Reflecting on the history of harnessing sunlight
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 you’re gazing out a window in the evening and you suddenly realize that you’re looking at your reflection in the darkening glass instead of the landscape outside.
HAPL Holiday Basket Fundraiser going on now
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.
Seniors Helping Seniors, a way to give and a way to receive
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.”
Noodles and Company backout prompts trustees concerns over new tenant
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 couple builds historical “Barndominium”
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 resident displays sculptures honoring soldiers
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.
Rejecting holiday hubbub: A pep talk
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 “Frosty the Snowman” 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 residents collect items for Grafton Food Pantry on Halloween
The bursts of fall snow did not stop residents from dropping by and bring their donations.
Keep the ball rolling
But the club may soon come to an end if no one volunteers to be president or vice president.
A guide to apps for people who hate apps
It would be a stretch to call me a luddite, but it’s fair to say I’m luddite-adjacent.
Sunflower Garden Club transitions to winter to host annual holiday walk
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 residents’ homes, decorated for the holidays, will be open to visitors. This is a ticketed event and may sell out.
Obscured histories
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; nobody’s perfect. In theaters, Priscilla comes to us from writer/director Sophia Coppola, just a little over a year after Baz Luhrmann’s rapturous bedazzled send-up to the King.
From Catty to Cornell
What was once a milk condensation factory has now turned into luxury apartments in downtown Huntley.
Bond, family bond
Applegate is aware of some of the story.
“My father retired in August 1975 at the rank of E—9, Chief Master Sergeant serving in the Strategic Air Command (SAC), working at The Vault,” he said.