MY SUN DAY NEWS
The McHenry County Council of Mayors in partnership with the McHenry County Division of Transportation is conducting a pedestrian, bicycle, and trails master plan for McHenry County.
Sun City resident Paul Culler has worked as an audio engineer in television for 40 years.
âI worked for a company that provided T.V. facilities for everyone. We designed, built, and rented T.V. facilities for the broadcast industry,â Culler said.
December of 2019 â the last normal month any of us can remember â I spent in Naples, Florida, and when my son Dave flew down with the grandkids just after Christmas, I asked, âSo what do you want to do tomorrow?â
Author, Jo Craven McGinty, in her Wall Street Journal article (January 2021), informs us of numbers important for carrying out successful workout resolutions this year. She first cautions us to mark the calendar day of March 7. This is an important date because, according to one study, it takes 66 days to develop a new habit. Unfortunately, according to Gallup Polls, 80% of resolutions are broken by mid-February, with the most common vow of “exercise improvement” then lost in the shuffle.
Residents, at one point or another, may have wondered to themselves whether the piece of garbage they are about to throw away should be recycled instead. The U.S. generates approximately 262 million tons of municipal solid waste annually, according to a report done by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The biggest portion of waste comes from consumer disposal of paper products, plastics, and food.
As many residents may already be aware, both Kane and McHenry Counties are in the process of gearing up to begin distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals of group 1B which includes those that are ages 65 and older.
Across the United States, donating blood is a lifesaving and essential part of caring for patients. The need for donated blood is constant, and blood centers are open and in urgent need of donations even during Covid-19. Every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood.
At about 2 a.m. the smoke detectors started going off. I jumped out of bed to check and fortunately, there wasn’t a problem. No smoke, no fire. I tried to reset the alarms and finally, they stopped. Back to bed. About 40 minutes later, it started again.
My wife and I are in our late 70s and live alone. Although I would be lying if I said that we havenât felt our age encroach upon our lifestyle in recent years, we are rather independent. We live in a two-story home that only has a half bath on the main level. While we can navigate the stairs, we try to avoid going up and down multiple times in the day.
The weather is freezing and you are driving down Del Webb. You see a line of cars parked at the courts. What is going on? âWe are playing pickleball,â said Dana Rich. âThe great thing about pickleball is that itâs non-seasonal. You can play any time of year regardless of outside temperature.â
The weather is freezing and you are driving down Del Webb. You see a line of cars parked at the courts. What is going on?
âWe are playing pickleball,â said Dana Rich. âThe great thing about pickleball is that itâs non-seasonal. You can play any time of year regardless of outside temperature.â
âThe snow is snowing, the wind is blowing,â as the song says. And as the ornaments are packed up and put away, we find ourselves now in the middle of January feeling a bit less cheerful. But fear not, dear readers, this is the best time to kick back with a glass of something warm. Maybe we catch a Cab (wine that is), break out the old records, and settle into the season. After 2020, a little escape is just the ticket to make it through the winter doldrums. And some truffles come in more than just chocolate-form.
Every week for 46 years, Jim and I have done our best to take one night off from our busy schedule and have a âdate night.â Honestly, this practice has evolved over the years. When we were first married and struggling, we treated ourselves every Tuesday night to the $1.29 special at Ponderosa Steakhouse while waiting for our laundry to finish up at the laundromat.
Letters for the week of January 28.
Americans’ willingness to take the coronavirus vaccine has jumped since the first two vaccines were authorized by the FDA. In a response to a survey, Sun City residents echo the Nationâs willingness to take the vaccine. Sixty-four residents responded to the question, âWill you get the vaccine?â Only three said that they would not.
Over the holidays, I got into a conversation with my adult niece and three adult nephews (ages ranging from young twenties to early thirties), and while I wonât say it was entirely uncomfortable, I will say that it was somewhat uncomfortable because Iâm not a very good conversationalist.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many life celebrations, like birthday parties and weddings, have been celebrated quietly, postponed, or canceled. Dorothy Cronin turned 90 on December 6, 2020. Her friend Judy Cieciwa decided that she would not let the day go by quietly.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many life celebrations, like birthday parties and weddings, have been celebrated quietly, postponed, or canceled.
Dorothy Cronin turned 90 on December 6, 2020. Her friend Judy Cieciwa decided that she would not let the day go by quietly.
Many Sun City residents are seeking respite from their quarantine by taking walks, jogging, or riding bikes. But concerns are being raised that roads are not safe for those activities.
Of all the heart-breaking endings that this pandemic has wreaked upon us, add one more â the probable death of the snow day.
A World War II veteran in Sun City celebrated his 96th birthday quietly on Friday, January 8. Marking another milestone, Fritz Mazur would have celebrated surrounded by family and friends. But Fritz and his wife, Tina, have sequestered themselves in their home in Sun City during the coronavirus pandemic, so the annual birthday celebration was a small gathering of three.
As a new year begins, so do a new list of entertaining possibilities. That said, the previous yearâs best of list still looms as winter sets in. What a perfect time to catch up!
Beset by confusion and disorganization in many of our states, our country’s most ambitious vaccination campaign ever has not yet met with its 2020 promises of delivery and number of inoculations.
Allow us to paraphrase the great philosopher, Clark W. Griswold in the movie Christmas Vacation. âWhere do you think youâre going? Nobodyâs leaving. Nobodyâs walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. Weâre all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here.
Letters for the week of January 14
Iâm writing because I am very concerned about my mother-in-law. She lives alone in an apartment and frequently forgets to drink water. She recently celebrated her ninetieth birthday and is somewhat frail.
In many houses, the Christmas tree is the centerpiece of a home, during the holiday seson. Most Sun City residents have collected several ornaments over the years. They are ornaments from trips, childrenâs crafted ones, favorite themes such as Disney, Cats, dogs, and music.
A few years ago, I saw a Tweet about nostalgia. It was written from an Angelâs perspective while God was creating the feeling. In short, the Angel was very disappointed that you could have all these wonderful feelings from youth or the past that canât seem to be recreated in the present.
A night of sparkling lights and holiday decorations in Sun City and downtown Huntley offer a picture of hope for a better future.
I have a lot of hats, but only one that I ever wrote a song about. I have racks and racks of baseball caps honoring the Cubs and the Bears and just about every exotic place Iâve ever visited, but I never wrote a song about any of them.
I have a lot of hats, but only one that I ever wrote a song about.
I have racks and racks of baseball caps honoring the Cubs and the Bears and just about every exotic place Iâve ever visited, but I never wrote a song about any of them.
Among the many losses this year was the chance for residents to shine on stage in the classic end-of-the-year theater production of Scrooge. This pandemic has crippled most live audience events. The performing arts sector has been hit especially hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, but something is happening in Sun City in the world of live theater. Debi Sieckman found an innovative way to weather the storm.
Hanukkah is a Jewish eight-day celebration, sometimes known as the festival of lights. It is celebrated with nightly Menorah lighting, special prayers, and fried foods. It commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt and is observed with the lighting of a nine-branched candelabrum each night.
