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• 2 • The Pinecone | October 2016
ON THE PINECONE COVER
After celebrating our thirty-third
anniversary in grand style last month,
and our tenth consecutive winning of
the Memphis Most Award for the Best
Retirement Community, it is time to
sit back, relax, and reflect on your
individual reasons for selecting Kirby
Pines as your Memphis retirement
community of choice. The beginning of
fall seems like the perfect time to recall
the variety of events we all enjoyed
over the summer months at Kirby
Pines, and to anticipate the numerous
happenings that are just around the
corner. The month of October is filled
with entertaining and educational
events to fit the individual likes of each
of us.
If you have a more adventuresome look
on life, join in on the fun of riding in a
hot air balloon October 4th, right here
at Kirby Pines. Along with the hot air
balloon ride, you can sample foods
from some of Memphis’ leading “food
trucks”. You’ll find this annual hot
The Fun Continuesa t K i r b y P i n e s
air balloon ride to be another activity
that sets Kirby Pines apart from other
retirement communities and to be just
one more reason why we have never
failed to win the Memphis Most Award.
If you truly just want to sit back and
relax, be sure to reserve a space at this
month’s Evening of Exquisite Cuisine.
Of course, October wouldn’t be October
without a little “trick-or-treating” too.
So whether you plan on grandchildren
stopping by for a special treat or just
plan to buy and send a Halloween card
from the Blossom Shop, you can expect
some special treats in the dining room
this Halloween.
Michael
Escamilla,
Executive
Director,
Kirby Pines
Kirby Pines residents are widely
diverse from many different locations
and many different backgrounds. We
have doctors, lawyers, business people,
homemakers, engineers, clergy and far
too many more to list. But what we
seem to have the most of in our ranks
are those individuals who helped shape,
instruct and motivate all others who
moved on to become the leaders of
their fields, and those are our fabulous
teachers.
Teachers are some of the most
memorable people you will ever meet
Kirby Pines Really Has The Smartest People Around!
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
Michélle Trammell-Vincent
Senior Vice President, RCA
Mack Williamson
Vice President of Operations, RCA
Tim Cox
Vice President of Finance, RCA
David Moreland
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
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
Life Enhancement Director
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
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in your life. They dedicate their lives
to helping and encouraging virtual
strangers in hopes that one day these
individuals succeed and that possibly
they had just a little to do with it.
So we thank all of you from the bottom
of our hearts and we are proud that you
wisely chose Kirby Pines as your home.
We were so thrilled with the turn-out
for our photo shoot this month and
as a surprise, we chose resident and
teacher, Betty Burkhalter for the cover,
to represent all of you and Kirby Pines.
Our wonderful group of teachers at Kirby Pines! See page 8 to see them individually.