MY SUN DAY NEWS
May 22, 2014
You remember that old joke about the two seasons in Illinois, right? Winter and construction? Well, winter has finally fled and construction (sometimes called summer) is upon us. It will not spare the Sun City area from its inconveniences.
Gibs is a 15 lb, wire-haired terrier mix who is mostly white with-tan-and black spots. He was adopted out from Animal House Shelter in Huntley on Monday, April 21 and ran from his adopters’ home, located near the intersection of Sun City Blvd and Countryside Blvd in Del Webb, on that day around 4 p.m.
Amtrak service between Rockford and Chicago – last available in 1981 – is set to return with Huntley marked as a stop along the route.
On Saturday, May 10, Huntley mail carriers will do more than drop off the latest cell phone bill, as the post office – and Grafton Food Pantry – are gearing up for the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
Re-surfacing of Del Webb Boulevard, cracks in the Prairie Lodge parking lot, and a pleasant surprise from a resident highlighted the Sun City Community Association board of directors meeting on April 23.
An April report by home security consultants Safewise named Huntley 30th of the 50 safest communities in Illinois, and Sun City is getting a significant amount of credit for the honor.
“You’re listening to 101.5 FM, the home of Huntley Community Radio.” That station identification may soon grace the airwaves — as quickly as the end of the year — as HCR received per¬mission from the Federal Communications Commission on March 14 to be-come a low-power FM station.
Perhaps the item on the 2014 primary ballot with the biggest local impact for Sun Citians and Huntley residents at large was a referendum posed by the Huntley Park District. The referendum, which asked residents if they approved of new bonds totaling $18.75 million for the construction of a new indoor turf facility, was struck down by voters, 70 percent of whom voted “no.”
A vote to continue funding the Village of Huntley’s Senior Transportation Program will be brought before the Village Board at its March 27 meeting.
Republican Senate candidates Jim Oberweis and Doug Truax met in Drendel Ballroom on March 4 for a debate on issues and a chance to portray themselves as the best candidate to emerge from the primaries to challenge the incumbent Sen. Dick Durbin.
The Village of Huntley’s Senior Transportation program is forecasted to run out of funds on April 25, based on current costs and funding. The program began last November, the same month Grafton Township stopped serving residents of Rutland and Hampshire Townships on its senior bus.
Four district officials came to Sun City on March 6 and discussed this proposal with about 75 residents in Fountain View Center. They included Executive Director Thom Palmer, Athletic Director Jeff Ryder, Recreation Director Debbie Kraus, and Eric Anderson, the district’s financial bond counsel.
John Perkins and Ken Caudle, Huntley’s police and fire chief, respectively, stopped by Drendel Hall on March 6 to provide updates on law enforcement and fire protection activities. About 200 Sun City residents attended the event, sponsored by community’s Current Events Club.
Revised $2.1 million plan focuses on traffic flow, parking, beautification
Temperatures plunging to cruel lows and persistent snowfall have turned this winter into an exercise in patience for many local residents.
On Jan. 24, Robert Signorile learned the consequence of his violent, abusive behavior toward Michelle Matthieu in Sun City in 2011 and 2012. It is 40 years in prison.
The former Del Webb administration building on Farm Hill Road, vacant for almost eight years, will soon make a comeback as a multi-faceted office building.
Consolidated School District 158 will seek a $55.7 million levy for 2013, marking a 1.7 percent increase from 2012 and the district’s first increased levy in four years.
With Grafton Township bus service having ended for Rutland and Hampshire Township riders on Nov. 30, the Village of Huntley has begun offering rides to those residents left without service through a voucher program.
From wooden wheels rolling across floors on Christmas morning to turkey dinners served at tables seldom covered with food, Sun City residents have helped make the holiday season a little brighter for those in need.
Throughout his four-day trial, former Sun City resident Robert Signorile was portrayed as a wild, violent man, who viciously abused and beat his girlfriend Michelle Mathieu.
Sun City residents in both Grafton and Rutland Townships saw changes in the Grafton Township senior bus service on Nov. 30.
Throughout his four-day trial this week, former Sun City resident Robert Signorile was portrayed as a wild, violent man, who viciously abused and beat his girl friend, Michelle Mathieu. On Friday, Nov. 22, he stood calmly, impassively, and expressionless, as a McHenry County criminal court jury convicted him of first degree murder.
Plans for a March 2014 referendum regarding new facilities for the Huntley Park District are moving forward, but they no longer include outdoor swim lanes.
WOODSTOCK – He was a cruel, belligerent, drunken abuser who beat his girl friend literally to death. He was a concerned boyfriend who was trying to help his girlfriend deal with seizures and alcoholism. These are the two sharply contrasting descriptions of Robert Signorile, a former Sun City resident, as he went on trial Nov,. 18 for first degree murder in the 2012 death of his live-in girl friend, Michelle Mathieu, in their Neighborhood 10 Sun City home.
The Huntley Park District hopes to follow-up with a 2011 resident survey by asking residents a final question: are they willing to pay for new athletic facilities?
Recent coverage on the funding and service of the Grafton Township bus service has not included information on how Hampshire Township residents are affected by the matter.
Allen Pollack has the perfect metaphor for Huntley Community Radio’s transition to live broadcasting: “It’s like that movie, ‘Field of Dreams.’ We’re hoping because we built it, [the license] will come.
Grafton Township supervisor Jim Kearns has announced the township’s bus service will stop giving rides to Rutland Township residents on Nov. 30.
SUN CITY – Sun City and the Village of Huntley have so far avoided butting up closely against each other.
