Happy Summer everyone! The weather has been warming up to allow for some time to enjoy some gardening and relax on our new patio furniture.

Thank you for your continued patience as we await approval to hire some key folks on our team. In the meantime please pass on warm fuzzy’s to

those staff who are covering multiple positions at one time.

Please also join me in wishing Rachel Breithaupt Happy Trails as she moves on to another posi-tion in the community. Rachel is our beloved Social Worker, and the staff and residents will miss her tremendously. We plan to have Rachel come back to visit us and hope to keep her looped into our activity schedule.

Thank you all for your testimony and participation in the public hearing process related to the rate increases. We re-main in limbo on the State budget so have nothing new to report but I know your feed-back and concerns were received and we appreciate your participation in the process.

On a happy note the preschool kiddos worked so hard to decorate the great room for their graduation night and their ceremo-ny was a huge success. We miss their ener-gy and laughter already but will look for-ward to seeing them in the Fall.

I will be out of the office for a couple of weeks this month so please reach out to Sue Mickelson or Roni Thomas if you need any assistance.

JUNE 2019

Volume 16, Issue 6

141 Bryant Street

Ketchikan, AK 99901

Julie Sande Our Pre-K Students finished off their

school year with an

“OUT OF THIS WORLD” celebration!

Angelie Seludo: 6/2 Marie Loyd 6/24

Jessica Burks 6/30

ROUNDIN’ UP OUR TEAM

for a good ole’ BBQ

THURSDAY June 20th

1100am-200pm

KPH Rooftop Deck

MENU: King Salmon, Rice Pilaf, Vegetable Medley, Fruit Salad &

Coconut Cream Pie

$10 Per Person Call 228-3351

for Reservation by 6/12

(Open to Resident & Staff Families)

We wanted to wish RACHEL the best as she takes on her new

role as a social worker at Peacehealth Ketchikan Medical Cen-

ter. Rachel has worked at the Ketchikan Pioneer Home for 4

years as the Social Worker. We will miss her infectious smile,

her boisterous voice and her loving compassion towards our

elders. Please join us on FRIDAY, June 7th 130pm as we have

a Bitter Sweet farewell for her.

SUMMER VOLUNTEER

OPPORTUNITIES

Longer days mean more time to do activities!

Stop by and see what exciting activities, projects

and special events that you can help us with.

C.N.A. BBQ, BINGO Wednesdays, Ice Cream Social

Fridays, Storage Clean up & Garage Sale Prep

CALL: 228-3351 OR 228-3372

National Iced Tea Month

National Candy Month

International Surf Month

Learn FRENCH Month

Great Outdoors Month

Cataract Awareness

Month

Men’s Health Month

Adopt-a-Cat Month

From sipping on Mocktails to honoring our beloved Mothers, we had a magnificent

month of MAY. Approximately 12 families came out on Saturday, May 11th and enjoyed a

delicious Breakfast Buffet with their moms. Every Monday, Ms. Arlene blended up re-

freshing drinks during our Mocktail “Happy Hour”. The beautiful May sunshine gave

opportunities to work on gardening as well as down time to relax on our new patio furni-

ture. We added 3rd floor BINGO nights on 2nd & 4th Sundays that seemed to be an add-

ed BINGO bonus and participated with various pre-school events such as the Talent

Show Tea Party, Science Fair and Pre-K Graduation. Summer is just around the corner

and we are so looking forward to more outdoor activities to share with each other. Hope

you will join us!