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Yesteryear Car Club donates toys to Mason General
For the tenth-plus year in a row, the
local Yesteryear Car Club donated
nearly 100 stuffed animals to the Mason
General Hospital & Family of Clinics
emergency department in November.
The stuffed toys are given to pediatric
patients visiting the Emergency
department during the month of
December, to help make their stay a
little more "comforting." "We love
doing this, and making a difference in
someone's life," said Annette McGee, a
member of the car club. Every year the
car club drives some of their vintage
cars (pictured here) to deliver the toys
to MGH. Those delivering this year's
donation were, from left, Vern Honstein,
Charlie Holman, Annette McGee, Bill
McGee, Ann Kimbel and Ray Kimbel.
Courtesy photo by Bill Valley
WHAT'SCOOKIN'
At home at
puts
first
John Cruse came to Ma-
General Hospital as its
new chef in 1996, he set out
some changes.
he didn't just swap the menu
the staff; he introduced a complete-
ly new philosophy to the hospital's
kitchen.
"I'll compare a hospital toward
more of a hotel," he said. "The differ-
ence is the guest - one wants to stay,
one doesn't really want to be here."
Cruse spent much of his career
before coming to MGH working in
kitchens at Hilton hotels. Cruse went
to culinary school and in 1976 appren-
ticed at the Guam Hilton.
He looks at his job with the hospi-
tal as very similar to those at luxury
hotels.
"We're in the hospitality business.
We try to steer away from the term,
I don't like the term patient - they're
our guest," he said. "You figure they're
here, they're spending a lot of money
to stay here."
While patients used to have to pick
their meals from menus the day be-
fore, they can now choose breakfast,
lunch and dinner only 30 minutes
before they want to eat. There are dif-
ferent menus according to patients'
dietary needs and patients can order
breakfast all day long, Cruse said.
The new room service menu got
rave reviews from patients, but was
' new to staff, Cruse said.
lot of hospitals were doing it
See Chef on page B-2
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
John Cruse, executive chef at Mason General Hospital, runs
his kitchen like a hotel kitchen to make a patient's, or guest's,
stay as comfortable as possible.
t
A number of
holiday events
still upcoming
The second big event of the holiday
season has passed. I sure hope you had
a chance to make it to the Christmas
play. Judy and I laughed and had a
great time.
I have to ask -- do you know where
Santa stays when traveling out of
town? If you had attended the play
you'd know the answer. Writer, direc-
tor Bob Helm and troops had a way to
keep the action going and the laughs
coming.
If you have an interest in joining
the theatre club, they
meet at 6:30 p.m
on the last Monday
of the month. There
is a potluck at 6:30
p.m. and meeting
starts at 7 p.m. Oh.
where does Santa
stay? He stays at a
he. he, hotel.
MIKE The program for
CALLAGHAN this month's meeting
of Harstine Island
Community Club will
be on the cold weather shelter housed
at St. David's Episcopal Church in
Shelton. Ann Baker will inform the
members about the background of the
shelter, the services it provides and op-
portunities for the community to sup-
port this program. With winter settling
in, this program is very timely.
The other important happening at
the meeting will be the annual elec-
tion of officers. If you have any interest
in running for an office I'm sure they
would put your name on the ballot. If
you want to vote for the 2012 officers,
this is your chance. Friday, Dec. 9, is
the date for the monthly meeting of
the HICC. As usual the members start
showing up around 6 p.m. with a pot-
luck dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m.
And let's not forget the upcom-
ing choir performance. Choir director
Elizabeth Berndt is sending out an in-
vitation for all to attend. If that chill
in the air has you wishing for warmer
weather, why not join the Harstine
Island Community Choir for a sunny
Spanish Christmas celebration? With
a collection of holiday music from dif-
ferent regions of Spain -- from the
Basque regions in the far north to
Andalusia on the Mediterranean Sea
-- a little Caribbean rhythm thrown
in for fun and solo performances on
guitar harp and marimba, the program
is sure to warm you up on the coldest
Pacific Northwest afternoon. But no
matter where you travel whether by
boat or plane, by car or just by dream-
ing, the traditional songs of Christmas
travel with you. So come and satisfy
your desire to sing those familiar car-
ols in the sing-a-long sections of the
concert featuring such classics as Joy
to the World and Ding, Dong Merrily
on High. And, since you have your
voice all warmed up anyway, why not
consider joining the choir?
All ages and skill levels are wel-
come, no auditions or prior experience
See Harstine on page B-7
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