MY SUN DAY NEWS
So just how successful are New Year’s resolutions? According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the tradition dates back more than 4,000 years. However, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology states: One report of as few as 9 percent of U.S. people achieve their goals by year’s end. Though a few researchers, who in recent times conducted studies on the subject, have discovered more optimistic outcomes.
January is such a wonderful month. You wake up, open your blinds, and you think you are looking at an old black and white television screen. This is punctuated by fits of snow, freezing rain, and dense fog all in the same day. So far, 2023 isn’t looking very “bright.”
The term animation comes from the Latin to mean a bestowing of life. It, primarily, used to mean vivacity or liveliness more than anything. Certainly, its use predates the entertainment medium which it describes. Many here in the United States view moving drawings as the domain of children. Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse, that is not true art. Adults can’t enjoy this, scoff the purveyors of good taste.
Signs of support for the families of two Huntley families whose students are battling cancers, Lucas Gidelski and Madison Roberts, were seen throughout the school’s gym area Friday. The event was a first Duck Toss Fundraiser but it ran deeper than kids tossing plastic ducks.
A few months ago, I needed to make some difficult medical decisions for my mother as her health declined. It was disheartening and I’ve carried some guilt because of it. My husband and I don’t want our children to be burdened with similar decisions. We are meeting with our lawyer to revisit our will and trust so that our children have a road map to follow. That being said, I’m having a difficult time grasping the difference between hospice care and palliative care.
Riding around Sun City and walking through the lodge, chances are you will see some of the work and constructed items completed by members of the Sun City Woodchucks Charter Club. The Charter club started in 1999, with its first president, Jim Barron. Barron said, “We had a sign-up sheet in the Library at Prairie Lodge, for anyone interested in joining the club. The woodshop was not even constructed at the time.”
Riding around Sun City and walking through the lodge, chances are you will see some of the work and constructed items completed by members of the Sun City Woodchucks Charter Club.
The Charter club started in 1999, with its first president, Jim Barron.
Barron said, “We had a sign-up sheet in the Library at Prairie Lodge, for anyone interested in joining the club. The woodshop was not even constructed at the time.”
It’s 2023, but unfortunately, I must start on a sad note. Shortly before Christmas, I learned that My Sun Day News lost one of its own with the passing of Larry Feldman. Many people inside this media didn’t really know Larry. In fact, I didn’t work with Larry very often, as he was under the management of our former Advertising Manager Kurt Kuehnert. Despite Larry’s soft presence in this media company, he was never overlooked by those who did know and work with him.
It’s 2023, but unfortunately, I must start on a sad note. Shortly before Christmas, I learned that My Sun Day News lost one of its own with the passing of Larry Feldman.
Many people inside this media didn’t really know Larry. In fact, I didn’t work with Larry very often, as he was under the management of our former Advertising Manager Kurt Kuehnert. Despite Larry’s soft presence in this media company, he was never overlooked by those who did know and work with him.
Depending on how long you’ve lived in Edgewater, some of you may remember us! You may have even wrote for us or appeared in our pages. Throughout 2013, My Sun Day News (then called the Sun Day) delivered to and covered the Edgewater community. We were well received by residents and other interested readers in the area, but the timing wasn’t right and we had to return our focus to the Sun City community in Huntley, which we’ve successfully covered since April of 2010.
Depending on how long you’ve lived in Edgewater, some of you may remember us! You may have even wrote for us or appeared in our pages.
Throughout 2013, My Sun Day News (then called the Sun Day) delivered to and covered the Edgewater community. We were well received by residents and other interested readers in the area, but the timing wasn’t right and we had to return our focus to the Sun City community in Huntley, which we’ve successfully covered since April of 2010.
Michel Happold, principal at Martin Elementary School, is launching a new program for students in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Happold said, “We are introducing Project Based Learning to the students.” Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and meaningful projects. Happold said, “When I was teaching, I asked the students to think of five topics that they were passionate about and research them. One of the students chose the New York Black Out in 1977.”
Michel Happold, principal at Martin Elementary School, is launching a new program for students in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.
Happold said, “We are introducing Project Based Learning to the students.”
Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and meaningful projects.
Happold said, “When I was teaching, I asked the students to think of five topics that they were passionate about and research them. One of the students chose the New York Black Out in 1977.”
For those of you who have committed to the New Year’s Resolution of losing eeight in 2023, here are suggestions to make the arduous weeks ahead, a little less stressful and more successful. Lainey Younkin, M.S., RD, LDN with a review by Victoria Seaver, M.S., RD have recommended ditching drastic diets and switching to 6 more successful habits to see your scale’s numbers move.
For those of you who have committed to the New Year’s Resolution of losing eeight in 2023, here are suggestions to make the arduous weeks ahead, a little less stressful and more successful.
Lainey Younkin, M.S., RD, LDN with a review by Victoria Seaver, M.S., RD have recommended ditching drastic diets and switching to 6 more successful habits to see your scale’s numbers move.
There is a story that’s become legend in our family: it’s about the day we took money from our baby’s piggy bank to buy groceries. We had just moved halfway across the country from Illinois to Colorado. Our first son was just a toddler. I was primarily a stay-at-home mom, doing some freelance work on the side; my husband taught music to middle school kids in a small town situated in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
There is a story that’s become legend in our family: it’s about the day we took money from our baby’s piggy bank to buy groceries.
We had just moved halfway across the country from Illinois to Colorado. Our first son was just a toddler. I was primarily a stay-at-home mom, doing some freelance work on the side; my husband taught music to middle school kids in a small town situated in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
When you watch a documentary on Netflix, you expect to learn a lot of things about people you don’t know. What you don’t expect to learn is that an old friend of yours has died. That’s what happened when I watched the Netflix documentary “Sr.” created by actor Robert Downey Jr as he interviews his father, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr, over a period of about three years.
When you watch a documentary on Netflix, you expect to learn a lot of things about people you don’t know.
What you don’t expect to learn is that an old friend of yours has died.
That’s what happened when I watched the Netflix documentary “Sr.” created by actor Robert Downey Jr as he interviews his father, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr, over a period of about three years.
The Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA) was discussed in Sun City since September, 2022. Uncertainty and speculation about HOPA caused concern among residents. Many questions, claims, and counter-claims arose after the December 14, 2022, edition of My Sun Day News was delivered. The following was discovered after future research by My Sun Day News.
The Huntley Village board approved video gaming licenses for six new video gaming terminals at the Pinecrest Golf Club. The video gaming terminals would be located in one corner of the restaurant and within the line of sight of the bartenders. The required $500 per machine, or $3,000 total, has been received by the village and deposited. An application for a video gaming operator license was submitted by J&J Ventures Gaming, LLC of Effingham, Illinois.
The Sun City Board held their first meeting of 2023 on January 4th and welcomed three new board members. Bill Niemasz, Jim Sanecki and Al Brewer all began their first terms on the Board.
Well, I hope all had a good holiday and a happy new year. As we careen head-first into our resolutions maybe we should take this time for some reflection. What do you want out of our time here? To be perfectly honest, 2022 was a lot for me. Some films currently in theaters I have avoided due to personal reasons. Amazing as I have heard Brendan Fraser’s performance is in The Whale, the idea of it is still too raw for me. Same goes for Spoiler Alert. A great many filmmakers mine their own lives and history for their art. Here are a few that affected me during the break.
A friend and his family finally accomplished a lifelong dream – swimming with pigs. What? Not your cup of tea? Well, you have to understand the background.
Hollywood has the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. Broadway has their Tony Awards and music has the Grammy Awards. The food industry has the James Beard Awards and the Michelin Stars. All of these pale in comparison to the most prestigious, most sought after, and coveted award ever. Of course, we are referring to the annual Dining Duo’s B.E.L.C.H. Award (Best Eating Location Close to Huntley).
Letters for the week of January 12.
December is full of family traditions. They’re part of what makes this month so special. And while family traditions take a bit of planning, Janet Kargo will tell you it is so worth it. Some might think that teenagers have outgrown the magic of holiday traditions. But Addie Freimuth, 15, and Alex Freimuth, 17, still enjoy celebrating the Christmas holiday with its traditional games, cookie decoration, and projects on Christmas Eve.
December is full of family traditions. They’re part of what makes this month so special. And while family traditions take a bit of planning, Janet Kargo will tell you it is so worth it.
Some might think that teenagers have outgrown the magic of holiday traditions. But Addie Freimuth, 15, and Alex Freimuth, 17, still enjoy celebrating the Christmas holiday with its traditional games, cookie decoration, and projects on Christmas Eve.
A number of years ago, I wrote a Happy Trails about accepting some slang into our daily language. I thought it was a pretty sound argument. Our language is constantly evolving. Words take on different meanings. They become colloquial. And, despite what they teach in school, there are very few rules that govern our printed word. It’s a good thing when new ideas bloom from old ones. Until it’s not.
A number of years ago, I wrote a Happy Trails about accepting some slang into our daily language. I thought it was a pretty sound argument. Our language is constantly evolving. Words take on different meanings. They become colloquial. And, despite what they teach in school, there are very few rules that govern our printed word. It’s a good thing when new ideas bloom from old ones.
Until it’s not.
Despite frigid temperatures, a good number of residents came out to celebrate a whole day of festivities during Huntley’s annual “Christmas on the Square” celebration that took place on Dec. 3. Starting at 9 a.m., residents were able to shop around in the Kris Kringle Market located in the Fellowship Hall (11628 E. Main Street), with more activities becoming available as the day progressed.
Despite frigid temperatures, a good number of residents came out to celebrate a whole day of festivities during Huntley’s annual “Christmas on the Square” celebration that took place on Dec. 3.
Starting at 9 a.m., residents were able to shop around in the Kris Kringle Market located in the Fellowship Hall (11628 E. Main Street), with more activities becoming available as the day progressed.
My word of the year for 2022 was Delight. Instead of traditional New Year’s resolutions, I’ve tried to focus on one word to shape how I approach another year of life. So this year was about finding delight in the ordinary: being more spontaneous, tuning in to the world around me, searching for good things that might go unnoticed.
Once upon a Christmastime, almost a half-century ago, a hundred heads swiveled in our direction to cast angry stares at us, with that “what kind of a monster are you?” look that no parent ever wants to see. And all because our cute little daughter picked just the wrong time to get it all wrong. We had taken little Jenny to the Woodfield Mall to see Santa Claus so she could sit on his lap and tell him about all the toys that were on her Christmas list. She had heard of Santa all her short life, of course, and had seen him on television and on posters at the store, but she had never met him in person. This would be her first time.
Once upon a Christmastime, almost a half-century ago, a hundred heads swiveled in our direction to cast angry stares at us, with that “what kind of a monster are you?” look that no parent ever wants to see. And all because our cute little daughter picked just the wrong time to get it all wrong.
We had taken little Jenny to the Woodfield Mall to see Santa Claus so she could sit on his lap and tell him about all the toys that were on her Christmas list. She had heard of Santa all her short life, of course, and had seen him on television and on posters at the store, but she had never met him in person. This would be her first time.
The Running of the Elves, held on December 3, became a new event in Huntley this year. Organized by the Huntley Rotary Club, this event benefited local groups: Grafton Food Pantry, Huntley High School Scholarships, International Scholarships, and Veterans Path To Hope.
The Running of the Elves, held on December 3, became a new event in Huntley this year.
Organized by the Huntley Rotary Club, this event benefited local groups: Grafton Food Pantry, Huntley High School Scholarships, International Scholarships, and Veterans Path To Hope.
Here is The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recipe for helping all of us to stay on track for eating healthy during December, especially for those of us who have diabetes. Here then are 5 tips to meet the challenge of keeping your diabetes meal plan safe from seasonal interference.
If you are a regular reader of this column, you know that we sometimes have a habit of overdoing things. Since we live on a corner lot, we feel it’s our duty to honor Chevy Chase in the movie “Christmas Vacation” by filling up our yard with every imaginable blinking, flashing, and twinkling light decorations. They can take the shape of snowmen, Santa Claus, or elf figures. This is a four-day process which includes taking anti-inflammatory medications, drinking a half bottle of Fireball Whiskey, and smoking several Cuban cigars by our fireplace.
As we are about to settle into the Christmas season yet again, we will meet with family and friends and share good times. Some of us listen to festive music, while others decorate the home in order to get into the mood. I, personally, like to watch movies that fill me with holiday cheer. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many new ones to recommend.
I am having a hip replacement in a few weeks. While I’m looking forward to being able to walk around with less pain, I’m not looking forward to the necessary therapy after surgery. My orthopedic surgeon recommends that I go to a short-term rehabilitation facility after being discharged from the hospital. I know I’ll benefit from the extensive therapy. However, I’m dreading the many unknowns of what to expect.
Sun City resident Pat Bosi excelled in her professional life as an executive in Human Resources at Shell Oil and later as the executive of Operations at AIG Insurance Companies. Now, she finds herself excelling in a sweeter arena. Bosi, like most mothers, was asked to bring a treat to her child’s class. Bosi said, “At the time Star Wars characters were popular. I decided to make chocolate R2-D2 lollipops.”
Sun City resident Pat Bosi excelled in her professional life as an executive in Human Resources at Shell Oil and later as the executive of Operations at AIG Insurance Companies. Now, she finds herself excelling in a sweeter arena.
Bosi, like most mothers, was asked to bring a treat to her child’s class. Bosi said, “At the time Star Wars characters were popular. I decided to make chocolate R2-D2 lollipops.”
