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November 18, 2010

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Back home again

John Denver once wrote, with help from Placido Domingo, in his song, “Perhaps Love,” “Perhaps love is like a resting place, A shelter from the storm, It exists to give you comfort, It is there to keep you warm, And in those times of trouble, When you are most alone, The memory of love will bring you home.” This sentiment will spread across Sun City on Saturday, November 20 during the John Denver Tribute Performance at 7 p.m. in Drendel Ballroom.

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

Nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes, and 57 million more Americans have prediabetes and are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. November is National Diabetes Awareness month, a time when the American Diabetes Association spreads awareness about the disease and the seriousness of its complications.

Pulte to vacate Prairie Lodge

Pulte Group’s slow-moving build-out efforts are becoming a very big deal to a lot of people at Sun City, and a lot of it has nothing to do with selling home sites.

Sun City veterans take Honor Flight to DC

Joe (Julius) Biro (88) and John Kligis (90). Along with their “guardians,” they were taken by a beautiful McHenry County Veterans Assistance Group to Milwaukee to fly out on Southwest Airlines to Baltimore on Friday, Oct. 1. They were met in Baltimore and transported to the Hilton Hotel and treated to a wonderful dinner Friday night and given Honor Flight t-shirts.

Call to arms

For almost 200 years, Huntley has never failed to live up to the words of John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Since the War of 1812, dozens upon dozens of Huntley residents responded to this nation’s call to arms, defending our freedom and the freedom of others in every conflict since almost 50 years before Huntley’s official founding in 1851.

Geezer Moments: November 4, 2010

Many of our friends who are not Sun City residents continue to send their “moments” to me. Here’s one from former neighbors now living in Las Vegas, so this one gets the award for coming the farthest.

Straight shootin’

Sun City’s Sportsmen’s Club is one group that hits its target, over and over again. You might say they’re a bunch of straight shooters.

Part 2: The ‘Ides’ march into Sun City for a smash-hit performance

Sun Day music columnist Moonlight Mojo Man continues his conversation with band members.

Friend, mentor, community leader remembered

When I learned that Jim Roberts passed away, it was like a scene from 23 years ago. I was in my parents’ kitchen, talking to my mother while digging around their refrigerator for a rod of string cheese. My mother was on the phone with my father doing the thing that women do so well: swinging two conversations at once (me here, him there).

Friends in Sun City, Huntley, Thank You!

The greatest inspiration and encouragement Jim received during his 145-day hospitalization were the wonderful messages received from you, his friends and associates in the Community.

John Sterling remembers Jim Roberts

I knew of Jim and Pam Roberts even before we moved to Sun City. Jim and Pam moved in the summer of 2001, and we moved in the fall of 2001. Each of us moved from the east coast—the Roberts from New Jersey and the Sterlings from Rhode Island.

Roberts a cherished member of the Woodchucks

When I moved to Del Webb in 2000, I thought I was in Disney World. After getting settled, I heard they were planning on building a woodshop; then I knew I had died and gone to heaven.

Fred Teeman remembers Jim Roberts

I knew Jim Roberts more by what he did than who he was. I regret that because I sensed he was a man who did a lot of living and had a lot to share with others.

What’s he wearing under his kilt!?

The Sun City Celtic Club celebrated their 9th anniversary on September 2nd in Drendel Ballroom. As always, the crowd arrived in rare form—some wearing Hawaiian Shirts, and some wearing Kilts. No matter what their choice of attire was, they were determined to have a great time.

Culture, beauty, and dance

From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, November 13, the Drendel Ballroom will light up with the culture and beauty of Korea, when the ADL Korean Dance Institute graces the stage for a once-in-a-lifetime evening experience.

If you’re going to cause some racket, take it inside

At Sun City, tennis is a year-round sport. The hardy tennis enthusiasts who hang around Huntley when cold weather comes stay active with the serves and volleys at welcoming indoor venues in the Huntley area.

Grandma, Grandpa & Me Club Halloween party treats tricksters

The time of ghosts and goblins is upon us once again. This Sunday, October 24, Sun City will be inundated with pirates, ninjas, ballerinas, and lady bugs when The Grandma, Grandpa and Me Club has their Halloween Party.

The Bird Lady

Jess Chipkin (N.22) is known in her neighborhood as “the bird lady.” When her neighborhood had its own newspaper, she contributed a Q & A on birds. Her corner-lot home is replete with an array of sparrows, doves, finches, blue jays, robins, cardinals, and woodpeckers that come to snack at her birdfeeders.

The ‘Ides’ march into Sun City for a smash-hit performance

Sun Day music columnist Moonlight Mojo Man sits down with band members for a little Q&A.

Writer’s Corner: Heart Trouble

Margo Coeur was shopping at the supermarket one morning when she experienced a small but significant incident.

Geezer Moments: October 21, 2010

I’m starting today’s column with one from my travel senior softball days, when we would hold fundraisers to pay for our tournament entry fees.

Do you volunteer?

Do you volunteer? Or have you thought about starting to volunteer? If so, the benefits of volunteering may be bigger and better then you thought!

SunCPAC Q’s & A’s: October 21, 2010

Where does Sun City Property Assessment Council get all of its information?

Little sticks

When most people see a toothpick, its obvious uses come to mind. But when Cesar Vega of Neighborhood 31 looks at a toothpick, he sees the Eifel Tower, a Model T Ford, a stagecoach, or perhaps a working trolley car, among many other wonders of mechanics and structure.

Tooth and nail

There are no colorful props—no appropriate storefronts, houses, staircases, ships, merry-go-rounds, city streets, parks—nothing to lend visual authenticity to the production. In the Sound of Music, where’s the abbey? Or a staircase with seven charming children singing goodnight to party guests? In Some Like it Hot, where is the mysterious cabaret? Or a train car? In Brigadoon, where are the landscapes symbolizing Scottish moors? In Fiddler on the Roof, where are the rooftops?

Where memories live

Everyone has a story to tell, and April Jeffers of Stories, Inc. is in business to help you document yours.