MY SUN DAY NEWS
Letters for the week of December 6.
Who makes the best pies in Huntley?
Right now, the answer is Jeanne Bruntyn, a resident of Neighborhood 33 in Sun City.
After a lifetime of baking for her friends, family, and just because she wanted to, Jeanne baked a Morello cherry pie and submitted it to the Huntley Farmers Market pie bake off earlier this fall. On her first try at pie-baking competition, Jeanne won first prize in the fruit pie category.
There’s a Thanksgiving tradition that my family has never practiced but I’ve always liked and that is the sitting around the Thanksgiving table, and each person takes a turn saying one thing they’re thankful for. I’m sure for the families out there who practice this tradition, you hear things like “I’m thankful for my parents or spouse or friends or children or health.” (Or, in the case of my son, he’d probably say he’s thankful for milk. He loves milk. He drinks a gallon every two days, which may account for why he, at only two, is countertop height.)
America’s Coast Guard has been asked to do many things in its 228-year history, but there is one thing they probably do better than anyone else. Search and rescue. On February 18, 1952, a four-man “Coastie” lifeboat crew performed a rescue that enshrined their organization forever in a Rescue Hall of Fame, if there ever is one.
America’s Coast Guard has been asked to do many things in its 228-year history, but there is one thing they probably do better than anyone else.
Search and rescue.
On February 18, 1952, a four-man “Coastie” lifeboat crew performed a rescue that enshrined their organization forever in a Rescue Hall of Fame, if there ever is one.
Several weeks ago in this space, I suggested that we should all say “Thank you for your service” to teachers, just as we thank military men and women for their service. That column “ignited” a “flood” of reader emails as contradictory as the mixed fire/water metaphor earlier in this sentence. Some agreed with me and dashed out to thank the nearest teacher they could find. Some thought I hadn’t gone far enough, suggesting that we might also shower firefighters and police officers with thanks for their service. And some thought I went too far, arguing that saying “Thank you for your service” to anybody but military personnel would diminish its impact.
Several weeks ago in this space, I suggested that we should all say “Thank you for your service” to teachers, just as we thank military men and women for their service. That column “ignited” a “flood” of reader emails as contradictory as the mixed fire/water metaphor earlier in this sentence.
Some agreed with me and dashed out to thank the nearest teacher they could find.
Some thought I hadn’t gone far enough, suggesting that we might also shower firefighters and police officers with thanks for their service.
And some thought I went too far, arguing that saying “Thank you for your service” to anybody but military personnel would diminish its impact.
Grant Jahr, President of Sun City CyclePaths Bike Club, takes his passion for bicycles with him everywhere. “I am finishing up my second term as president and have been a member of the Bike Club for 11 years,” he said. During a European river tour with his wife in August, Jahr found some biking opportunities.
Grant Jahr, President of Sun City CyclePaths Bike Club, takes his passion for bicycles with him everywhere.
“I am finishing up my second term as president and have been a member of the Bike Club for 11 years,” he said.
During a European river tour with his wife in August, Jahr found some biking opportunities.
It’s the Sunday before Halloween. Front porch lights throughout Sun City Huntley are turned on. It’s the signal that your house is open for business. You’ll welcome trick-or-treating children from nearby schools and neighborhoods, as well as the grandkids of Sun City residents. Ring the bell! We have candy and snacks for you. Or, maybe, homemade cookies or bags of freshly popped popcorn for every super hero, princess or scary ghost that comes calling.
It’s the Sunday before Halloween. Front porch lights throughout Sun City Huntley are turned on.
It’s the signal that your house is open for business. You’ll welcome trick-or-treating children from nearby schools and neighborhoods, as well as the grandkids of Sun City residents. Ring the bell! We have candy and snacks for you. Or, maybe, homemade cookies or bags of freshly popped popcorn for every super hero, princess or scary ghost that comes calling.
Bob Ruckoldt confirms that there are actual winners in those contests you see on Facebook. His sister-in-law, Charmaine Ruckoldt, won the 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Custom Camaro Convertible with a 455 Hp V8 Engine. Charmaine tells the secret of success. “My daughter enters and wins contests all the time and calls me to enter them also. That’s what happened on this one. It was on Facebook and I entered and won,” he said.
Bob Ruckoldt confirms that there are actual winners in those contests you see on Facebook.
His sister-in-law, Charmaine Ruckoldt, won the 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Custom Camaro Convertible with a 455 Hp V8 Engine. Charmaine tells the secret of success.
“My daughter enters and wins contests all the time and calls me to enter them also. That’s what happened on this one. It was on Facebook and I entered and won,” he said.
With 2017-2018’s past flu season having been proclaimed “This Flu Season Is the Worst in Nearly a Decade” by the New York Times, many Americans have begun bunkering down to get their annual influenza shots early this 2018-2019 winter. Television’s Channel 41 issued a rather sobering statement about the past years’ dire flu statistics in America: “Every 12 minutes someone over 65 plus has the possibility of dying of complications of the flu.”
I care for my elderly parents and often neglect taking care of myself. While I prepare healthy meals for them, I don’t often take the same interest in my own diet because I am on the go so often. I’d appreciate any motivation you can give me to better my current habits.
Five new 30-second public service announcements aimed to help teenagers in crisis are airing periodically on Huntley Community Radio WHRU-LP 101.5 FM as a result of a project assigned to a group of English students from Marlowe Middle School by their teacher, Megan Brickey.
We decided to go all out for Jim’s “Last Supper” before he goes “under the knife” once again. He is turning into a living “Operation Game.” The doctor replaced his knee and the buzzer went off, WRONG!!! Now, the hip doctor is giving it a try with a back surgeon waiting in the wings. Jim is turning into the bionic food critic. He felt he needed a good steak before surgery, so we thought we’d give Addison’s Steakhouse in McHenry a try.
As many Sun City residents pack for warmer climates, it is important to spend an hour or so to get your house ready for winter. When you are going to be away for a week or more, you should prepare your home so there will be no surprises on your return.
Swedish author Stieg Larsson died in November 2004. It took several years for his phenomenally successful trilogy about an unusual young woman named Lisbeth Salander to be published. The books sold 60 million copies posthumously. Lisbeth became an icon to those of us who could not put those books down. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, and The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, were made into films and went on to gross over $700 million worldwide.
Letters for the week of November 15.
Sun City’s own Relay for Life team secured two tickets to the National Golf Club Practice Rounds on April 9, 2019. Bob Ibach, a member of the Relay team and a cancer survivor, got the tickets for the Cancer Relay for Life fundraiser.
Sun City’s own Relay for Life team secured two tickets to the National Golf Club Practice Rounds on April 9, 2019.
Bob Ibach, a member of the Relay team and a cancer survivor, got the tickets for the Cancer Relay for Life fundraiser.
Quick now, Sun Citians, what is a “coastie?” Chances are, you have to think awhile before you answer. Right now, there are nearly 50,000 men and women in the nation that have this title. They are members of the United States Coast Guard, one of the active branches of the country’s armed forces. In this year 2018, Coasties, this story is published for you, as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
Quick now, Sun Citians, what is a “coastie?”
Chances are, you have to think awhile before you answer. Right now, there are nearly 50,000 men and women in the nation that have this title.
They are members of the United States Coast Guard, one of the active branches of the country’s armed forces. In this year 2018, Coasties, this story is published for you, as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
Six text messages. Twenty emails from myriad companies. Notices from Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. These are just some of the many ways in which I’ve been inundated in the past month with the timeliest question: Have you registered to vote yet?
Six text messages. Twenty emails from myriad companies. Notices from Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.
These are just some of the many ways in which I’ve been inundated in the past month with the timeliest question: Have you registered to vote yet?
Go ahead, call me a Luddite. It’s not true. Or… well… it’s not completely true. Not anymore.
Go ahead, call me a Luddite. It’s not true.
Or… well… it’s not completely true. Not anymore.
The proposed 2019 master and APN operating budgets will be published on the community’s website and in Lifestyles Magazine this week. If approved by the board in December, the budgets will require a $2.00 increase in resident assessments effective on January 1. This would increase assessments from $125 per month to $127 for single-family homeowners.
A potato farmer hired a young man to help him with the harvest. After dumping a truckload of potatoes in the barn, he asked him to sort them into three piles, one for large, one for medium sized and the third for smaller ones. The lad said, “fine, that shouldn’t be too hard.” After an hour or so the farmer decided to check back and see how the new helper was doing. He walked into the barn and found him curled up in a fetal position on the floor. Angered at the scene he found, the farmer spoke harshly to the young man, “what’s going on, I thought you said this job shouldn’t be too hard.” “The work isn’t too hard he replied, it’s those decisions that are killing me.”
In addition to being a convenience and time-saver, driving can also make social or critically needed medical appointments happen. It is definitely a show of independence as one ages. A feeling of loss of self-worth can often occur when “hanging up the keys.” Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, explains: “Being 75 isn’t what it used to be because people are more active and live longer than previous generations.” He continues, “We want to get away from the idea of taking away mom and dad’s keys and focus on other alternatives to keep them mobile … if they could be driving safely.”
In addition to being a convenience and time-saver, driving can also make social or critically needed medical appointments happen. It is definitely a show of independence as one ages. A feeling of loss of self-worth can often occur when “hanging up the keys.”
Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, explains: “Being 75 isn’t what it used to be because people are more active and live longer than previous generations.” He continues, “We want to get away from the idea of taking away mom and dad’s keys and focus on other alternatives to keep them mobile … if they could be driving safely.”
Question for $400: He was a pilot, then a pastor. He moved to the U.S. from Korea. And most recently, his grandson will be competing on Jeopardy in November. If you answered, “Who is Peter Cho?” then you would be correct.
Question for $400: He was a pilot, then a pastor. He moved to the U.S. from Korea. And most recently, his grandson will be competing on Jeopardy in November.
If you answered, “Who is Peter Cho?” then you would be correct.
Each year in the fall I spend a day making homemade Christmas gifts. It is a day that I treasure and hopefully brings some joy to the recipients at the holidays. Throughout the years, the gifts and the recipients have varied. One year it was canned pears for all of the adults who were influential in my children’s lives.
My father has dementia and is constantly fidgeting and moving things around in his house. This upsets my mom because she feels like she must keep him settled but can’t. What can I do to help them at this time in their lives?
Before Nancy and I moved to the sunny confines of Sun City, we lived in Hoffman Estates, which is basically a suburb of Schaumburg. Our days living there included a lot of fond memories, such as when our son played basketball for a church league that was coached by one of my high school buddies. He coincidentally now also lives in Del Webb. After the games, the whole team would often go to a local haunt and “lick their wounds” over a big pepperoni pizza. We decided to revisit this haunt and “go back home” to Riccardo’s Ristorante in Schaumburg.
Have you ever had a personal encounter with perfection? Card games can (very) occasionally provide you with a “perfect” experience. Take cribbage, for instance. A “perfect” five-card hand in this game is very special, especially since it is literally a once-in-a-lifetime experience, for only a few people. Pat Pogreba, a three-year Sun City resident, had such a happy moment on October 10.
Have you ever had a personal encounter with perfection?
Card games can (very) occasionally provide you with a “perfect” experience. Take cribbage, for instance. A “perfect” five-card hand in this game is very special, especially since it is literally a once-in-a-lifetime experience, for only a few people. Pat Pogreba, a three-year Sun City resident, had such a happy moment on October 10.
This column was not written to tell you when to replace your furnace and air conditioner, but rather to tell you how I decided and let you gather facts to make a decision that fits your needs. Replacing a furnace is usually done with different criteria than replacing your car.
Note: The views expressed in these political submissions do not reflect those of the Sun Day, its staff, or those associated to the Sun Day.
On page 2 of the October 18 issue of the Sun Day, a brief item entitled, “ballot confusion” was printed. It reported that on the Kane County ballot in the upcoming Nov. 6 election, there is a proposal for a 1% property tax increase on the fair market value of homes in the county. A majority of Sun City residents live in Kane County.
On page 2 of the October 18 issue of the Sun Day, a brief item entitled, “ballot confusion” was printed.
It reported that on the Kane County ballot in the upcoming Nov. 6 election, there is a proposal for a 1% property tax increase on the fair market value of homes in the county. A majority of Sun City residents live in Kane County.
