Kelly Bertrand, Prairie Lodge’s Fitness Coordinator, said, “Knowing the (Paris, France) Summer Olympics was coming up and knowing we have some competitive athletes here at Sun City, I thought it would be a great idea to celebrate that spirit of competition and doing your best with some events here at Sun City.”

My husband carter and I saw an article in a magazine in 1985/86 that Del Webb offered three-day getaways in their communities that we could visit. We stayed in a home with a golf cart and gave us an idea to help us decide if we wanted to retire in their community. We drove and stayed in many Del Webb communities – Arizona, California, South Carolina, and Florida, and we enjoyed all our stays but when we returned home to Schaumburg, Illinois we knew we wanted to stay here in Illinois for our golden years with our family.

I had the unimageable happen to me this past summer, I was bit by a mosquito IN MY BACKYARD IN HUNTLEY and contracted West Nile Virus. I was in Three Lakes, Wisc. when the full effects of the virus hit me, a guesstimate of four to five days after I was bit, I had cold-like symptoms throughout the night. I was sitting in the kitchen of our rented fishing cabin early morning when I realized I couldn’t stand. An ambulance was called and my 6-month journey began.