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For those unfamiliar with House Bill 3447 (HB 3447), one of its goals would be to reclassify small amounts of drug possession, including heroin and cocaine, from a low-level Class 4 felony to a Class A misdemeanor.
As I am writing this under the glow of the hunterâs moon, ominous vibes spread through. Just in time for All Hollowâs Eve, a batch of new scary fare is coming our way.
Over on Disney+, the best Marvel output in a while has just dropped. Werewolf by Night comes to us from an unlikely source. Film composer Michael Ciacchino takes the helm with panache.
October is such a wonderful month. It is a month that has jack-o-lanterns, witches, and appropriately, Nancyâs birthday. Since she signs up online with every restaurant possible, she is inevitably inundated with offers for birthday âfreebies.â With her purse bulging with gift cards, and her phoneâs email inbox full, she was armed to celebrate her birthday at the Crimson Crustacean, aka, Red Lobster Seafood Restaurant in West Dundee.
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Glenn Groebli began a tradition in 2016, honoring Sun City veterans at Eakin Field with a softball game. As with other events, the event skipped a beat in 2020. The tradition marked its fifth year on Saturday, September 25. Groebli kicked off the event by giving thanks to the people who prepared and put the event together: Wayne Wagner, Phil Haugens, Gary Krewer, Jim Czysz, Phil Miller, and Leo Ouellette. Recognizing the veterans in attendance, Groebli said, âWe call them heroes because today, as we look around the problems of the world, we are still and will always be, the best country in the world due to the heroes you will meet today. May we never forget the men and women that served our country.â
Glenn Groebli began a tradition in 2016, honoring Sun City veterans at Eakin Field with a softball game. As with other events, the event skipped a beat in 2020. The tradition marked its fifth year on Saturday, September 25.
Groebli kicked off the event by giving thanks to the people who prepared and put the event together: Wayne Wagner, Phil Haugens, Gary Krewer, Jim Czysz, Phil Miller, and Leo Ouellette. Recognizing the veterans in attendance, Groebli said, âWe call them heroes because today, as we look around the problems of the world, we are still and will always be, the best country in the world due to the heroes you will meet today. May we never forget the men and women that served our country.â
Iâd rather be doing something else than folding all this laundry. How many towels have I folded in my lifetime? How many fitted sheets have I wrestled with before half-folding, half rolling it into a croissant-shaped white flag of surrender?
When the last ding-dong of doom tolls for you, it would be nice to go out famous, wouldnât it? I mean, who wants to be anonymous when all is said and done? Who wants to lie forever under a slab with a date on the left and a date on the right, and nothing more than a dash in between? It would be nice if people remembered your name long after you were gone, explaining in famous detail what your dash stood for to anybody too young to know firsthand.
Tickets for the Sun City Theatre Companyâs fall production of Anything Goes will once again go on sale starting on Oct. 17 and on Nov. 7 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Cedar Room located in Prairie Lodge/Fountain View.
The post-coronavirus pandemic time has seen an increase in entrepreneurial activity. A record 5.4 million applications were filed to form new businesses in 2021 based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Formation Statistics; the biggest increase in the last ten years. QuickBooks projects âAs many as 17 million new small businesses could be set up in 2022.â
The October 2022 Consumer Reports, On Health, gives us a brief report on the effectiveness and limitation of the antiviral Covid-19 drug treatment of Paxlovid. The Healthcare Savvy article tells explains, “For people at high risk of severe COVID-19, including seniors and those with chronic health issues, Pfizer’s Paxlovid – a prescription antiviral authorized for emergency use in December 2021 – has been a game changer.”
The October 2022 Consumer Reports, On Health, gives us a brief report on the effectiveness and limitation of the antiviral Covid-19 drug treatment of Paxlovid.
The Healthcare Savvy article tells explains, “For people at high risk of severe COVID-19, including seniors and those with chronic health issues, Pfizer’s Paxlovid – a prescription antiviral authorized for emergency use in December 2021 – has been a game changer.”
Recently the world stopped, or at least slowed down, to mourn the loss of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her death, and indeed her life, was a tribute to those around the globe whom she served. It is estimated that 11.4 million people in the United States alone watched her funeral on television. It was the single most watched event in television history.
Earlier this month, The Walt Disney Company had their annual shareholders meeting D23. This was three days of events and reveals. Among the announcements, we got a look at the new Willow television series. There were also some previews of upcoming Marvel projects such as Blade, Secret Wars, and the new Captain America movie. One big drop that made quite a stir was a teaser for the live-action The Little Mermaid. Controversy aside, I hope it fairs better than some. Thatâs all well and good, but what about now?
The golden years are so much fun. Every day is an adventure, you never know what aches and pains the day will bring. Nancy woke up one morning with a sore ankle, which grew worse as time went on. This prompted her to call our orthopedic doctor. Getting a doctorâs appointment is no easy task since you never know which branch office within a 50-mile radius they will be in.
As much as I hate to admit it, my parents are growing older. We live just a short drive apart, yet they still spend a lot of time by themselves. I worry about their safety at home. My mom enjoys gardening, and my dad likes to putz around in the garage, sorting through memorabilia heâs collected over the years. I work full-time, and although I work from home, I canât just hop over to check in on them during the day.
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A group for veterans recently got approval as a new charter club. The club welcomes all veterans and anyone who wishes to honor veterans or be a part of the group. Ken Kalscheur, president of the new club, said, âWe currently have over 100 members.â What is the goal for the club?
A group for veterans recently got approval as a new charter club. The club welcomes all veterans and anyone who wishes to honor veterans or be a part of the group.
Ken Kalscheur, president of the new club, said, âWe currently have over 100 members.â
What is the goal for the club?
It was just 30 minutes before we had to go to the high school for the graduation ceremony, and it suddenly got quiet in the house. I couldnât imagine where everyone had gone. Just a few minutes before, my son was frantically asking, âWhereâs my tie?â âHas anyone seen my tassel?â Now? I heard nothing.
It was just 30 minutes before we had to go to the high school for the graduation ceremony, and it suddenly got quiet in the house. I couldnât imagine where everyone had gone. Just a few minutes before, my son was frantically asking, âWhereâs my tie?â âHas anyone seen my tassel?âÂ
Now? I heard nothing.
Charles Nordman, Director of Development Services for the Village of Huntley, introduced a proposal at the September 8 Village Board meeting for âa conceptual review for the construction of a 213,745 square foot industrial building on the roughly 30-acre site located immediately south of the Village Green shopping center and north of Freeman Road.â
âYouâre either the happiest sad man in the world,â my buddy Bill told me recently with sorrow in his voice, âor the saddest happy man.â The occasion was the sudden death by stroke of the love of my life, Carol Felvey, a death that came completely out of the blue on Labor Day weekend this year.
âYouâre either the happiest sad man in the world,â my buddy Bill told me recently with sorrow in his voice, âor the saddest happy man.â
The occasion was the sudden death by stroke of the love of my life, Carol Felvey, a death that came completely out of the blue on Labor Day weekend this year.
Herman Faubl, Chairman of the Sun City Civics Committee, has announced that the previously scheduled October 3 Candidate Forum with Representative Bill Foster and challenger Catalina Lauf has been cancelled.
Sun City resident John Silva loves hats. He collects all kinds. In fact, Silva has been collecting hats from different parts of the world for years.
Sun City resident John Silva loves hats.
He collects all kinds. In fact, Silva has been collecting hats from different parts of the world for years.
Recent statistics from the WHO (The World Health Organization) inform us that, in the United States, about one in four adults (28%), age 65 and over, have reported falling yearly. These 36 million falls, reported among seniors, have resulted in more than 32,000 deaths. Additionally, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), reveals that adults over the age of 60 have suffered the greatest number of fatal falls.
As many Sun City residents pack for warmer climates, it is important to spend an hour or so to get your house ready for winter. When you are going to be away for a week or more, you should prepare your home so there will be no surprises on your return. Several of our neighbors had pipes freeze last winter, and the cost to repair their homes was tens of thousands of dollars.
In January of 2020, Sarah, my daughter and I traveled through England and Scotland prior to her studying abroad in the Czech Republic. It was a trip that brought that brought us closer together and filled our souls with happiness and peace. That peace was very much needed as the world starting closing down just a few weeks later and all of our lives would be forever changed.
Hope you had a good Labor Day weekend; I sure had. And thanks to Tom for allowing me a week off to recharge myself. Honestly HBO Max dropped Elvis that weekend and it was very good, one of the most exhilarating films I saw all summer. This season saw the biggest dearth, a desert wasteland in terms of good content. Which makes this sad to see a release in August with as much complete originality get treated like dirt. It is not; more like an oasis. Love it or hate it, Three Thousand Years of Longing is clearly the work of a singular filmmaker creating what they want.
The Six County Senior Games celebrated its 40th Anniversary on Monday, July 25, 2022. 500 participants took part in 15 different events this year. On Wednesday, July 13th SunCity residents traveled to Elk Grove Park District to compete in the Senior Softball Event.
When planning a day out with friends, they invariably ask us âwhereâs a good place to go for lunch.â We are trained professionals, after all. This time, however, one of our friends, Barb, remembered a sandwich that she loved from days gone by. She then suggested a restaurant that once seemed to be everywhere, but suddenly vanished off the face of the earth.
Letters for the week of September 22.
Sun City resident Elaine Kadakiaâs passion for art has been a lifetime journey. âAs a child, I was always drawing. In high school, my drawing got some recognition and I took Saturday classes at the Art Institute. It was so exciting. I decided to apply for the Bachelor of Arts Program at the Art Institute and I was accepted and earned the degree with an emphasis in art education,â she said.
Sun City resident Elaine Kadakiaâs passion for art has been a lifetime journey.
âAs a child, I was always drawing. In high school, my drawing got some recognition and I took Saturday classes at the Art Institute. It was so exciting. I decided to apply for the Bachelor of Arts Program at the Art Institute and I was accepted and earned the degree with an emphasis in art education,â she said.
First, Iâd like to thank everyone who took a moment to write in and respond to my last editorial on bagels. Frankly, the response was somewhat overwhelming. It appears many of our readers are passionate about bagels! Throughout those responses, it occurred to me that my publicly made opinion on bagels was not presented as carefully as I would have hoped. Reading the many responses, though no one said as much, I realized that I indirectly criticized the areaâs bagel selection by insinuating that the bagels I remember from my youth are good and all others are bad. That was NOT my intent. Nor do I believe that is the case.
First, Iâd like to thank everyone who took a moment to write in and respond to my last editorial on bagels. Frankly, the response was somewhat overwhelming. It appears many of our readers are passionate about bagels!
Throughout those responses, it occurred to me that my publicly made opinion on bagels was not presented as carefully as I would have hoped. Reading the many responses, though no one said as much, I realized that I indirectly criticized the areaâs bagel selection by insinuating that the bagels I remember from my youth are good and all others are bad. That was NOT my intent. Nor do I believe that is the case.
