MY SUN DAY NEWS
My mother started having anxiety and had to be hospitalized for this. She is 82 and I have noticed she is not “herself” since the anxiety surfaced in her life.
Letters for the week of February 25.
Several weeks ago, I told you what an idiot I was when it came to the stupid things that leaped from my mouth when I met celebrities like Meadowlark Lemon and James Brown. It was a simple bumbler’s confession, and I thought that would be the end of it.
For several hours a week, I work at the Huntley Library re-shelving items. During this process, opportunity presents itself for me to peruse materials I’d not see while looking on my own. Very often I say to myself, oh, that looks interesting … and then I keep it or jot down the info. I’ll share some with you that pique my interest.
To everything there is a season, especially for true love. Here, then, is the love story of Esther and Doug Kenning, high school sweethearts.
To everything there is a season, especially for true love.
Here, then, is the love story of Esther and Doug Kenning, high school sweethearts.
Although most of you know me as the Assistant Editor here at the Sun Day, I will confess: I may be an editor by day, but I am a public library employee by night. And if you are picturing a quiet, dusty, book-filled building complete with librarians and card catalogs, think again.
The Riffner family vacation trip last year was truly a team event. It was initiated by one team, but it ended up with two.
The AARP Magazine’s October/November 2015 publication gives us a multitude of tips on how to forestay the threat of four major diseases as we age. Healthy aging is based on combating these four major debilitating players of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. In my two-part article on the subject, I repeat most of the magazine’s latest and critically extensive research summarized by Robin Westen and Joe Kita.
The problem of high school students parking on Sun City streets has escalated somewhat recently and has prompted a special meeting among students, parents, and the Huntley Police Department.
Letters for the week of February 11.
As everyone knows, Huntley is growing by leaps and bounds. A census is currently being conducted where we are expected to go over the 25,000 mark. That is hard to believe when you consider Huntley had just over 5,700 people in 2000. The recent roadway improvements to route 47, including the 90 interchange has opened even more doors to business and additional home construction.
My dishwasher is not getting the dishes very clean and there is about two inches of water in the bottom of the tub. Can this be fixed or do I need a new dishwasher?
Whenever I used foul language when I was a kid, my grandmother Nani would sit me down and explain, “People who use words like that are too ignorant to think of a better word. You’re not ignorant, are you?”
Unable to get to the theatre because of travel plans, I submit to you a list of really great films to watch via On Demand, Netflix, or your favorite streaming service.
The Chinese calendar has 12 animal signs and this year is very special since it only occurs every 60 years. This is the year of the Fire Monkey. So Nancy and I decided to join in the celebration and take in lunch at Chen’s Chinese Cuisine in Crystal Lake.
My father’s diet is absolutely horrible, and it includes mostly carbs as well as sweets. I saw a change in his weight after my mother died where he has actually gained weight, and I wonder how I can get him back on track.
The Theatre Company of Sun City announces their Scholarship program is now open for 2016. The company decided it would again dedicate a portion of their annual budget to a scholarship fund directed towards helping young people.
Twenty-four members of Dawn Ellison’s family have served in military service, most of them in time of war. They started in the Civil War and carried the tradition through the Gulf War in the 1990s. Every one of them came back. They left such a great legacy of service that Ellison and a group of friends decided to play a major role in recognizing them, and so many others like them, including those who did not came back.
Twenty-four members of Dawn Ellison’s family have served in military service, most of them in time of war.
They started in the Civil War and carried the tradition through the Gulf War in the 1990s. Every one of them came back. They left such a great legacy of service that Ellison and a group of friends decided to play a major role in recognizing them, and so many others like them, including those who did not came back.
I’m installing a trigger warning into this edition’s Happy Trails for those easily excited or have heart conditions because what I’m about to disclose is shocking.
Huntley police authorities are investigating a man’s death that may have occurred in or near Sun City’s Prairie Lodge pool spa on January 4.
Letters for the week of January 28
No doubt you’ve heard the quote: “Move it or lose it.” Mayo Clinic, in their 2015 book on Healthy Aging, reveals the following startling facts: “Many of your basic bodily functions start to decline at a rate of about 1 to 2 percent a year after age 30.
If you ask any native, every day in California is sunny, even in the rain or the smog. Relatives beckoned and we said, yes, we will visit, but we will also spend time sightseeing, visiting Napa and Sonoma, and enjoying the spectacular views from Hwy 1.
There are two ways a municipality in Illinois can become a home rule community – by referendum among its residents, or automatically when its population reaches at least 25,000. If a town goes the population route, it has to prove that its population is above 25,000 using precise numbers. That means banging on doors and counting heads.
Anyone who owns a home loves to complain about property taxes. The protests ebb and flow year after year, almost on a schedule. They erupt whenever an owner or group receives a tax bill or their property’s tax assessment.
The word ‘forensic’ was on the cover of a 2015 novel titled THE SILENCE THAT SPEAKS and I usually like mysteries solved through some scientific hoopla.
I would like to put something on the floor of our shower to make it less slippery. Is there a tape or a paint that that is made for this?
Jim and I (aka Fred and Wilma) jumped into our prehistoric “Mini”-mobile to head out for a late Saturday afternoon lunch. Jim got his size 14 clod-hoppers all revved up, his feet hit the pavement, and off we went to Granite City Food and Brewery in Schaumburg.
I am not a musician; I have a tin ear and can’t read a note. Regardless, I know when an instrument is out of tune. I’m not a plumber and can’t fix a dripping faucet, nonetheless I know when there is a water problem. I’m not a politician and don’t begin to understand all the behind the scenes activity in our government, however I know when I smell a rat.
