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• 2 • The Pinecone | January 2016
ON THE PINECONE COVER
Happy NewYear! This year Kirby Pines
is expanding our Website to include
more articles, photos and interesting bits
of information. On the website you’ll
be able to keep up with how Kirby
residents helped us go green in 2015
by starting a recycling club, which now
collects upwards of 5,000 pounds of
paper and cardboard weekly. Of course
activities and events will continue to be
available to you in print form, but just
imagine being able to direct family and
friends miles away to the Kirby website
to see more photos that the Pinecone
can publish, or to learn interesting facts
about the city and museums we visit
each year.
Speaking of museums, in 2016 Kirby
Pines will become the only retirement
community in the state of Tennessee to
offer Virtual Field Trips. Each virtual
field trip is a live and interactive
presentation that connects residents
face to face with interesting people and
places across the United States. The
first Virtual Field Trip, January 21st,
will connect us live with Jeff Ubin at the
FDR Presidential Museum & Library.
It’s A New Year
a t K i r b y P i n e s
You can get additional information
by visiting the Kirby Pines Website at
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Also going live the beginning of this
New Year is the construction start of
the “Bistro”. Expected to take about
ninety days to complete, we can all look
forward to a new place to eat within
Kirby Pines. In addition to the new
and improved dining venue will be the
installation of new furniture in each of
the building’s corridors.
Yes, 2016, plans to be a big year for
Kirby Pines, our current residents and
the many new residents awaiting the
newly renovated apartments and garden
homes. Happy New Year!
Michael
Escamilla,
Executive
Director,
Kirby Pines
Judge Ann Pugh made history in 1978
when she became the first female
judge in Shelby County and only one
out of 12 female judges in the state of
Tennessee. She was born and raised in
Blytheville, AR and attended Arkansas
State University for her undergraduate
and graduate degrees. She moved to
Memphis in 1970 and graduated from
the University of Memphis Law School
in 1975. She served as a public defender
and prosecutor before being appointed to
the bench. Judge Pugh was re-elected five
times. InAugust of 2010, after thirty-four
years on the bench, she decided to put
down the gavel and travel. She plans on
moving to Kirby Pines in the near future,
so with our new website launching
January 1st, we thought we would also
introduce the future of our community
and feature Retired Judge Pugh.
Kirby Pines Gets The Judicial Seal Of Approval
Retired Judge, Ann Pugh, with our
own Jerry Dunn of Marketing
Kirby Pines Retirement Community
is managed by:
BOARD OF D I R ECTOR S
Dr. James Latimer, Chairman
Mr. Rudy Herzke, President
Mr. Berry Terry, Secretary/Treasurer
Mr. Larry Braughton Rev. Richard Coons
Mr. Jim Ethridge Dr. Fred Grogan
Ms. Mary Ann Hodges
Mr. Boyd Rhodes, Jr.
RCA S TA F F
Charlie Trammell
President, RCA
K I RBY P I NE S S TA F F
Michael Escamilla
Executive Director, Kirby Pines
Annette Marlar
Director of Medical Services and HR
Mike Abutineh, M.D.
Medical Director
Linda Huston
Director of Accounting
Don Johnson
Chaplain
Cheryl Grimes
Director of Activities/Social Events
Daniel Longstreth
Director of Environmental Services
Chuck Neeley
Director of Maintenance
Mark Simpson
Director of Dining Services
Mike Rayder
Director of Grounds & Landscaping
Calvin Sims
Director of Security
Faye Smith
Director of Transportation
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