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SheltomMason County Journal 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 Thursday, December 8, 2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1