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Leaving America to learn what an American is

Besides being a high school teacher for more than thirty years, I spent about fifteen years helping young Americans learn for themselves what it means to be an American.

McHenry County Gardenfest back in bloom

Spring has sprung, and the grass has riz’!

Other important facts you should know about heart disease

Heart disease is the U.S. #1 cause of death, responsible for one in every four deaths.

Spring means Sun City Softball

Now is the time to put away the snow blower, clean up the lawnmower, and most importantly, get the bat bag out from storage and get ready to play Sun City Softball.

Village of Huntley warns about IRS Scams

This time of year, our thoughts turn to spring and the fun of filing our taxes. Ok, so filing taxes is not fun. Unfortunately, some criminals prey on the stress and anxiety of tax season with IRS and tax related scams.

Kong: Dull Island

This time around, I found many of the films playing in the area were “heavily” R rated (language and/ or sexually explicit), which I usually avoid unless it’s a compelling story.

From the cinema to the soil

As a mom who is in the process of sending her kids out into the world, I am sincerely grateful for the community in which they grew up. I am grateful to the real estate agent who spent the summer of ’99 showing our growing family house, after house, after house.

Ask an Angel: March 23, 2017

My wife will be hospitalized for a procedure soon. She has some dementia and I’m not sure how she will do in the hospital. How can I prepare her for it?

Check These Out: March 23, 2017

Skye is a place, not a person. Intriguing cover art enticed me to read the inside flap. The story is revealed through an exchange of letters between two sets of people during two different world wars on different continents.

Fill ‘er up…

One weekend we were out and about doing all of our mundane, required errands when we noticed the Dining Duo Mini-mobile’s gas tank was running low. We also noticed that the Dining Duo’s tummy tanks were running low. As luck would have it, we were passing by what seemed to be an old service station in St. Charles called the Filling Station Pub and Grill.

Radioactive

You’ve seen them onstage, but now you can enjoy their performances from anywhere in the world.

The Radio Players are a new extension of the Sun City Theater Company, and their show, Vintage Voices, debuted its second season on Huntley Community Radio this month.

A little powwow about political correctness

The other day, I was writing a sentence in which I used the term “Indian style” to describe a way someone sat. I haven’t used the term in years. Then a little voice inside my head said, Wait a minute, Chris. You may want to go online and check this out, because things have changed since you were a boy. ‘Indian style’ may be offensive nowadays.

Village entertains idea of hotel development

In the past 18 years, the Village of Huntley has expanded its business and industrial base in many ways – foreign-owned and domestic manufacturing and warehousing facilities, shopping centers, restaurants and boutiques, educational facilities, medical and healthcare centers, banks, and a Walmart. And of course, the Midwest’s largest active adult community, Sun City.

Seven simple steps towards heart health

In 2010, the American Heart Association introduced “Life’s Simple Seven,” which were steps the public could take to reduce their risk of developing heart disease. A new study informs us that over the span of 11 years, people who met three or four of the heart health steps had a 55% lower risk of cardiac mortality than those who adhered to two or fewer of the criteria.

Potential retail development edges closer to Sun City borders

Additional details of a proposed large retail development immediately south of two Sun City neighborhoods are starting to emerge.

Taking time to see the moon and other miracles

As the full moon rose just after sunset a few weeks ago, I stared at it and wondered: “What if the moon happened only once? What if, in the deep black immenseness of the night sky, this pale beautiful face appeared only once, and this was the night that it happened?”

Rutland controversy continues to simmer

Acrimony and controversies continue to dominate Rutland Township.

Most of it involves township finances, accounting, and financial reporting practices. The factionalized board manages to carry out most functions in spite of, rather than because of, the differences among the elected officials.

Electronic Personal Assistants: Caveat Emptor

We’ve all heard the shocking news stories:

• Approximately one billion user accounts have been stolen from Yahoo, the company confirmed. The data breach is the largest from a single site in history.

Did I see the Oscars?

The answer is NO. I preferred not to listen to the political rhetoric that would surely surface, and decided that re-runs of Everybody Loves Raymond were a better choice, which proves that every now and then I can make a good decision.

Ask an Angel: March 9, 2017

My father has dementia and I’ve noticed that he gets more confused and agitated in the evening. His sleep has also been affected. Why does he change so drastically?

False advertising! But that’s just fine

When you go to a Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant you expect chicken. When you go to a Burger King Restaurant you expect burgers. When you go to a Hooter’s Restaurant you expect … er, maybe that’s not a good example, never mind.

Check These Out: March 9, 2017

A Chicago friend recommended this book, a combination biography, mystery, newspaper story, myth-buster. The author was 6 when his young, Chicago newspaper-man father died late one night of a heart attack, after work, after visiting friends in 1970.

Ask the Woodchucks: March 9, 2017

I am a new Del Webb resident and just read your article today on the Moen faucet warranty. In the article, you refer to the warranty for the windows in our homes here. I do not recall reading that article and would love to know about this warranty, and even what kind of windows are in our homes. Would you be so kind as to provide me with this information?

Huntley construction projects get the green light

Three Village of Huntley construction projects for 2017 will be especially significant for Sun City residents.

Goodnight, iPhone

Many of us are guilty of it.

Going to bed, but not really going to bed; there’s always that last-minute check on your phone or tablet, whether it’s to browse Facebook, check an email, or scan the news headlines one more time. And it never ends well.

Disconnect in Rutland heats up elections

In Rutland Township, the challenges and controversies seem endless.

Recalling the name of the famous you-know-who

I just opened my email, and the first message at the top of the list was for a brain strengthener that is “Proven to double your IQ.”

Well, that could be useful. As a writer, it would be nice to be smart enough to be able to spell IQ correctly.