Prince of Wales Island's 
Retail Pharmacy

West Wind Plaza, Craig, Alaska

Toll Free: 1-866-826-5750
Fax: 907-826-5752
E-mail: bsaltland@hotmail.com 

Exterior of Whale Tail Pharmacy, Craig, Alaska
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CHANGES AT WHALE TAIL PHARMACY, October 2010
 
Sarah and Bill will be taking a year's sabbatical from work, but they will still be on the Island and will continue to work intermittently at the drugstore.
 
Kevin and Julie McDonald have agreed to manage Whale Tail for the upcoming year. Julie is a registered pharmacist and Kevin will be the business manager for the store. They drove up from south Florida to arrive just in time for POW's exciting Autumn weather. Julie has worked in community pharmacy for the past two years. Before going to pharmacy school she worked as an environmental specialist/field biologist. Kevin has owned his own business in the building trades in the past.
 
Their multiple interests and many hobbies are varied and include:
 
Kevin enjoys watching and playing sports. He is fan of the Florida Seminoles as well as the Tennessee Titans and Miami Dolphins. Another of his interests is mission work particularly construction trades in missions. His hobbies include off-roading in his Jeep or on motorcycles, working on his Jeep, playing sports (softball, volleyball, horseshoes, etc), fishing and hunting, as well as most any outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, boating or canoeing. He mentioned his "passions" as including his wife, Julie, as well as woodworking and carpentry.
 
Julie's interests include issues in women's health as well as behavioral health, coaching children in sports (to include gymnastics and cheerleading) and cooking. Her hobbies are lobstering and fishing, most any outdoor activities, gardening, and working with hospitalized children. Her passions are mentoring pharmacy students and student groups within the Christian Pharmacist Fellowship International organization, advocating to change reproductive health policies, and medical missions.

The Altlands were featured in the Spring 2010 issue of RURAL ROADS, the website of the National Rural Health Association. 
Click here to go to the opening page, then scroll down to the "Archived Issues" link.


L-R: Katie, Eli, Emily, Hannah, Sarah, Bill - 2010


Emily& Michael's Wedding Picture, 2008
L-R: Eli, Sarah, Michael McNulty, Emily Altland McNulty, Bill, Katie, and Hannah in front of Bill



Sarah and Bill enjoy biking around Craig

Bill and Sarah were featured in America's Pharmacist in July 2008.
Click here to read Coming In From "The Outside"
It's in PDF; go to www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

The Longest Journey Yet!

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In 2008, Bill was gone almost 5 months and 19,215 miles on a motorcycle trip, traveling from Prince of Wales Island in Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego in South America!  Sarah and the children stayed at home in Craig, although they did join Bill in Costa Rica for Christmas.  Bill kept an excellent journal, which was summarized by Scott Bowlen in Ketchikan; http://whaletailpharmacy.com/AmRx_July08-ComingIn[1].pdf with lots of pictures.  [Search for Easy Rider]

Photos from Argentina and Chile are in a free Kodak Gallery slideshow - awesome scenery, some of which will remind you of southeast Alaska.

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Sarah, Hannah, Eli

More about the Altland Family

.Pictures from Bill's 2006 trip to China with a medical mission team

Pictures from Bill and Eli's 2007 trip to Brazil

Slideshow of Bill and Eli's Brazil missions trip

 

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For all your prescription needs, over-the-counter, and health care products.

We are pleased to serve all the communities on the island:  Coffman Cove, Craig, Hollis, Hydaburg, Kasaan, Klawock, Naukati, Point Baker, Port Protection, Thorne Bay and Whale Pass.

 
Hours

9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

10:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Saturday

Closed on Sunday

Bill Altland was appointed to the State of Alaska Board of Pharmacy by Governor Murkowski, and confirmed by the 2003 legislature.

Sarah Altland received the prestigious Bowl of Hygeia Award on March 1,  2003, at the meeting of the Alaska Pharmaceutical Association's Annual Convention.  The award was given for service to the community in addition to her work at Whale Tail.  Click here for the description of the award.
Whale Tail Pharmacy was named "2001 Business of the Year" by the membership of  Prince of Wales Island Chamber of Commerce at the Annual Awards Banquet!

Click to go to myGNP.com

.From GNP:  Some research for your healthy lifestyle  

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Around Our Neighborhood
Chamber of Commerce
POW Marathon


 
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Whale Tail Pharmacy, Craig, Alaska 99921
www.whaletailpharmacy.com 

Update 5-JUL-11

Credits: Whale Tail photo, Noah Aklilu; Map, Alaska Dept. of Community and Economic Development;
GNP graphics by Good Neighbor Pharmacy; POW graphic by Corel;
The Whale Tail Pharmacy logo and all the photos belong to Bill & Sarah Altland.

 


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