With honors

What is something new you can see at the Sun City ballpark?

“Take your camera and go to the softball field, and in the box right off the parking lot by the drinking fountain, you will see a new memorial plaque for softball players who have passed away over the years,” advises Barry Cianciarulo, a Sun City Resident and a Veteran player of the Sun City Cougar 16-inch Softball Team.

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Alzheimer’s disease, part 3: What can we do to prevent Alzheimer’s

In its Winter 2019 magazine, The Fisher Center for ALZHEIMER’S Research Foundation explains that “Older women and men who had the highest levels of heart health were at less risk of developing dementia than those who were less heart healthy…”

When shrimp fly

If you know Nancy, you will agree that she is known for her soft spoken, calm demeanor (NOT)!!! This was evident one day when she was in her kitchen cleaning up after lunch. Looking under the sink she noticed a puddle of water where there shouldn’t be one. She got hysterical and immediately started putting up the yellow “caution” tape around the perimeter of her kitchen.

“Our neighbors in Arlington Heights convinced us to come and take a look,” Arlene Selm said. “So, my husband, Dick, and I came and saw the models by where the lodge is. We really had no interest in any of the models. Nothing really caught our attention. But we came back and we fell in love with this model. It wasn’t there the first time we came through.”

A new leaf

Houseplants have always been a favorite for some people. Growing up, my mom always had spider plants hanging down from countertops or pots of ferns sitting on bookshelves. As a kid, I remember planting outdoor plants into indoor pots, just to see if they could grow in the kitchen, as opposed to a little garden we had to share with neighbors. I remember my mom digging through Home Depot and similar stores, looking for indoor greenery. What I don’t remember is my friends’ homes having these same indoor gardens.

Horsing around

Everything was quiet and peaceful at the new Alden Rehab Center in Huntley one recent April day.

Then, suddenly, a horse came trotting into the second floor patient therapy and activity area. Strangely, nurses and patients welcomed the animal happily, and a party was held. Cell phones were quickly turned into cameras.

Village says no to industrial usage of the outlet mall grounds

Huntley’s village board hasn’t made a final decision yet on the future use of the former outlet mall site, but they made an important one in the meantime.

They want mixed commercial uses on the remaining 60 acres, not industrial ones.

20-year cycle

In celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Sun City Community in Huntley, the clubs of Sun City have been solicited to provide information on the beginnings of the club, participate in activities during the Amazing Race scheduled on June 29th and of course they are at the New Residents Orientation to entice the new residents to join the many clubs offering many interests and activities to join.

Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners Annual Spring Plant Sale

This is being written on April 27. It is snowing, hard. Forecasters say more than six inches of the white stuff will fall today.

But this doesn’t faze the Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners organization. They are proceeding full speed ahead with their annual spring plant sale in Woodstock on Sunday, May 19. The event starts at 10 a.m. and runs until everything is sold out.

An Easter mystery: The case of the sketchy sleigh-coon

Easter this year was my first full-contact, no-holds-barred Easter in a long time.

It’s not that Easters didn’t “happen” for me over the past several years. But this was the first one in years that I spent in the good old-fashioned way: inundated by an infestation of kids.

Alzheimer’s disease, part 2: More statistics and an explanation of the disease

In 1906, a German physician, Alois Alzheimer, presented a case history of a 51-year-old woman who had suffered from a rare brain disease. After she died, her brain autopsy revealed the shrinking of the brain and the plaques and tangles there that characterize the AD form of dementia. Today, this dreaded infirmary is growing at an alarming rate with number of deaths from AD having more than doubled between 2000 and 2017 (145%). Researchers are desperately searching for a cure.

When it’s HOT, HOT, HOT

As we all know, this year Sun City is celebrating its 20th anniversary. To kick off this celebration, historian Jake Marino gave a lecture in the Drendel ballroom chronicling the history and growth of Huntley from its inception. After this, there was an SCCAH Board introduction and dedication of a commemorative bench. With all this pomp and circumstance, and in spite of the free cake, we worked up a huge appetite. Jim wanted to celebrate our nine years here in Del Webb and take me for a “hot” lunch date (a “nooner” had a much different meaning years ago)! We wound up going to 750° Cucina Rustica in Cary.

Library Receives $125K Live & Learn Construction Grant

The Huntley Area Public Library was awarded a $125,000 Live & Learn Construction grant by the office of the Secretary of State after scoring a perfect score of 10. The application was submitted in January of 2019 in hopes of securing funds for a much-needed roofing project for the nearly 22-year-old building.

Talking facts about annuals with Carol Scheffler

For today’s column, we are talking with Carol Scheffler, a sales assistant at Ron Clesen’s Ornamental Plants, Inc. RCOP is a wholesale grower of high quality annual flowers and plants.

Us – A new kind of horror

Horror has been greatly maligned, much like comedy, as not worthy of the lofty goals set out by drama. It isn’t hard to see why when the majority of the genre has been reduced to jump scares and overuse of gore. Which is why the emergence of a collection of scary films designed to serve as allegory has been so refreshing.

Ask the Woodchucks: Shower temperature adjustment

While taking a shower the other night, I noticed that the water temperature was not as hot as I like it even though the handle was turned all the way up. I wrote about this problem and how to adjust the temperature years ago but I could not remember how to do it.

Ask an Angel: May 2, 2019

My dad, who’s turning 85 in July, had a fall at home, which sent him to the hospital. After a few days in the hospital, he seems like his old self and is antsy to return home. His doctor referred him to a short-term rehabilitation facility upon discharge from the hospital. My sister and I have been touring nearby facilities and feel like dad doesn’t belong here. Why would his doctor recommend a short-term rehabilitation stay and how does this process work?

The kings castle that burned

It seems so long ago artisans decided to build a new church a cathedral a home for God, a castle fit for a King, a King of Kings. A place to come to pray, be baptized, and get married and yes a couple to be crowned as King and Queen.

The Sun Day’s 9th anniversary celebration

On Thursday, April 4, the Sun Day staff and contributors celebrated the Sun Day’s ninth anniversary at Niko’s Tavern in Pingree Grove.

What in Sandhill?

In the last issue of Sun Day, we discussed Canadian Geese, resident-geese in Sun City and throughout northern Illinois.

In this edition, we are focusing on Sandhill Cranes, which, in contrast, are migratory birds that have also made an impressive recovery from near extinction, though not as numerous as their feathered brethren, the geese.

A Tale of Two Tails

February 2012: Wildwood, Missouri

My wife Annamarie and I had been called into action. Our Grandchildren Michael and Claire needed someone to watch over them while our son Bill and our daughter-in-law Paula went to Hawaii on a much-deserved vacation.

Watching two well-behaved young teens was a breeze; they were more than self-sufficient; a little breakfast in the morning, they were off to school, leaving us plenty of leisure time during the day. Lest I forget we also had to “care-take” two puppy dogs. One of them our little white Molly, the other their dog Jet, who true to his name, was black. Each of them weighed between 15-20 pounds, and they got along famously.

The problem with picking the perfect super power

My son Dave and the grandkids spent last weekend at my house, and over breakfast we got around to talking about all the important things, like what kind of super power we’d like to have.

My grandson Jack jumped immediately to telekinesis, the power to move objects with his mind. “Well,” I said, “of course we’ll have to have some limits to our powers, right? I mean, I’d hate to find that you plunked the moon into my back yard.”

“OK,” he said, “what are my limits?”

Like it’s 1999

In 2019, Del Webb Sun City is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and while for many this is an opportunity to reflect on the past, many see it as an important opportunity to look to the future.

Looking forward to Sun City’s Club announcements about anniversary shenanigans still to come, the Tall Oaks Tennis Clubs (TOTC) is having some fun in planning their Tennis Kickoff with the big anniversary in mind.

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