Toolbox for Success   The Associate survey will be starting in
just a few weeks and I want to encourage all of you to take the
time to answer the short survey. The second question on the
survey asks if we have the equipment and materials to do our
jobs. If we don't, it is akin to asking if we have the
ingredients to make coconut crème pie while staring into an
empty refrigerator. Without basic needs, we would be doomed to
failure. Fortunately those who lead our medical center allow for
millions of dollars of expenditures each year allowing us to
have what we need to accomplish our work.  mThe day after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, my twenty year old
father made his way down to the navy recruiting station in
Mankato, Minnesota. He found himself in a line of men that wound
its way around several city blocks. Many, as he did, felt that
the navy needed replenishing after its losses at Pearl Harbor.
He spent the better part of the next four years serving his
country. It wasn't until several Jap