{"id":9123,"date":"2020-07-01T22:18:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=9123"},"modified":"2021-06-25T21:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:36:58","slug":"july-2020-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/?p=9123","title":{"rendered":"July 2020 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"logo editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-7980\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header.jpg 929w, https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silveridge_Header-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"004E86\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-divider\">\n<table class=\"editor-divider\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-content-editor\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"divider-base divider-solid\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<h3>The latest in our series\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>The People of the Park:<\/h3>\n<h1 align=\"center\">A Visit with Sandi Jessen<\/h1>\n<h4 align=\"center\">By Dale Dauten<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cMy children tell me I\u2019m forbidden to sell my place. Too many memories. They\u2019ve been coming to Silveridge since my parents moved here when the boys were in the sixth grade \u2013 those kids are out of college and all grown up.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"FFFFFF\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>That\u2019s Sandi Jessen reflecting back on how long she\u2019s been around Silveridge. Her parents came to the desert after they retired and she says of visiting them, \u201cThere were not a whole of people at the park back then. My parents started with a fifth wheel, then bought a place and ended up living in three of the four corners of the park.\u201d She also recalled them staying busy: \u201cMy father was active in the wood shop and my mother did craft and quilting. And they did square dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Just the thought of square dancing got Sandi going: \u201cThere was a lot of square dancing back then. I\u2019m working on getting it back. Square dancing has changed &#8212; it isn\u2019t like people remember, with the big skirts and the rigid routines; now, it\u2019s more like line dancing. I know someone who could teach it and I want to bring it back.\u201d (We checked with Activities Director Sue Arneson and we learned that Sandi&#8217;s effort are paying off &#8212; Sue is working on the details to add square dancing to the Activities roster. If you would be interested in joining in, see the note at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Photo below:\u00a0Sandi (far right) with husband Mike and sister Connie (center), daughter-in-law and grandson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9126\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>As for Sandi\u2019s earlier days, she grew up in Colorado, where her father was an Account Manager for Pennzoil and her mother an Associate Director at the University of Denver. Sandi ended up going to high school in Colorado Springs and then on to the University of Colorado in Boulder (one of the prettiest collegiate settings in the country, as you can see in the photo below).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<p class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9127\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"229\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>She ended up in Denver, and that\u2019s where a friend invited her to a party and she met her future husband, Mike Jessen. (His given name is John Michael but has always gone by Mike.) He was out of the Navy and a fireman\/paramedic in Denver. As Sandi put it, \u201cYou gotta love a man in uniform.\u201d They married a couple of years later, had two boys, and Mike eventually took a job with Boulder County, running their sign shop.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sandi was a stay-at-home mom for a while, but then she got her real estate license and then became a broker for Coldwell Banker and then Century 21. And while she thrived, she felt her interest in the work waning. As she put it, \u201cI realized I just wasn\u2019t that jazzed anymore.\u201d It was about that time when Sandi\u2019s mother pointed out an ad in the newspaper, saying, \u201cLook, America West is hiring.\u201d (If you\u2019ve been around Arizona for a while, you\u2019ll remember America West was founded here, then bought U.S. Airways, then American Airlines.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<p class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9128\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>So Sandi applied, got hired and had two weeks to quit her old job and start the new one. Sure, it would mean a cut in pay, but Sandi and husband Mike figured that as long as they could pay college tuition for their kids, they\u2019d take the great benefits, including travel, and make it work. Sandi says it wasn\u2019t long till she realized, \u201cIt was the best move I ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>(We asked Sandy if she had any photos from those days and she found a couple: That\u2019s Sandi front row, center, of her training class at America West and her on the left after a red-eye to JFK)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<p class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9129\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<p class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9130\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>Meanwhile, her parents retired and moved to Silveridge and Sandi began making regular visits. \u201cWe visited all the time \u2013 at Spring Break and at Christmas. The boys loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Eventually, Mike retired, leading Sandi to say, \u201cHe took care of the dogs and I flew.\u201d And when the commute from Colorado to Arizona became tiresome, Sandi decided it was time to be close to her parents and they moved to SIlveridge.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">(First photo below,\u00a0Sandi and Mike in the captain\u2019s chairs of their son\u2019s motorhome while parked at Silveridge, along with Sandi\u2019s sister, Connie, and long-time Silveridge pals, Dorian and May Stewart.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Second photo:\u00a0\u00a0Sandi and Mike prepare for a Halloween party at Silveridge. As Sandi told us. \u201cHe got a lot of offers. TeeHee!\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<p class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9131\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<p class=\"gl-contains-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9132\" src=\"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Picture7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"galileo-ap-layout-editor\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" editor-col OneColumnMobile\" align=\"\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<div class=\"gl-contains-text\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"editor-text editor-text \" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container galileo-ap-content-editor\">\n<div>\n<p>While the Jessens used to bring their sons to visit their grandparents at Silveridge, these days it\u2019s the boys visiting with their kids \u2013 son Bill lives in Denver, where he\u2019s an Account Exec, while Michael lives in San Diego and is a scientist (cell and gene biology) who\u2019s jumped in to work on the fight against covid-19. Each son has a daughter and a son, so a new generation of visitors continues the tradition.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Asked how things have evolved at Silveridge, Sandi said, \u201cWhen I used to fly, we had something called A&amp;B Cards. That stood for Above &amp; Beyond, and we\u2019d get them for making a special effort for customers or coworkers. I think the management at Silveridge deserves something like that. It\u2019s not owned by some big conglomerate, but by people who you can tell care about the park and the residents. We have the finest owners of any park in the Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>(If you\u2019d thinking you\u2019d like to give square dancing a try, let Sandi know \u2013 she\u2019s starting a list of people who are interested \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:billiekinport@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">billiekinport@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">* * *<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to volunteer to be the subject of an article, or have someone you\u2019d like to learn more about, please let me know.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Or, if you have photos you\u2019ll like to share in upcoming newsletters, please send them.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Dale Dauten,\u00a0Editor<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ddauten@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ddauten@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Text: 480-297-6244<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>* * *<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest in our series\u2026 The People of the Park: A Visit with Sandi Jessen By Dale Dauten \u201cMy children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9133,"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123\/revisions\/9133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silveridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}