Board members made reports on the Advisory Committees that they support. Dottie Harrison reported that the Charter Club Presidents Council is meeting on Friday, March 4, and that the Charter Club Expo will be on August 30.

According to a village press release, the purpose of the January 20 open house was to “present the transportation needs, a description of the proposed improvements, and solicit input from the public.”

The events calendar includes the Indoor and Outdoor Farmers Market, a Fun Run for Special Olympics, a May 5 Ladies Night out on the Square, the Annual Memorial Day Parade, the Independence Day Fireworks, National Night Out, Huntley High School Homecoming Parade, Veteran’s Day Ceremony and Wreaths Across America.

Charles Nordman, of the Village offices, said that the “Lighthouse Academy will require a Special Use Permit for a childcare center and that the two-acre lot would have 70 parking spaces.”

The annual association meeting was a business meeting with reports from the Association Counsel, the outside Auditor, a representative of Northwestern Medicine and a 2021 review by First Services.

The purpose of the January 12 meeting was to give the Board the opportunity to provide the members of this new advisory committee their views on the critical functions of SPAC and provide them with an overview of the breadth and scope of the committee’s functions.

Russ Howard, Barry Newman and Art Ryden were elected to the Board by acclamation in 2021. Marilynn Berendt was elected the 2022 Board President and Dottie Harrison was elected Vice President. Bob Wainscott was elected Treasurer and Art Ryder was elected Secretary. The new officers will be installed at the Associations annual meeting on January 26.

“Parts of the collection are being relocated, new equipment is getting set up, staff are moving into their new spaces, and the countdown is on to explore your FRESH, new library,” said the HAPL.

Representative Ugaste was originally elected in 2018 and reelected in 2020. He commented that, “I may be mapped out of Huntley in the next election.” He explained that, “the new District 65 northern boundary might be Bowes Road in Elgin.”

McGouey added that “there have been 273 home sales in so far in 2021 which are 33 more than year-to-date in 2020.”

The duo spent more than 90 minutes with a presentation and fielding questions from the Sun City residents.

On Refuge for Women’s homepage, a graduate is quoted: ““Having a chance to be in a safe place to heal means somebody thought I was worth it, even though I dared not believe I was.”

“The WATCHMAN device is for patients who have atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that is not related to problems with the heart’s valves. This is the first procedure using this device in a McHenry County hospital,” said an Oct. 20 statement from Northwestern Medicine.

On Sunday, November 7, the Marine Corps League of Elgin invites veterans from all branches of service and the general public to come to the 246th birthday bash.

Underwood, who was introduced by Ken Kalscheur of the sponsoring Civics Committee, was met by a less than half-full ballroom. In his introduction Kalscheur announced Underwood’s appointments to the House of Representative’s Veteran Affairs and Appropriations Committees.

The proposed cemetery would use the vacant 2.45 acres that is adjacent to the south end of the church buildings. The cemetery would have 1,530 gravesites and 572 Columbarium Niches. Eighty-six infant graves would be included.

The subdivision, which is located on Dundee Road, due north of St. Mary Church, was built by D. R. Horton construction. The next phase of Cider Grove will cover 43 acres.

Johnson was a guest speaker at the Board meeting and he carefully talked through the many steps that are needed to be completed before a project could even break ground in Huntley.

“With that said, in order to give our kitchen a break, we have decided to temporarily close on Mondays until further notice. Should we find the right fit, we will go back to serving you all on Mondays again,” an Oct. 2 Parkside Pub Facebook post said.

The fifteen residents in attendance were fewer than half of the attendees at the regular Board of Trustees meeting that was held on September 14. This special meeting had a 48-hour advance notification, which is all that was required by State laws.

According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), “Suicide is the [second] leading cause of death among people aged 10-34 and the [tenth] leading cause of death overall in the U.S.”

The news that the FDA and CDC were considering authorizing boosters to address the growing havoc of the Covid-19 Delta Variant has become a topic of discussion inside Sun City.

The implementation of this planned development is blocked by the current zoning of the property. Presently 30 acres are zoned “BP” for Business Park and the remaining acres are zoned “C2” commercial. BO2 is seeking a rezoning of the property to “MF2” multi-family so that BO2 will be able to sell the property to this unnamed contractor.