MY SUN DAY NEWS
If it wasn’t for that well-meaning couple from Sun City, I wouldn’t be stuck in this pickle. Victor and Belle were obviously not graduates of MIT but they THOUGHT they were. It was their hope to rid themselves of me and my family without destroying us completely. Their engineering skills to accomplish this resulted in a day I would never forget.
If there’s one thing America has, it’s conveniences. From a burger joint in every town down to running water, there’s little not at our disposal, including proper healthcare.
Every other week, the Sun Day publishes the terrific and comedic column Geezer Moments by fellow Sun City resident Sam Geati. For those unfamiliar, which I know aren’t many, Geezer Moments is about those funny little “blips” in the aging memory that make everyone think, “I must be losing my mind.” And this week’s Health & Wellness section features tips on keeping the aging memory sharp and its recall intact.
The last few weeks in Sun City has seen considerable discussion about how churches have been started and operated at other senior communities in Illinois and around the nation. The Sun Day has done some research and presents the following information intended to add perspective and resident understanding.
Folks, when you talk about The Drifters at this point, you’re talking about 58 years of musical history and it’s a history that’s been marked by some of the great voices of American music including people like Clyde McPhatter, Bill Pinkney, Ben E. King and Johnny More. And I can’t tell you how cool it is for the Mojo Man to be here today with another one of those great voices of the Legendary Drifters, Chicago’s very own Jerry Hendrix. Jerry, thanks so much for joining me here today.
Letters to the Editor for the week of June 2, 2011.
We’ve all experienced lapses in memory: walking into a room and not remembering why we entered in the first place, not remembering where we placed those elusive car keys, not remembering where we parked out car in the parking lot, or where our glasses are when they’re right on top of our head. But despite that we’ve spent our lives “forgetting” these mundane things, studies indicate that the average person experiences increased memory as the mind ages.
Golf probably has attracted the largest number of people to move to Sun City, Huntley. And Whisper Creek Golf Course that winds through the community continues to be a big reason for the success of the Sun City Golf Club, and for the visibility and positive reputation of the development.
The Kreutzer family has owned land in Huntley since 1868. Since 2008, they’ve been fighting to defend it. The “Kreutzer Road Parties,” made of farm owners Frances Kreutzer and her sister-in-law Marie Caranci, Kreutzer’s daughter Linda Byrne and son-in-law William Byrne, want to stop Commonwealth Edison’s planned 138,000-volt transmission line from affecting their 265 acres of land on the road’s south side and 40 acres on its north side.
This month we start off with one from Elba of N33. She writes: “A recent Saturday I was to pick up my husband Arnold at the Anderson Car dealership in Crystal Lake where he went to take our daughter’s car for service. He went on ahead of me, but I went to the Honda dealership instead (also in Crystal Lake), parked, got out, talked to one of the sales people, whom we know, started walking towards the service department, AND THEN THE LIGHT WENT ON.
Dietitian Norma Thompson will offer three identical sessions for 2011 on getting healthy and staying that way. Classes will take place 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays at Citizens First National Bank, 12101 Regency Square Parkway in Huntley. Class sessions are being held: June 6-27, August 1-22, and September 12-October 3. Classes are free but gratuities to cover expenses will be gladly accepted.
Huntley police are investigating a burglary that took place on Wednesday, May 18 in the 12,000 block of Stonewater Crossing. There are no known suspects, but the police are investigating leads.
The current economic environment has created some unique circumstances for us Baby Boomers. Our sources of income from retirement resources may be fixed or declining due to market losses, yet, we see ourselves needing to pay for goods and services that are rising in cost. We may also need to subsidize family members who are victims of the unemployment crisis or fund long term care costs for aging parents.
Question: How to I correctly set the water heater temperature? I believe it should be set around 120 degrees.
“70,” said my Doctor’s nurse at the counter of the waiting room. Her concerned face and my naïveté prompted me to ask what this test result number meant.
As people head into their senior years, individual autonomy and mobility may decline but thanks to Grafton Township’s Senior Bus Service, that should stop you from getting around.
After almost two years of planning, organizers of a quilting/tourism event have their “houses in order” and “ducks in a row” for Illinois’ first tourism festival featuring magnificent quilts in a variety of venues. Between July and September of this summer, main streets to museums, quilt shops and quilt guilds, nurseries, barns and bed and breakfasts from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River will showcase the best in quilts as public art.
A man who was involved in an extremely serious accident was unable to speak when he regained consciousness.
As I hit the swinging doors, the sounds of tumbling pins, noisy racks, and granite balls coasting over slick varnished lanes vanished behind me. The sidewalk was still warm from baking in the hot summer heat, but the evening air was cool and I felt like walking. Heading south, down Cicero Avenue,I passed the BelPark picture show and the heavy scent of buttered popcorn came wafting out into the street … carried by the icy conditioned atmosphere of the double feature emporium. I was tempted. But I passed on the popcorn and continued up the street.
World class autoharping came to Huntley when British harper Mike Fenton performed a house concert on May 18. On his way to the California Autoharp Gathering, Mike stopped for a few days in the Chicago area to adjust to jet lag, pursue leads for upcoming articles about ‘50s musicians, and, if possible, have a concert.
After running the article titled “Home value down, property taxes up, residents want answers” in the May 19 edition of the Sun Day we received several phone calls and emails regarding the same two points that we feel need clarifying.
Early in April, Sun City resident Rev. Carol Gats, pastor of Living Waters Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake, was invited by Sate Rep. Jack D. Franks (D-Woodstock) to the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives in Springfield to provide the Opening Invocation.
These are cryptograms consisting of quotations by famous people, past or present. Each letter in the puzzle stands for another letter. Today’s clues are as follows.
Q: What is a Model Report?
A cartoon by John DiDonna.
It is tough to imagine those old pairs of shoes that get tossed aside after several years could mean anything to anyone, but half a world away, they can have a huge impact.
After ten years and one defunct president, it looks like my wife and I will soon be moving on to greener pastures…but not without lugging with us the mortgage of a 600sq/ft condo posing as an 800sq/ft one. But, hey, you do with what you have to work with, right? It’s not a perfect world, after all. And it’s for certain not a perfect housing market.
All the years Jerry and Patty Case saved for their retirement, they never quite planned on actually having a real nest egg to care for someday. But that’s what they got when robins went to work on their front stoop, constructed a perfect nest inside a decorative planter box, and laid three eggs.
Residents in the Rutland Township portion of Sun City saw substantial increases in their tax bills this year, with some increasing as much as 20 percent. The residents of Rutland Township are now seeking the answer to why their taxes were increased so dramatically this year.
Kane County’s mailing of its 2010 real estate tax bills to Rutland’s Sun City residents, payable in 2011, caused a groundswell of negative reaction. Many Sun City taxpayers discovered that their real estate tax had grown substantially, some nearly 20%.
