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Better to play safe than sorry

In the last column, I addressed the trials and tribulations of being the mom of a 16-year-old young woman. While, the disagreements have subsided, we are now in the process of exploring college options. A road trip is planned to South Bend and West Lafayette, Indiana, a weekend getaway to College Station, Texas is scheduled, and a we will be attending yet another seminar at Elgin Community College regarding College Preparedness.

Ask an Angel: October 23, 2014

Lately, I’ve been forgetting so many little details. Should I be concerned?

Ask the Woodchucks: October 23, 2014

We are the original owners of a Manistee without a basement. We have wood (engineered) floors in the kitchen and hallways. Would anyone in your group know if Del Webb used glue to install the floors? We would like to replace a couple strips in the kitchen. Do you know if that can be done?

The magnificent life of Lion Boy and Leopard Boy

Sometimes I wonder whatever happened to them—the Lion Boy, the Leopard Boy. It’s been nearly 50 years, and I wonder if it all worked out well for them.

Common-sense preparations

This is the third in a continuing series on building a Roadmap for your executor/heirs to follow in the event you are not there to guide them.

A Healthier You Update

Due to personal business and getting ready for my winter in Florida, I will be taking a few extra weeks off from writing my column, “A Healthier You.”

Buggie up

When Tiger and Eleven show up in Neighborhood 20, everyone perks up. As they are pushed around in their customized vehicles, folks come out of their houses to greet them. Residents stop weeding their gardens to say hi, jogging fitness buffs stop and say hello. Even the high school cross country runners sometimes pause and trot over to get a glimpse of the neighborhood celebrities.

An ode to man’s best friend

It had just started to snow when the phone rang. “Hey, so quick update. We might get two dogs instead of one,” my dad says on the other end. “The owners don’t like this one family, so they may offer us the other one. Start thinking of names.”

Fine tuned

Progressing from a small, shoestring ensemble to a full-sized string orchestra, the Anthony Kawalkowski Orchestra is back to perform in Sun City.

How to keep your home safe when you leave town

As winter approaches and you feel the first brisk wind, many have only one thing on their mind: getting out of town. But there are many risks for leaving your homes for this extended period of time.

Activities ongoing in Walgreen’s commercial complex

HUNTLEY – There’s always something significant happening these days in the Walgreen’s commercial complex just outside Sun City. This past summer and early fall, a number of activities continued to transform this area, which stretches from Kreutzer Road south past Regency Square Parkway, along the west side of Route 47. Walgreen’s itself highlighted the upgrade …

Happy Birthday, Huntley Community Radio!

Two years ago, on Sept. 28, 2012, Huntley Radio (HCR) began streaming on the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It trained local residents and school and college students in the art of broadcasting.

Trustee Hanson resigns for Cincinnati gig

Nick Hanson played a significant role in some of the biggest expansion projects that have transformed Huntley from a tiny farming community into a robust, major suburban municipality.

A National and World Epidemic: Suicide

When comedian Robin Williams recently committed suicide, he brought the plight of this illness to the foreground in public discussion. Suicide hurts both the victim, as well as those loved ones left behind.

Raining pizza on south-suburban swim meet

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 10 Stingray Swim Club members attended their second and final summer swim meet. This outdoor aquatic event was held at Homewood-Flossmoor’s Lion’s Club Pool.

More dangerous artificial sweeteners: Splenda

Splenda is the #1 artificial sweetener sold today. Between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of U.S. households using it went from 3 to 20%. In one year, Splenda sales topped $177 million compared to 62 million on aspartame-based Equal and $52 million on saccharine-based Sweet’N Low.

Ask the Woodchucks: October 9, 2014

Question: The water in our tub drains very slowly. There is probably hair blocking the drain, but I can’t reach it because the drain plug is in the way. Is there a way to remove this plug so the blockage can be removed?

That ‘ka-chunk’ you just heard is million-dollar provenance

I tried to staple a receipt to a bill this morning, and instead of the satisfying “ka-chunk” of a little silver staple being driven home, I heard nothing. The stapler pressed quietly into the papers with a metallic sigh, like an old man easing into bed.

I’m on top of the world…and the bottom

From the top of the world to the bottom is approximately 12,416 miles, North Pole to the South Pole. A lot of miles to travel to reach these extremes of the earth, both similar in nature but still unique unto their own selves. And that’s what a Del Webb resident, Ruth Ann Houston, undertook: travel to both extremes to see what’s there!

Organizing electronic access

Our last column began the discussion of preparing a “Roadmap” for your executor or heirs to follow in the event you are unable to assist with managing your personal affairs. I should add that this map could well be an asset for a surviving spouse in the event they are not the one who manages that aspect of your lives.

Travel back in time, no DeLorean required

Return with us now to those exciting days of yesteryear. Let us bring back memories of a time when restaurants used linens as opposed to using paper. When men actually wore shirts with collars. When dining out was a luxury and not a necessity.

Gone Girl – where oh where can she be?

Several months back, looking for something to read, I Googled the New York Times best-seller list and up popped the book “Gone Girl.” I’d not heard of it but sales of over 6.5 million copies and months on the list convinced me to give it a try. When I finished reading, I realized that author Gillian Flynn had crafted a mystery quite unlike anything else I had read before.

Ask an Angel: October 9, 2014

Q. I was in the hospital recently, and I just received a bill for my stay. I learned I wasn’t considered a patient, but rather I was there under “observation.” What happened? I am stuck with a pretty hefty bill now.

Don’t just sit around this autumn, take it by the wheel

My 16 year old daughter and I are struggling. It seems that every other day we argue about something. My straight-laced, couldn’t-tell-a-lie-if-her-life-depended-on-it daughter is still infinitely dependable and honest; we just continue to butt heads.

A Stingray of importance to the swim club

Mark Schark is a Stingray Swim Club member who has successfully coached the club at swim clinics this past Spring and Summer. April 23, Mark donated his time to run a Freestyle Stroke Clinic.

Walk-ins welcome

Though it has started slowly, business is steadily growing at the new Sun City clinic, which opened in August in Prairie Lodge by the Centegra Health System.

Rockin’ the modern-folks’ home

A few years ago, former Sun Day Managing Editor Mason Souza told me I looked like a guy who liked folk music. I almost fired him.