MY SUN DAY NEWS
At Sun Cityâs Grandma, Grandpa & Me Charter Club Breakfast with Santa, Nora Hrdlicka ponders Santaâs question if she has been good all year.
Funny how a space can be completely empty, but as soon as live music starts, people arrive from everywhere.
Thatâs the power of music. Thatâs an occurrence that happens often at Sun Cityâs Prairie Lodge. Sun City resident Jim Sura plays the grand piano in the lodge while residents walk, play cards, or meet near the Fountain View area. He even plays when no one is around.
On a cold day in mid-November, my husband came in from outside, his cheeks flushed with excitement. With a smile, he said, âThe roses are still blooming!â
Long after the other plants in our garden faded and settled in for a winter nap, the rosebush on the southeast side of our house continued to grow and stretch toward our bedroom window so that when we awoke and pulled up the shades, the palest pink, delicate petals rested serenely with faces open wide, patiently waiting for us to begin our morning.
With daylight growing ever-shorter, I was gazing out the window at sunset yesterday watching the light fade, when a traffic-jam of sunlight-related thoughts collided in my brain. The first was the memory of a powerful passage from a novel by Elie Wiesel, in which a man is waiting to execute a political prisoner who has been sentenced to die at sunset. He says you know night has arrived when youâre gazing out a window in the evening and you suddenly realize that youâre looking at your reflection in the darkening glass instead of the landscape outside.
With daylight growing ever-shorter, I was gazing out the window at sunset yesterday watching the light fade, when a traffic-jam of sunlight-related thoughts collided in my brain.
The first was the memory of a powerful passage from a novel by Elie Wiesel, in which a man is waiting to execute a political prisoner who has been sentenced to die at sunset. He says you know night has arrived when youâre gazing out a window in the evening and you suddenly realize that youâre looking at your reflection in the darkening glass instead of the landscape outside.
This yearâs annual âHoliday Basket Raffleâ has been announced by the Huntley Area Public Library (HAPL) Friends Foundation, which will be running from Nov. 17 through Dec. 14. The Foundation has carefully curated baskets that include an enticing assortment of items, ensuring there is something for everyone, according to a press release statement.
This yearâs annual âHoliday Basket Raffleâ has been announced by the Huntley Area Public Library (HAPL) Friends Foundation, which will be running from Nov. 17 through Dec. 14.
The Foundation has carefully curated baskets that include an enticing assortment of items, ensuring there is something for everyone, according to a press release statement.
The Huntley area is ready to be unwrapped! The Holiday season is such a good opportunity to get together with friends and family. But what about some budget friendly activities when it is so chilly outside? Find out how to add even more cheer and magic to this season.
Seniors Helping Seniors (SHS) provides non-medical home services to seniors by seniors. Colleen Flaherty, marketing assistant, said, “SHS has a unique peer-to-peer model to caregiving. Seniors connect best with other seniors because of their common life experiences, compassion, and appreciation for the aging process. Seniors who need services, receivers, are carefully matched with seniors who render services, providers, creating mutually rewarding relationships.”
Seniors Helping Seniors (SHS) provides non-medical home services to seniors by seniors.
Colleen Flaherty, marketing assistant, said, “SHS has a unique peer-to-peer model to caregiving. Seniors connect best with other seniors because of their common life experiences, compassion, and appreciation for the aging process. Seniors who need services, receivers, are carefully matched with seniors who render services, providers, creating mutually rewarding relationships.”
HUNTLEY â Core Huntley, LLC, owner of Lot 4a of Huntley Crossings Phase I, had previously received final PUD (planned Unit Development) approval from the Village Board back in July for a multi-tenant building which included a Noodles and Company restaurant, an unnamed urgent care medical user, and a standalone Chipotle building. Since that time, Core Huntley has reported to trustees that Noodles and Company is scaling back its operations in Illinois and therefore decided to no longer pursue the site. In an unexpected setback, the urgent care user also opted to back out as a tenant.
HUNTLEY â Core Huntley, LLC, owner of Lot 4a of Huntley Crossings Phase I, had previously received final PUD (planned Unit Development) approval from the Village Board back in July for a multi-tenant building which included a Noodles and Company restaurant, an unnamed urgent care medical user, and a standalone Chipotle building.
Since that time, Core Huntley has reported to trustees that Noodles and Company is scaling back its operations in Illinois and therefore decided to no longer pursue the site. In an unexpected setback, the urgent care user also opted to back out as a tenant.
Sun City residents Duane and Nancy Fontana had their Barndominium ground-breaking ceremony with a gold shovel, balloons, and champagne on Wednesday, March 15, 2022. On November 4, 2023, they celebrated the completion of their Huntley Barndominium with an open house. Family, neighbors, and friends attended the celebration. The weather cooperated, allowing the guests to wander outside for conversation and enjoy the perfect weather. Other guests sat upstairs in the loft and watched while others danced to the familiar music of their youth provided by the band Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones.
Sun City residents Duane and Nancy Fontana had their Barndominium ground-breaking ceremony with a gold shovel, balloons, and champagne on Wednesday, March 15, 2022. On November 4, 2023, they celebrated the completion of their Huntley Barndominium with an open house.
Family, neighbors, and friends attended the celebration. The weather cooperated, allowing the guests to wander outside for conversation and enjoy the perfect weather. Other guests sat upstairs in the loft and watched while others danced to the familiar music of their youth provided by the band Rick Lindy and the Wild Ones.
The Killer comes to us from cinemaâs Enfant TerriblĂ©, David Fincher. Gone are the more elegant trapping of 2020âs Mank, also on Netflix. Although this could have used some black and white.
In a January public communication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it was explained that one of their real-time vaccine safety monitoring studies â referred to as the Vaccine Safety Datalink â had picked up a small and uncertain risk of stroke for older adults who received a dose of Pfizerâs bivalent Covid-19 vaccine and a high-dose or adjuvanted flu shot on the same day.
You have probably realized by now that Nancy and I are not the brightest people in the world. Both of us are in our seventies, and we decided it would be a good idea to get a little puppy. How much work can she possibly be? So, after two weeks in Aruba, resting up for this momentous occasion, we came home and picked up a nine-week old Maltese/Shih Tzu puppy named Rosie. We now realize why puppies are so cute, because that is the only thing that keeps them alive!!!
Iâm an active senior who loves staying physically active throughout the year. However, as winter approaches, I find myself facing a dilemma. Last winter was the first winter where staying active during the colder months became a challenge for me.
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Gerald Tarpey, Sun City resident and artist, displayed his sculptures of soldiers in Prairie Lodge in the Hallway in Front of the Clayground Club facilities. The sculptures gave pause to residents as they passed them on the way to a meeting or getting their steps in for the day. The three sculptures tell a story.
Gerald Tarpey, Sun City resident and artist, displayed his sculptures of soldiers in Prairie Lodge in the Hallway in Front of the Clayground Club facilities.
The sculptures gave pause to residents as they passed them on the way to a meeting or getting their steps in for the day. The three sculptures tell a story.
The old song says, âItâs the most wonderful time of the year,â but the weeks before Thanksgiving and spanning all the way to New Yearâs Day can be a difficult obstacle course for many of us. The local radio stations barely wait 24 hours after Halloween to switch over to holiday music. It may seem incongruous to drive through streets lined with golden maple trees while hearing âFrosty the Snowmanâ over the speakers, but here we are. As the ghosts and cobwebs are cleared away, the bells and wreaths and candy canes immediately rush onto the scene to cram every crevice with lights, tinsel, and excess.
The old song says, âItâs the most wonderful time of the year,â but the weeks before Thanksgiving and spanning all the way to New Yearâs Day can be a difficult obstacle course for many of us.
The local radio stations barely wait 24 hours after Halloween to switch over to holiday music. It may seem incongruous to drive through streets lined with golden maple trees while hearing âFrosty the Snowmanâ over the speakers, but here we are. As the ghosts and cobwebs are cleared away, the bells and wreaths and candy canes immediately rush onto the scene to cram every crevice with lights, tinsel, and excess.
Sun City Concert Band is celebrating its 20th anniversary this December with two performances of âA Musical Celebration – 20 Years of Favoritesâ in Drendel Hall at 7 p.m. December 7 and 1 p.m. December 9.
On a cold wintery day, October 31, 2023, Mary Schlee and Sue Wallace provided Sun City residents with some hot beverages and donuts while collecting items for the Grafton Food Pantry. The bursts of fall snow did not stop residents from dropping by and bring their donations.
On a cold wintery day, October 31, 2023, Mary Schlee and Sue Wallace provided Sun City residents with some hot beverages and donuts while collecting items for the Grafton Food Pantry.
The bursts of fall snow did not stop residents from dropping by and bring their donations.
Bocce Club is one of Sun Cityâs largest charter clubs, with over 700 members each summer coming Monday through Friday to play bocce. Bocce courts from June to August are filled with residents playing, laughing, and socializing with one another as they all enjoy the famous Italian game. But the club may soon come to an end if no one volunteers to be president or vice president.
Bocce Club is one of Sun Cityâs largest charter clubs, with over 700 members each summer coming Monday through Friday to play bocce. Bocce courts from June to August are filled with residents playing, laughing, and socializing with one another as they all enjoy the famous Italian game.
But the club may soon come to an end if no one volunteers to be president or vice president.
Although I am as much a slave to technology as the next guy, I donât embrace it willingly. I never play video games. I donât listen to music while riding my bike. I refuse to jam a white stick in my ear so I can talk to distant people as I walk. It would be a stretch to call me a luddite, but itâs fair to say Iâm luddite-adjacent.
Although I am as much a slave to technology as the next guy, I donât embrace it willingly. I never play video games. I donât listen to music while riding my bike. I refuse to jam a white stick in my ear so I can talk to distant people as I walk.
It would be a stretch to call me a luddite, but itâs fair to say Iâm luddite-adjacent.
A holiday tradition for Sun City Sunflower Garden Club is the House Walk for Charity. This year the event is on December 14, from 1-5 p.m. Sun City residentsâ homes, decorated for the holidays, will be open to visitors. This is a ticketed event and may sell out.
A holiday tradition for Sun City Sunflower Garden Club is the House Walk for Charity.
This year the event is on December 14, from 1-5 p.m. Sun City residentsâ homes, decorated for the holidays, will be open to visitors. This is a ticketed event and may sell out.
Youâre getting that itch to travel, so what do you do first? Most likely, step one of any travel plan is to decide where youâre going to go, and how youâll get there, and then everything else tends to flow along. But, what if somewhere in the process everything comes off the rails and you have to make changes? It doesnât mean your trip is a disaster even though Iâve been told about some that did go that way, but it does complicate the whole process. But even disasters sometimes provide memories that tend to last.
Lately, Jim and I have been reviewing restaurants that cater to senior citizens. Because of this, we received a letter from one of our loyal readers recommending an âold schoolâ favorite. With empty stomachs and pockets to match, we took our readerâs advice and decided to try Andyâs Restaurant in Crystal Lake.
As we approach the much-loved Thanksgiving holiday, it feels like an appropriate time to give thanks to all that our landscaping, our community and nature give to us. As I write this column, I am able to view the beauty of sunshine filtering through the bright red leaves on a maple tree. This common fall sight has brightened my afternoon and brought joy. It is by our interactions with nature, that joy can be found throughout the day.
Iâm writing to you as a senior who is feeling rather down around Thanksgiving this year. While the holiday season has always been a time of joy and togetherness for my family, recent changes in my life have left me feeling somewhat disconnected and melancholic. Thanksgiving used to be a time of gathering with loved ones, sharing stories, and expressing our gratitude for each other. Today, Thanksgiving looks much different as family members have moved away and gatherings have become smaller. This shift has left me feeling lonely.
Some people may be really mad about what I am about to write, put off by what is considered sacred. But as we well know, even our idols are human; nobodyâs perfect. In theaters, Priscilla comes to us from writer/director Sophia Coppola, just a little over a year after Baz Luhrmannâs rapturous bedazzled send-up to the King.
Some people may be really mad about what I am about to write, put off by what is considered sacred.
But as we well know, even our idols are human; nobodyâs perfect. In theaters, Priscilla comes to us from writer/director Sophia Coppola, just a little over a year after Baz Luhrmannâs rapturous bedazzled send-up to the King.
Letters for the week of November 16.
What was once a milk condensation factory has now turned into luxury apartments in downtown Huntley.
Sun City Resident David Applegate is putting the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out what his father, Harold M. Applegate, did for a living. Applegate is aware of some of the story. âMy father retired in August 1975 at the rank of Eâ9, Chief Master Sergeant serving in the Strategic Air Command (SAC), working at The Vault,â he said.
Sun City Resident David Applegate is putting the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out what his father, Harold M. Applegate, did for a living.
Applegate is aware of some of the story.
âMy father retired in August 1975 at the rank of Eâ9, Chief Master Sergeant serving in the Strategic Air Command (SAC), working at The Vault,â he said.
Three Sun City Homeowners Association Board of Directors candidates have been elected. Results were official as of Oct. 18.
