Historic Allouez Society- Pictures with Santa Event

The Historic Allouez Society 1st Annual Pictures With Santa on Saturday November 11, was a smashing success with over 60 children coming through to meet and greet Mr. Claus. It was a great event for all and will look to grow next year!!!

During Holidays, Be Extra Vigilant About Protecting Financial Data

To help achieve your long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement, you should save and invest regularly. But that’s only part of the picture. You also need to protect your financial assets in various ways. One such method is guarding your personal information – especially any information that could be linked to your financial accounts. It’s obviously important to be vigilant at any time, but you need to be even more on your toes during the holiday season, when fraudsters are particularly active.

So, to help keep your important data under wraps during the holidays, consider these suggestions:

Extend your protection to all mobile devices. Identity thieves can now compromise your mobile devices by installing spyware that steals usernames, passwords and credit card information. Fortunately, you can fight back. By doing a little research online, you can find the best mobile security software for your needs.

Use multiple passwords. Online security specialists recommend that you use different passwords for each new online shopping site you visit during the holiday season. Although this might seem like a hassle, it can be helpful, because even if identity thieves were to grab one of your new passwords, they still couldn’t use it for other sites you may visit. And you can even find a free online program that can help you keep track of all your passwords.

Be suspicious of “huge savings.” It happens every holiday season – identity thieves develop fake sites with attractive graphics and stunningly low prices on a variety of items, especially digital devices. If you fall for these pitches, you won’t get any merchandise, but you might get a handful of headaches once the bad guys have your credit card number and other personal information. To prevent this, be wary of any deal that sounds too good to be true, and do some digging on the websites that offer these mega-savings.

Watch for fake shipping notices. During the holidays, when you may do a lot of online shopping, you will probably receive some legitimate shipping notices. But the bad guys have gotten pretty good at generating fake notices designed to resemble those from UPS, FedEx and even the U.S. Postal Service. If you were to click on the link provided by one of these bogus notices, you could either take on some malware or get taken to a “phishing” website created by the shipping notice forgers. Your best defense: Only shop with legitimate merchants and only use the tracking numbers given to you in the email you received immediately after making your purchases.

Keep your Social Security number to yourself. As a general rule, don’t give out your Social Security number online — to anyone. No legitimate retailer needs this number.
Finally, be aware that not all attempts at stealing your personal information will come online. When you’re out shopping at old-fashioned, brick-and-mortar stores, consider bringing just one credit card with you — and protect that card from prying eyes.
By following these precautions, you should be able to greatly reduce the risk of being victimized by identity thieves and other miscreants. And the more comfortable you are in doing your holiday shopping, the more you can enjoy the season.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Kiran R Khot, 507 Greene Avenue, (920) 489-2778.

Bicycle Repair Stations in Allouez

The Village of Allouez would like to thank Josh Bernhardt and his team from Leadership Green Bay for selecting Allouez as a recipient of 3 bicycle repair stations.

Allouez would also like to thank the following for sponsoring the units.

• The Bike Hub
• Cellcom
• Shopko Foundation
• Stadium Bike
• Robinson Metals

The Allouez Parks Department has installed one repair station along the Resch Family East River Trail at Green Isle Park and one station along the trail at Wiese Park. In addition, there is one station along the Fox River State Recreational Trail in Allouez south of St. Francis Park that was installed by the Brown County Parks Department.

Allouez Trick or Treat Hours

 

Trick or Treating in Allouez will take place on

Tuesday October 31 from 4pm-7pm

 

Have Fun and Stay Safe!!

Village of Allouez Prescription Drop-Off

 

In coordination with the Brown County Drug Task Force and the WI Department of Justice the Village of Allouez will be accepting unused/unwanted prescriptions and over the counter medications for proper disposal.

When: Saturday, October 28th , 2017, from 9:00A.M.-2:00P.M.

Where: Allouez Village Hall

1900 S. Libal St.

Green Bay, WI 54301

Please contact DEO Jason Vogel at (920)448-2800 Ext. 109 or by e-mail vogel_jp@co.brown.wi.us with any questions.

WHAT CAN BE DROPPED OFF?

 Prescription medicines (pills, capsules, ointments, lotions, and or patches); Over the counter medicines (pills, capsules, ointments, vitamins); Sample medications; Liquid medicine in glass or leak proof containers; and Inhalers.

What is NOT Collected:

Thermometers; Hydrogen Peroxide and Isopropyl alcohol; Sharps, syringes, and/or lancets; Biological waste; Institutional health care waste; Aerosols other than inhalers; Medical wastage to include used or unused IV tubes, dressings, bandages, Band-Aids and cold packs; Personal care products like nail polish, non-prescription shampoos, lotion, Vaseline, chapstick, and cosmetics.

2017 Senior Halloween Dinner and Dance

Thursday, October 26

Rock Garden Banquet Hall

1951 Bond Street

Come celebrate the fall season, including the Halloween holiday with a social function just for older adults!  Whether you choose to dance the night away, listen to the wonderful music of Steve Schultz’s Las Vegas Revue, or socialize with friends and other members of the community, you’re sure to have a great time. 

Enjoy a family style dinner with all the fixings and note that Halloween costumes are welcome, but not required.

5:15 Check-in

6:00 Dinner

Dancing to follow until 9:00 p.m.

$17 per person ages 55+

 

Pre-registration by October 20.

No residency restrictions.

 

Registration can be made online (https://allouez.recdesk.com/) or at Village Hall (1900 Libal St.)

*Registration forms can be found at: https://allouez.recdesk.com/RecDeskPortal/Portals/190/Halloween.2017.pdf

 

 

 

Downtown Chicago Trip- November 11

DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TRIP:

SATURDAY, NOV. 11

 

 

Chicago has long been a premiere shopping destination. From major department stores like Neiman Marcus, Saks & Bloomingdales to specialty shops and boutiques such as Under Armour, Lululemon, American Girl Place, The LEGO Store, Niketown, & the Disney store, as well as fabulous discount shopping the city boasts a vibrant retail and restaurant scene that caters to the need of every shopper/diner.  Not into shopping, enjoy one of the many attractions at Navy Pier or one of the museums at the lakefront Museum Campus.

 

Pick-up/Drop-off site:           Sam’s Club Parking Lot (2470 W. Mason St.) 

Departure:                      6:30 am
Return:                           10:00 pm

Fee:                                $36 per person

 

*Please, plan to arrive at the pick-up location 5 minutes prior to listed departure times.
*Trip includes Motorcoach Transportation.  Additional expenses are not included in fee.
*All ages welcome (under 18 must register with an adult).
*A rest/snack stop will be taken on the way down and back.

Checklist for Helping You Choose a Financial Professional

For reasons likely to remain obscure, October 30 is Checklist Day. But while the origins of this observance may be a mystery, the value of checklists is clear: They help us organize our time and break large jobs into manageable steps. You can use a checklist for just about any significant endeavor – including the task of choosing a financial professional to help you achieve your important goals. 

Here’s what such a checklist might look like: 

• Find someone with the proper credentials. Make sure a prospective financial professional has the appropriate securities registrations. 
• Find someone who has worked with people like you. You’ll want to seek out a financial professional who has experience working with people in circumstances similar to yours – that is, people of your financial status and with essentially the same goals and attitudes toward investing. 
• Find someone who will communicate with you regularly. During the course of your relationship with a financial professional, you will have many questions: Are my investments performing as they should? Should I change my investment mix? Am I still on track to meet my long-term goals? Plus, you will have changes in your life – new children, new jobs, new activities – that will affect your financial picture and that need to be communicated to your financial professional. Consequently, you need to be sure that whomever you work with is easy to reach and will be in regular contact with you. Many financial professionals meet with their clients at least once a year to discuss the clients’ portfolios and recommend changes, as needed, and also make themselves available, through phone calls and email, for any questions or concerns their clients may have. 
• Find someone who will honor your preferences. Some financial professionals follow certain philosophies. For example, you might find one advisor who tends to favor aggressive investing, while another one might be more conservative. There’s nothing wrong with either approach, but you’ll want to be sure that your preferences take precedence in all recommendations and guidance you receive from a financial professional. And many professionals won’t express any of their own preferences at all, but will instead follow a course of action based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. 
• Find someone connected to other professionals. Your investment plans don’t exist in a vacuum. Over time, you will likely need to integrate elements of your investment strategy with your tax and estate planning strategies. When this happens, you may find it advantageous to have a financial professional who can work with tax and legal professionals to help you meet all your needs in these areas. 
• Find someone whose compensation structure is acceptable to you. Financial professionals get paid in different ways – through fees, commissions or a combination of both. Which method is best for you, as an investor? There’s no one “right” answer – but you will certainly want to understand exactly how your financial professional will get paid and how this pay structure will affect your interactions with him or her. 

You may find this checklist to be useful when you interview financial professionals. Take your time and make sure you’re confident about your ultimate choice. After all, you’re hiring someone to help you reach your key goals, such as a comfortable retirement, so you’ll want to get the right person on your side.

 

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Kiran R Khot, 507 Greene Avenue, (920) 489-2778.