MY SUN DAY NEWS
I need to do some minor paint touchup on interior doors and moldings on our 10-year-old Dearborn model. The original touch-up can of paint provided by Pulte has long ago dried up. The can had no brand name or specific color, although I believe it was called “antique white” and it appears to be a semi-gloss finish. What brand and color would you recommend I buy to try to match the original color interior trim in my house?
Playing games while driving in the car has always been fun for our family. While traveling to Grayslake earlier this summer, we invented a new game. It is called ‘Dead Ash’. The concept is that whenever you see a dead ash tree you try to be the first to yell ‘Dead Ash’. Fortunately and not surprisingly, I won.
Letters for the week of September 10.
JP Morgan says pickleball is ping-pong on steroids. That’s Sun City’s JP Morgan, not the 19th century tycoon.
The biggest mistake a writer usually makes when writing about personal grief or an experience that produces heightened emotions is writing about it too soon. What flows is usually deeply personal and doesn’t make much sense to readers in general. Moreover, the spilling of emotions can make people uncomfortable. At the time of writing this, the hurt of losing our dog is still fresh, but I strapped on my journalist cap and did my best to keep the experience of euthanizing our dog as “journalistic” as possible.
Lauren Lee’s open door in Sun City is closing on September 4.
Bill Berendt came to the Sun City board of directors meeting August 19 planning to begin preparations for returning to the board next January as a newly elected member. He left the meeting as a member of the board starting immediately.
Many seniors resist taking a long ocean voyage due to their fear of unprecedented weight gain that can occur on a luxurious ocean liner. This past May, my husband and I were determined to prove these critics wrong, as we approached our 6th cruise taken together/my 8th with nary a pound gained in the past.
The Women Marines, that is. On Saturday, Ann DiValerio, of Sun City Huntley, hosted a picnic for the Women Marines Association of Illinois. The group is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Women Marines. The WMA also provides a forum for them to “pass the torch” to the new generation of Marines.
While the outsourcing of Sun City’s financial and accounting activities continues at First Service Residential (FSR), the association board has begun the process of evaluating the move.
With Sun City growing rapidly and now maturing, it was inevitable that senior living and healthcare facilities would come alongside. This is what is happening now in the Regency Square area just outside Sun City.
Rocky Mountain High…Colorado; well actually, we’re actually going to be exploring the Tetons in Wyoming.
Dick Schimmel, a Korean War veteran and purple heart recipient, was honored in Washington D.C. on August 21.
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.
When I was growing up, eating breakfast was the most important meal of the day. We usually had a big bowl of cereal with skim milk, pancakes, waffles, or French toast smothered with syrup, topped off with a big glass of orange juice.
It seems that kind words so often come at just the right time. Although I try to be the one uttering the kind words, sometimes I am also the one hearing them.
All that hard work of bobbing in the pool on a lazy Sunday afternoon sure can work up an appetite. Since we heard nothing but good things about Art and Alma’s Century Inn in Burlington, we decided to see if they could satisfy our hunger.
We all think of it as just another holiday – a day off from work and the end of summer. But what is Labor Day really? Why do we celebrate it? How did it become a Federal holiday? Well you can “google” it, as I did, but if you don’t want to bother, here are some facts.
McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) reports that mosquito batches collected on July 31 and August 6 from mosquito traps in Nunda Township and Lake in the Hills have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV).
My husband and I recently moved to the area and shortly after, he passed away unexpectedly. Now, I feel lost and alone and just don’t have direction. I want to get involved in life, but I just don’t know how. What can put me back into life?
On my nature-trail bike ride not long ago, I passed an older man poking a turtle with his cane. It was a snapping turtle—not a big one by snapper standards, but probably newly mature. And it took the poking with grim determination, rather than with a hiss and gaping jaws as you would think a snapper might.
If you and several of your neighbors have suddenly had problems getting your garage door to open with the remote, you could be experiencing wireless interference. One street in Sun City has seven houses with this problem. Some would only work when the remote was held very close to the door, but some would not open at all.
Letters for the week of August 27.
Sun City swimmers picked up 30 medals, 20 of them gold, at the annual Six County Senior Olympics Swim Meet at the Addison Park District Pool on July 23.
This year’s Sun City board of directors election promised to be lively and competitive, but a key decision last week changed all that.
I reluctantly came to terms with my Starbucks habit when I earned my “free drink for every twelve purchases” twice in one week. But honestly, I think my obsession might have been brewing for a while.
The 2015 election campaign for the Sun City board of directors likely will be highlighted by a debate about the advisory committee system that is meant to serve the board.
The issues that plagued Chicago during the 1960s irked Frank Ardito. He is not sure why he was bothered by these issues, but felt compelled to do something about it.
Remember July 4th weekend, Sun Citians? Mosquitoes were probably all over you in your backyard, in the park, at a fireworks show. The reason? Wet weather. June was the wettest month in Chicago history.
Clara Biswas’ passion is compassion; she reaches out to the children working in the garbage dumps or wandering the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
