MY SUN DAY NEWS
February 23, 2017
Most of us engaged in big-time snack eating throughout the recent exciting Super Bowl football game. The question remains: Did we control the calories and nutrition level of what we devoured?
Social media is a popular way to keep up with friends and relatives, near and far. But while sharing photos and status updates and other information is a fun way to keep in touch on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, the Huntley Police Department reminds residents to be mindful about the information you post online.
On December 30, Margaret Sanders, an 18-year Sun Citian, was charged with violating a state election regulation about her nominating petition for public office.
In the last six months, we have had a steady flow of members come into the computer club reporting that they have been the victim of a computer scam. In this scam, they receive a phone call or they get a pop-up on the computer screen telling you that a problem has been detected, and they should call the number they display.
Rutland Township’s leadership group has been lively in recent months, and the April 4 election of officers will reflect that.
Two sharply contrasting developments livened things up this month at the Huntley Outlet Center.
Now that we are thoroughly entrenched in the cold, cloudy days of the Midwest winter, what are we to do to lift our physical and mental health?
I had an interesting post-factual encounter the other day. You’ve probably heard the term “post-factual” recently. After all, we just came through a whole slew of the most fact-challenged election campaigns in history.
While sitting in the break room, a co-worker confides in you that she is being beaten at home by her boyfriend. Even worse, he may show up at her job, and she is scared.
This is the first of two Sun Day reports on a leadership controversy in Rutland Township, which is located in Kane County. Nearly two-thirds of Sun City (the southern section) is located in Rutland, which is one of 16 townships in the county.
As we age, office visits to our health providers will inevitably become more numerous. With today’s average of 15-20 minutes allotted for doctor visits, it behooves us to become our own best patient advocates.
Sun City’s board of directors filled a vacancy in its ranks, appointed its 2017 officers, and appointed liaisons to nine advisory and support committees and councils in its organizational meeting on January 11.
Willowcreek Huntley members and Sun City residents (right to left) Jacque Johnson, Ken Stumpf, Chad Johnson, and Nancy Stumpf prepare the 392 new children’s coats,110 pairs of gloves and 41 hats collected by Willowcreek Huntley to donate to Grafton Food Pantry.
On December 1, Delta Airlines announced that it is resuming flights to Havana, Cuba, as part of the thawing of relations between the United States and its close Caribbean neighbor. What does this have to do with anything in Sun City? It is the final chapter in a story that started for a Sun City resident in 1984.
On December 1, Delta Airlines announced that it is resuming flights to Havana, Cuba, as part of the thawing of relations between the United States and its close Caribbean neighbor.
What does this have to do with anything in Sun City?
It is the final chapter in a story that started for a Sun City resident in 1984.
Sun City Woodchuck member Bill Ziletti was contacted in August, 2016 by Justin Searles (chaplain at the new Centegra Huntley Hospital) to see if the Woodchucks would be interested in building prayer boxes for the new hospital. Bill met with Justin to discuss the design and review the pictures of the current boxes.
Jean Christopher and her daughter, Antonia, were settling down for a quiet evening in their Sun City home on December 10 when they heard a loud crash in their back yard about 8 p.m.
Chuck Swindoll, an 82-year-old Evangelical Christian pastor and author of 70 self-help books, is also a radio and audio preacher who gives people, especially seniors, insight for living daily with difficult situations. Here is one of Swindoll’s outstanding poems to help guide us through life under situations that we wish were different. With the correct attitude, you can still be in control of your happiness!
Chuck Swindoll, an 82-year-old Evangelical Christian pastor and author of 70 self-help books, is also a radio and audio preacher who gives people, especially seniors, insight for living daily with difficult situations. Here is one of Swindoll’s outstanding poems to help guide us through life under situations that we wish were different.
With the correct attitude, you can still be in control of your happiness!
Sun City residents share unique Christmas memories.
A recent dog treat scare in areas surrounding Sun City has raised concerns for residents and their canine companions in Del Webb.
With the first polar vortex arriving this December, and temperatures already plunging into the single digits and below, winter has arrived without much warning. With winter’s grand entrance, what can Huntley residents do to cope with sudden snow and cold? Whether it’s what to pack in your car or how to stock your home, both the Huntley Fire Department and the Neighborhood watch have some answers.
The Winter Holidays can be an extremely stressful time of the year for the 50 million Americans (one in every 5 adults and children, often otherwise healthy) who suffer from runny noses, breathing problems, itchy eyes, and headaches – all or any of which may be symptoms of allergic reactions during Christmas/Hanukah festivities.
In the last 17 years, Sun City Huntley has provided unparalleled and popular resort-style senior lifestyle activities and facilities to thousands of residents in the first Del Webb active adult community outside the nation’s Sun Belt. But now it has come at a price. It’s in the form of a theft of residents’ funds by a former staff employee.
In the last 17 years, Sun City Huntley has provided unparalleled and popular resort-style senior lifestyle activities and facilities to thousands of residents in the first Del Webb active adult community outside the nation’s Sun Belt.
But now it has come at a price. It’s in the form of a theft of residents’ funds by a former staff employee.
Huntley residents will be invited to “Take a Book, Return a Book,” when three new Little Free Libraries are installed in spring of 2017.
Three of the four vacancies on the Sun City board of directors for the 2017 term have been filled, but one remains.
Major changes are coming soon in Sun City’s financial operations. Accounting services, which were moved to the First Service Residential (FSR) management company in 2015, will move back to the local offices as of January 1. The newly integrated software solution to realize efficiencies in the local financial operations went “online” on December 1.
Found often on hostess tables throughout November and December, cranberries may appear in a variety of sauces, jells, and drinks, as well as in fresh or dried cranberry form added to yogurt, salads, casseroles, stuffing, or dessert. Because Native Americans used cranberries not only for food, but also for medicine and clothing dyes, the fruit’s connection with the holidays seems to be a natural derivation.
Pub 47 is teaming up with The Grafton Food Pantry to create a Holiday Giving Extravaganza on December 22, and we need your help!
Sun City Neighborhood 28 raised over $4000 and donated 22 boxes of food items to the Grafton Food Pantry. The Neighborhood has been conducting food drives since 2006 and an Octoberfest event since 2010.
Santa’s Helpers (also known as the Sun City Woodchucks) delivered over 100 hand- crafted toys for food pantry clients’ children.
Burton the Yorkshire Terrier has been in a casino, crowded elevators, stores and fitting rooms, bathrooms, and airports. But this week, Burton will survive a tornado, travel to Oz, and help Dorothy Gale get back to Kansas when he takes center stage as “Toto,” Dorothy’s beloved dog in the Sun City Theatre Company’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.”
