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May 17, 2012

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Keeping their floating boating romance alive

When Natalie and Bill Witty first met in the United States Power Squadrons over 30 years ago, Bill was a widower and Natalie supported her then husband, George Lynch, who became involved with the Skokie Valley Sail and Power squadron.

Pool safety tips for when the grandkids come for a swim

Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death to children ages one to 14. For every child who drowns, four more are hospitalized for nearly drowning. Sixty-one percent of all childhood drowning deaths that occur among the one-to-14 age group occur among children ages four and under. And past studies have found male children have a drowning rate two to four times that of female children.

It All Started with Tyrone Power

AH! ROMANCE! It has to start somewhere. With me, it all started with Tyrone Power. The movie was “Love Is News,” the year was 1937 and I was eight years old. It was the first Tyrone Power movie I ever saw.

Inventing solutions, big and small

Is necessity the mother of invention? Robert Anderson might say so. Throughout the past 30 years, Anderson has channeled his creativity into crafting numerous useful inventions, ranging from household items to athletic devices, each of which serves a practical purpose.

A coach for all seasons

In perhaps the ultimate act of walking the walk, Sandra Switzer has taken on a success coach of her own.

You’re never too old to jump out of a perfectly good airplane

Imagine the most beautiful sunny day you could ever behold. A brilliant blue sky is overhead. The sun softly warms your skin while a light breeze plays with your hair. You close your eyes and let yourself melt into a sublime sense of peace.

Blast from the past

When you live in Sun City and can’t always get back to your high school reunion, among the numerous activities that are already offered in the community, you can attend a “Blast from the Past Reunion.”

Put on a happy face: Fighting clinical depression

In 2006, the recently deceased veteran television reporter and commentator, Mike Wallace, then 88 years of age, spoke publicly on “60 Minutes” about his attempt to commit suicide. He highlighted a mental illness that many of our senior population have difficulty admitting to: clinical depression. Although twice as many women suffer from this depression, men with the affliction end their lives more often.

Safety tips for your purse, wallet, and credit or debit cards

Make a copy of your current credit and debit cards and note the phone number to report loss or theft. Keep this in a safe place, separate from your credit and debit cards. Update as new cards are issued.

All in the bag

What started out as a simple love for the game created one of the more interesting clubs in Edgewater.

Constitution, founders’ intentions examined at Tea Party meeting

“I assume you’re here because you feel like something isn’t going quite right,” Chad Kent, the featured guest at an April 26 meeting of the Huntley Tea Party at the Huntley REC Center, told the crowd.

Thinking across the board

This is a yarn about chess. You know, that game that’s played by retirees on card tables and tree stumps in city parks, the game where American Bobby Fischer beat Russian Boris Spassky on an international stage in 1972, with a host of world media watching, mesmerized.

Cinderella to take audiences for a spin

Forget the glass slipper, pumpkin carriage, and fairy godmother: the biggest standout of the Sun City Theater Company’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” may be below all the action. That’s because the stage of this musical boldly goes where no Sun City production has before: in 360 degrees.

Morgenthaler examines war on women, seniors, and veterans at HSPA meeting

Jill Morgenthaler, the featured guest at the April 12 meeting of Huntley Seniors for Progressive Action, opened her presentation with a war story.

A long-awaited family reunion

When Del Webb resident Jim Rice set out to uncover his family’s medical history, he did not anticipate the surprises in store.

Making hearts and driving smiles

The Woodchucks are at it again. Community Projects leader Al La Pelusa in tandem with Wal-Mart truck driver Pete Palczynski are crafting smiles and hope into people’s lives through the Wal-Mart Heart program. The program has been around for about fifteen years, and the Woodchucks have been involved for about the past three years.

Let a smile be your umbrella on a rainy April day and all through the year

Good dental health habits showcase a beautiful mouth of teeth and a resulting “movie-star” smile. Because dental needs change as we age, seniors have to be especially mindful to take care of their oral health. Below are facts pertaining to seniors and the health of their mouth/teeth.

Songs and memories

“Besame, besame mucho/Love me forever and make all my dreams come true.” A pause followed the final note. Carol Siegler, the director and self-described “dictator” standing among the seated singers, was silent as she contemplated her thoughts on the performance.

Growing up into faith

Like many college students, Ronald Purser originally had no intention of following his religion. “I grew up in a Presbyterian church and was somewhat active – I attended Sunday school through high school and went to services – but I was never part of the youth program, and I didn’t get too much involved beyond that,” he said.

Writing off into the sunset

Former Sun City resident Sondra Kastin was born and raised in the Bronx, and it’s the way she says it, bold and full of tough, that lets you know she’s not fooling around about that. And maybe she shouldn’t, because the recent story of Sondra Kastin is a real Bronx Tale, one not lacking moxie, brilliance, or the will to write on.

Transitions strives to bring hope, not fear to hospice

An elderly man with a breathing tube riding a skateboard is not the image most have in mind when they think of hospice. Leslie Horwitz was fully aware of this picture’s irony when she chose it for Transitions Hospice’s postcard. As vice president of the Huntley-based hospice group, she is working to change the connotation of hospice from scary to hopeful.

The descendants

Florence Marshall had three children (one deceased) and has 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great-grandchildren. Barbara Caliendo, her daughter, had five children and has 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. This is the factual tale of two of their loving, living family tree branches.

Edgewater: Welcome to the Sun Day

Welcome to the Sun Day! What you have before you is an exciting and, most important, beneficial newspaper new to the Edgewater community. The Sun Day offers you news, features, previews, profiles, columns, and other fun, distinctive, and informative editorial content 100% relevant to you and this community. Inside Edgewater’s section The Edge, you will see stories about residents and events that you won’t find in any other news publication.

Riding on a wing of hope

Walking into the motorcycle dealership, Fritz von Heimburg felt a little intimidated, a little unsure. He had his eye on a Honda Gold Wing, but had never ridden nor even sat on a bike the size of this 960 lb. machine.

You want to toss some bags? Bring some popcorn!

Remember bean bags from your childhood? You tossed them around, played catch with them, threw them at targets on trees, walls, and floors, and tossed them into rings on the ground. The idea was to throw a bag to a pre-determined spot to score points. Many sports such as golf, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, basketball, water polo, and even football (to some degree) derive their rules from this basic bean bag activity.

Instructor offers strength, endurance, flexibility, then comes the water

While most avoid the art of swimming or water aerobics for the fear of getting wet or smelling like chlorine, Barb Granatelli doesn’t mind the smell and takes to the water, well, like a fish.