Vitte said, “When parts and supplies are needed, I tell Jim Jiran. He provides the backup with the goods. We are the finely balanced team that keeps the shop running smoothly.”

“My parents gave me a tea set that had ladybugs on it for my fourth birthday, and I started collecting items that featured ladybugs,” Sheri said.

Years later, that tea set remains the center of her massive collection. Today, she holds the official Guinness World Record for the largest collection of ladybug-related items, at 6,047 distinct pieces.

There were 55 participants and 35 volunteers, who contributed with cooking hot dogs to singing the National Anthem.

It was one of the Sun City Birdwatchers Club regularly scheduled walks, on Aug. 26, and they attend such walks at area preserves. The Sun City Nature Preserve area’s three-fourth mile path has been improved as wood chips were added last year.

Terrorists killed about 3,000 people, using four airplanes at the World Trade Center towers north and south, the Pentagon in Arlington,Virginia and passengers and crew fought back to crash an airplane at Shanksville, Pennslyvania.

Elaine Rowinski is the newly elected president of the club.

Rowinski said, “With me on the executive leadership team are vice president Marsha Natkins, recorder Darlene Pratt, and treasurer Joy McGahan.”

This year, the club hosted an open house. Organizers decorated the main building with patriotic displays and added decorations outside at the G-scale model train exhibit. The entrance was filled with patriotic decorations to welcome visitors. Outside, a 20-by-50-foot American flag hung from the building’s upper railing. The flag stood out not just for its size, but also for its historic design with 48 stars.

In a tense battle, the Adjusters took home the title with a 5-4 victory over the Lumbarjacks. The champs went 5-0 in the tourney, winning it for the first time since 2014.

The second night of the first round of Sun City Softball League 16-inch playoffs was about to begin as the Travelers, seeded third, took on the sixth seed Coyotes Aug. 18. A good-sized crowd filed in to watch the contest, but the Coyotes came away with a 12-8 win. Tourney play for the eight teams, double elimination format, continued the next two weeks, leading up to the best-of-three game championship series September 10 and 11, and if necessary, September 14.

The Huntley Fire Protection District (HFPD), Huntley Police Department and the Huntley American Legion Post 673 will combine to host an event at 10 a.m., at the Veterans Monument at Huntley’s Town Square. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be at HFPD Station No.1, located at 11118 Main Street, at the apparatus floor.

The club launched an aquatic challenge on April 25, rallying its members to collectively swim and water-walk a monumental 250 miles. Crushing that initial milestone with waves of enthusiasm, the determined athletes refused to slow down, instantly resetting their sights on a second goal.

Today, Dombro has exchanged his lab coat for a paintbrush, channeling that same lasting passion into a vibrant second career in photography and water media.

According to local Sun City Bocce Ball Club enthusiasts, Bocce Ball was developed in its current form in Italy. Bocce is derived from the word “bacio” which means to kiss, which is what you try to do when you roll the Bocce balls. Bocce Ball has been documented as early as 5200 B.C. in Egypt. Bocce is the third most popular sport in the world after soccer and golf. An estimated 25 million people in the US alone play Bocce Ball.

Carol Didricksen, Lions Chairperson and a Sun City resident, shared, “Since 1965, Illinois Lions have traveled throughout the state offering free vision screenings to the public. Today, it includes retinal screening and hearing screenings in their Mobile Screening Unit. Trained technicians staff it.”

“This is the third year we have offered it and it grows every year,” Sun City Pickleball Club President Pam White said.

Hosting its open house from 6-8 p.m. at the Millgrove Building (13400 Sun City Blvd), the club’s “Give the Trains a Try” event delivers a hands-on opportunity to operate the trains.

“It’s been outstanding,” Huntley American Legion Post 673 Sons of American Legion (SAL) Squadron Commander George Lewerenz said of the response.