It’s minutes before the day’s first lunch customers show up at the Soldotna Senior Center. Kitchen staff expect lunch to be busier than normal, which is common at the start of the spring. That’s when snowbirds begin arriving on the central Kenai Peninsula.
Soldotna Senior Center Executive Director Lisa Riley says during peak summer months, the center sees anywhere from 10 to 20 more in-house meals served a day.
“It’s much busier around here,” Riley said. “We did just recently hire one additional staff member for the office to try to keep up with some of that.”…