Grandparents Joe and Rae Ann Happ of Victoria (right, back), and Parents Jim and Lindsay Broz of Chaska holding their children Mckenna and Blake.

Sunni Hemingsen

Ridgeview Medical Center

Waconia, Minnesota

Outstanding Season. The Chaska Chanhassen Hockey Association Girls U10A Team took second place in the year-end District 6 Tournament. Coached by Frank Mork of Victoria, Robin Anderson, Mark Passolt, and Scott Fiedler, the team had an outstanding season with an overall record of 26-4-2.

Front: Erica Peterson. Kneeling (l-r): Nina Richter, Julia Bock, Olivia Scholle, Emilee Anderson, Maddie Mork of Victoria, Maddy Fiedler, Amelia McGraw of Victoria. Standing: Lydia Passolt, Brytani Sutton, Abbey Hamann, Claire Kelly, Ashley Kirchoff, Emma Hinze, Kali O’Keeffe.

Julie Peterson, Manager

Chaska, Minnesota

Ron and Harriet Holtmeier. Last Tuesday evening The Lake Minnetonka Stamp Club met at the Minnetonka High School. Six other stamp clubs were also invited so it was not unusual that Harriet was invited to set up the snacks and I made the coffee. Ashley Spratt from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave a presentation about the Jr. Duck Stamp Show, which Harriet and I volunteered for. In addition, Natalie Sorvari, Manager of Customer Affairs of the U.S. Postal Service, was at the meeting. Natalie had been with us a short time ago but I thought nothing about it until Harriet and I were called up to the front and presented with a commendation signed by the Postmasters of Minneapolis and St. Paul in recognition of our services to the United States Postal Service with a photo of us doing some of our volunteer work. Sue, have you been savings stamps for us?

Ron Holtmeier

Victoria, Minnesota

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ron and Harriet have been volunteering 11 years for the U.S. Postal Service. Some of the volunteer work includes helping Santa answer letters that kids send and placing stamps in envelopes that the Post Office distributes to kids at the Minnesota State Fair. Ron said the president of their stamp club is a member of the USPS Advisory Council who volunteers the Holtmeiers in areas where there is a need for volunteers.

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