MY SUN DAY NEWS
Quick, name the two largest waterfalls EAST of the Mississippi! I do believe you were able to name Niagara Falls but could you name or would you even know the second: Cumberland Falls in Kentucky. I didn’t, and I actually grew up not too far from there.
You see them everywhere these days—those grand displays of young love meant to guarantee a long life together. You know what I mean—the airplane sketching “I love you Tori” in a tracery of wispy clouds across the blue sky above the beach.
If your house was built after 2005, it probably has a fire suppression system (sprinklers), especially if it is an attached property in neighborhood #34. You can verify this by looking for sprinkler heads high on the inside walls.
Nick Koplos, running in the 75-79 year age bracket, successfully completed this year’s Six County Senior Olympic Track Meet.
Letters to the editor.
It is extremely difficult to process that 13 years have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, claimed the lives of almost 3,000 individuals. In many ways, it feels like yesterday that we were all glued to our TVs or radios, watching the events play out in front of us live and trying to comprehend what was taking place.
As I write this, it is dark. And it’s only getting darker. In any other situation, I’d go flip on a lamp to light up the room. I cannot do that today.
Heading to Sun City tonight (September 11) for the first time is DJ Jay Frank, and it’s his intention to get you to Dance the Night Away with him.
Bill Bendick, Dennis O’Leary, Eugene Rhodes, and James Van Fleet won’t have to worry about finishing last and being the single loser in the 2014 Sun City Community association board of directors election race.
Entertaining audiences everywhere from Soldier Field to the House of Blues, the tribute band Blooze Brothers will return to Sun City this September with“Elwood” and “Jake” at the helm.
What do Pope John Paul II, Muppets Founder Jim Henson, and Actor Christopher Reeve all have in common? They all succumbed to the very deadly Sepsis, which developed from a major infection in their bodies.
You are seated in an upscale restaurant. Your hand slowly reaches over to a marker on your table. You slowly turn it from the red to the green side. This immediately unleashes a steady stream of Gauchos running over to you with selections of meat impaled on three foot long swords. The name of this carnivore’s dream is the Texas de Brazil Churrascaria in Schaumburg.
The Hoofers and Hunks are working hard to present an entertaining tap show for their families and residents of Sun City at the end of September. The shows will be 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday, September 28. An additional show will be 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29. All shows will be at Drendel Ballroom at Prairie Lodge.
The Village of Huntley Senior Transportation Voucher Program now makes it possible for seniors aged 55 and over to obtain rides within the Village of Huntley for just $2.
Woody Allen excels in three distinct arenas in the world of entertainment. First, as a young man he was as good a stand-up comedian as I have seen, but that goes all the way back to black and white TV. Secondly he writes movie scripts with a distinct and creative flair, almost all of them “out of the box” experiences. Finally, he takes those scripts and turns them into great movies, particularly if he doesn’t act in them, as lately has been the case (thank goodness!).
Those dreaming of becoming a pilot can take the first steps toward attaining that goal on Sept. 13 in Ringwood, as the Chain O’Lakes Eagles hosts its 2014 R/C Air Fest.
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I pulled into the parking lot at Maine South High School, my familiar morning stopping point for the past 30 years of my life. As I walked from my car to the building, I dawdled a bit to breathe in the fine clean air beneath the impossibly blue sky.
Question: Our roof has black streaks on the shingles. Does this mean the roof is wearing out and the gravel has worn away?
It seems we all want the most out of our purchases. Weather it is a Diet Coke filled up to the very top, a new appliance that runs more efficiently than the old one, or a cell phone that is also a calculator, gaming device, and weather predictor. Throughout the summer I have spoken to many homeowners that are requesting perennial flowers that have flowers on them for several months.
During my first and second years of attending the U of I (Navy Pier) in Chicago, (long before the U of I Circle Campus constructed), I used the CTA, (Chicago Transit Authority) from my parent’s home near Belmont Ave./Elston to Howard St. (elevated), to Grand Ave to the Navy Pier. It was really a drag, especially in winter.
Sept. 11, 2001, happened 13 years ago. It was something I’ll never forget, but it was 13 years ago and we do tend not to remember. Well that was exactly what Sun City residents, Margaret (Peg) Mulhall, Linda Bahwell, and Catherine Portera will not let happen. On Sept. 11, 2011, they created the first 9-11 American Flag Memorial event with help from friends.
Q. Every time I go to the doctor, I feel rushed and it seems like I don’t have his full attention. Is it just me?
If you are a diet soda lover, here is something to consider. That soft drink may be refreshing but evidence is mounting that it is cancer in a can. Studies have reinforced the view that Aspartame may cause breast cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma.
Note: The views expressed in these political submissions do not reflect those of the Sun Day, its staff, or those associated to the Sun Day.
Every face in the 2014 Sun City association board of directors election is a very familiar one.
If you’ve read Happy Trails over the past four years, you’ll know that I don’t write about current events. I don’t write about global or local issues for two reasons. First, editorials are a place where journalists finally get to express their views, and I think there are enough journalists inserting their opinions into the media flow today.
Remember the Provena Building on Regency Square Parkway? Forget it. It’s now the Huntley Executive Center.
Four years after their first club outing, fourteen Stingray Swim Club members drove to Zion to purchase much needed aquatic equipment but mainly to visit their swim idol, Adolph Kiefer.
In the close to three months since Kym Brunner sat down with the Sun Day, she has seen the publication of two novels, a handful of events celebrating said releases and already has plans to write a few more.
Age restrictions in Sun City, parkway trees, the recent fish kill in the community’s lake and streams, street lights, and home sales were the main topics at the most recent community association town hall meeting in Drendel Ballroom.
