MY SUN DAY NEWS
Once each month, the neighbors on our street get together to celebrate the birthdays for that month. At a recent gathering, a number of us started talking about our utility bills, comparing how much we were paying for electricity and gas services.
Sun City’s Pickleball Club completed its 2010 outdoor season in September with a three-part tournament involving doubles teams. A double-elimination playoff was held in three categories: men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles.
As has been the case at other participating libraries, the Huntley Area Public Library has seen brisk use of its free Museum Adventure Passes.
In two days, Sun City will go to the dogs, literally. Pampered pooches and coddled kitties will be dressed up in their best, or maybe funniest, costumes, depending on the creative talents of their owners. They will be the center of attention at an expo, and they will be ogled, petted, admired, and not yelled at for four hours.
With the approaching production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, it’s business as usual for the Theatre Company of Sun City. And when each show’s production consists of thousands of man hours and managing fiscal responsibilities, the Theatre Company of Sun City operates very much like a business, a not so small one at that.
Little more than a year ago, I became a thief when I unwittingly stole approximately $25 of goods from a grocery store.
Alternative fitness programs are more popular and are becoming more a regular part of a balanced health and wellness regiment these days. One of the longest running and most popular of these alternative programs is the practice of Yoga. The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuj, meaning to yoke or bind, and is often interpreted as “union” or a method of discipline.
If you grew up on the northwest side of Chicago in the forties, and street names such as Deming, George, Altgelt, Montana, Palmer and Diversey, Belmont, Belden or Cicero Avenues bring back memories, this is the book you will surely relate to.
Every sport has its heroes – Babe Ruth for baseball, Joe Montana in football, Michael Jordan in basketball, Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson in boxing, Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Hull in hockey.
Let’s start this week’s column off with this anonymous one about an 83-year-old woman who was stopped for speeding. When asked by the patrol officer, “Did you know you were speeding?” she talked herself out of a ticket by stating: “Yes, Officer … I was trying to get there before I forgot where I was going!” Makes perfect sense to me.
Prior to July 29th 2009, our Grandaughter, Hope Fuller, was a normal, beautiful, active, 12-year-old little girl. This was the day she was diagnosed with Difuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a tumor located in the brainstem and inoperable.
You might think that being lashed to a ship’s mast during a raging hurricane wouldn’t be the most productive work environment, but it was just such a moment that provided the inspiration for “Amazing Grace,” one of the most recognizable songs in the English-speaking world.
All Sun City homes are equipped with smoke alarms. They are connected to the house’s electrical power, and they contain a nine volt battery so that they will work during a power outage.
Q: Would SunCPAC be willing to represent me in an appeal?
Lights, camera, action! When six Sun City Stingrays arrived at their second summer swim meet held in Homewood, Il on Tuesday, August 24, they were greeted by a WGN television reporter, microphone held in his hand, and by his accompanying WGN camera lady.
The last few years have seen a number of changes in the Federal tax laws. It has become more of a challenge to anticipate the deductibility of expenses or availability of tax credits from one year to the next.
John was out bicycling one day with his eight-year-old granddaughter, Carolyn. He got a little wistful. “In ten years,” he said. “you’ll want to be out with your friends and you won’t go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now.”
Whoever said art needs to hang on walls? Why not in a garden? This is just what you’ll find 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 18, at the Art Show in My Secret Garden, where the Sun City Pencil & Pallet Club will display their original fine art at the Gardens of Woodstock.
The library is a favorite place for me and my wife to visit. Both constant readers, writers, newspaper owners, editors, and with me a literary publicist and she a copyeditor for a publishing company, one might expect as much. And I’m also a firm believer that you can always learn new things at the library … like, fellas, maybe your wife is more “man” than you are.
A man was sitting quietly reading his paper when his wife walked up behind him and whacked him on the head with a magazine. “What’s that for?” he asked.
The year 2006 held two milestones for Joyce Zemba, N.3. One, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and two, her first grandchild was born. Many women in her age group had grandchildren in high school or even college and with her diagnosis, Joyce wanted to record her life story for her grandchildren so they would know their grandmother had been a nun.
In 2007, after nearly a 30-year hiatus from his tenor sax, Frank Ardito of N. 30 picked up his instrument to get back into the swing of things. He bought a new case and had his sax reconditioned and started performing again and loved every minute of it. Then doctors diagnosed Ardito with an aggressive form of stomach cancer, and once again, he had to put down his music.
Henry Fransen got a strange phone call a couple of weeks ago, and the person that called was about to give him an opportunity that he would remember forever. Henry and his friend, Fritz Mazuer, both WWII Marianne Corp. Veterans, and members of the Sun City Marine Corp. Group, wrote over a year ago to a company called The Honor Flight Chicago Group, letting them know that they would be interested in finding out more information about what the group was about. They never got any response until a few weeks ago.
With Library Card Month well under way, your grocery-store savings cards aren’t the only cards in your wallet that offer great deals.
Get ready for some dancing and dining. The Hoofers and Hunks are putting together a show that will both dazzle and amaze you with a few surprises to boot!
Among the hundreds of softball players in the Sun City Softball League, there are many of exceptional talent who have played on prominent championship teams. Some of them have won distinguished individual awards.
To open this week’s column, here’s one from our good friend and neighbor, Emma Burns. Emma writes:
In the last issue, we warned about the hazards of the hoses on your washing machine. We told you to replace those old rubber hoses with metal and to be sure you turn off the water after every use. In this issue, we will discuss the other half of the laundry appliances, the dryer.
Q: As assessment notices are being sent at this time of year, how can a resident obtain a copy of their official township assessment card showing the data upon which the assessment is based?
