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As part of my Environments and Aging class, I was asked to evaluate my current home using universal design checklists for each of several areas – kitchen, bathroom, living room, exterior, lighting and sound, etc. The lists we used as a class were compiled by Rosemary Bakker, an interior designer and gerontologist, in her book AARP Guide to Revitalizing Your Home: Beautiful Living in the Second Half of Life. Ms. Bakker has written several other books on building or retrofitting homes for lifelong use.

The workshop, “Protecting Yourself from Home Repair Contractor Fraud and Scams” scheduled for tonight at 6:30pm at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library has been because of the severe weather expected on Monday evening. The workshop will be rescheduled. Be sure to check back here or on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/aarpks for more information.

Black History Month is about American History with a focus on the contributions African American/Blacks made to build our country. Here in Kansas, we can trace the outstanding contributions of Gordon Parks, George Washington Carver, Langston Hughes, and others. We can be proud that African Americans/Blacks fought for Kansas in the Civil War and helped to settle towns in Kansas, including Nicodemus, which stands today as a national historic site.