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April 7, 2016

Andy Steckling

Strong Suit

A master lives within Sun City. While many tend to ace hobbies that include car repair, gardening, or even writing, Dave Germaine has approached a different field – bridge.

The Street Sweeper

The issues that plagued Chicago during the 1960s irked Frank Ardito. He is not sure why he was bothered by these issues, but felt compelled to do something about it.

Planting a seed

Clara Biswas’ passion is compassion; she reaches out to the children working in the garbage dumps or wandering the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Vets Roll

Police escorts are generally saved for very important individuals, such as the president, certain celebrities, or foreign dignitaries. However, from May 17-20, a group of 200 veterans received police escorts as they traveled from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C., and even throughout the Capitol area.

But times change, and so must I

When I started last April, it was a schedule that, on paper, looked doable. I figured with leniency at my full-time job in Evanston that I would have the adequate amount of time to dedicate to Huntley.

The second ‘golden age’ of television is going to kill me

On my gravestone, it will read “Andrew Steckling, killed by the second ‘golden age’ of television.”

Patent power

Prior to becoming a lawyer and establishing a law firm in Huntley, Michael Fleck was a chemist. He did his research as part of the research faculty at the University of Illinois, and even earned a patent for an electric carbon monoxide filter.

An Easter basket case

Diane Naples was going to give up. Though she had already dedicated 15 years to creating Easter baskets and donating them to children in need, health issues sidelined her this year and, as she put it, “I just haven’t gotten back to my old self.”

For the love of the animal

Over the past year, former Sun City resident Jess Chipkin has become increasingly aware of what happens to animals living on large factory farms. Enter Crate Free Illinois, a nonprofit organization that Chipkin is in the process of forming. The Illinois-based group has a focus on animal welfare on factory farms, and the group’s goal is rather straightforward.

Don’t care how, I want it now

“Thirteen-month-old baby, broke the looking glass / Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.” The answer was right there, but what was it? I knew I heard those lyrics before, but I couldn’t just name the song. The right circuits in that portion of my brain weren’t connecting.

Ride-sharing program begins March 2 for all Huntley residents

Residents of Huntley now have the ability to participate in a ride-sharing program, as the village has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the McHenry County Dial-A-Ride program called MCRide.

Thinking about the road less traveled

Change is weird. I mean, it’s something we all go through, since it’s a natural part of life, but it’s still weird.

The tax man

For close to two decades, Arvind Shah has been doing something that the majority of us probably do not enjoy: filling out taxes.

Lion Hearted

Jack and Helen Anderson have more than 50 years of service combined, yet there’s no sign of them slowing down. The two currently serve as the secretary and president of the Lions Club of Sun City – Huntley, respectively. “The Lions has always been a family thing,” says Helen. “It’s something we can do together, and it has been a lot of fun.”

Van Fleet remembered for service, volunteerism

Friends and co-workers remember Jim Van Fleet for his love of the community, as well as his service to Sun City. “He used his business background to help in the decisions he made for the good of the community,” said Linda Davis, vice president of the Sun City Community Association of Huntley board of directors.

Heartbreaker, championship taker

Heartbreak is never easy. It’s even worse when you witness it firsthand. But that’s exactly what I saw occur this last Saturday.

Guardian ad Litem

While most take the sign of heading to court as owning up to a wrongdoing or to serve on a jury, Bob Beaupre and a group of people earlier this month filed in to the Kane County Courthouse for another reason.

I am quite thankful this holiday season

This year has been a roller coaster, to say the least. New jobs, new friends, loved ones lost and gained. The list goes on and on and on and on. Since this column represents my last piece in 2014, and given that Thanksgiving has just come and gone, what a better way to encompass this year and thank those who helped me get here.

You can call me ‘Grandma’

Martin Elementary School in Lake in the Hills has been on the receiving end of generous donations from a “Grandma” over the past two years.

House to house inspiration

Author Washington Irving once said of Christmas that it is a “season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” And on December 4, members of the Sunflower Garden Club of Sun City will do just that, as the group hosts its fifth annual Holiday House Walk from 3 to 7 p.m. and five Sun City residents open their doors to the anticipated 300 eventgoers.

Seasons aren’t the only things that transition

I am completely unprepared for it to be cold. I mean, I know it’s going to happen. It’s Illinois and it’s November, but I still want to hold on to what warm weather we have. I am a winter baby and do look forward to the season every year, but for some strange reason, I just don’t want it to come. At least not yet.

Gooooood morning, Huntley!

Huntley Community Radio, which for the last two years has been broadcasting over the Internet airwaves, has received its low-power FM license from the Federal Communications Commission to officially broadcast as WHRU-LP on 101.5 FM, turning what was once an idea for co-founder Allen Pollack into a reality.

An ode to man’s best friend

It had just started to snow when the phone rang. “Hey, so quick update. We might get two dogs instead of one,” my dad says on the other end. “The owners don’t like this one family, so they may offer us the other one. Start thinking of names.”

We will never forget

It is extremely difficult to process that 13 years have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, claimed the lives of almost 3,000 individuals. In many ways, it feels like yesterday that we were all glued to our TVs or radios, watching the events play out in front of us live and trying to comprehend what was taking place.

Living the darker side of life … literally

As I write this, it is dark. And it’s only getting darker. In any other situation, I’d go flip on a lamp to light up the room. I cannot do that today.

Up and at them

Those dreaming of becoming a pilot can take the first steps toward attaining that goal on Sept. 13 in Ringwood, as the Chain O’Lakes Eagles hosts its 2014 R/C Air Fest.