Dr. Silides is the Owner/Medical Director of Desert Valley Urgent Care on Chandler Heights Road in Chandler. She graduated with a BS degree in nursing from the University of Arizona in 1981. After college, Dr. Silides worked as a critical care nurse for Mesa Lutheran Hospital in Mesa and Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. In…
Category: January 2019
Generals, January 2019
Your loved one dies – what now?
Doug Ross, Director of Promotion Death has a way of sneaking up on us. We all know it is inevitable – and even when the warning signs are everywhere, the suddenness – and the finality of it – are hard to cope with. Grief puts us on a rollercoaster at a time we might…
Generals, January 2019
Music Duo coming to Sun Lakes on January 9
On January 9 at Cottonwood Country Club in Room A-9 at 6:30 p.m., Armand and Angelina will share a classical pop musical concert. Armand’s voice has been compared to Neil Diamond and Angelina’s to Sarah Brightman. Armand and Angelina tour internationally performing their World Rock Opera Overture, a fusion of world, classical and popular influences…
Sports, January 2019
Pool tournament winners
Gary Vacin Jack Hill and Jerry Cisneros came out on top in the Lucky Shot Pool Club’s fall tournament. Hill defeated Cisneros to win Pocket 1 in 9-Ball, while Cisneros topped the field to capture the title in 9-Ball. Both players qualify for the club’s year-end championship playoff. Top three finishers in the fall tournament…
Sports, January 2019
Softball player profile: Frank Rouse
Larry Wolfe A “farm boy” from Dickens, Iowa, Frank Rouse graduated from nearby Terril High where he was a member of the Tigers’ baseball, basketball and track teams. He was also in the school band and chorus. Guys down at the field might be surprised to learn that Frank was a distance runner rather than…
Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts Association annual meeting
The club will hold its Annual General Meeting on Monday, January 14, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in the Navajo Room in Sun Lakes Country Club (Phase 1). All members and anyone interested in becoming a member are welcome to attend. We will hold a short meeting, followed by registration for our Spring Arts and…
Sports, January 2019
Pickleball Winners’ Corner
Pickleball roundup Janice Golden, Sun Lakes, and Jamie Noblit, Sun Lakes, won gold in the Pickleball Roundup, Sun City, ladies doubles 4.5. Mixed Doubles 5.0 Janice Golden, Sun Lakes, and Doug Kelton, Phoenix, won the gold medal in the mixed doubles 5.0 at the Pickleball Roundup Tournament, Sun City. Mixed Doubles 65 4.0 Larry…
Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Zumba with Mary
Generals, January 2019
Crystal Award Banquet to honor volunteerism
Bobbie Reed On March 10, 2019, the Sun Lakes community will gather to honor its own. The Crystal Award Banquet will celebrate volunteers and all they do to make our community great. The 2019 awardees will be announced later this month. Their names will be added to the list of 69 volunteers so honored since…
Sports, January 2019
Relishing Pickleball
Promoting pickleball to hundreds of Chinese sports enthusiasts David Zapatka Yangzhou China – Dear friend, fellow pickleball player and International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) board member Carolyn Stevens presented pickleball to hundreds of urban department leaders, entrepreneurs and industry elite at the 2018 Chinese World Sporting Events & Tourism (WSET) Summit. The IFP was…