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ATTENTION ANOKA COUNTY HOMEOWNERS
<br />IMPORTANT INFORMATION
<br />FROM ANOKA COUNTY FOR
<br />RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 1
<br />COMMISSIONER DENNIS BERG
<br />Homeowners whose 2005 property taxes increased 12
<br />percent or more from 2004 may be eligible for a special state
<br />property tax refund program. To be eligible, a homeowner's total
<br />property tax for 2005, which includes city, school, state, and county taxes,
<br />must be at least $100 more than the 2004 tax. The refund program has
<br />no age or household income limits for eligibility; however, homeowners
<br />must have owned and lived in their home on both January 2, 2004, and
<br />January 2, 2005 to qualify.
<br />To apply, homeowners should fill out the Minnesota property tax
<br />refund form M 1 PR. Forms are available at all Anoka County Libraries
<br />or by calling the Minnesota Department of Revenue's 24 -hour form order
<br />service at 651- 296 -4444. Residents also may obtain the form at the
<br />Department of Revenue Web site: www.taxes.state.mn.us. The filing
<br />deadline is August 15, 2005.
<br />Attention Senior Citizens age 65
<br />or Older, or People with Disability
<br />Assistance is available to senior citizens and people with
<br />disabilities who whish to apply for the homeowners /renters tax
<br />credit. To provide help filling out the forms, Commissioner Dennis Berg
<br />when available, along with county staff and volunteers, will be available
<br />at:
<br />Anoka County Government Center - Room 715, on Thursday, April
<br />28, 2005 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
<br />Ramsey City Hall, Lower Level Senior Center, on Thursday, May 5,
<br />2005 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. No appointment necessary.
<br />Please bring the following items so your tax credits can be
<br />processed:
<br />• Federal Form 1040, if you filed one, or records showing your
<br />2004 total household income
<br />Homeowners: State copy of your 2005 real estate tax statement
<br />Renters: Certificate of Rent Paid (CRP) provided by your
<br />landlord
<br />The State of Minnesota will be mailing homeowners /renters tax
<br />credit refund checks after October 1, 2005. For more information, or if
<br />you need an interpreter or printed material in an alternate format, please
<br />call the Anoka County Tax Assistance Line at 763 - 422 -6323.
<br />HISTORY OR
<br />NOSTALGIA?
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<br />Remember going to the movies in a
<br />glamorous, plush theater? Remember home
<br />movies on those little rolls from Dad's 8 mm
<br />projector? Remember being a school safety
<br />patrol? Remember that great trip to Excelsior
<br />Amusement Park at the end of the school
<br />year?
<br />The Anoka County Historical Society
<br />can offer you all this and more! Come to the
<br />historic Heights Theater in Columbia
<br />Heights, on Saturday morning, May 14th
<br />beginning at 11:00 am. Take a nostalgic
<br />trip back to the 1960's, to relive those school
<br />days when, armed only with a red flag on a
<br />pole, school safety patrols gallantly protected
<br />their peers from dangerous traffic!
<br />After a short introduction by
<br />photographer Bob Comer, the Historical
<br />Society will premier its recently acquired 8
<br />mm movies, taken at the School Safety
<br />Patrol picnic at the Excelsior Amusement
<br />Park! These picnics were held for all the
<br />Anoka County students who served their
<br />school as crossing guards, usually in their sixth
<br />grade year. All day long, the kids were
<br />allowed to ride on the famous roller coaster,
<br />and eat all the hot dogs they could hold. Maybe
<br />you'll see yourself or someone you know!
<br />These films were made in 1962 through
<br />1965, and feature student school patrols from
<br />throughout Anoka County, as well as
<br />policemen from many of the municipal police
<br />forces in the county. Comer was the official
<br />Anoka County Sheriff's department
<br />photographer at the time, so the quality is
<br />definitely a step up from Dad's amateur
<br />cinematography! Still, with no sound, the
<br />movies, like the times, were a lot simpler then!
<br />This free event is being held in the
<br />perfect place for nostalgia buffs ... the historic
<br />Heights Theater in Columbia Heights. This
<br />beautifully restored theater was originally
<br />constructed in 1926 by Gluek Brewery heir
<br />Arthur Gluek, and has survived a bombing,
<br />fires and tornados! The snack bar will be open
<br />for popcorn and sodas. The theater is located
<br />at 3951 Central Ave. in Columbia Heights.
<br />Go to www.heightstheater.com for directions.
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