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Secure patio doors and keep garage doors running smoothly

The sliding glass door on many Sun City homes are not as secure as they appear to be. They ride on wheels that roll in the bottom track. To install them, they lift the door up into the upper track, rotate it into the lower track, and lower it down until the wheels contact the track. While this works well for installing the doors, it also allows unauthorized people to lift the door out and enter your home.

Resident Reporter 10/10/13

A floral fantasy The Sun City Sunflower Garden Club is conducting a raffle for a quilt created by a talented group of members. A Floral Fantasy by the Garden Quilters will be a drawing prize for the Holiday House Walk on December 17. Women met in January to decide on a size and pattern and …

Trees, shrubs, and ornamentals to consider when shade gardening

My son, Christopher and I were driving through our home town yesterday afternoon. As we finished passing through Hampshire on State Street, I asked “Remember when we used to drive down this street, and we knew just about everybody?”

Political Place 10/24/13

The views and opinions expressed in Political Place do not necessarily reflect the views of the Sun Day or its staff. The section is meant to offer readers a chance to express their thoughts on political issues.

Plenty of room to laugh in basement of Hemmens

At what must have been a mutual intermission, a crowd clad in tuxedos, tails, and formal gowns made their way down to the basement of Elgin’s Hemmens Cultural Center to take a rest.

High time for high tea

Women of Trinity Luther­an Church’s congregation took a different approach to the common phrase “tea for two” on Saturday, Sept. 7 by serving tea for about 25.

Tips on the roof repair process

On Aug. 24 a violent hailstorm struck Sun City, denting or ripping open shingles on roofs, denting gutters and downspouts, and tearing holes in screens.

Election judge on mission to boost Sun City voter turnout

Warren Higgins of N.12 is issuing a challenge to his neighbors and the Sun City community at large: get out and vote.

Pennock no longer with Sun City

On Sept. 6, Bill Pennock’s role as executive director and his employment by First Service Residential came to an end. First Service and the Sun City Community Association of Huntley Board have chosen Dave Osborn, director of fa¬cility maintenance, to serve as interim executive director.

Inter-township senior bus rides to end Nov. 30

Grafton Township supervisor Jim Kearns has announced the township’s bus service will stop giving rides to Rutland Township residents on Nov. 30.

SCCAH board candidates respond to questions at forum

On Sept. 9, the seven candidates competing for three open seats on the Sun City Community Association board of directors spoke to about 400 residents at an open forum in Drendel Ballroom.

Major League Baseball’s first batter finally home in Cooperstown

He was a fearless, aggressive catcher who caught bare handed. He compiled a .312 lifetime batting average in the original dead-ball era. He played when the rules allowed five strikes and eight balls. Batters could usually tell the pitcher where they wanted the ball pitched.

The high cost of low vision, Part 4: Low vision’s support resources, cost of services, research

“Helping someone with low vision and giving them the tools to live independent, productive, and happy lives can hopefully be achieved by listening to qualified speakers, learning about adaptive tools and technologies and available resources,” Marlene Pilger, one of the two ladies who started M’Eye Low Vision Group, said, summarizing the group’s mission.

Political Place – 9/26/13

The views and opinions expressed in Political Place do not necessarily reflect the views of the Sun Day or its staff. The section is meant to offer readers a chance to express their thoughts on political issues.

And now we know the rest of the story

In my column from August 29, I shared the story of how Sue and I visited Sun City West, Arizona to obtain additional information on how that community was able to reduce their property taxes by being removed from the surrounding school district. I concluded that article with the following statement:
“From our discussions with the [Sun City West, AZ] staff and the research librarian, they attributed the exemption to the “unincorporated” status of the community.”

Ask an Angel 09/26/13

Q. I moved here 10 years ago when I was feeling great. In the past year, many things have changed. I lost my husband and my health has declined. I really want to stay here, but my family is telling me I need to move to assisted living, which I don’t really want to do. I don’t even know what assisted living is. What can I do?

Benedict’s Eggs & More – not a traitor to breakfast

Anyone can cook bacon, eggs and toast – even Jim – that is why we are constantly scouting the area for a restaurant that serves “egg-citing” breakfast creations. It is for this reason that one Sunday morning we decided to visit Benedict’s Eggs and More in East Dundee.

The empty desk in the first row on the left, three seats back

I only knew Stephen for a bit less than a year. He didn’t give me the chance to get to know him better because he killed himself.

Laughter By Paul 09/26/13

Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, “My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50.”

Comparison of animal and vegetable fats

Going back to World War II again, we see this is where polyunsaturated fats started to become popular. According to “Good Calories, Bad Calories” by Gary Taubes, between 1945 and 1976 margarine consumption increased from four to nine pounds per American each year, salad and cooking oils from seven to 18 pounds. During the worst decades of the heart disease epidemic, vegetable fat consumption in the U.S. nearly doubled from 28 to 55 pounds.

With preparation, shade gardening doesn’t need to be difficult

My 12 year old son is going through a period of self realization. He is realizing that he will not actually be marrying his first love, events around the world interest him, and that the color of his hair is really ginger (the new term for Red).

Jewish immersion concludes with baptism by horseradish

While my “24-hour immersion” into Judaism officially began during the morning of Sept. 5 at a morning Rosh Hashanah service in Woodstock, I can pinpoint its exact kickoff moment … and that didn’t come until several hours later.

Finding a lost chain and more on driveway maintenance

Q. Twelve years ago when I moved into my Mackinac model house here in Sun City, I lost a favorite gold chain with my name on it. I laid it down on the left counter next to the sink in my master bathroom, and it fell down in the space between counter and sink. Do any of you have any suggestions, and would someone please come to work on it and help me?

Resident Reporter – 9/26/13

Editor’s note: Due to the high volume of submissions we received for the Sept. 26 edition, especially those regarding the upcoming SCCAH board elections, we were not able to fit resident reporter entries into the paper as we typically do. Therefore, we are publishing these on mysundaynews.com in an effort to “clear up” our backlog of submissions. Most of these submissions will ONLY appear online and WILL NOT appear in the Oct. 10 edition of the paper. We will start over on a first-received, first-run basis for that edition. We will continue to post entries printed in the paper online for future editions.

Edgewater, Elgin recognize Vietnam vets together

On Sept. 27, Edgewater veterans and civilians will come together to experience a dramatic interpretation of soldiers’ experiences during the Vietnam War.

New year, ancient traditions

WOODSTOCK – Calls of “tekiah” and “terurah” were read and followed by blasts from the shofar that reverberated across the chapel of St. Ann’s Episco­pal Church.

Resident describes catching suspected burglar in home

SUN CITY – It was a comfortable morning on Sept. 4 in Sun City’s Neighborhood 10. A resident was puttering in a garden plot near her front door.
It was about 10:45 a.m. Her garage door was open.

Kreutzer Road construction concerns some N.7 residents

SUN CITY – Sun City and the Village of Huntley have so far avoided butting up closely against each other.