MY SUN DAY NEWS
Here’s an oldie but goodie. In 1950s DJ lingo: A platter that matters. Cell phones. I’ve written about them before and will probably write about them again until their days are numbered!
Candidates for the Sun City Community Association Board met on September 10 for a forum in Drendel Ballroom.
Come on, all you Sun Citians, you remember these golden oldies – “26 Miles,” “Big Man,” “Lazy Summer Night,” “Unchained Melody,” and “Down by the Station.” Many of you also remember the Four Preps, who brought all these and many other Tin Pan Alley songs of the ’50s and ’60s to Sun City last year. Well, they’re back!
Meet Cam Wiehe, an always-moving, very active 7-year-old. He isn’t crusading for anything, but he’s surely carrying a small but loud torch for athletics in a young boy’s life. From baseball to basketball to hockey and maybe (if mom approves) football down the road, he’s a soccer mom’s dream or nightmare, depending on your point of view. It’s a measure of today’s society that his mom, Kristin, says the family, which also includes two daughters, is “old fashioned.”
We read in Part 1 of this series that cholesterol is synthesized in the liver, where it is sent out into the body’s cells. A healthy liver should remove excess cholesterol from the body without the need for diet change, but genetics plays a large role in its ability to keep cholesterol at a healthy level.
Q. I am new to the area, and I decided to visit a few senior centers to get acquainted with the area and meet new friends. I could really use help in knowing how to navigate all the personalities. I felt like I was in high school again and didn’t know how to be myself!
Whenever I meet new acquaintances and tell them that I live at Sun City, I get the same reaction. They always ask, “How do you like it?” It is usually a fairly long response as I share with them how pleased we are with the community, the amenities, and the facilities. I usually sum up the conversation by describing Sun City as the Adult version of Disney World.
Fall is the favorite season for many. My husband, Chris, pointed out recently that in our life, we will only experience, at most, 100 seasons of fall. Get-togethers with family, dinners out with friends, hugs from grandchildren—all things we will experience more than 100 times. Fall is, as they say, a “limited-time offer.”
There are two “Dukes” I revere: John Wayne, of course, and Duke Ellington. Since this is a column about jazz, let’s look at the legend that is the Duke of Jazz. Surely there aren’t too many people in the world who haven’t heard of him or heard his music.
A tornado hit a farmhouse just before dawn. It lifted the roof off, picked up the beds in which the farmer and his wife slept, and set them down gently in the next county. The wife began to cry.
In 1951 I was off to college at the University of Iowa. By my junior year I had decided to enter the medical field. I thought I might take up nursing, but the sight of blood made me faint. Since my mother always talked about eating a carrot for its vitamin A and orange juice for its C, I decided learning about what we put into our bodies might be interesting.
On June 23, 1972, Martin J. McNally boarded American Airlines Flight 119 from St. Louis to Tulsa. His goal: to make $502,500 that day. His means: a submachine gun smuggled onboard in a violin case.
As promised in an earlier column, I’m going to talk about superstitions again. Though this column won’t be as funky or fun as Stevie Wonder’s song, I did receive a few very interesting suggestions from readers on superstitions they grew up with. So, as soon as I check for broken mirrors, I’ll get started.
In the hands of Bobbi Bradley and members of Edgewater’s Kardz R Us Club, used greeting cards come to life again. As they salvage the best parts of old cards and rejuvenate them with new paper backings, their old sentiments become fresh again and find their way to another recipient.
September is Cholesterol Awareness Month. Because of its connection to cardiovascular disease over the past 30 years, cholesterol has developed a bad reputation. In my six-part series, I would like to inform Sun Citians of the changing role of cholesterol on the medical, pharmaceutical, and nutritional scene.
Five Stingray Swim Club members just can’t get enough of summer senior outdoor pool competitions. On August 21, the Sun City swimmers and their meet coach, Len Lencioni, were off to Lion’s Club Pool, Homewood-Flossmoor area, where for a second time in less than a month, they emerged victorious with a total of 18 medals: 16 gold and two silver.
Grafton Food Pantry is on the hunt for a new home. Their current location, 12191 Smith Drive, has recently been sold.
There is a huge misconception that there is something wrong with dogs at shelters or rescues. That statement couldn’t be further from the truth. Most dogs are given up because of transitions in their humans’ lives, like moving into a new place that doesn’t allow dogs, having a baby, a new boyfriend is allergic to dogs, getting a divorce, or more.
On August 6, 20,000 electricity users in Huntley and throughout Sun City began receiving their electricity from a new supplier – Direct Energy Services, LLC, instead of Commonwealth Edison ComEd.
Did you ever want to give temporary access to your house to a visitor or a service person? If you have a keyless entry keypad on the outside of your garage, chances are it can be programmed to activate a four digit PIN for a programmed number of hours or number of accesses, after which it will expire and the PIN will no longer open the door.
From Wednesday, Aug. 15 through Sunday Aug. 19, Railroad Club members hosted visitors from the National Garden Railroad Club. The club is a worldwide organization aimed at promoting garden railroading around the globe. The annual convention was headquartered at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles and had over one thousand visitors touring various Garden Scale layouts in the area.
Recently, my wife Judy and I had dinner at the Burns’ home, and Emma served a wonderful chicken dish. I asked her if she would share the recipe with the community and, of course, she agreed to do so. Here’s your chance to try Emma’s special recipe.
Humor consultant Bill Stainton offered this simple definition at a writer’s workshop: “Comedy happens when something goes wrong.” Bill’s explanation so closely mirrors my own writing experience.
Anyone interested in learning something new or expanding an already existing knowledge base can find information in the form of online tutorials. Our topic today is free tutorials on a variety of subjects and ways to learn. Following are some websites that provide training courses or programs to meet your interests, and they’re all free.
Whenever Judy and I are going to be in downtown Chicago, we try to work in dinner in Greek Town. Previously, the only restaurant we patronized was The Parthenon, but this time we decided to give another restaurant a try. We had heard good reports on Greek Islands, which is just a block north of the Parthenon. So here is a review by comparison of the two establishments.
Letters for the week of September 13, 2012.
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.
For former Northern Illinois University professor and Del Webb resident Daniel Wit, the classroom continues far beyond the limits of the campus. Wit, whose complex career has led him across the nation and overseas, is known for both his achievements at NIU and his published works. However, even before his 30-year career at NIU, Wit was on the fast track.
I oftentimes hear people complain that they watch too much TV or spend too much time on their computer or talking on their cell phone. Usually it ends there or at some sort of vague remark on how they should cut back, but sometimes this observation is followed up by an actual self-challenge, or a swearing off the use of the object for a certain time period. The object can be anything. I read that Kim Kardashian swore off makeup for two months after her divorce (but ended up resuming her makeup routine at closer to one month).
What is the best liquid choice for hydration? Inexpensive and zero calorie water is vital for good health, and there is no substitute for it. High calorie, sugary soda contains no nutrition. Beware, too, of some fruit juices that may be high in sugar, and vegetable juices that may be high in sodium. Avoid caffeinated beverages, as they only serve to dehydrate.
