Spring/Summer 2020 Parks and Recreation Activities Brochure

'WE WERE HERE, TOO!' AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY SHAKOPEE Discover the stories of 17 African Americans who lived and worked in 1800s Shakopee. HISTORY OF SHAKOPEE SERIES Presented by David R. Schleper, Shakopee Heritage Society

HOME SWEET HOME: DWELLINGS IN EARLY SHAKOPEE From the tipi tanka (bark lodges) of the Dakotas, the Faribault Trading Post, the Pond Mission House to the beginning houses of early Shakopee, this presentation will describe some of the shanties, that became the town of Sha K’ Pay, Minnesota Territory.

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Cost

Code

Tues April 14 1-2 p.m.

Free

CD 414

ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS

Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 7

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ASIAN AMERICAN IN EARLY SHAKOPEE Learn more about early Chinese Americans who settled in Shakopee at Strunk’s Drug Store in 1898 and two Chinese American laundrymen in the 1900s.

Tues Aug. 11

1-2 p.m.

Free

CD 811

Registration deadline: Tuesday, Aug. 4

WEIRD ANDWONDERFUL IN EARLY SHAKOPEE The barbershop that collapsed, the rats that invaded downtown, and the Japanese American young adults from the Gila River War Relocation project who arrived at the Shakopee NYA Center, along with visitors who came to Shakopee, including the presidents, the famous flyer Charles Lindbergh, and the father of RedWing Pottery and more will be discussed.

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Time

Cost

Code

Tues May 12

1-2 p.m.

Free

CD 512

Registration deadline: Tuesday, May 5

MNISOTAWAKPA: THE MINNESOTA RIVER IN EARLY SHAKOPEE The river flows through downtown Shakopee. Learn about the floods, the drownings, the steamboats, the ferries and the bridges that make Shakopee the place to live.

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Cost

Code

Tues Sept. 8

1-2 p.m.

Free

CD 908

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Cost

Code

Registration deadline: Tuesday, Sept. 1

Tues June 9

1-2 p.m.

Free

CD 609

Registration deadline: Tuesday, June 2

AARP TAX PREPARATION Are you a senior citizen in need help preparing your taxes? AARP is here to help seniors and low-income families by providing tax preparation assistance to help you at no cost. Tax help will be provided on a first come first serve basis with a limited number seen each day. No reservations will be accepted. Community Center, Community Room, 1255 Fuller St. S. Day Dates Time Cost Wed Through April 15 9 am.-Noon Free What to bring: • Proof of ID, Social Security Cards for spouse, you and dependents. • A copy of last year’s income tax return(s). • W2 forms you have received (showing your income from working or from all pensions paid to you). • Form SSA-1099, which shows the Social Security paid to you. • All 1099 forms you have received, which show the interest and/or dividends that your investments have earned. • All 1095 forms – Health Insurance statements you have received. • All 1095-A, B or C Affordable Healthcare statements you have received. • Records showing any other income you have received. • Receipts oar canceled checks for any of your medical/dental expenses and any contributions you have made to charity. • Proof of banking account with routing number and account number for direct deposit (blank check).

THE BATTLE OF SHAKOPEE IN 1858 When Thomas A. Holmes andWilliam Louis Quinn arrived in the area called Holmes’ Landing (later called Shakopee), the area was called Tiŋta-otoŋwe, a village of 600 Dakota Indians. Learn about the white people who moved into the area over the next few years, and the Indians who were already here for 175 years before the white people arrived.

Day Dates

Time

Cost

Code

Tues July 7

1-2 p.m.

Free

CD 707

Registration deadline: Tuesday, June 30

www.ShakopeeMN.gov/registration

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