Winter 2019-20 Hometown Messenger

CLASSES AND DISCUSSIONS A variety of classes and discussions are held in the Shakopee Community Center.

ESTATE & FUNERAL PLANNING Jump start your New Year’s Resolutions by attending this 90-minute program and learn more about Legal Tools, Medical Assistance, Advanced Funeral Planning and more. Local Attorney, Barb Brekke will address estate planning and medical assistance guidelines. Sponsored by McNearney-Schmidt Funeral and Cremation.

HISTORY OF SHAKOPEE SERIES BY DAVID R. SCHLEPER, SHAKOPEE HERITAGE SOCIETY

ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS

WATPÁ MNÍSOTA: THE MINNESOTA RIVER IN EARLY SHAKOPEE

Day Dates

Time

Cost

Code

Wed Jan. 30

1 -2:30 p.m.

Free

CD 130

Registration deadline: Wedneday, Jan. 23

The river flows through downtown Shakopee. Learn about the floods, the drownings, the steamboats, the ferries, the bridges, and all that make Shakopee the place to live. Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues Dec. 11 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 1211 Registration deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 4 "WE ARE STRONG!" Ten more women in early Shakopee and their impact on the community will be discussed, including Hopstina Makaakaniwankewin, Black Flute Lucy Otherday, Sarah Butts Wakefield, Winona Nancy McClure Faribault Huggan, Ellen Marie Oleson Jorgenson, Isabel David Higbee, Ruth Gardner, Mazasnawin Iron Woman Rosalie Frenere Mooers, Melinda Perry Apgar, Marilyn Laddusaw Lang and , Alice Briggs (whose spirit still lingers in downtown Shakopee. Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues March 12 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 312 Registration deadline: Tuesday, March 5 In the 19th century, several African Americans lived in Shakopee and will include: interpreter and builder, James Thompson; farmer and laborer, Dan Eddings; baseball player, Billy Williams; Joseph Godfrey, who was enslaved and escaped from the area later called Shakopee; Joseph Graham who was a carriage driver for Dr. Fischer, and a servant, Alice Briggs, whose spirit still linger in downtown Shakopee. Day Dates Time Cost Code Tues April 9 1 -2 p.m. Free CD 409 Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 2 "WE WERE HERE TOO!" AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY SHAKOPEE

LANDMARK TOURS TRAVEL SHOW Join Shakopee Parks and Recreation and Landmark Tours to learn about several exciting 2019 travel opportunities through our Shakopee Active Older Adult program.

Day Dates

Time

Cost

Code

10 a.m.

CD 2201

Wed Feb. 20

Free

5:30 p.m.

CD 2202

Registration deadline: Wedneday, Feb. 13

AARP TAX PREPARATION If you are in need of help preparing your taxes and are a senior citizen or low-income family, AARP will provide 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 advance reservations will be accepted. 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 or cancelled checks for any of your medical/dental expenses and any contributions you have made to charity. • Proof of banking account routing number and account number for direct deposit (blank check) WHEN: Wednesdays, Feb. 6-April 10; 9 a.m.-noon

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