Kreutzer Road expansion begins this year

One way to know a town is growing up (or at least expanding) is when it builds a bypass off a main artery to relieve growing congestion at a major intersection.

Snow and low temps can’t stop Cyclepaths

Bob Hinkle really, seriously likes to ride a bike. How seriously, you ask?

Video gaming thrives at Village Inn – is Jameson’s next?

HUNTLEY – Video gaming has made a successful debut at Huntley’s Village Inn and may be coming to Jameson’s in Sun City later this year. “We have video gaming now,” reads the huge hand-written notice on the Village Inn’s front window. Folks driving by on Main Street on the town square would have a hard …

Firm envisions repurposing old customer service building

SUN CITY – Back in the early days of Sun City, Del Webb set up a customer service center on Farm Hill Road on the eastern edge of the community.

The three-winged building, with the wings extending out in three directions from a central core, is being built by Deerpath Supportive Living Community and BMA Management LLC.

Ron Tenggren, the man whom pins fear

It’s bowling night. It’s your favorite sport…join your best friends for friendly competition, relax and enjoy life for a few hours. You’re good enough at it so you can enjoy the competition and the camaraderie. If you have a good game or two and your team wins, it’s a bonus.

Ho, Ho, HO Gauge

No mode of transportation has fascinated modern man as much as trains. Trains…trains…trains. They transformed the wild west into the noisy west. They spawned songs, musicals, poems, and story after story.

In Euchre, socialization is part of any good hand

Euchre players really know how to party. When they pay their $5 annual dues, they are promised a regular weekly schedule of opportunities to play their favorite card game. They also are informed that every four to six weeks, they will have a party featuring an impressive array of food and beverage options.

Sun City build-out nearly complete

More than 14 years after it was started, and more than four years later than planned, the Sun City build-out is nearly complete. All of the community’s home sites now have homes on them, but three of them remained to be sold, as of Dec. 10.

Residents sound off on concerns over I-90 noise

Residents of Neighborhood 35 in far south Sun City knew they would be close to the Jane Addams I-90 Tollway when they bought their homes. Until this past summer, the audible traffic noise didn’t bother them.

Turkey talk brings to mind appreciation of sports

My wife (I love her dearly, God bless her) says, “If nose-picking was a sport on TV, he’d watch it.” It’s her way of describing how much of a sports fanatic I am.

Former photographer, cop shares historic memories

On Dec. 1, 1958, 92 children and 3 nuns died in the shocking fire at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago. Richard Holman was there. In early 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited Vandenberg Air Force Base in California during the height of the Cold War and the missile race with Russia. Richard Holman was there.

First, biggest phase of parking lot project near completion

When the Prairie Lodge parking lot renovation project is completed next spring, there will be more handicapped-accessible spaces, more golf cart spaces, and more than 720 total spaces. That’s over 150 more than are available now.

With new president, Sun City Historians have a future

For nearly eight years, the Sun City Historians Club was very busy discussing and learning about the world’s best-known historical events. Earlier this year, they discovered that they needed to give more attention to their own history.

At Sun City, pool takes a softer touch

Mention pool to most folks today, and they probably think of rough, tough, beer-drinking men in smoke-filled bars playing games of 8- or 9-ball and betting money on every game, or sometimes on every shot. In a previous generation or two, the town’s “pool hall” was not always considered a fit place for decent folks.

Old Marine sayings ring true among Sun City’s veterans

“From the Halls of Montezuma, to the Shores of Tripoli”…”Once a Marine, Always a Marine”…”Semper Fi”…”The Few, the Proud, the Marines.”

An inside look into the game of cribbage

When a journalist covers a game, he usually observes the action, takes notes, interviews participants, and writes a story about who won and how. Last week at the Sun City Cribbage Charter Club, I took a different approach: I played the game while at the same time gathering information about it and the players.

Phil Knight – an important figure in sports history

I’d like to take a break from Sun City sports and recreational activities this week to ask our readers a question: Who is Phil Knight? And Bill Bowerman? Carolyn Davidson? Jeff Johnson?

Many from outside Sun City play on Whisper Creek’s greens

Most Sun Citians probably perceive Whisper Creek Golf Course as a Sun City facility, used mostly by Sun City residents and the community’s golf club, with a few opportunities for the general public available for extra income.

Huntley Police building case on burglary suspects

Good news and bad news regarding the burglaries in Sun City was delivered last week by Huntley Police Chief John Perkins. First, the good news on finding the perpetrators.

A way with words

Did you know that “xi” is a word? So is feh. And jeu, xyst, and zyme, and ut, re, hm, even ye.

Sun City Golfers honored with variety of awards, prizes

At the Sun City Golf Club’s championship tournament and dinner dance last week, most folks came away with some sort of prize.

D158 CFO talks challenges, future plans to residents

School District 158 and Sun City have a very, very unique relationship.

Walking together in path to end cancer

I’m a cancer survivor, and I’m writing about a dedicated group of Sun Citians devoted to helping victims of this dreaded disease and their families.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a senior skydiver!

Jan Jeffe said skydiving gave her one of the biggest thrills of her life. Dave Cook says it gave him an “absolutely awesome” view of the earth. Kay Winkelhake is an experienced athlete and coach and says skydiving fits into her lifestyle perfectly.

On a mission to end hunger

he Blues Brothers have left Chicago and are coming to Sun City again – black suits, soul music, Dodge Monaco, and all.

Irish golfing, on the left side of the road

Ireland is one of the places where the sport of golf was born, long before it was played in America. The tiny Shamrock isle, no better than 300 miles long and 150 wide, has almost as many golf courses as it has pubs and bed and breakfasts. Two of the best professional players in the world – Graeme McDowell and Rory McElroy – call Ireland home.

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