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May 21, 2015

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Happy Grandmother’s Day

While Mother’s Day undoubtedly grants glory to grandmothers, what exactly does it mean to be one? The women of Sun City have the answer. According to several residents, grandmothers come with universal duties, one of which is hosting a variety of traditions.

Editor’s note on assistant editor transition

Despite his limited availability, Andy Steckling has been dedicated to organizing and helming each edition of the Sun Day and has done so with consistent effort and a keen sense for all news-related items.

The Boys of Summer are back

The silence is gone. The sounds echoing from Eakin Field are the same sounds we have heard in the past at the local softball fields in and around the Chicagoland area. Those youngsters of the past are now grown men who have contributed to the growth of the country and who most have served our country in the Armed Forces.

Alden project underway in Huntley

When the Alden Network plans to build a multi-functional senior healthcare facility, it has to be patient. It will take a lot of time just to get ready to start construction.

Model Railroad Club news

The Railroad Club of Sun City Huntley will host a Spring Open House 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, May 17. N scale members are feverishly working to add scenery and fine tune the mountain thunderstorm.

Being Barbara

Occasionally, a book’s story will leap right off the page. But a book reviewed by Jenny Riddle always comes alive.

2015 sees more renovation for Sun City property

Sun City is 16 years old, and maintenance and renovation costs are increasing. There is now, and will be, a lot of renovation going on all over the community this year.

Liability problems stacking up at Huntley Outlet Center

The liability problems just keep piling up for Simon Properties at the Huntley Outlet Center.

Fifty ways to support a caregiver

At the March meeting of Sun City’s Neighborhood Advisory Council, Donna Copeland Hill spoke on the subject of Family Caregivers. Representing the Northeastern Illinois Agency on Aging.

Where to take shelter

We regard tornadoes, like all unpleasant things, as distant events, far away from our quiet, peaceful lives. We hear about tornadoes in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, and we consider ourselves lucky that we don’t live there. “Tornado Alleys” are elsewhere, we think.

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.

Huntley Community Radio update: April 23, 2015

What? Huntley has a radio station? Are you kidding me? Where? Nobody told me! How can I listen?

Life Spine comes to Huntley

Few towns have moved from a local farming community into global economic development action faster than Huntley.

In support of support groups, part 3

While support groups do vary, the basic format is a small group of people (maybe no more than 10-12) who meet on a regular basis to discuss their experiences and provide mutual support for one another.

Standpipe removed

The work to improve and restore the Neighborhood 28 detention pond in Sun City has begun.

Staged to strike

“The Pajama Game” is the next musical to take the stage at Drendel Hall this season, however, the show is anything but a snoozer.

Poor sidewalk conditions at Factory Mall account for SC resident fall

Seven months ago, the Sun Day wrote about the Huntley Outlet Center, the deteriorating condition of its infrastructure, the vacancies in most of its spaces, and the declining interest among Sun City residents in shopping at the facility. We reported on uneven and cracked sidewalks and the potholed and cracked, mostly empty parking lot.

Help wanted

Your Community Radio Station has been broadcasting on 101.5 FM for nearly six months, and we’re getting busier and busier. By May, we’ll have 44 shows and more to come. And that’s great…but while there’s a lot to do, we just don’t have enough volunteers to get some of the jobs done.

In support of support groups, part 2

As I said in my August 22, 2013, article on Low Vision, “Certainly one of the priceless perks of living in our senior community is our residents’ easy accessibility to support groups.”

Pond 15

About 12 years ago, Sun City’s Neighborhoods 27 and 28 were designed and built out. That design included construction off a large flood-control detention pond located behind homes along Windsor Drive.

Board of directors approves new community slogan

In 1999, when Sun City opened as the first four-season Sun City active-adult community in the nation, the message to America was “Retire from work, not life. Free your spirit…to relax, play, and make friends.”

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.

Body Electric

When John Jeide wants to hit the road, all he has to do is unplug his pickup truck from the wall and press the pedal.

Leadership lifestyle

Ken Andersen is very serious about one thing in his life – he wants to help make things better. For his community, his company where he worked, and for the people around him.

In support of support groups

The halls are alive with the sound of music! If you walk into Family Alliance’s new Huntley location’s building (just outside of Del Webb) at mid morning on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, you will indeed hear singing and musical instruments being played and the sound of both emitting from a support group meeting room.