MY SUN DAY NEWS
In each day of calendar 2011, an average of 7,000 persons will reach the age of 65. This is the first wave of Baby Boomers – those born in the years 1946 to 1964. According to a survey conducted by AARP in December, 2010, 31% of those Boomers reaching age 65 in 2011 are still working, and 40% of them do not intend to ever retire. This is a bit of a shift from prior generations, where 65 was the magic year for retirement.
Huntley Fall Fest 2011 might just have you spinning … literally.
With summer travel winding down, many of us will have a camera full of digital pictures of sights seen and other family fun events. In order to better enjoy them, we need to get those pictures off the digital camera and into our computer, organize them into albums, fix them up a bit, and—most important—share them with our family and friends.
An elderly couple is lying in bed one morning having just awakened from a good night’s sleep. He takes her hand and she respond, “Don’t touch me!”
As both Hampshire and Grafton Townships have released their property assessments, Sun City Property Assessment Council will hold a second Assessment Information Expo for both Hampshire and Grafton Township residents in the Oak and Elm Rooms at Meadowview Lodge on Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 8 a.m. to Noon.
On Saturday, August 13, thirty members of the Sun City Stingray Swim club said “Good Bye” to their coach of two years, Jack Bolger.
Sun Day staff reflects on the events of 9/11.
“A Street Car Named Desire” has a whole different meaning for Sun City resident and history buff Fred Leznek. “When I was a little boy … my mother would always take me on the streetcar to go downtown, and I was always infatuated with streetcars,” Leznek said, referring to the gone-by public transportation service also known as the trolley.
Is it just me or are all-in-one, big-box stores, such the ones found on the Randall Road artery between I90 and Algonquin Road, having trouble knowing who they are or what they sell anymore? They’re like teenagers suffering perpetual identity crises.
Are you hankering for some delicious food? Do you need a vacation from the everyday grind? Then it is time for you to head on down to Tropical Smoothie Café located at 12162 S IL Route 47 in Huntley. Mike and Terri Ward are the people behind the scenes of this amazing new restaurant.
Sporting their signature crisp, white shirts and colorful ties, the young barbershop quartet “Individuality” took the stage at the Cesarone residence this July, performing for the Birthday Group of Neighborhood 7, treating the Del Webb crowd to classic croons and modern melodies.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Sun City residents and various groups will conduct a special Memorial on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.
“Mary, Mary, how does your garden grow?” This is surely a tough question to answer, especially this summer with its extreme temperatures and rainfall. Perhaps an even tougher question to answer for Sun City’s own “truck farmers” would be, What crop that are you growing will give you and your acquaintances the most nutritional value: cucumbers, peppers, beans, tomatoes? If you guessed tomatoes, you are right on.
SUN CITY – How would you like to be the President of your own wholesale business and work out of your home Monday through Friday? Meet Neighborhood 2 resident Diane Bell (Gustafson), an Independent Sales Representative carrying ten different lines of wholesale materials.
Betty Barnett (N. 22) always wanted a dog, but the residences and condos she lived in had a policy of NO PETS. On the very day she retired, she found herself at an animal shelter just to take a look and came home with Princess. That was five years ago, and she has been a volunteer for the Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin ever since.
Q: I decided to get a cell phone. My friends tell me to enter my emergency information in the phone and to label it ICE. What exactly is ICE?
Soldier Field’s Old Sod – Does the Chicago Park District have a cushy contract with the Soldier Field sod maintenance workers? I can’t think of any other reason why the park district insists on grass instead of field turf. They spent multi-millions in the 90s refurbishing Soldier Field, but refused to spend $1 million more for artificial turf. That makes no sense. They should stop listening to John Madden (who favors sod just because he likes dirty uniforms). The players want it and need it. Canceling a fan-based event for sod reasons recently was appalling. Come on, Bears, get yourself into the 21st century.
My wife is always good for a “moment” or two. For this column, she was forthcoming with a daily double. Recently, she put the correct attachment onto the vacuum hose, starting pushing it around on the floor, and realized she forgot to turn the vacuum on.
If your air conditioner was not keeping your house cool during the recent heat wave or if your summer electric bills are higher than your neighbors’, your problem might be an overcharged air conditioner—one that has too much refrigerant.
The Kishwaukee Valley and Eakin Creek Model Railroad Club of Sun City will sponsor their Fall Open House on Sunday September 18. The event is held in the basement and the adjoining rear yard of the Millgrove Woodshop at 13400 W. Sun City Blvd in Huntley IL.
The Social Security Administration maintains a Death Master File, which contains the Social Security numbers, names, birth dates, death dates, zip codes and last-known residences of more than 87 million deceased Americans. A recent headline in CNN Money reported that “Social Security wrongly declares 14,000 people dead each year.” Approximately one in every 200 deaths are incorrectly recorded in the Death Master Files of the Social Security Administration.
Highly successful swim performances were given by the eight Stingray tankers who attended this year’s Six County Senior Olympics Swim Meet.
Sun City’s Bocce Club is one of, if not, the biggest Charter Club of all. The 700-member Bocce Ball group is planning its post-league tournament on August 30, and it should be one of the biggest competitive events of the year. Get there early if you want a good parking space. If it rains, the event will be held on August 31.
This week, we took a drive to try out the Chinese cuisine at the Gourmet House in Algonquin. We were joined by our friends and block neighbors, Doug and Dorothy. The restaurant is open, well lit, lightly decorated with modern touches, and the tables set and covered with white paper to maintain easy clean up.
On Saturday, July 23, Neighborhood 24 hosted their Third Annual Games Day. Despite heavy rains the previous night, over forty active, fun-loving neighbors attended and participated in a two-hour game fest playing Baggo, Frisbee Tennis, Ladder Golf, Ring Toss, Croquet, Left-Right-Center, and Water Balloon Toss.
Kathryn Beernink of Crystal Lake was honored last week at the Faith in Action National Network Conference in Oak Brook, IL for her service to the seniors of McHenry County.
Q: What is a Model Report, and where can I find it?
A well-worn one dollar bill and a similarly distressed twenty dollar bill arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to be retired. As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they struck up a conversation. The twenty dollar bill reminisced about its travels all over the country.
As Hampshire Township has released its property assessments, Sun City Property Assessment Council will hold an Assessment Information Expo for Hampshire Township residents in the Game Room at Prairie Lodge on August 27, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Mary Lou Dorgan, a very youthful-looking resident of N. 30, celebrated her 70th birthday on July 31 by jumping out of an airplane at 14,000 feet over the Mississippi Valley in western Illinois. It wasn’t a dare or a bet or a “something-to-prove,” daredevil act. This was simply a fun way to celebrate a birthday, like you or I might decide to invite a few friends over for cake and ice cream on birthday number whatever.
