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• 2 • The Pinecone | June 2015
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
Lyle Bohlman, 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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ON THE PINECONE COVER
Father’s Day is the perfect occasion
to express feelings of gratitude and
thankfulness to every dad, both living
and deceased. Though the day is
celebrated with enthusiasm in present
times, it wasn’t always that way.
Father’s Day celebrations had a very
modest beginning. In fact, the idea is
said to have come from Sonora Dodd
who while listening to a sermon on
“Mother’s Day” in church, wondered
why there wasn’t a special day to
celebrate dad. So to pay tribute to her
father, Sonora held the first Father’s
Day celebration on the 19th of June
1910, on the birthday of her father.
In 1913 a bill was officially introduced
and the idea approved by President
Woodrow Wilson three years later in
1916. In 1924 a National Father’s Day
Committee was formed. However,
it took Congress thirty years to
give recognition to Father’s Day,
and another 16 years passed before
President Richard Nixon established
the third Sunday of June as a permanent
observance day.
Celebrat ing Father’s Day
a t K i r b y P i n e s
Therefore, in recognitions of all fathers
throughout the world please enjoy the
words of Nicolas Gordon:
Fathers are forever.
Even death,
Although a distancing,
does not divide
The child from a parent,
nor does time,
However long,
nor space,
however wide,
Enduring beyond silence,
beyond breath,
Resonant where hours cease to chime,
Some yearning inconsolable abide.
Michael
Escamilla,
Executive
Director,
Kirby Pines
Nothing says summer like baseball, so this month we headed back downtown to
AutoZone Park, home of the St. Louis Cardinals AAA affiliate, Memphis Redbirds.
As a matter of fact, AutoZone Park was recently ranked the #2 Minor League Park
in the country by Baseball America!
The day we were there, though windy and cold, did not lack excitement. The home
team, Memphis, beat the Omaha Storm Chasers 5 - 1, and one of our residents had
the thrill of a lifetime (see page 8).
On the front cover we have residents, Lamar and Dorothy Hartzog and the back,
resident Sylvia Statham, who bravely ventured out on a nasty day with several
others to enjoy an afternoon of baseball! A big thanks to all for being good sports!
Ki rby Pines Takes A Tr ip To The Bal lpark!
Andy Boles and Lou Moore enjoy the game Front gates at AutoZone Park downtown