MY SUN DAY NEWS
If there’s one thing you can say about The Sun City Strutters, it’s that they definitely have some spring in their step. And that’s not just limited to spectacular choreography or high energy (both of which their shows boast) but their entire annual spring performances.
What would you get if you rolled the musical styling and stage presence of Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and, of course, Frank Sinatra into one? You’d get Chicago’s Entertainer Ron Hawking.
I can remember sitting at the kitchen table with my Mom licking S & H Green Stamps and helping her paste them into redemption booklets. Mom would get the stamps from the grocery store, and Dad would only buy gas at stations issuing Green Stamps. Our toaster, can opener, blender, and coffee maker were all acquired with Green Stamps.
My aunt’s neighbor in New York had a beautiful black cat named Felix, who spent his days outside and came indoors at night. One cool October evening, Felix disappeared. The neighbor searched for him in vain. The following spring, Felix reappeared, looking healthy and clean. She figured the he’d been sowing his wild oats. Everything was back to normal until that fall, when Felix disappeared again.
But what exactly is a mojo? If your only knowledge of the word comes from an Austin Powers film, in which the nerdy international man of mystery tries to regain his confidence after his “mojo” was stolen from him, you might be a bit surprised.
For those of you who have not seen or met me, here’s a general description: I’m roughly 6’2” and weigh about 150 lbs., which makes me, as many people like to say, a “rail” or “bean pole.” I look at a rack of dumbbells and think, “My gosh, those are just too heavy.”
The battle of the sexes has been being waged practically since the Garden of Eden, but women in battle is a relatively new fact in American history. Only as recent as 1994 have women been able to take up arms on the battlefield alongside their male counterparts.
If there’s one thing Gene Klein of Neighborhood 36 knows, it’s how to move something from Point A to Point B, a skill he learned serving in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps in 1967 and 1968, during the Vietnam War.
In the United States Marine Corps, there’s a saying, “Once a Marine, always a Marine.” According to Sun City Huntley Marines Commandant Charles A. Molitor, N.33, and Turstee Tony Laforte, N.10, this is a very true saying.
A golfer is playing a round of golf with his friends. On the sixth hole, a hole over water, he proceeds to flub eight balls into the water. Frustrated over his poor golf game, he heaves his golf clubs into the water, and begins to walk off the course.
According to current trends, 50% of us will require long-term care at some point in our lives. For seniors over age 65, the likelihood is 70%. Medicare and Medigap health coverage do not cover nursing home care. Medicaid pays for long term care after we have used practically all our assets. So how do we pay for the costs of long-term care?
In January of 1995, nearly 30 years after he was relieved of duty, my uncle Johnny became a casualty of the Vietnam War when he suffered a massive heart attack after years of prolonged heart complications due to his exposure to Agent Orange. He was 47. He was newly married and a stepfather to three young children that he loved as his own.
When Sun City resident Donna Bressler of N.27 moves her arms, music happens. Of course, one might expect as much from the Sun City Concert Band Director, and with a jam-packed schedule of appearances for the band this spring and summer, Bressler’s arms will be moving a lot, and a lot of wonderful music will be sure to follow each gesture.
“It’s kind of mesmerizing to watch a train run around,” said Kishwaukee Valley & Eakin Creek Model Railroad Club President Don Espeseth of N.21. He hopes that other Sun City residents, their friends, family, and their neighbors will feel the same at the Model Railroad Club’s semiannual Open House.
the Chairperson of Technology Committee, a member of the Communications and Web Portal Committees, and the Vice President of the Cyclepaths bicycle club, among his other standings, Greg Ward of N.17 is known to his friends and neighbors as a real stalwart of the Sun City Community. In November of 2009, Ward stepped forward into the Community once again and broke new territory when he founded the Rainbow Pride Diversity Network (RPDN)Special Interest Group.
A young man, getting ready to graduate from high school, was driving his father and grandfather down a rough country road. His experience in handling his grandfather’s four-wheel-drive vehicle made for a bouncy ride.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers FHA insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs), commonly referred to as Reverse Mortgages. Reverse Mortgages are different from traditional mortgages because they don’t require monthly repayments toward the amount borrowed. This arrangement provides “cash poor” homeowners with much needed cash. Sound too good to be true?
I’ll admit that in writing, my heart first belongs to fiction. I am a constant reader and writer of the form. I love journalism too, and I’m deeply in love with newspapers as a whole (the feel, the look, the concept and history). But journalism is a craft with strict parameters, making it less free than the art of fiction writing, but no less rewarding when it is done well.
Ordinarily when you ask a woodchuck to do something, you’ll get back a “chuck-chuck” noise in return. Or in moments of anxiety or danger, a shrill whistle or, perhaps, even a hiss.
Tea and crumpets. Crumpets and tea. Whichever the order, they’re one and the same at Crumpet’s Tea Room on Main Street in Genoa.
It’s often said that nothing in life is free. And often enough that’s true. But what’s said for not taking advantage of the full value of something you’re already paying for that includes a diverse selection of free resources, events, and entertainment?
There are many reasons to modify or add additions to your home, but never in Sun City has one of them been because of loss due to fire damage.
A woman is giving a garden party with several wealthy guests attending. During the festivities, two gardeners are out working on the back lawn. As a guest watches, one gardener is busy weeding when the other suddenly leaps high in the air, spins around, and gracefully swirls.
Every day you hear of another victim of identity theft or fraud. In response to this onslaught of financial pirates, last November, the Financial Fraud Enforcement task force was formed to crack down on some of these big schemers. According to the FBI, seniors are key targets.
The best way I can describe the editorial process (in fact, the entire production) of the Sun Day, from my perspective right now, is what outer space looks like to James T. Kirk through the windows of the USS Enterprise when moving at warp speed.
If there’s one thing Sun City has, it’s community, a sense that, as Barack Obama said, “We can do better together.” However, we can’t all be in one place at one time, especially with all the activities Sun City has to offer. But come 9 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, April 17 in Prairie Lodge, everyone will gather in one place at one time for the Charter Club Expo, which is exactly what it is all about, said Charter Club Expo representative Bob Reuter, N.12.
No, it’s not a bunch of weird rock bands, it’s the annual beginning of the slow-pitch softball season at Sun City. In the next several months, nearly 230 games will be played there on a beautifully landscaped field surrounded by one of the largest subdivisions in the northwest suburbs.
Every other Friday afternoon at the National City Bank building in their Community Room you will find Joe Persaud sitting around a table along with several other Del Webb residents participating in the writing group called, “Write-On”. Joe and his wife of 50 years reside in Neighborhood #21 and have been residents for the past five years.
Traditionally, a seven-year anniversary is marked by copper. But for the Theatre Group of Sun City, a seven-year run is marked by music, laughter, and a good deal of brass.
The weather is warming, the birds are singing, and the dust bunnies and cob webs are blowing around with the fresh breezes. Spring cleaning can be daunting.
